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B1 Grammar Lessons & Exercises

Intermediate level — past tenses, passive voice, reported speech, conditionals, relative clauses and more.

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Past Continuous

I was working, they were waiting — actions in progress in the past.

Past Perfect

I had finished before she arrived — the earlier of two past actions.

Present Perfect Continuous

I've been working all day — how long an ongoing action has lasted.

Used to

I used to play football — past habits and states that no longer exist.

Would (past habits)

We would visit every summer — repeated past actions and routines.

Passive Voice: Present

The letter is written — present simple passive and when to use it.

Passive Voice: Past

The car was stolen — past simple passive and by + agent.

Reported Speech: Statements

She said she was tired — reporting what someone said.

Reported Speech: Questions

He asked where I lived — reporting questions and commands.

Modals: Possibility

It might rain, she could be right — expressing possibility.

Modals: Deduction

He must be tired, she can't be serious — logical conclusions.

Zero & First Conditional

If water reaches 100°C, it boils. If it rains, I'll stay in — facts and real future situations.

Second Conditional

If I had more time, I would travel — hypothetical and unreal situations.

All Conditionals (0 / 1 / 2)

Mixed practice — choose between zero, first and second conditionals.

Relative Clauses: Defining

The man who called, the book that I read — essential information.

Relative Clauses: Non-defining

My sister, who lives in Paris, is a teacher — extra information.

Too & Enough

too hot to eat, not enough time — expressing limits and sufficiency.

So & Such

so tired, such a good film — intensifying adjectives and nouns.

Comparison: as...as

as tall as, not as fast as — comparing things of equal or unequal degree.

Wish + Past Simple

I wish I knew, I wish I had more money — regrets about the present.

Phrasal Verbs

give up, look after, turn on — the most common phrasal verbs.

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B1 Grammar Lessons & Exercises

Intermediate level — past tenses, passive voice, reported speech, conditionals, relative clauses and more.

Past Continuous

I was working, they were waiting — actions in progress in the past.

Past Perfect

I had finished before she arrived — the earlier of two past actions.

Present Perfect Continuous

I've been working all day — how long an ongoing action has lasted.

Used to

I used to play football — past habits and states that no longer exist.

Would (past habits)

We would visit every summer — repeated past actions and routines.

Passive Voice: Present

The letter is written — present simple passive and when to use it.

Passive Voice: Past

The car was stolen — past simple passive and by + agent.

Reported Speech: Statements

She said she was tired — reporting what someone said.

Reported Speech: Questions

He asked where I lived — reporting questions and commands.

Modals: Possibility

It might rain, she could be right — expressing possibility.

Modals: Deduction

He must be tired, she can't be serious — logical conclusions.

Zero & First Conditional

If water reaches 100°C, it boils. If it rains, I'll stay in — facts and real future situations.

Second Conditional

If I had more time, I would travel — hypothetical and unreal situations.

All Conditionals (0 / 1 / 2)

Mixed practice — choose between zero, first and second conditionals.

Relative Clauses: Defining

The man who called, the book that I read — essential information.

Relative Clauses: Non-defining

My sister, who lives in Paris, is a teacher — extra information.

Too & Enough

too hot to eat, not enough time — expressing limits and sufficiency.

So & Such

so tired, such a good film — intensifying adjectives and nouns.

Comparison: as...as

as tall as, not as fast as — comparing things of equal or unequal degree.

Wish + Past Simple

I wish I knew, I wish I had more money — regrets about the present.

Phrasal Verbs

give up, look after, turn on — the most common phrasal verbs.

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