Grammar with Finn
The grammar you need for B2 First, explained clearly: the rules, examples from the Use of English, the most common mistakes and a quick check for each topic.
For Part 4 Key word transformation
Conditionals
Zero, first, second and third conditionals, and words like unless, as long as and provided.
Learn with Finn →Wish and if only
Wish + past simple, past perfect, could and would – and would rather.
Learn with Finn →Past modals
Must have, can't have, might have, should have and needn't have + past participle.
Learn with Finn →The passive
Be + past participle in every tense, phrasal verbs, "is said to be" and "have something done".
Learn with Finn →Reported speech
Tense changes, reported questions and reporting verbs like advise, warn, deny and suggest.
Learn with Finn →Comparisons
Comparatives, superlatives, (not) as … as, the more … the more, and much / far / a bit.
Learn with Finn →So, such, too and enough
So + adjective, such a + noun, too … for someone to, and (not) … enough.
Learn with Finn →Verb patterns: -ing or to
Verbs followed by -ing or to, verbs with prepositions, let / make, and expressions like it's not worth + -ing.
Learn with Finn →Present perfect: since, for, the last time
Since and for, the last time, it's ages since, the first time and never … before.
Learn with Finn →Linkers: although, despite, because of
Although vs despite, because vs because of / due to, apart from, instead of, as soon as and more.
Learn with Finn →Phrasal verbs
The phrasal verbs that come up most in Part 4, and where to put the object.
Learn with Finn →Modals: obligation and possibility
Must, have to, don't have to, mustn't, be allowed to, had better – and might, be likely to, be bound to.
Learn with Finn →Useful expressions
Expressions with take, make, keep and have, words with prepositions, and small words like still, hardly ever and neither.
Learn with Finn →Preferences: prefer and would rather
Prefer A to B, prefer -ing to -ing, would prefer to, would rather and would sooner … than.
Learn with Finn →Narrative tenses
Past simple, past continuous and past perfect – how to tell a story in the past.
Learn with Finn →Future forms
Will, going to, the present continuous, and future continuous and perfect: will be doing, will have done.
Learn with Finn →Used to, would and be used to
Past habits with used to and would, and the difference between be used to and get used to.
Learn with Finn →Time clauses: as soon as, until, by the time
When, as soon as, until, before, after and by the time – and why we don't use will after them.
Learn with Finn →Purpose: so that, in order to, in case
To, in order to, so as not to, so that and in case – how to say why you do something.
Learn with Finn →Indirect questions
Polite questions like 'Could you tell me where the station is?' – and the word order change.
Learn with Finn →Have something done
Have or get something done: when someone else does a job for you – and when something bad happens to you.
Learn with Finn →For Part 2 Open cloze
Relative clauses
Who, which, that, whose, where, when, why and what – and when you can leave the pronoun out.
Learn with Finn →Articles, quantifiers and pronouns
A, an, the, some, any, few, little, all, each, both, other, another, its and themselves.
Learn with Finn →Prepositions and particles
Prepositions after adjectives, verbs and nouns, fixed phrases, and the small words in phrasal verbs.
Learn with Finn →Question tags
Isn't it?, do you?, shall we? – short questions at the end of a sentence, and the special cases.
Learn with Finn →For Part 3 Word formation
Word formation: suffixes
How to make nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs with endings like -tion, -ness, -ful, -able and -ly.
Learn with Finn →Word formation: prefixes
Negative prefixes (un-, in-, im-, ir-, il-, dis-, mis-), re-, over-, under-, and words that need two changes.
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