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Section 1: The continuous aspect
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Lesson 1: What is the continuous aspect? (2:18)
Exercise: the continuous aspect 1
Exercise: the continuous aspect 2
Exercise: the continuous aspect 3
Lesson 2: Continuous tenses for actions in progress or that are still changing (4:48)
Exercise: simple or continuous 1
Exercise: simple or continuous 2
Lesson 3: Regular vs irregular habits (2:55)
Exercise: regular and irregular habits 1
Exercise: regular and irregular habits 2
Exercise: regular and irregular habits 3
Lesson 4: Temporary actions / states (3:21)
Exercise: temporary actions / states 1
Exercise: temporary actions / states 2
Exercise: temporary actions / states 3
Lesson 5: Tenses that talk about different time periods (6:22)
Exercise: tenses for different time periods 1
Exercise: tenses for different time periods 2
Lesson 6: Continuous tenses to remove emotions (3:13)
Exercise: continuous tenses to remove emotions
Lesson 7: Stative or dynamic? (8:27)
Exercise: stative or dynamic 1
Exercise: stative or dynamic 2
Exercise: stative or dynamic 3
Section 1 review quiz
Section 2: The perfect aspect, and 'perfect continuous'
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Lesson 1: What are the perfect and perfect continuous tenses? (4:02)
Exercise: the perfect tenses 1
Exercise: the perfect tenses 2
Exercise: the perfect tenses 3
Exercise: the perfect continuous tenses 1
Exercise: the perfect continuous tenses 2
Exercise: the perfect continuous tenses 3
Lesson 2: The difference with things that still continue (4:15)
Exercise: things that still continue 1
Exercise: things that still continue 2
Exercise: things that still continue 3
Lesson 3: Things that have stopped (5:03)
Exercise: things that have stopped 1
Exercise: things that have stopped 2
Exercise: things that have stopped 3
Lesson 4: The difference in negatives (1:29)
Exercise: the difference in negatives
Lesson 5: Future perfect and future perfect continuous special uses (1:55)
Exercise: future perfect and future perfect continuous special uses
Section 2 review quiz
Section 3: The unreal past
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Lesson 1: What is the unreal past? (3:51)
Exercise: the unreal past with 2nd and 3rd conditionals
Lesson 2: The unreal past with set phrases (5:15)
Exercise: the unreal past with set phrases
Lesson 3: The unreal past with 'wish' (2:01)
Exercise: the unreal past with 'wish' 1
Exercise: the unreal past with 'wish' 2
Section 3 review quiz
Section 4: The subjunctive
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Lesson 1: What is the subjunctive? (3:59)
Exercise: the subjunctive 1
Exercise: the subjunctive 2
Lesson 2: Complex subjunctive forms (1:26)
Exercise: continuous subjunctive forms
Exercise: passive subjunctive forms
Lesson 3: Subjunctives after nouns / verbs (4:23)
Exercise: subjunctives after nouns / verbs 1
Exercise: subjunctives after nouns / verbs 2
Lesson 4: Subjunctives after adjectives (2:29)
Exercise: subjunctives after adjectives 1
Exercise: subjunctives after adjectives 2
Lesson 5: Subjunctives after conjunctions (3:02)
Exercise: subjunctives after conjunctions
Lesson 6: Subjunctive set phrases (2:27)
Exercise: subjunctive set phrases
Section 4 review quiz
Section 5: Advanced gerunds and infinitives
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Lesson 1: Objects followed by a to-infinitive or a 'that' clause (5:27)
Exercise: object + to-infinitive or that-clause 1
Exercise: object + to-infinitive or that-clause 2
Exercise: No object + to infinitive / 'for + you' + to infinitive
Lesson 2: Verb + gerund / verb + object + gerund (3:12)
Exercise: verb + gerund / object + gerund 1
Exercise: verb + gerund / object + gerund 2
Exercise: verb + for + object + infinitive/ verb + object + gerund
Lesson 3: Verbs which change their meaning with gerunds / infinitives (6:08)
Exercise: infinitive or gerund 1
Exercise: infinitive or gerund 2
Lesson 4 : The perfect gerund and infinitive , and the continuous infinitive (7:04)
Exercise: perfect gerund, perfect infinitive, continuous infinitive 1
Exercise: perfect gerund, perfect infinitive, continuous infinitive 2
Exercise: perfect gerund, perfect infinitive, continuous infinitive 3
Section 5 review quiz
Section 6: Advanced passives
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Lesson 1: Passive infinitives and gerunds (4:04)
Exercise: passive infinitives and gerunds 1
Exercise: passive infinitives and gerunds 2
Lesson 2: Perfect passive infinitives and gerunds (5:22)
Exercise: perfect passive infinitive and gerund 1
Exercise: perfect passive infinitive and gerund 2
Lesson 3: Modal verbs with passives (1:42)
Exercise: modal verbs with passives
Lesson 4: Passive reporting structures (4:26)
Exercise: passive reporting structures with 'it'
Exercise: passive reporting structures with objects
Section 6 review quiz
Section 7: Modal verbs
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Lesson 1: 'Dare' (5:59)
