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B2 Wishes · Unreal past

Wish/if only/would rather/it's time

Unreal uses of past tenses

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Example: I'd rather you didn't smoke.
Common misconception: Tense form after these expressions

Open lesson: Wish/if only/would rather/it's time 44 exercises available

B2 The passive · All forms

Passive (all tenses and modals)

Passive across the full tense/modal range

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Example: The report should have been sent.
Common misconception: Complex form errors

Open lesson: Passive (all tenses and modals) 43 exercises available

B2 The passive · Reporting

Passive with reporting verbs

It is said that / subject + passive + to-infinitive

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Example: It is believed that he is abroad.
Common misconception: Structure choice; formality

Open lesson: Passive with reporting verbs 39 exercises available

B2 The passive · Causative

Causative have/get something done

Arranging for others to do things

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Example: I had my hair cut.
Common misconception: Word order; get vs have

Open lesson: Causative have/get something done 44 exercises available

B2 The passive · Distancing

Distancing with passive reporting verbs

Impersonal reporting for objectivity

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Example: The suspect is thought to be dangerous.
Common misconception: Structure; register

Open lesson: Distancing with passive reporting verbs 43 exercises available

B2 Reported speech · Transformations

Reported questions/commands/requests

Reporting different sentence types

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Example: She asked whether I was coming.
Common misconception: Word order; if/whether

Open lesson: Reported questions/commands/requests 39 exercises available

B2 Infinitives and -ing forms · Patterns

Verb + object + infinitive/gerund

Complex patterns want/make/let/see + object

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Example: I saw her leave. They made him wait.
Common misconception: Bare vs to-infinitive after make/let/see

Open lesson: Verb + object + infinitive/gerund 39 exercises available

B2 Infinitives and -ing forms · Complex forms

Perfect and passive infinitives/gerunds

to have done / to be done / having done

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Example: He seems to have forgotten. I remember being told.
Common misconception: Form; aspect meaning

Open lesson: Perfect and passive infinitives/gerunds 39 exercises available

B2 Infinitives and -ing forms · Participle

Participle clauses

Reduced clauses with -ing/-ed

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Example: Feeling tired I went to bed.
Common misconception: Dangling participles

Open lesson: Participle clauses 39 exercises available

B2 Relative clauses · Advanced

Relative clauses with prepositions

Formal preposition + relative pronoun

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Example: The person to whom I spoke was helpful.
Common misconception: Preposition stranding vs fronting

Open lesson: Relative clauses with prepositions 39 exercises available

B2 Relative clauses · Advanced

Possessive and sentential relative clauses

whose and which referring to whole clause

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Example: He was late which annoyed everyone.
Common misconception: which vs what; whose

Open lesson: Possessive and sentential relative clauses 39 exercises available

B2 Relative clauses · Reduced

Reduced relative clauses

Omitting pronoun + be

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Example: The man standing there is my uncle.
Common misconception: Recognising reducible clauses

Open lesson: Reduced relative clauses 39 exercises available