Upper-intermediate Uses
Common intermediate mistakes by EWL and ESL buzz
Review of adjectives ending in "-ing / -ed"
Visit https://basiclevel-joepinetreebush.weebly.com/pre-intermediate-grammar-points.html for a revision or visit Test English for a straightforward explanation and some activities.
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Participle as adjectives (-ed/-ing adjectives)
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Adverbs and adverb phrases position
:Find a very straightforward explanation on dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/about-adjectives-and-adverbs/adverbs-and-adverb-phrases-position or download a pdf file explaining every kind of adverb and their position by Mayra Solís from Universidad de Costa Rica https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filyling/article/download/4332/4155
Activities: NEF, English file Third Edition (click in order). Unfortunately there are a couple of sentences that do not work on the online activity from your textbook.
There's another good explanation and two online activities on BBC Learning English: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-15/session-2/activity-1
It includes an audio explanation on 6-minute Grammar as well.
Activities: NEF, English file Third Edition (click in order). Unfortunately there are a couple of sentences that do not work on the online activity from your textbook.
There's another good explanation and two online activities on BBC Learning English: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-15/session-2/activity-1
It includes an audio explanation on 6-minute Grammar as well.
Subjunctive English Structure: Adjective+for+to+infinitive
This structure, adjective+for+to+infinitive, expresses a subjunctive sentence similar to the formal Adjective + that + subject + should+ infinitive. The object after for makes clear who the adjective is referring to. It works not only for adjectives but also with some nouns and adverbs (too, enough)
Compare:
a- It is vital that you keep the secret.
b- It is vital that you should keep the secret.
c- It is vital for you to keep the secret.
a and b are more formal, c is more colloquial
Get a full explanation of these structures on My English class and an activity on the topic on English Exercises
Compare:
a- It is vital that you keep the secret.
b- It is vital that you should keep the secret.
c- It is vital for you to keep the secret.
a and b are more formal, c is more colloquial
Get a full explanation of these structures on My English class and an activity on the topic on English Exercises
Verb+object+to+infinitive
This probably works as a present and past subjunctive in Spanish. I want/ed you to do this (Quiero que hagas esto / Quería que hicieras esto). The action expressed after "to"" is carried out by the object.
Find an explanation and a small exercise by Nick Shepherd, Two-minute English, on Youtube:
Find an explanation and a small exercise by Nick Shepherd, Two-minute English, on Youtube:
Participle Clauses (+Present and Perfect participle)
Visit Perfect English Grammar for a better understanding of participle clauses. You can also get some activities as well.
For a good explanation on the three kinds of clauses visit Grammaring.com. Visit Lingolia to practise the use of Present, Past and Perfect Participle clauses. Get more activities on Present and Perfect participle clauses on downloads
Purpose and contrast
This is a good presentation on both topics: Click on the picture
Would rather/had betterGood explanation of the difference between them at BBC World Service: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv107.shtml
Find some activities on this uses here: http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-61575.php Download a pdf file with an exercise from Auto English: www.autoenglish.org/gr.better.pdf Used to / Would and Stative /Dynamic verbsThis distinction is important to tell the difference between present simple and continuous and for other tenses as well, and when to use used to / would. Find a good explanation on continuous tenses on Youtube /continuous tenses by Englishbox.
For a short, clear and straightforward explanation with some examples visit Study English Today / Stative/ Dynamic Verbs. Get a list of Stative / Dynamic verbs on Downloads To listen to a logical (non-grammatical) explanation on this subject on BBC World service, click here Get a short explanation, the audio and the transcript of the logical (non-grammatical) explanation on downloads SO / SUCH... USE
Auxiliary Uses
Some activities to practise the different uses of auxiliary verbs and modals.
Uses explained one by one...
Question tags intonationLearn and practise about the two different kinds of Questions tags intonation on http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1634_gramchallenge2/
Listen to examples and pratise 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 TIP! To listen to the recordings on these pages right click and open a new window Nouns and verbs syllable stress
Find how to pronounce some nouns and verbs that undergo changes of stress in English
the... the... + comparativesa. To practise this use choose the correct combination of comparatives to make a
sentence. http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g2-the-the-comparatives.php b. This a review of comparative and superlatives but it includes a the...the...+comparatives exercise too: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/comparative-and-superlative-adjectives `Both´/`Neither… nor´ / `Either… or...´A good and simple explanation:
http://esl.about.com/od/grammarintermediate/a/cm_bothand.htm Practice with this quiz: http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_bothand.htm More about `either... or...´, `neither... nor..´. In fact, this grammar point is very confusing and there are many different ways to explain it. Another simple explanation I found on the interner is this: http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-lesson-either-or-neither-nor.php Practise with this exercise: http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-either-or-neither-nor.php It is also possible to use either and neither in negative sentences:
The three ways for negative aggreement with either / neither:
Get the full explanation of the use of `either´and `neither´here
Get another explanation here: https://www.gymglish.com/en/gymglish/english-grammar/either-and-neither#:~:text=Either%20means%20'both'%2C%20',don't%20have%20any%20money.
Pronouns both (of)/all/neither (of)/none/no, etc.
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