B2 First

19 grammar families · 71 lessons available

Verb tenses

6 competencies

LC1.1 Present Simple vs Present Continuous → LC1.2 Past Simple vs Past Continuous → LC1.3 Present Perfect → LC1.4 Past Perfect Simple → LC1.5 Future Forms → LC1.6 Used to / Would for Past Habits →

Modals

5 competencies

LC2.1 Obligation & Necessity → LC2.2 Permission & Prohibition → LC2.3 Ability → LC2.4 Possibility & Probability → LC2.5 Deduction & Certainty →

Passive & causative

2 competencies

LC3.1 Passive Voice (all tenses) → LC3.2 Causative (have/get something done) →

Conditionals

6 competencies

LC4.1 Zero Conditional (General Truths) → LC4.2 First Conditional (Real Future) → LC4.3 Second Conditional (Unreal Present) → LC4.4 Third Conditional (Unreal Past) → LC4.5 Mixed Conditionals → LC4.6 Wish / If Only Constructions →

Infinitives, gerunds & participles

5 competencies

LC5.1 Infinitives of purpose (to + verb) → LC5.2 Gerunds as subjects/objects → LC5.3 Participle clauses (-ing/-ed) → LC5.4 Perfect infinitive (to have done) → LC5.5 Bare Infinitive (after modals/let/make) →

Emphasis & word order

4 competencies

LC6.1 Inversion (negative adverbials: hardly, never) → LC6.2 Cleft sentences (It is/was... that) → LC6.3 Emphasis structures (What I need is...) → LC6.4 Fronting & topicalization →

Relative clauses

4 competencies

LC7.1 Defining relative clauses (who/which/that) → LC7.2 Non-defining relative clauses → LC7.3 Reduced relative clauses → LC7.4 Nominal clauses (what/that/whether) →

Reported speech

4 competencies

LC8.1 Reported statements (tense backshift) → LC8.2 Reported questions → LC8.3 Reporting verbs (advise/suggest/deny) → LC8.4 Reported requests & commands →

Comparatives & superlatives

5 competencies

LC9.1 Comparative structures (more than / as...as) → LC9.2 Superlative structures → LC9.3 Modifiers of comparison (far/much/slightly) → LC9.4 Double comparatives (the more... the more) → LC9.5 Similes & idiomatic comparisons →

Linking words

5 competencies

LC10.1 Linking Contrast → LC10.2 Linking Addition → LC10.3 Linking Cause-Effect → LC10.4 Linking Time Sequence → LC10.5 Linking Purpose →

Prepositions

4 competencies

LC11.1 Verb + Preposition Collocations → LC11.2 Adjective + preposition (keen on/afraid of) → LC11.3 Noun + preposition (solution to/reason for) → LC11.4 Prepositional phrases (in spite of/by means of) →

Collocations & phrasal verbs

4 competencies

LC12.1 Collocations (make/do, heavy rain) → LC12.2 Phrasal Verbs → LC12.3 Idioms & fixed expressions →

Word formation

6 competencies

LC13.1 Prefixes (un-, re-, mis-, over-) → LC13.2 Suffixes - nouns (-tion, -ment, -ness) → LC13.3 Suffixes - adjectives (-ful, -less, -ous) → LC13.4 Suffixes - verbs (-ise, -en, -ify) → LC13.5 Negative affixes (in-, im-, dis-, -less) → LC13.6 Compound word formation →

Determiners & reference

4 competencies

LC14.1 Articles (a/an/the/zero article) → LC14.2 Quantifiers (some/any/much/many/few/little) → LC14.3 Demonstratives & reference (this/that/such) → LC14.4 Possessives & pronouns (its/their/whose) →

Adjectives & adverbs

5 competencies

LC15.1 Adjective order → LC15.2 Gradable & non-gradable adjectives (cold/freezing) → LC15.3 Adverb position & meaning → LC15.4 Participial adjectives (-ed / -ing) → LC15.5 Intensifiers & mitigators (absolutely/fairly) →

Questions & negation

4 competencies

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Verb patterns

3 competencies

LC17.1 Verb + infinitive patterns → LC17.2 Verb + gerund patterns → LC17.3 Verb + object + infinitive/gerund →

Agreement & spelling

3 competencies

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Vocabulary

3 competencies

Coming soon