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Upper-intermediate Grammar: VERBS AND TENSES
VERBS AND TENSES
General RevisionFor general revision with activities online of tenses, translation and other grammar points, visit http://www.gramaticainglesamanas.com/ejercicios.html
Gerunds and infinitivesThese are some activities that you can do online to test your knowledge on gerunds and infinitives.
Prepositions. Revision For a revision on prepositions, please visit Agendaweb. For activities on verbs with prepositions visit Ecenglish. You can also download a pdf file to practise on adjectives with prepositions on download.
Irregular verbs songIf you want to review the irregular verbs, please use the links on manythings.org. You can even download the mp3 files or watch a video. You can alos download from Advanced Downloads/Grammar
Pronunciation of -ed in the past and past participleGet an eplanation on the three pronunciations of regular past endings with a list of the consonants from elearnenglishlanguage.com
HAVE/GET Something doneSimple explanation by englishgrammarsecrets.com with some exercises : http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/havesomethingdone/menu.php
To drill this grammar point, do an activity about "have something done" on ego4you: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/participles/exercises?08 Choose the right tense on elt.oup.com. Click below: Wishwish=if only
Do some activities on wish, if only, and third conditional on eltdatabase:http://www.eltbase.com/quiz/153_03.htm Visit the British Council http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/wish-and-if-only to do activities on wishes in the present, future and regrets or click below:
PAST MODALS (can't have, might have, must have, should have, etc.)Explanation and online activities: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/modals-–-deduction-past and http://www.autoenglish.org/modalverbs/pastmodalsdeduction.htm
Find a pdf file with activities on past modals among other activities: http://www.autoenglish.org/modalverbs.htm Practise on University of Victoria http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/410-modals-of-possibility-and-probability-for-past-situations1.htm Esl lounge: http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g66-past-modals-exercise.php another one here: http://www.tolearnenglish.com/cgi2/myexam/voir2r.php?id=53195 Use of "should have". Go to songs and practise with the Beatles I should have known better with subtitles". Direct Link: http://uwall.tv/?v=Byk5uvq6-gY
PRESENT PERFECT (SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS)Find an explanation about stative and action verbs on downloads/grammar
Find a good explanation with drawings and activities on English Page.com www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html
Past tenses
For an online activity on past tenses visit Lingolia. You can also find a brief explanation with an online activity of the tenses used in the past on The British Council
`Used to/get used to/be used to´On Downloads you can get the activity we did in the classroom about the different uses and meaning of used to, getting used to, be used to. Get a clear explanation and more activities on speakspeak Find more activities on be used to/ get used to on downloads Conditionals ReviewRevise the third conditional on magoosh.com. For quizzes on each type go to: englisch-hilfen.de or perfect-english-grammar.com. For more interactive activities go to: English Exercises or esllounge
THIRD CONDITIONALDo some activities on the third conditional on perfectenglish.com http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/third-conditional-exercise-1.html
Click below to practise the third conditional
Third conditional, by Maria Patricia Amaya
Find this and other conditionals exercises on English Exercises .org Whether or IF and alternatives to IF |
Find a good explanation on alternatives to "if" including "whether" on BBC World Service/Learning English.
To get a brief explanation in Spanish and a good set of activities on as long as, provided (that), providing, even if, unless go to Onlineeslresources
Find an explanation on the use of Even If and some activities on the difference between Even if andWhether on Englishpedia.net
To get a brief explanation in Spanish and a good set of activities on as long as, provided (that), providing, even if, unless go to Onlineeslresources
Find an explanation on the use of Even If and some activities on the difference between Even if andWhether on Englishpedia.net
Get an Infographic on the difference between whether and if plus conditionals on Grammar.net
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Phrasal Verbs
If you find phrasal verbs difficult, head over to FastbrainTV on Youtube to get a good explanation on them in Spanish