B1-B2 Grammar
Browse all B1-B2 Grammar lessons with examples, explanations, and practice quizzes.
Reported Speech: He Said That...
Report statements with say and tell, using pronoun, time, and tense changes when the reporting viewpoint requires them.
Auxiliary Verbs: Have, Do, Can and Short Responses
Use auxiliary verbs in questions, negatives, emphasis, ellipsis, and short responses such as I think so and I hope not.
Question Tags: Do You? Isn't It?
Form question tags with the correct auxiliary and pronoun, and use intonation to check information or invite agreement.
Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Distinguish countable and uncountable noun uses and choose suitable determiners, quantifiers, and units of measurement.
Possessives and Apostrophes
Use apostrophes accurately with singular, plural, joint, and separate possession while distinguishing possessives from contractions.
Wish and Hope
Choose wish or hope to express unreal situations, regrets, desired changes, and realistic possibilities.
I'd Rather and I'd Prefer
Express preferences with would rather and would prefer, including preferences about another person's action.
Adjectives and Adverbs: Quick or Quickly?
Choose adjective and adverb forms according to whether a word describes a noun, a subject complement, or an action.
So and Such
Use so and such to add emphasis before adjectives, adverbs, and noun phrases, including result clauses with that.
Uses of By: Time, Method, Travel and Agency
Use by for deadlines, methods, transport, proximity, measurements, and the agent in a passive clause.
Used To: Past Habits and States
Use used to for past habits and states that are no longer true, and distinguish it from be or get used to.
Some and Any
Choose some and any in statements, questions, offers, requests, and clauses with negative or unrestricted meaning.
Each and Every
Use each and every with singular nouns and agreement while distinguishing individual focus from whole-group generalisation.
In Case and If
Distinguish precautionary in case clauses from conditional if clauses and use natural tense patterns for future reference.
Enough and Too
Use enough and too with adjectives, adverbs, nouns, infinitives, and for-phrases to express sufficiency or excess.