B1 Grammar Explanations - Test-English

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Cartoon dialogue 'Are you smoking?' vs 'I smoke' for B1 grammar lesson on present simple and continuous

Present simple or present continuous

Cartoon couple expecting a baby with future forms for B1 grammar lesson on 'will', 'be going to' and present continuous

Future forms – will, be going to, present continuous

Cartoon bears with 'I've broken my arm' for B1 grammar lesson on past simple and present perfect

Past simple or present perfect?

Cartoon dialogue 'What have you been doing?' for B1 grammar lesson on present perfect simple and continuous

Present perfect simple and present perfect continuous

Cartoon man with folded arms and sentence about training in summer for B1 grammar lesson on 'during', 'for' and 'while'

during, for, while

Cartoon cactus and boy using 'the fittest' and 'as clever as' for B1 grammar lesson on comparatives and superlatives

Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs

Cartoon fox and rabbit mentioning 'the bank' and 'a bank' for B1 grammar lesson on articles

A(n), the, no article

Cartoon wolves asking 'Where are the others?' and using 'another time' for B1 grammar lesson on another, other, others

Another, other, others, the other, the others

Cartoon burnt match saying 'I was able to escape' for B1 grammar lesson on can, could and be able to

Can, could, be able to – ability and possibility

Cartoon snails saying 'should get help' and 'must see a therapist' for B1 grammar lesson on have to, must and should

have to, must, should – obligation, prohibition, necessity, advice

Cartoon parrots saying 'Are you talking to me?' and 'I'm talking to myself' for B1 grammar lesson on reflexive pronouns

Reflexive pronouns – myself, yourself, etc.

Cartoon man relaxing in chair with 'relaxing' and 'relaxed' for B1 grammar lesson on -ed and -ing adjectives

-ed / -ing adjectives – Adjectives from verbs

Cartoon bird and egg with 'arrived', 'had broken' and 'was chirping' for B1 grammar lesson on past tenses

Past simple, past continuous, past perfect

Cartoon robots saying 'Me no talk good' for B1 grammar lesson on verb tense review

Review of all intermediate verb tenses (CEFR B1)

Cartoon butterfly saying 'I used to be you' to caterpillar for B1 grammar lesson on used to, be used to, get used to

usually, used to, be used to, get used to

Cartoon cookies saying 'are bitten' and 'have been bitten' for B1 grammar lesson on passive verb forms

Passive verb forms

Cartoon dinosaur saying 'I've caught you' and 'I have been caught' for B1 grammar lesson on active and passive voice

Active and passive voice

Cartoon pig in top hat saying 'must be rich' for B1 grammar lesson on modal verbs of deduction

Modal verbs of deduction – must, might, could, can’t

Cartoon wolf saying 'When I find the pig's house, I'll have a barbecue' for B1 grammar lesson on first conditional

First conditional, future time clauses

Cartoon man saying 'If I was rich, I would be like him' for B1 grammar lesson on second conditional

Second conditional – unreal situations

Cartoon men using 'If you do it...' and 'If I were you...' for B1 grammar lesson on first and second conditionals

First and second conditionals

Cartoon banana slipping & saying 'If it hadn't been on the floor, I wouldn't have fallen' for B1 3rd conditional lesson

Third conditional – past unreal situations

Cartoon monsters with 'You said you had stopped drinking' for B1 grammar lesson on reported or indirect speech

Indirect speech – reported speech

Cartoon bear and mole with 'Doing nothing' and 'what to do' for B1 grammar lesson on gerund and infinitive

Gerund or infinitive – do, to do, doing

Cartoon frogs saying 'Did you eat a lot?' and 'Not much, just a little' for B1 grammar lesson on quantifiers

Much, many, a lot, little, few, some, any, no – quantifiers

Cartoon zombies and bats with sentence 'They are all vampires and we are both zombies' for B1 grammar lesson on 'all' and 'both'

all, both – quantifiers

Cartoon lion and man saying 'Have you seen either my mum or my dad?' and 'I've seen both' for B1 grammar lesson on both, either and neither

both, either, neither

Cartoon policeman and man with bags saying 'None, I didn't steal anything' for B1 grammar lesson on any, no and none

Any, no, none: Quantifiers

Cartoon alien and planet with sentence 'so good' and 'so much fun' for B1 grammar lesson on 'so', 'such', 'so much' and 'so many'

So, such, such a, so much, so many

Cartoon robot asking 'which can talk or who can talk?' for B1 grammar lesson on defining and non-defining relative clauses

Defining and non-defining relative clauses

Cartoon giraffe and man with long neck saying 'isn't it?' for B1 grammar lesson on question tags

Question tags: Aren't you? don't you?

Cartoon student with sentence using 'despite' and 'so that' for B1 grammar lesson on contrast, purpose and reason clauses

Clauses of contrast, purpose and reason

Cartoon guitarist saying 'arrived in the city' and 'arrived at the concert' for B1 grammar lesson on verb + preposition

Verb + preposition

Cartoon wolf and pig saying 'afraid of' and 'angry with' for B1 lesson on adjective + preposition combinations

Adjective + preposition - dependent prepositions

Cartoon fish saying 'We'd better go home' and 'it's time we went' for B1 lesson on 'had better' and 'it's time'

Had better... It's time...

Cartoon skeleton saying 'been here for a long time' and 'been here since I was alive' for B1 lesson on 'for' and 'since'

for, since, from – what's the difference?

B1 most common phrasal verbs 1

B1 Phrasal verbs 1 – Exercises and explanation

B1 Phrasal verbs 2 - Exercises and explanation

B1 Phrasal verbs 2 - Exercises and explanation

B1 Phrasal verbs 3 - Exercises and explanation

B1 Phrasal verbs 3 - Exercises and explanation

Would rather Would sooner

Would rather & Would sooner

Compound adjectives with numbers

Compound adjectives with numbers: A two-day trip