Grammar with Finn
The grammar you need for B1 Preliminary, explained clearly: the rules, examples from the Reading paper, the most common mistakes and a quick check for each topic.
Grammar for B1 Reading Part 6, Writing and Speaking
Present simple and present continuous
Habits and facts (I work) or things happening now (I'm working), and the words that go with each.
Learn with Finn →Past simple, past continuous and used to
Telling stories about the past: I walked, I was walking and I used to walk.
Learn with Finn →Present perfect
Have you ever…?, I've just, for and since – and when to use the past simple instead.
Learn with Finn →Future forms: will, going to and the present continuous
Plans (I'm going to), arrangements (I'm meeting), predictions and offers (I'll).
Learn with Finn →Comparatives and superlatives
Bigger than, the best, as … as, too and enough.
Learn with Finn →Modal verbs: can, must, have to, should
Ability (can), rules (must, have to), advice (should) and no obligation (don't have to).
Learn with Finn →Conditionals: if sentences
Zero, first and second conditionals: If it rains, we'll stay in and If I had more money, I would…
Learn with Finn →Relative clauses: who, which, where, whose
Joining ideas with who, which, that, where and whose.
Learn with Finn →Articles and quantifiers
a / an / the, some / any, much / many / a lot of, a few / a little.
Learn with Finn →Prepositions: in, on, at and more
Time and place (in July, on Monday, at 6) and words that go with prepositions (good at, interested in).
Learn with Finn →The passive
When the action matters more than the person who does it: The bridge was built in 1890.
Learn with Finn →Reported speech
Telling someone what another person said: She said she was tired. He asked me where I lived.
Learn with Finn →Verb + -ing or verb + to
Some verbs are followed by -ing (enjoy swimming), others by to (want to go).
Learn with Finn →Questions
Making questions correctly: Where do you live? Have you ever been to Paris? Who called you?
Learn with Finn →Pronouns: my, mine, myself and something
Possessives (my, mine), reflexives (myself) and words like someone, anything, nowhere.
Learn with Finn →Linking words: because, so, but, although
Joining your ideas: because (reason), so (result), but / although / however (contrast).
Learn with Finn →So, such, too and enough
so hot, such a hot day, too hot to go out, not old enough to drive.
Learn with Finn →Adjectives and adverbs
careful (adjective) or carefully (adverb)? And where to put words like always and often.
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