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Reported Speech Backshift
Adjust reported verb forms where a past reporting viewpoint calls for a change, rather than changing tense mechanically.
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Reported Speech Reference Changes
Adjust pronouns and time or place expressions so a reported statement still refers to the correct people and situation.
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Reported Statements
Relay statements while preserving the speaker, message and relevant time or viewpoint.
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Reporting Passives
Report attributed beliefs or claims with it is believed and subject-first passive reporting patterns.
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Reporting Verb Patterns
Choose a reporting verb that preserves the original intention and use its correct complement pattern.
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Second Conditional
Discuss imagined or unlikely present and future situations and their possible results.
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Short Answers
Use concise auxiliary-based answers and respond clearly to positive and negative questions or statements.
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So and Such
Build strong descriptions and result constructions using so with adjectives or adverbs and such with noun phrases.
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Some and Any
Choose some and any for indefinite quantities in statements, questions, offers and requests.
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Stative and Dynamic Verbs
Choose simple or continuous forms according to whether a verb expresses a state, action or temporary behaviour.
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Subject and Object Pronouns
Choose subject and object forms such as I and me according to their role in a sentence.
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Subject and Object Questions
Distinguish questions about who or what performs an action from questions about the object of the action.
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Subject–Verb Agreement
Find the grammatical subject and choose matching verb forms, including be, have and present-simple endings.
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Suggestion Patterns
Form suggestions with let’s, why don’t we, could and how about using the appropriate following verb form.
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Superlative Forms
Identify an extreme within a group using -est, most, least and irregular superlative forms.
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There Is and There Are
Introduce existence or presence with there is and there are, including questions, negatives and noun agreement.
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Third Conditional
Imagine alternatives to past events using a past perfect condition and a modal perfect result.
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To-Infinitives after Verbs
Use to-infinitive complements after verbs that take this pattern.
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Too and Enough
Describe excess and sufficiency with accurate adjective, adverb and noun phrase patterns.
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Verb + Object + To-Infinitive
Name the person who performs a second action after verbs such as want, need and allow.
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Verb Patterns that Change Meaning
Distinguish -ing and to-infinitive meanings after verbs such as remember, forget and try.
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Wh-Questions
Ask for specific information using question words and appropriate auxiliary–subject order.
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Whole-Clause Relative Clauses
Use which to comment on a whole preceding idea while keeping the reference and meaning clear.
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Will for the Future
Use will to express future predictions, immediate decisions and other future meanings in context.
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