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Have or Get Something Done
Describe arranging for another person to perform a service, and distinguish this from doing it yourself.
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Hedging and Degrees of Certainty
Match the strength of a claim to the evidence using modal and related probability expressions.
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Imperatives
Give instructions, warnings and invitations with base-verb imperatives, don’t and let’s.
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In Case and If
Distinguish taking precautions in case something happens from acting only if a condition is met.
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Indefinite Articles: A and An
Choose a or an by the following sound and use indefinite articles with singular countable nouns.
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Indefinite Pronouns
Use indefinite forms for people, things and places with clear reference, agreement and negative patterns.
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It Is Time Patterns
Use it is time with an infinitive or past-form clause to express an appropriate or overdue action.
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Main Clauses and Sentence Elements
Identify a sentence’s main clause, subject, verb and supporting elements when building or interpreting clear sentences.
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Mixed Conditionals
Connect unreal conditions and results that refer to different times, preserving the intended factual contrast.
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Modals for Ability
Express present, past and future ability using can, could and be able to.
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Modals for Advice
Use should and ought to for recommendations, with contrasts between advice and stronger warnings.
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Modals for Obligation and Necessity
Express duties, rules and necessity with must and have to, and distinguish prohibition from lack of necessity.
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Modals for Permission
Use modal forms to ask for, give and discuss permission.
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Modals for Polite Requests
Make requests with can, could and would using appropriate verb patterns and clear intended actions.
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Much and Many
Choose much or many according to noun countability and the quantity meaning of the sentence.
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Narrative Present
Use present forms consistently in stories, plot summaries and reviews while distinguishing past personal experience.
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Narrative Tenses
Combine past events, background actions and earlier activity in a coherent narrative with justified tense changes.
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Need Not Have and Did Not Need To
Distinguish unnecessary actions that happened from statements about absence of past necessity.
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Negative and Restrictive Inversion
Invert the auxiliary and subject after fronted negative or restrictive expressions such as never, not until and only.
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Negative Verb Forms
Form basic negative statements with be, do and other auxiliaries while keeping the main verb form accurate.
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Nominalisation
Recognise noun-based expressions and revise them when the people, actions or relationships become unclear.
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Non-Defining Relative Clauses
Add supplementary information using retained relative pronouns and appropriate comma boundaries.
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Parallel Structure
Use matching grammatical patterns in lists, comparisons and paired ideas.
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Participle Clauses
Use -ing, past-participle and perfect-participle clauses with clear shared subjects and time relationships.
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