Ultimate B1 Grammar Course
Complete intermediate English grammar course for serious learners of English - also available as part of our membership
Enroll in CourseYou want to speak English fluently and confidently.
You want to be taken seriously in every situation without worrying about your grammar.
You want to write correctly without feeling embarrassed by your mistakes.
You want to pass your English exam or get a better job.
For these, you need a good knowledge of English grammar. In the same way that a house needs a foundation, you need grammar to be able to speak and write confident and elegant English.
And if you want a rock-solid base for your English skills, my Ultimate B1 English Grammar Course is for you.
What to expect from the Ultimate English Grammar Course:
Really understand English grammar
I explain everything simply and clearly. You can watch the video or read the explanation. Grammar isn’t that difficult, and there’s nothing to be afraid of. All my explanations are simple, logically structured, and clear.
Finally feel confident when you speak
Make the grammar automatic with lots of practice so that you can use it correctly and elegantly when you speak and write. Even when you understand something, if you don’t practise enough, you can’t use it automatically. That’s why it’s so important to have lots of exercises.
Learn using science-based techniques
I'll teach you the best ways to remember the grammar using the latest brain science. The kind of practice that we do really works.
Pass your exam
I cover everything you need for the grammar part of any B1 level exam. This will also help you with speaking and writing in exams.
Travel more easily
Enjoy chatting with people you meet when you travel without being frightened of making basic mistakes or feeling embarrassed.
Complete review
Review absolutely all the grammar from B1 level, even the areas that we don't usually talk about. Most English courses only do a small amount of grammar. But we cover everything deeply and practise it so that it becomes automatic. This course has the extra help with grammar that you need.
How long does the Ultimate B1 English Grammar Course take?
- Each section takes around 1 or 2 hours. There are 17 sections in the B1 course.
- You could spend 1 or 2 hours every day and complete a serious review of all the grammar in 17 days.
- Or you could spend 10 or 15 minutes a day and complete a section each week.
Who is the Ultimate B1 English Grammar Course for?
This course is perfect for:
- Learners who have finished any A2 pre-intermediate level course.
- Learners who want to make sure they have a really good knowledge of basic grammar before they move to upper intermediate level.
- High school and university students who want to pass their school or university exams.
- Learners who are studying for the Cambridge B1 level (PET) exam.
- Professionals who want to feel confident about giving presentations or writing emails in English.
- English teachers who want clear explanations and lots of exercises to use with their classes.
- Anyone who likes a systematic and structured way of learning grammar.
What is B1 level grammar?
This is intermediate level. It includes the past perfect tense, the present perfect continuous, the passive in basic tenses, most conditional sentences and lots more.
Your Instructor
Hello! I'm delighted to meet you!
I'm Seonaid (it's pronounced 'show - na'!) and I'm your teacher here at Perfect English Grammar. I have a Master's degree from Cambridge University in English and Applied Linguistics and I've been teaching English for more than twenty years.
Course Curriculum
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StartDownload the section 1 PDFs here
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StartLesson 1: Present simple with 'do' for emphasis (1:15)
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StartExercise - Present simple with 'do'
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StartLesson 2: The present continuous for habits in the present (2:39)
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StartExercise - The present continuous for habits in the present
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StartLesson 3: The past simple and would with 'wish' (2:13)
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StartExercise - The past simple and 'would' with 'wish'
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StartLesson 4: The past simple for past habits and states (2:30)
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StartExercise - Past simple for past habits and states
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StartLesson 5: The past simple for ordering actions (2:22)
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StartExercise - Past simple for ordering actions
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StartSection 1 review quiz
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StartDownload the section 2 PDFs here
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PreviewLesson 1: Present perfect use to talk about 'how long' with 'for' and 'since' (1:10)
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PreviewExercise - Present perfect use for how long with 'for' and 'since'
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StartLesson 2: Present perfect use with 'just', 'yet' and 'already' (1:21)
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StartExercise - Present perfect with 'yet' and 'already'
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StartExercise - Present perfect with 'just'
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PreviewLesson 3: Present perfect or past simple? (1:50)
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PreviewExercise - Present perfect or past simple
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StartSection 2 review quiz
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StartDownload the section 3 PDFs here
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StartLesson 1: Past continuous forms (1:53)
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StartExercise - Past continuous positive and negative
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StartExercise - Past continuous questions
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StartLesson 2: Past continuous use: things in progress at a point in time (0:59)
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StartExercise - Past continuous: events in progress at a certain time
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StartLesson 3: Past continuous use: interrupted actions with the past simple (0:59)
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StartExercise - Past continuous: actions with the past simple
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StartLesson 4: Past continuous use: habits in the past (1:16)
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StartExercise - Past continuous for habits in the past
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StartLesson 5: Future in the past with 'was / were going to' (and 'would') (3:21)