Exercise: 'dare' with present simple
Exercise: 'dare' with past simple
Exercise: 'dare' with fixed expressions
Lesson 2: 'Need' as a semi modal verb (2:52)
Exercise: 'need' as a semi modal verb
Lesson 3: 'Shall' (5:27)
Exercise: 'shall' 1
Exercise: 'shall' 2
Exercise: 'shall' 3
Lesson 4: Modals for likelihood and emphasis (5:13)
Exercise: 'Ought to' or 'might well' for desired states or likelihood
Exercise: 'Might / but' or 'can/can't' for emphasis
Lesson 5: Modals for other uses (4:01)
Exercise: 'Could have', 'might' 'might as well' for criticism 1
Exercise: 'Could have', 'might' 'might as well' for criticism 2
Section 7 review quiz
Section 8: Pronouns
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Lesson 1: Formal or detailed pronoun phrases (1:53)
Exercise: formal or detailed pronoun phrases
Lesson 2: Longer pronoun phrases (3:20)
Exercise: indefinite pronoun phrases
Exercise: either or neither
Exercise: making stronger negatives
Lesson 3: Pronouns in clear contexts (3:21)
Exercise: pronouns in clear contexts
Section 8 review quiz
Section 9: Nouns
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Lesson 1: Gerunds as nouns (2:21)
Exercise: gerunds as nouns 1
Exercise: gerunds as nouns 2
Lesson 2: Gerunds with a subject (3:06)
Exercise: gerunds with a subject 1
Exercise: gerunds with a subject 2
Lesson 3: Nominalisation (4:58)
Exercise: nominalisation 1
Exercise: nominalisation 2
Lesson 4: Possession (5:03)
Exercise: possession 1
Exercise: possession 2
Section 9 review quiz
Section 10: Conditionals
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Lesson 1: Higher level variations on the 1st conditional (3:45)
Exercise: 1st conditional variations 1
Exercise: 1st conditional variations 2
Exercise: 1st conditionals variations 3
Lesson 2: Higher level variations on the 2nd conditional (3:05)
Exercise: 2nd conditionals with modal verbs
Exercise: 2nd conditionals with probability
Exercise: 2nd conditionals and 'if this didn't exist'
Lesson 3: Higher level variations on the 3rd conditional (3:27)
Exercise: 3rd conditionals with modals
Exercise: 3rd conditionals with probability
Exercise: 3rd conditionals and 'if this hadn't existed'
Lesson 4: Higher level second and third mixed conditionals (1:49)
Exercise: 2nd and 3rd mixed conditionals
Exercise: 3rd and 2nd mixed conditionals
Lesson 5: Short conditional phrases (1:36)
Exercise: short conditional phrases
Section 10 review quiz
Section 11: Participle clauses
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Lesson 1: Past participle clauses (2:17)
Exercise: past participle clauses 1
Exercise: past participle clauses 2
Lesson 2: Present participle clauses (1:15)
Exercise: present participle clauses 1
Exercise: present participle clauses 2
Lesson 3: Perfect participle clauses (1:13)
Exercise: perfect participle clauses 1
Exercise: perfect participle clauses 2
Lesson 4: Passive participle clauses (1:46)
Exercise: passive participle clauses
Lesson 5: Using participle clauses to make reduced relative clauses (1:51)
Exercise: participle clauses instead of relative clauses
Section 11 review quiz
Section 12: Cleft sentences
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Lesson 1: Variations on clefts with 'what' (2:25)
Exercise: cleft sentences with 'what' 1
Exercise: cleft sentences with 'what' 2
Lesson 2: Clefts with other wh-words (1:17)
Exercise: clefts with other wh- words 1
Exercise: clefts with other wh- words 2
Lesson 3: Fixed cleft expressions (2:20)
Exercise: fixed cleft expressions
Lesson 4: Clefts with 'all' (1:28)
Exercise: cleft sentences with 'all'
Lesson 5: clefts with preparatory 'it' (1:27)
Exercise: clefts with preparatory 'it'
Lesson 6: Longer clefts (2:36)
Exercise: longer clefts 1
Exercise: longer clefts 2
Section 12 review quiz
Section 13: Ellipsis
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Lesson 1: Simple ellipsis (4:43)
Exercise: simple ellipsis 1
Exercise: simple ellipsis 2
Lesson 2: Ellipsis with nouns and adjectives (1:26)
Exercise: ellipsis with nouns and adjectives
Lesson 3: Ellipsis with verbs (2:35)
Exercise: ellipsis with verbs 1
Exercise: ellipsis with verbs 2
Lesson 4: Informal ellipsis (3:38)
Exercise: informal ellipsis
Section 13 review quiz
Section 14 : Adjectives and adverbs
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Lesson 1: Adjective phrases to talk about the future (3:29)
Exercise: adjectives to talk about the future 1
Exercise: adjectives to talk about the future 2
Lesson 2: Being more precise with adverbs (1:16)
Exercise: being more precise with adverbs
Lesson 3: Adverbs of emotion (1:38)
Exercise: adverbs of emotion
Lesson 4: Negative adverbial phrases (2:29)
Exercise: negative adverbial phrases 1
Exercise: negative adverbial phrases 2
Lesson 5: Modifying comparatives and superlatives (2:46)
Exercise: modifying comparative adjectives
Exercise: modifying superlative adjectives
Section 14 review quiz
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Exercise: informal ellipsis
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