B2 · Upper-intermediate Auxiliary verbs · Ellipsis

Ellipsis and substitution

Estimated study time: about 42 minutes

Meaning and purpose

Omitting/replacing repeated elements

Examples

I'll go if you want me to.

Correct versus incorrect

Correct

I'll go if you want me to.

Incorrect example

No paired incorrect sentence has been authored for this lesson yet.

Common misconception

Recovering omitted words

Practice and review

This lesson has 39 exercises. Choose how you want to practise.

One question at a time

Check each answer as you go and see the explanation straight away.

Answer all, then check

Work through every question first, then submit once for your result.