by Kamil Narloch | May 3, 2025 | B2/C1 Grammar Papers
We use certain modal verbs to speculate about events in the past and present. These include: Should – He should be at home now (this is what we expect to be true) For negatives we add not, which is usually contracted. For example: He mustn’t be at home. He...
by Kamil Narloch | Apr 23, 2025 | B2/C1 Grammar Papers
As covered in the Reported Speech section, the most common verbs used for reporting what someone said are say (said), tell (told) and ask (asked. However, we can use a wide variety of other verbs to more accurately describe what the person said. For example: “I...
by Kamil Narloch | Apr 23, 2025 | B2/C1 Grammar Papers
This section deals with more difficult pronouns not mentioned in other sections: 1. Reflexive Pronouns Singular – Myself, Yourself, Himself, Herself, Itself, Plural – Ourselves, Yourselves, Themselves For example – He taught himself to play...
by Kamil Narloch | Apr 23, 2025 | B2/C1 Grammar Papers
Sometimes in English a sentence begins with a negative phrase, which is followed by a question structure (Auxiliary verb + Subject + verb), rather than the positive sentence structure of subject + (auxiliary) verb. For example: Little did I know, we would never make...
by Kamil Narloch | Apr 23, 2025 | B2/C1 Grammar Papers
In the b1/b2 section we covered ‘used to’ for past habits which show change from present condition, for example: I used to have a lot of friends. (I don’t now) I didn’t use to like hockey. (I do now) We also use used to with the verbs (be) and (get) with...
