B2 Grammar Explanations - Test-English

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have - auxiliary or main verb

Have – auxiliary or main verb

Clauses of contrast, purpose, reason and result

Clauses of contrast, purpose, reason and result

Generic pronouns - common-gender pronouns

Generic pronouns – Common-gender pronouns

Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns

Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns

There and it - preparatory subjects

There and it – Preparatory subjects

Narrative tenses, used to, would

Narrative tenses, used to, would

get - different meanings

Get - different meanings

Discourse markers – linking words

Discourse markers – linking words

Speculation and deduction – modal verbs and expressions

Speculation and deduction – modal verbs and expressions

Inversion with negative adverbials – adding emphasis

Inversion with negative adverbials – adding emphasis

Distancing – expressions and passive of reporting verbs

Distancing – expressions and passive of reporting verbs

Wish, rather, if only, it's time – unreal uses of past tenses

Wish, rather, if only, it's time – Unreal uses of past tenses

Verb + object + infinitive/gerund – verb patterns

Verb + object + infinitive/gerund – verb patterns

unless, even if, provided, as long as, etc.

Unless, even if, provided, as long as, etc. – Other expressions in conditionals

All conditionals – mixed conditionals, alternatives to if, inversion

All conditionals – mixed conditionals, alternatives to if, inversion

Mixed conditionals – grammar exercises

Mixed conditionals

Modal verbs – permission, obligation, prohibition, necessity

Modal verbs – permission, obligation, prohibition, necessity

Verbs of the senses

Verbs of the senses

Gerunds and infinitives – complex forms

Gerunds and infinitives – complex forms

Future forms – expressing future time

Future forms – Expressing future time

Other ways to express future – be about to, be due to, etc.

Other ways to express future

Future in the past

Future in the past

Ellipsis and substitution

Ellipsis and substitution – Omitting or replacing words

Compound nouns and possessive forms

Compound nouns and possessive forms

Cleft sentences – adding emphasis

Cleft sentences – adding emphasis

Relative clauses – defining and non-defining

Relative clauses – defining and non-defining

Participle clauses

Participle clauses

All conditionals – mixed conditionals, alternatives to if, inversion

Zero, first, second, and third conditionals

Passive verbs with two objects

Possessive ’s with time expressions - Two hours’ walk

Possessive ’s with time expressions - Two hours’ walk

Compound adjectives in English

Compound adjectives in English

50 common Noun + Preposition collocations

Comparative structures – modifying comparatives

Funny cartoon monster with dialogue about reduced infinitives for B2 English grammar lesson.

Reduced infinitives: Omitting the infinitive phrase after 'to'