A2sentence structure
Interactive Grammar: Clauses quiz
Learn independent and dependent clauses, relative clauses, and clause types in English.
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CEFR Level
C1 — Advanced
Advanced English grammar lessons.
33 Lessons available
Grammar Lessons
B2phrases
Interactive Grammar: Absolute Phrases quiz
Use absolute phrases — a noun or pronoun plus a participle and any modifiers — to add contextual detail to a sentence without a subordinating conjunction.
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B2tenses
Interactive Grammar: Sequence of Tenses quiz
Understand how tenses change in complex sentences, reported speech, and conditional clauses to maintain logical time relationships.
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C1sentence structure
Interactive Grammar: Advanced Inversion quiz
Master all types of inversion — after negative adverbials, with conditionals, and for emphasis.
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C1sentence structure
Interactive Grammar: Cleft Sentences quiz
Use it-clefts and wh-clefts to emphasise specific parts of a sentence in formal writing.
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C1sentence structure
Interactive Grammar: Ellipsis and Substitution quiz
Avoid repetition using ellipsis and substitution — key cohesion devices in advanced English.
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C1sentence structure
Interactive Grammar: Advanced Fronting quiz
Front elements of a sentence for emphasis and stylistic effect in spoken and written English.
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C1sentence structure
Interactive Grammar: Formal and Informal Register quiz
Distinguish and switch between formal and informal register appropriately in different contexts.
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C1sentence structure
Interactive Grammar: Nominalisation quiz
Convert verbs and adjectives into nouns to create formal, academic, and professional writing style.
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C1sentence structure
Interactive Grammar: Hedging Language quiz
Use hedging verbs, modal expressions, and phrases to express caution and uncertainty in academic writing.
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C1sentence structure
Interactive Grammar: Advanced Cohesion Devices quiz
Use a full range of cohesion devices — reference, substitution, ellipsis, and lexical chains.
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C1sentence structure
Interactive Grammar: Discourse Management quiz
Manage extended discourse with signposting, topic management, and coherent paragraph organisation.
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C1sentence structure
Interactive Grammar: Emphasis Structures quiz
Use do-inversion, clefts, fronting, and intensifiers to create emphasis in C1-level English.
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C1sentence structure
Interactive Grammar: Complex Sentence Patterns quiz
Combine multiple clauses and phrases to produce complex, varied sentence structures.
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C1sentence structure
Interactive Grammar: Advanced Concession Structures quiz
Express concession using however, nevertheless, yet, while, and despite the fact that in formal contexts.
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C1modals
Interactive Grammar: Nuanced Modal Meanings quiz
Understand subtle distinctions between modal verbs — permission, ability, deduction, and volition.
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C1modals
Interactive Grammar: Speculation and Deduction quiz
Use a full range of modals and expressions to speculate about past, present, and future events.
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C1conditionals
Interactive Grammar: Inversion with Conditionals quiz
Use inverted conditional structures — were it not, had it not been, should you need — in formal English.
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C1conditionals
Interactive Grammar: Advanced Conditional Patterns quiz
Master complex conditional structures including wish, if only, and imagined past/present scenarios.
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C1clauses
Interactive Grammar: Complex Participle Clauses quiz
Use complex participle clause structures for concision in formal written and academic English.
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C1clauses
Interactive Grammar: Advanced Relative Clause Reduction quiz
Reduce and simplify relative clauses in formal contexts using participles and infinitives.
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C1direct and indirect speech
Interactive Grammar: Advanced Reporting Verbs quiz
Use a wide range of reporting verbs — argue, insist, deny, acknowledge, imply — with correct patterns.
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B2direct and indirect speech
Interactive Grammar: Reporting Verbs for Advice and Suggestions quiz
Use advise, suggest, recommend, urge, encourage + correct patterns to report advice and suggestions accurately.
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B2direct and indirect speech
Interactive Grammar: Reporting Verbs for Opinions and Claims quiz
Use claim, argue, believe, maintain, assert, contend + that-clause to attribute opinions and arguments to specific people.
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C1direct and indirect speech
Interactive Grammar: Reporting Verbs in Academic English quiz
Use academic reporting verbs — state, argue, demonstrate, highlight, suggest — correctly in essays, reports, and dissertations.
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B2direct and indirect speech
Interactive Grammar: Mixed Tenses in Reported Speech quiz
Report complex sentences that mix tenses and understand when backshift is optional or when the meaning would change.
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B2direct and indirect speech
Interactive Grammar: Reported Speech in News Reporting quiz
Use reported speech in journalistic writing — attribution, reporting verbs, and the conventions of news-style indirect speech.
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C1direct and indirect speech
Interactive Grammar: Reported Speech in Academic Writing quiz
Integrate sources correctly in academic writing using reported speech — paraphrase, summary, and attribution with appropriate verbs.
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B2direct and indirect speech
Interactive Grammar: Formal vs Informal Reporting quiz
Choose the appropriate register when reporting speech — formal structures for academic/business contexts vs natural structures in conversation.
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C1direct and indirect speech
Interactive Grammar: Passive Structures in Reported Speech quiz
Use passive reported speech — It is said that, He is believed to, They are reported to have — in formal and journalistic English.
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B2direct and indirect speech
Interactive Grammar: Reporting Hypothetical Statements quiz
Report conditional and hypothetical statements accurately — managing if-clauses, would, could, might in reported contexts.
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C1active and passive voice
Interactive Grammar: Advanced Passive Reporting Structures quiz
Use passive reporting structures — it is alleged that, she is understood to have — in formal contexts.
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B2sentence structure
Interactive Grammar: Cohesion and Coherence quiz
Link sentences and paragraphs with cohesive devices — pronouns, connectors, lexical chains — and ensure a logical, unified flow of ideas throughout a text.
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