Conditionals in songs

Click on CONDITIONAL to review the 3 types in a fun way!

MODALS & substitutes

Click on MODALS to view explanation and do exercises.

Present Perfect vs Past Perfect

Click on PERFECT to view the explanation.

Participle clauses

Click on BC video to watch a fun explanation
Click on BRIT COUNCIL to view a useful explanation

Click on EXERCISE 1 to practise.
Click on EXERCISE 2 for further practice!

You can read the theory about using participle clauses instead of relative clauses by clicking on EXTRA

Order of Adjectives

Clip on VIDEO to watch the explanation and learn.

Click on ORDER to view the explanation by the British Council.

PAST SIMPLE vs PAST CONTINUOUS

Click on 4U to view the explanation and then do some practise.

Interesting grammar reference

Click on REVOLUTION to view this interesting webpage and download a grammar book...

Introductory IT

Here are the 2 functions of IT:

Click on EXERCISE 1 to practise "IT" as subject.

CLEFT sentences

Click on SLIDESHARE or on CLEFT to view a general explanation.

Remember the 2 most common types are WHAT and IT clauses.
The structures depend on where we wish to put the emphasis:

- focus on an action: WHAT+ S+ do+be+ (S)+ infinitive (plain, without to)
- emphasis on a whole sentence: WHAT+ happen+ be+ SVO

+++ the person (who).../ the reason (why).../ the place (where).../ the time (when)...
+infml+ the thing/ all/ something... + relative + be

- specific information : IT+ be (singular) + info+ relative clause (that/who)

Past simple vs Present Perfect

Click on PAST SIMPLE vs PRESENT PERFECT to view the explanation.

Present Perfect Simple vs Continuous

Click on PRESENT PERFECT B2 to view explanation.

HAVE or HAVE GOT

Click on HAVE to view explanation.
Remember TO HAVE is more useful because it is used in expressions such as "I have breakfast" and "I have a shower"

Impersonal Reported Structures

Click on EXERCISE to practise a little more.

Practice EMPHASIS with CLEFT sentences

More notes on CLEFT sentences from:

BBC
online EXERCISES
more ELT
super DETAILED
nice EXERCISE
grammar samples and QUIZ
good WEB
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Inversion exercises

 

Click on EXERCISES to practise inversion structures.

TO BE +

Click on TO BE to review this important verb and
understand some of the many uses/ meanings.

Look at examples of the use of to be as TENER.