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C1–C2 · Advanced

Advanced English Grammar

Refine complex grammar and sentence control for accurate C1–C2 professional and academic English.

Exercise list

Advanced English Grammar Exercises

Refine complex grammar and sentence control for accurate C1–C2 professional and academic English.

1

Present Perfect Simple vs Present Perfect Continuous

Choose the correct form of the verb for each sentence. Pay attention to the context and meaning of each sentence.

Format
2

Gerunds and Infinitives

Choose the correct form of the verb (infinitive with 'to' or gerund '-ing') to complete each sentence. Circle the letter of the correct answer.

Format
3

Advanced Reported Speech: Backshift, Viewpoint and Distance

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6 questions · Grammar lesson
4

Present Simple and Continuous: Viewpoint and Stance

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6 questions · Grammar lesson
5

Present Forms in Narrative and Commentary

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6

Narrative Time: Past Simple and Past Perfect

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7

Past Continuous and Past Simple in Narrative

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8

Past Perfect and Past Simple: Sequence and Focus

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9

Present Perfect Simple and Continuous: Result or Process

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10

Past Perfect Continuous

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11

Will and Be Going To: Evidence, Intention and Prediction

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12

Be To + Infinitive: Formal Plans, Instructions and Fate

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13

May and Might: Degrees of Possibility and Distance

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14

Using Passives for Focus, Process and Responsibility

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15

Passive Reporting: It Is Said That and Subject Passives

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16

Advanced Wh-Questions: Form, Choice and Register

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17

Negative, Echo and That-Clause Questions

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18

Linking Verbs and Subject Complements

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19

Forming Complex Passive Sentences

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20

Direct and Indirect Objects: Patterns and Alternations

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21

Reporting with Passives: Evidence and Time Reference

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22

Quoting, Paraphrasing and Reporting in Your Own Words

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6 questions · Grammar lesson
23

Homophones and Homographs in Context

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24

Advanced Quantifiers: Scope, Agreement and Implication

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25

Auxiliary Verbs: Emphasis, Ellipsis and Inversion

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26

Advanced Question Tags and Stance

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27

Advanced Conditionals and Alternative Condition Markers

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28

Reporting Speech and Thought with Precision

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29

Advanced Adjectives: Gradability and Complementation

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30

Advanced Adjectives: Order, Position and Stance

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31

Reporting Statements: Stance, Attribution and Synthesis

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32

Advanced Reflexive Pronouns and Reference

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33

Advanced Prepositions of Position and Movement

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34

Advanced Subject-Verb Agreement

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35

Compound Nouns: Structure, Stress and Number

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36

Adverbial Clauses of Time

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37

Purpose and Result: In Order To, So As To and So That

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38

Advanced Relative Pronouns and Relative Clauses

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39

To-Infinitives: Form, Meaning and Complementation

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40

Inversion for Emphasis and Formal Style

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6 questions · Grammar lesson