GRAMMAR C1
IPT Advanced
Although a little bit disorganised, you can find lots of helpful stuff and grammar practice from New English File Advanced on this Wordpress blog:
Some examples of IPT Advanced material |
Gerunds and full infinitives as subjects and objects
Gerunds and full infinitives as subjects and objects function and mean pretty much the same but maybe when you use an infinitive it sounds like more abstract. Check this explanation on English Language Centre and do the activities online.
Who and Whom
Visit Grammarly to get a straightforward explanation and some activities to check your understanding of the theory. Find some activities to practise who/whom on My English Pages.
Would and used to
Find a good explanation on BBC World Service (including audio and transcript) and some grammar tests on Learning English/British Council
Question tags intonation
Learn and practise the two different kinds of Questions tags intonation on BBC World Service: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1634_gramchallenge2/ (click on the right).
Listen to examples and practise: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1634_gramchallenge2/page2.shtml Decide whether the question tags are real or they are trying to check information: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1634_gramchallenge2/page3.shtml Find more practise on question tags on the Upper/intermediate uses section |
Ellipsis and Substitution: so and not
Get a summary on substitution: so and not on downloads. Find some activities on Ellipis and Substitution, lesson 6B, at Oxford University Find an activity on substitution with "so" at Warwick. Find many more exercises on substitution and ellipsis on LLAS (Centre of Languages and Linguistic area Studies, University of Southampton) click next after finishing every activity.
Participle clauses
Visit EnglishLingolia to get an explanation, examples, and online activities on Participle clauses in English.
Verb Inversion in English
Visit eitherLearn English Today , To learn English or English Tenses to practise Verb Inversion in English
CLEFT SENTENCES
Get a detailed explanation and some exercises on cleft sentences clicking on Grammar Quizzes (left) and some more exercises on Carmenlu's blog (right)
PASSIVE VOICE
Please, visit Edumantra to get a good explanation and lots of solved and unsolved activities. The British Council has a quite straightforward explanation with some online activities.
A good explanation to download is this one on RWC. Lingoda also offers a pdf file with activities and keys.
A good explanation to download is this one on RWC. Lingoda also offers a pdf file with activities and keys.
Needn´t, don´t need to, and needn´t have+past participle
For the meaning of needn´t, don´t need to and don´t need have+past participle, check here: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv317.shtml
Straightforward explanation on this here: www.dualtexts.com/grammar-bank/388-needn-t-vs-don-t-need-to
A more formal and elaborated one on Cambridge Dictionary
Activities online: didn´t have / didn´t need to https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/3g7-neednt-have-exercise.php
More activities: icosa.hkbu.edu.hk/grammar/sentence-structure/need-and-neednt/index.htm
Straightforward explanation on this here: www.dualtexts.com/grammar-bank/388-needn-t-vs-don-t-need-to
A more formal and elaborated one on Cambridge Dictionary
Activities online: didn´t have / didn´t need to https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/3g7-neednt-have-exercise.php
More activities: icosa.hkbu.edu.hk/grammar/sentence-structure/need-and-neednt/index.htm