B1–B2: Grammar in Context
Connect ideas, tell stories and express possibilities with greater control.
- Level
- B1–B2
- Lessons
- 35
- Ready
- 35
Lessons
35 lessons
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B1 Lesson 1 20 min Not startedPresent perfect or past simple: Choosing the right tense
Choose the present perfect for experiences and results connected to now, and the past simple for finished past events. Use context and time expressions to explain your choice.
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B1 Lesson 2 20 min Not startedPresent perfect: For, since, already, yet and just
Use for and since to describe duration, and already, yet, just and still to show progress or recent changes. Practise where these expressions belong in present perfect sentences.
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B1 Lesson 3 20 min Not startedPresent perfect simple or continuous: Result or duration?
Choose between have done and have been doing to focus on a result, a number or an activity's duration. Compare ongoing situations and learn when state verbs need the simple form.
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B1 Lesson 4 20 min Not startedPast perfect: What had happened before?
Use had and a past participle to show which of two past events happened first. Compare the past perfect with the past simple and decide when the earlier time needs to be made clear.
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B1 Lesson 5 20 min Not startedNarrative tenses: Telling a story in the past
Build a clear story using the past simple for events, the past continuous for background and the past perfect for earlier actions. Practise choosing the tense that fits each moment.
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B1 Lesson 6 20 min Not startedFuture time clauses: When, until and as soon as
Talk about future events after when, before, until and as soon as using present forms. Practise the present simple and present perfect instead of will in these time clauses.
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B1 Lesson 7 20 min Not startedFirst conditional: If, unless and as long as
Describe real future possibilities and their results with the first conditional. Practise unless and as long as, and choose will, can or another suitable form for the result.
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B1 Lesson 8 20 min Not startedSecond conditional: Imagining a different situation
Imagine unlikely or unreal present and future situations with if and a past form. Practise would, could and were to discuss possibilities and give hypothetical advice.
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B1 Lesson 9 25 min Not startedB1 review: Tenses, time clauses and conditionals
Bring together perfect and narrative tenses, future time clauses and first and second conditionals. Use the situation and time references to choose forms that express your meaning.
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B1 Lesson 10 20 min Not startedMust, need to and be allowed to: Rules and permission
Distinguish what is required, forbidden, optional or permitted using modals and related expressions. Practise must, have to, need to and be allowed to in realistic situations.
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B1 Lesson 11 20 min Not startedMust, might and can't: Deductions about the present
Use evidence to say what must be true, might be possible or can't be true now. Practise degrees of certainty and distinguish deductions from rules and obligations.
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B1 Lesson 12 20 min Not startedCould, was able to and managed to: Past ability
Describe general past abilities with could and specific achievements with was able to or managed to. Learn how negative forms and verbs of perception affect the choice.
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