Grammar with Finn
The grammar you need for C1 Advanced, 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
Inversion
Never have I…, No sooner had…, Not until…, On no account…, Had I known…
Learn with Finn →Passive reporting
It is said that…, He is thought to have left…, There are believed to be…
Learn with Finn →Cleft sentences
It was … that…, It wasn't until…, What I need is…, All I want is…
Learn with Finn →Past modals
Must have been waiting, should have been told, needn't have vs didn't need to, could have.
Learn with Finn →Advanced conditionals
Mixed conditionals, provided / as long as, in case, otherwise, but for and if it hadn't been for.
Learn with Finn →Wish, if only and would rather
Wish and if only for regrets, wish + would, would rather + subject + past, and it's (high) time.
Learn with Finn →Advanced comparisons
Never … a more, nowhere near as, by far the, the more … the more, and twice as … as.
Learn with Finn →Verb patterns
Verbs + -ing or to, prepositions + -ing, be made to do, and expressions like there's no point in.
Learn with Finn →Fixed expressions
Come as a surprise, take by surprise, keep someone in the dark, at short notice, live up to and more.
Learn with Finn →Perfect tenses and time
Haven't … since, it's (been) ages since, the first time, had never … before and by the time.
Learn with Finn →So, such, too and however
So … that, such … that, too … for someone to, make it difficult for someone to, and however + adjective.
Learn with Finn →The passive
Passives with modals, perfect, -ing and infinitive forms, phrasal verbs, have something done and get.
Learn with Finn →Participle clauses
Having finished…, Seen from above…, Not knowing what to do… – shorter, more elegant sentences.
Learn with Finn →Advanced future forms
Be about to, be bound to, be on the verge of, be due to, be set to – and the future in the past.
Learn with Finn →Formal structures and the subjunctive
It's essential that he be…, I'd rather you didn't…, it's high time… and as if.
Learn with Finn →Hedging and distancing
It would appear that…, tend to, is thought to, there is some evidence – sounding careful, not certain.
Learn with Finn →Emphasis
I do like it, the very best, whatsoever, by far, on earth – ways to make a point stronger.
Learn with Finn →Phrasal verbs for C1
Come up with, put up with, call off, dawn on… the phrasal verbs that come up at C1, and how to use them.
Learn with Finn →Mixed conditionals
If I had taken the job, I would be rich now: when the condition and the result are about different times.
Learn with Finn →For Part 2 Open cloze
Linkers
Although, despite, whereas, nevertheless, whether, unless, even if, rather than, so as to and once.
Learn with Finn →Relative clauses
Whose, whom, which for a whole idea, prepositions in relative clauses, what and whatever.
Learn with Finn →Articles, quantifiers and pronouns
Few vs a few, no vs none, each other, the same as, anything, nothing and reflexives.
Learn with Finn →Prepositions and particles
Dependent prepositions, formal prepositional phrases, and particles in phrasal verbs.
Learn with Finn →Ellipsis and substitution
So, not, do, one(s) and leaving words out – how to avoid repeating yourself.
Learn with Finn →For Part 3 Word formation
Word formation: suffixes
Advanced noun, adjective and adverb endings, spelling changes and words that need two changes.
Learn with Finn →Word formation: prefixes
Negative prefixes (un-, in-, im-, ir-, il-, dis-, mis-), re-, over-, under-, and positive in- words like invaluable.
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