C1 grammar

C1 grammar

Are you a learner at C1 (advanced) English level?

In this section you can improve your grammar with our clear and simple grammar lessons. Start with an exercise to test your understanding. Then, read the explanation to improve your grammar knowledge. Finally, test your understanding again to see if you have improved.

Choose a grammar point and start improving your grammar today. Good luck!

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Do you know how to use all the different forms of the passive? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

Do you know all the different uses of present simple and continuous? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

Do you know how to use words like this, that, such and so to avoid repetition in a text? Read the explanation to find out and do the interactive exercises to practise.

Do you know how to give contrasting information using conjunctions such as despite, much as and whereas? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

Do you know how to leave out words to make your English sound more natural? Test what you know about ellipsis with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

Do you know how to add emphasis using cleft sentences, inversion or auxiliaries? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

Do you know how to use inversion after negative adverbials like Not only, Barely and Only? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

Do you know how to use inversion in conditional sentences? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

Do you know how to use modal verbs and other expressions to show how probable you think something is? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

Do you know how to use participle clauses to say information in a more economical way? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

Do you know how to use reporting verbs in a sentence? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

Do you know how to use noun modifiers or different possessive forms? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

Do you know how to talk about unreal situations by shifting the verb form backwards? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

Do you know how to put words in the right order when using phrasal verbs? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.