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StartExercise - Future in the past with 'was / were going to'
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StartSection 3 review quiz
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StartDownload the section 4 PDFs here
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StartLesson 1: Future continuous forms (3:18)
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StartExercise - Future continuous forms 1 (positive and negative)
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StartExercise - Future continuous forms 2 (questions)
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StartExercise - Future continuous forms 3 (mixed)
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StartLesson 2: Future continuous for things in progress at a point (2:42)
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StartExercise - Future continuous for things in progress at a point
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StartLesson 3: Present perfect continuous forms (4:00)
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StartExercise - Present perfect continuous forms 1 (positive and negative)
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StartExercise - Present perfect continuous forms 2 (questions)
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StartExercise - Present perfect continuous 3 (mixed)
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StartLesson 4: Present perfect continuous for time up to now with for and since (2:10)
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StartExercise - Present perfect continuous for time up to now
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StartLesson 5: Past perfect forms (4:48)
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StartExercise - Past perfect forms 1 (positive and negative)
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StartExercise - Past perfect forms 2 (questions)
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StartExercise - Past perfect 3 (mixed)
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StartLesson 6: Past perfect for time up to then (2:47)
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StartExercise - Past perfect for time up to then
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StartSection 4 review quiz
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StartDownload the section 5 PDFs here
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StartLesson 1: Subject and object questions (3:14)
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StartExercise - Subject and object questions
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StartLesson 2: Question tags (5:20)
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StartExercise - Question tags with the present simple 1
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StartExercise - Question tags with the present simple 2
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StartExercise - Question tags with the present continuous
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StartExercise - Question tags with the past simple 1
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StartExercise - Question tags with the past simple 2
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StartExercise - Question tags with 'will'
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StartExercise - Question tags with 'be going to'
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StartExercise - Question tags with the present perfect
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StartExercise - Question tags with the past perfect
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StartExercise - Question tags with the future continuous
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StartExercise - Question tags with the past continuous
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PreviewLesson 3: Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' (5:23)
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PreviewExercise - Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' in the present simple
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StartExercise - Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' in the present continuous
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StartExercise - Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' in the past simple
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StartExercise - Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' and 'will'
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StartExercise - Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' and 'be going to'
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StartExercise - Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' in the present perfect
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StartExercise - Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' in the past perfect
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StartExercise - Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' in the future continuous
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StartExercise - Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' in the past continuous
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StartSection 5 review quiz
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StartDownload the section 6 PDFs here
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StartLesson 1: Verbs + infinitive without 'to' (make and let) (3:42)
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StartExercise - Make and let + infinitive
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StartLesson 2: Verbs with a direct object and 'to + infinitive' (3:32)
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StartExercise - Verbs with a direct object and 'to + infinitive'
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StartLesson 3: Verbs with two objects (1:25)
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StartExercise - Verbs with two objects
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StartSection 6 review quiz
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StartDownload the section 7 PDFs here
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StartLesson 1: Nouns that are always plural (2:37)
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StartExercise - Nouns that are always plural
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StartLesson 2: Collective nouns with singular or plural verbs (2:07)
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StartExercise - Collective nouns with singular or plural verbs
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StartLesson 3: Other / the other / another (3:13)
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StartExercise - The other or other?
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StartExercise - Another or the other?
