Grammar › Level B1
B1 Grammar
Articles
2 lessons at B1
The with Names & Places
When geography and place names take 'the' and when they don't — countries, rivers, mountains, institutions — with an interactive quiz.
ArticlesZero Article
When to use no article (the zero article) — general plurals, uncountables, and fixed phrases — with an interactive quiz.
Conditionals
5 lessons at B1
First Conditional
How to form the first conditional, when to use it, and the mistakes to avoid — with an interactive quiz.
ConditionalsFirst vs Second Conditional
When to use the first conditional and when the second — the difference explained simply, with an interactive quiz.
ConditionalsIf vs When
When to use if and when to talk about the future — a possibility versus a certainty — with an interactive quiz.
ConditionalsSecond Conditional
How to form the second conditional, when to use it, and the mistakes to avoid — with an interactive quiz.
ConditionalsUnless, as long as, provided that
How to use 'unless', 'as long as', 'provided that' and other conditional linkers instead of 'if' — with an interactive quiz.
Modal Verbs
6 lessons at B1
Can't vs Mustn't
When to use 'can't' and when 'mustn't' — impossibility versus prohibition, explained simply, with an interactive quiz.
Modal VerbsDeduction: must, might & can't
How to use must, might/could and can't to make deductions about the present — with an interactive quiz.
Modal VerbsMay, Might & Could
How to use 'may', 'might' and 'could' to talk about possibility and probability, and the mistakes to avoid — with an interactive quiz.
Modal VerbsMust & Have to
How to use 'must' and 'have to' for obligation and necessity, and the mistakes to avoid — with an interactive quiz.
Modal VerbsMust vs Have to
When to use 'must' and when 'have to' for obligation — the difference explained simply, with an interactive quiz.
Modal VerbsWould rather & Would prefer
How to talk about preferences with would rather and would prefer — with an interactive quiz.
Nouns & Determiners
4 lessons at B1
A few, A little & Enough
How to use a few, a little, few, little and enough to talk about small quantities — with an interactive quiz.
Nouns & DeterminersAll, Both, Every & Each
How to use all, both, every and each to talk about whole groups and individuals — with an interactive quiz.
Nouns & DeterminersCompound Nouns
How compound nouns work — two nouns together, which one is plural, and when to use a hyphen — with an interactive quiz.
Nouns & DeterminersOrder of Adjectives
The usual order of adjectives before a noun in English — opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material — with an interactive quiz.
Passive Voice
2 lessons at B1
Active vs Passive
When to use the active and when the passive voice — the difference explained simply, with an interactive quiz.
Passive VoicePassive Voice: the basics
How to form the passive with be + past participle, when to use it, and the mistakes to avoid — with an interactive quiz.
Prepositions
6 lessons at B1
Between vs Among
When to use between and when among — two things versus a group — with an interactive quiz.
PrepositionsBy vs Until
When to use by and when until for time — a deadline versus a continuous period — with an interactive quiz.
PrepositionsDependent Prepositions
How to use dependent prepositions after verbs and adjectives — good at, interested in, depend on — with an interactive quiz.
PrepositionsFor, During & While
How to use for, during and while to talk about time and length — the difference explained simply, with an interactive quiz.
PrepositionsOn time vs In time (and At the end vs In the end)
Two classic preposition-phrase confusions — on time vs in time, and at the end vs in the end — with an interactive quiz.
PrepositionsPrepositions of Movement
How to use prepositions of movement like to, into, onto, through and across — with an interactive quiz.
Reported Speech
4 lessons at B1
Reported Commands & Requests
How to report commands, requests and advice in English with 'tell/ask + object + to-infinitive' — with an interactive quiz.
Reported SpeechReported Questions
How to report questions in English — word order, if/whether for yes-no questions, and backshift — with an interactive quiz.
Reported SpeechChanges in Reported Speech
How pronouns, time words and place words change in reported speech — this to that, now to then, here to there — with an interactive quiz.
Reported SpeechReported Statements & Backshift
How to report statements in English, backshift the tenses, and change pronouns and time words — with an interactive quiz.
Verb Tenses
16 lessons at B1
Already, Yet, Just & Still
How to use already, yet, just and still with the present perfect and other tenses — with an interactive quiz.
Verb TensesBeen vs Gone
The difference between 'has been' and 'has gone' in the present perfect — with an interactive quiz.
Verb TensesFuture Continuous
How to form the future continuous, when to use it, and the mistakes to avoid — with an interactive quiz.
Verb TensesPast Perfect
How to form the past perfect, when to use it, and the mistakes to avoid — with an interactive quiz.
Verb TensesPast Simple vs Past Continuous
When to use the past simple and when the past continuous — the difference explained simply, with an interactive quiz.
Verb TensesPast Simple vs Past Perfect
When to use the past simple and when the past perfect — the difference explained simply, with an interactive quiz.
Verb TensesPresent Continuous for the Future
How to use the present continuous for future arrangements, and the mistakes to avoid — with an interactive quiz.
Verb TensesPresent Perfect Continuous
How to form the present perfect continuous, when to use it, and the mistakes to avoid — with an interactive quiz.
Verb TensesPresent Perfect vs Past Simple
When to use the present perfect and when the past simple — the difference explained simply, with an interactive quiz.
Verb TensesPresent Perfect
How to form the present perfect, when to use it, and the mistakes to avoid — with an interactive quiz.
Verb TensesSince vs For
When to use 'since' and when 'for' to talk about time — the difference explained simply, with an interactive quiz.
Verb TensesStative Verbs
What stative (non-continuous) verbs are, why they avoid the continuous, and the mistakes to avoid — with an interactive quiz.
Verb TensesTime Expressions for Verb Tenses
The time expressions that signal each English tense, and the mistakes to avoid — with an interactive quiz.
Verb TensesUsed to / Be used to / Get used to
The difference between used to, be used to and get used to — past habits versus being accustomed — with an interactive quiz.
Verb TensesUsed to / Would (past habits)
How to use ‘used to’ and ‘would’ for past habits and states, and the mistakes to avoid — with an interactive quiz.
Verb TensesWill vs Going to
When to use 'will' and when 'going to' for the future — the difference explained simply, with an interactive quiz.