Grammar Practice

Intermediate

Verb tenses Tense review (1) Tense review (2) Questions (different tenses) Present simple (I go / she eats) Present simple vs. present continuous (I read vs. I am reading) Past simple vs. past continuous (I worked vs. I was working) Present perfect (I have finished) Present perfect + for and since (I've lived here for) Present perfect continuous (I have been studying) Future Ways of talking about the future (I will start / I'm going to start / I start) Future expectation (hope / expect) Verbs of planning and organising (intend / plan / consider / prepare / arrange) Modality Predictions (might / will) Advice, requests, ability and possibility (can / could / should) Possibility (might / could) Possibility (might / could / can) Possibility (can vs. could) Obligation (need to / have to / should) Giving advice (should / ought to / why not / consider / why don't you) Speculation (might have existed) Used to + infinitive (used to ride) Passive Active vs. passive forms (I sent the letter vs. the letter was sent) Sentence topic passive (it was considered a failure) Formal and informal style (they stole it / it has been stolen) Conditionals Conditional sentences (if you go / if you went) Hypothesising (would) Negation Negation (not / never / nobody / no one / nothing) Pronouns and possessive adjectives Pronouns vs. possessive adjectives (I / me / my) Pronouns (I / me) Possessive forms Possessive forms ('s / of) Prepositions Prepositions of place (at / in / on) Prepositions (towards / on / near / close to / to / at / with / down) Verbs and verb patterns Verbs (want to go / like going) Verbs (spend / waste time doing) Verbs to describe a process (start / stop / carry on / keep / finish) Verbs associated with the five senses (look / sound / feel / taste / smell) Noun + of + -ing (the effect of stimulating) Find it + adjective + to + infinitive / adjective + at + -ing (find it hard to tell / bad at doing) Verb + noun + -ing / verb + noun + infinitive (see a man walking / see a man walk) Verbs + adverbs (cut round / tie together / pull apart) Linkers Sequencers (first / then / next / after that / finally) Connectors / linkers (but / however / although) -ing form, infinitive and participle clauses -ing form: an overview (swimming pool / after swimming / was swimming) Preposition + -ing form (interested in travelling) -ing form in compound nouns (swimming pool) Verb + -ing form (he enjoys shopping) Reporting verbs + -ing form (they report seeing an ape) Infinitives for expressing purpose (to buy milk) Participle clauses (set in Ireland) Giving instructions Giving instructions (passive / by + -ing / should + so that) Noun phrases Noun phrases (tourists looking for a room with a view would love it) Adverbs of manner Adverbs of manner (walk slowly)