Verb tenses |
- Tense
review (1)
- Tense
review (2)
- Questions
(different tenses)
- Present
simple (I go / she eats) Sample
- Present
simple vs. present continuous (I read vs. I am reading) Sample
- 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)
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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)
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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)
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Passive |
- Active
vs. passive (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)
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Conditionals |
- Conditional
sentences (if you go / if you went)
- Hypothesising
(would)
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Negation |
- Negation
(not / never / nobody / no one / nothing)
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Pronouns and possessive adjectives |
- Pronouns
vs. possessive adjectives (I / me / my)
- Pronouns
(I / me)
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Possessive forms |
- Possessive
forms (-'s / of)
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Prepositions |
- Prepositions
of place (at / in / on)
- Prepositions
(towards / on / near / close to / to / at / with / down)
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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)
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Linkers |
- Sequencers
(first / then / next / after that / finally)
- Connectors
/ linkers (but / however / although)
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-ing form, infinitive and participle clauses |
- -ing forms (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)
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Giving instructions |
- Giving
instructions (passive / by + -ing / should + so that)
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Noun phrases |
- Noun
phrases (tourists looking for a room with a view would
love it)
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Adverbs of manner |
- Adverbs
of manner (walk slowly)
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