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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B2 Lesson 25 25 min Not startedWish and if only: Regrets and things you'd change
Express wishes about the present, regrets about the past and desired changes in behaviour. Practise wish and if only with past forms, past perfect and would.
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B2 Lesson 26 25 min Not startedPast modals: Must have, should have and needn't have
Use modal + have + past participle to make deductions, express criticism and discuss past necessity. Distinguish needn't have done from didn't need to do.
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B2 Lesson 27 25 min Not startedPassive forms: Continuous, perfect and modal passives
Build passive sentences while keeping the original tense and aspect. Practise continuous, perfect and modal forms, and decide whether a by-phrase adds useful information.
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B2 Lesson 28 25 min Not startedCausatives: Have or get something done
Describe services and experiences with have or get + object + past participle. Compare these with have someone do and get someone to do, where you name the person acting.
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B2 Lesson 29 25 min Not startedReporting verbs: Suggest, offer, warn and advise
Report messages more precisely with verbs such as suggest, offer, warn and advise. Practise their different patterns with -ing forms, to-infinitives, objects and clauses.
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B2 Lesson 30 25 min Not startedReduced relatives and participles: Shorter descriptions
Shorten descriptions with -ing and past participle clauses, and link actions with participles. Check who performs each action and use perfect participles for earlier events.
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B2 Lesson 31 25 min Not startedArticles: General ideas, specific things and institutions
Choose the or no article when talking about things in general or specific examples. Compare institutions as activities, such as going to school, with particular buildings.
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B2 Lesson 32 25 min Not startedQuantity and comparison: A little, fewer and far more
Make quantities and comparisons more precise with few, a few, little and a little, and modifiers such as far. Practise each and every, agreement and expressions of sufficiency.
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B2 Lesson 33 25 min Not startedContrast, purpose and result: Although, so that and such
Connect ideas with although and despite, express purpose with so that, and show results with so…that or such…that. Practise choosing a clause or noun phrase after each expression.
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B2 Lesson 34 25 min Not startedPhrasal verbs: Where does the object go?
Place nouns and pronouns correctly with separable and inseparable phrasal verbs. Practise patterns such as turn the light off and turn it off without changing the meaning.
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B2 Lesson 35 30 min Not startedB2 review: Complex grammar in context
Combine conditionals, past modals, passives and linking expressions in realistic contexts. Check time relationships and meaning as you choose, correct and rewrite sentences.
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