B1-B2 Grammar
Browse all B1-B2 Grammar lessons with examples, explanations, and practice quizzes.
Must, Mustn’t and Needn’t
Distinguish strong obligation, prohibition, and absence of necessity with must, mustn’t, and needn’t.
Polite Requests and Offers in Business English
Make appropriately polite requests and offers with could, would, can, may, and related expressions.
It Is Said That and He Is Said To
Use impersonal and personal passive reporting structures to present claims without naming the source.
Have Something Done
Use have or get something done when another person performs a service or when something happens to the subject.
Verb + -ing Patterns
Learn common verbs followed by an -ing form and how meaning changes after selected verbs such as stop and remember.
Subject–Verb Agreement
Make verbs agree with simple and complex subjects, including indefinite pronouns, quantities, and coordinated noun phrases.
Adjectives Ending in -ing and -ed
Distinguish adjectives such as boring and bored by separating a source of feeling from the person or thing affected.
Comparative Adjectives: Cheaper and More Expensive
Form comparative adjectives and use than, modifiers, and equality structures accurately.
Using Even for Unexpected Information
Place even to highlight information that is surprising, extreme, or less expected than the alternatives.
Reflexive Pronouns and Emphasis
Use reflexive pronouns as objects, in reciprocal contrasts, and as emphatic intensifiers without overusing them.
Relative Clauses with Who, That and Which
Build defining relative clauses with who, that, and which, including when an object pronoun may be omitted.
Superlatives: The Longest and the Most Enjoyable
Use superlatives with comparison groups, present-perfect experience patterns, and precise modifiers.
Word Order: Verb, Object, Place and Time
Arrange verbs, objects, place expressions, and time expressions in natural English clause order.
Prepositions of Time: At, On and In
Use at for points, on for days and dates, and in for longer periods, with important fixed exceptions.
Introduction to Phrasal Verbs
Understand common phrasal verbs, their meanings, and the word order used with separable and inseparable combinations.