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Grammar, vocabulary, writing, speaking and pronunciation from A1 to C1. Pick a topic or follow a path.

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From zeroA1–A2 · 52 lessonsFor schoolA2–B1 · 29 lessonsFor universityB2–C1 · 21 lessonsFor workA2–B2 · 12 lessons

A2 Level A2

  1. Relative clauses: who, which, thatHow to add information about a person or thing inside the same sentence: the woman who lives next door, the book which I lost.

B1 Level B1

  1. Although, despite, howeverHow to express contrast with although, even though, despite, in spite of, however and though, and what kind of words each of them can be followed by.
  2. Defining and non-defining relative clausesThe difference between a relative clause that identifies a noun and one that adds extra information, why the commas matter, and which pronouns each type allows.

B2 Level B2

  1. Inversion: introductionPutting the auxiliary before the subject after negative and limiting adverbs, after so and neither, and in formal conditionals.
  2. Participle clausesShortening sentences with -ing and -ed clauses to show reason, time, result or description, and keeping the subject clear.
  3. Linking words in formal writingConnecting ideas in essays and reports with however, therefore, moreover, whereas, despite and similar words, with the right punctuation.

C1 Level C1

  1. Inversion: advanced patternsNegative and restrictive adverbials, only-phrases, conditionals without if, and so/such fronting that put the auxiliary before the subject in formal English.
  2. Cleft sentencesIt-clefts, what-clefts and their relatives split one statement into two parts so that the important piece carries the emphasis.
  3. Ellipsis and substitutionLeaving words out after an auxiliary or to, and replacing clauses and nouns with so, not, one, do and neither, so that English sounds natural, not translated.
  4. Hedging and registerHow to soften a claim with modals, seem, tend and perhaps, and how to choose formal, neutral or informal wording to fit the reader.
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