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StartLesson 4: The and no article with geographical names (1:24)
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StartExercise - The and no article with geographical names
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StartLesson 5: The with abstract nouns (3:28)
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StartExercise - The with abstract nouns
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StartSection 7 review quiz
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StartDownload the section 9 PDFs here
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StartLesson 1: How to make the passive (7:06)
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StartExercise - The present simple passive
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StartExercise - The past simple passive
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StartExercise - The present continuous passive
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StartExercise - Mixed passive forms (present simple, present continuous, past simple)
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StartExercise - The past continuous passive
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StartExercise - The present perfect passive
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StartExercise - The past perfect passive
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StartExercise - The future with 'will' passive
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StartExercise - Mixed passive forms (will, past continuous, present perfect, past perfect)
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StartLesson 2: Passive infinitive introduction (with going to / have to / need to) (3:01)
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StartExercise - Passive infinitive introduction (with going to / have to / need to)
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StartSection 9 quiz review
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StartDownload the Section 10 PDFs here
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PreviewLesson 1: How to make reported speech (9:13)
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StartExercise - Reported speech with the present simple
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StartExercise - Reported speech with the present continuous
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StartExercise - Reported speech with the past simple
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StartExercise - Reported speech with the present perfect
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StartExercise - Reported speech with the past continuous
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StartExercise - Reported speech with the future simple with 'will'
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StartExercise - Reported speech with 'be going to'
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StartExercise - Reported speech with the future continuous
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StartExercise - Reported speech with the past perfect
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StartLesson 2: Reported speech with modal verbs (1:35)
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StartExercise - Reported speech with modal verbs
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StartLesson 3: Reported questions with 'ask' (4:19)
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StartExercise - reported 'wh' questions with 'ask'
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StartExercise - reported 'yes / no' questions with 'ask'
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StartLesson 4: Reported requests with 'ask' (2:11)
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StartExercise - Reported requests with 'ask'
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StartLesson 5: Reported orders with 'tell' (0:58)
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StartExercise - Reported orders with 'tell'
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StartLesson 6: Time expressions in reported speech (2:01)
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StartExercise - Time expressions in reported speech
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StartSection 10 review quiz
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StartDownload the Section 11 PDFs here
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StartLesson 1: 'Must' and 'can't' for logical necessity (making guesses) about the present (3:39)
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StartExercise - 'Must' and 'can't' for logical necessity
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StartLesson 2: Could / might / etc for logical necessity (making guesses) about the present (1:22)
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StartExercise - Could / might etc for logical necessity (making guesses) about the present
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StartExercise - Mixed logical necessity for the present
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StartLesson 3: 'Must' for recommendations and offers (1:12)
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StartExercise - Must for recommendations and offers
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StartLesson 4: 'Ought to' for advice (1:03)
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StartExercise - 'Ought to' for advice
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StartLesson 5: Be supposed to (2:52)
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StartExercise - Be supposed to
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StartLesson 6: Used to + infinitive (1:12)
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StartExercise - Used to + infinitive
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StartLesson 7: Be / get used to (2:58)
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StartExercise - be / get used to
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StartLesson 8: Modals for politeness (2:20)
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StartExercise - Modals for politeness
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StartSection 11 review quiz
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StartDownload the section 12 PDFs here
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StartLesson 1: Relative clauses introduction (1:52)
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StartExercise - Where is the relative clause?
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StartLesson 2: Defining and non-defining relative clauses (3:15)
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StartExercise - Defining or non-defining?
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StartLesson 3: Defining relative clauses with the pronoun as subject or object (2:53)
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StartExercise - Is the relative pronoun the subject or the object?
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StartExercise - Make defining relative clauses with 'who / that' as subject
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StartExercise - Make defining relative clauses with 'that' as the object
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StartLesson 4: Dropping the relative pronoun (1:21)
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StartExercise - Dropping the relative pronoun
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StartLesson 5: 'Who' or 'whom' in a relative clause? (1:45)
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StartExercise - Who or whom?
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StartLesson 6: 'Whose' in relative clauses (1:31)
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StartExercise - Whose in relative clauses
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StartLesson 7: 'When' in relative clauses (0:43)
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StartExercise - 'When' in relative clauses
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StartLesson 8: 'Where' in relative clauses (2:25)
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StartExercise - 'Where' in relative clauses
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StartSection 12 review quiz
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StartDownload the section 13 PDFs here
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StartLesson 1: Reflexive pronouns (4:05)
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StartExercise - Reflexive pronouns 1 (reflexive pronoun or object pronoun?)
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StartExercise - Reflexive pronouns 2 (reflexive pronouns with verbs like 'dress', 'wash' and 'concentrate')
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StartLesson 2: Each other (2:08)
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StartExercise - Each other
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StartLesson 3: By myself = alone (0:44)
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StartExercise - By myself
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StartSection 13 review quiz
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StartDownload the section 14 PDFs
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StartLesson 1: Zero conditionals (present real conditionals) (1:23)
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StartExercise - Make zero conditionals
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StartLesson 2: First conditionals (future real conditionals) (0:59)
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StartExercise - Make first conditionals
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StartLesson 3: Unless (0:59)
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StartExercise - Unless
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StartExercise - If and unless
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StartLesson 4: Future real conditionals with modal verbs (might, can, must) (2:22)
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StartExercise - Make future real conditionals with modals
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StartLesson 5: Second conditionals (future unreal conditionals) (1:47)
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StartExercise - Make second conditionals
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StartLesson 6: 'Was' or 'were' with the second conditional? (1:55)
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StartExercise - 'Was' or 'were' with the second conditional
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StartLesson 7: If not and if so (1:21)
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StartExercise - If so and if not
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StartExercise - Make zero / first / second conditionals 1
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StartExercise - Make zero / first / second conditionals 2
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StartSection 14 review quiz
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StartDownload the section 15 PDFs here
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StartLesson 1: Order of adjectives (2:48)
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StartExercise - Order of adjectives
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StartLesson 2: Comparatives: get better and better (1:12)
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StartExercise - Comparatives: get better and better
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StartLesson 3: Comparatives: using a clause after 'than' (2:47)
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StartExercise - Comparatives: using a clause after 'than'
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StartLesson 4: Comparatives: verb+ing after 'than' (0:56)
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StartExercise - Comparatives: verb+ing after 'than'
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StartLesson 5: Superlatives with the present perfect tense (1:01)
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StartExercise - Superlatives with the present perfect tense
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StartLesson 6: Adjectives that are only used predicatively (asleep / alone / alive / alright / afraid) (2:14)
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StartExercise - Adjectives that are only used predicatively
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StartLesson 7: Compound adjectives (2:20)
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StartExercise - Compound adjectives
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StartSection 15 review quiz
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StartDownload the section 16 PDFs here
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StartLesson 1: Adverbs of focus: even (2:27)
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StartExercise - Even
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StartLesson 2: Adverbs of focus: particularly / especially (1:16)
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StartExercise - Particularly / especially
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StartLesson 3: Adverbs of time: still (1:23)
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StartExercise - Still
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StartLesson 4: Adverbs of time: any more / any longer (1:26)
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StartExercise - Any more / any longer
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StartLesson 5: Adverbs for linking: although / though / however (1:32)
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StartExercise - Although / though / however
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StartLesson 6: Adverbs for linking: so / therefore (1:22)
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StartExercise - So / therefore
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StartLesson 7: Adverbs for linking: Because / as / since / because of / as a result of / on account of (2:21)
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StartExercise - Because / as / since / because of / as a result of / on account of
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StartLesson 8: Rather than / would rather (1:31)
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StartExercise - Rather than / would rather
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StartSection 16 review quiz
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StartDownload the section 17 PDFs here
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StartLesson 1: 'As' and 'like' (1:48)
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StartExercise - 'As' and 'like'
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StartLesson 2: 'By' and 'with' to explain how we do something (1:20)
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StartExercise - 'By' and 'with'
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StartLesson 3: 'For' to show purpose (0:41)
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StartExercise - 'For' to show purpose
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PreviewLesson 4: 'At' or 'in' with buildings (1:29)
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PreviewExercise - 'At' or 'in' with buildings
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StartLesson 5: 'On time' or 'in time' (2:28)
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StartExercise - 'On time' or 'in time'?
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StartLesson 6: 'At the end' or 'in the end' (1:34)
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StartExercise - 'At the end' or 'in the end'?
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StartLesson 7: Prepositions after adjectives (2:55)
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StartExercise - Prepositions after adjectives
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StartLesson 8: Prepositions after verbs (2:35)
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StartExercise - Prepositions after verbs
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StartLesson 9: Prepositions after nouns (2:14)
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StartExercise - Prepositions after nouns
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StartSection 17 review quiz
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