Interactive Grammar: Clauses quiz
Learn independent and dependent clauses, relative clauses, and clause types in English.
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CEFR Level
B2 — Upper Intermediate
Upper-Intermediate English grammar: advanced tenses, passive structures, complex clauses, and academic cohesion. 96 interactive lessons and quizzes with instant scoring and full answer review.
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Grammar Lessons
Interactive Grammar: Phrases quiz
Understand noun phrases, verb phrases, adverbial phrases, and how they function in sentences.
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Interactive Grammar: Paraphrasing quiz
Rewrite ideas using different words and structures while keeping the same meaning — an essential skill for academic writing.
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Interactive Grammar: Describing Data quiz
Use noun phrases, verb phrases, prepositions, and approximations to describe graphs, charts, and statistical information in English.
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Interactive Grammar: Nouns quiz
Learn naming words — common, proper, countable, uncountable, and collective nouns.
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Interactive Grammar: Verbs quiz
Understand action, stative, linking verbs and verb forms in English grammar.
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B1verbs
Interactive Grammar: Phrasal Verbs quiz
Learn phrasal verbs — verb + particle combinations like give up, look after, and turn on — and how they change meaning in English.
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B1verbs
Interactive Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitives quiz
Master when to use gerunds (-ing) and infinitives (to + verb) after verbs, adjectives, and prepositions in English.
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B1nouns
Interactive Grammar: Nouns with Dependent Prepositions quiz
Learn which prepositions follow specific nouns — like advantage of, effect on, and interest in — for accurate academic and everyday English.
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Interactive Grammar: Cause and Effect Connectors quiz
Express causes and effects using 'because', 'because of', 'as a result', 'therefore', and other cause-and-effect signals in writing and speech.
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B2phrases
Interactive Grammar: Participial Phrases quiz
Use participial phrases — present or past participle plus complements — to add descriptive information about nouns, making writing more concise and varied.
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B2phrases
Interactive Grammar: Absolute Phrases quiz
Use absolute phrases — a noun or pronoun plus a participle and any modifiers — to add contextual detail to a sentence without a subordinating conjunction.
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B2phrases
Interactive Grammar: Multi-Word Prepositions quiz
Use multi-word prepositions — in addition to, as a result of, in spite of, with regard to — to combine and connect ideas in academic writing.
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B1tenses
Interactive Grammar: Present Perfect Continuous quiz
Describe actions that started in the past and are still continuing, or have recently stopped, using have/has been + -ing.
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B1tenses
Interactive Grammar: Future Continuous quiz
Use will be + -ing to describe actions that will be in progress at a specific future time, or to make polite enquiries.
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B1tenses
Interactive Grammar: Past Perfect Tense quiz
Use had + past participle to describe an action completed before another past action — the tense that goes one step further back in time.
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B2tenses
Interactive Grammar: Past Perfect Continuous quiz
Describe actions in progress before a past point using the past perfect continuous.
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B2tenses
Interactive Grammar: Future Perfect quiz
Express actions that will be completed before a specific future point.
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B2tenses
Interactive Grammar: Future Perfect Continuous quiz
Describe the duration of an action up to a future moment.
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B2tenses
Interactive Grammar: Future in the Past quiz
Use 'would' and 'was/were going to' to describe something that was expected or planned in the past but relates to a future time from that past point.
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B2tenses
Interactive Grammar: Sequence of Tenses quiz
Understand how tenses change in complex sentences, reported speech, and conditional clauses to maintain logical time relationships.
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B1tenses
Interactive Grammar: Conditional Tenses quiz
Review all conditional tense forms — zero, first, second, third, and mixed — focusing on the verb patterns in each conditional type.
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B2tenses
Interactive Grammar: Active and Passive Forms of Tenses quiz
Compare active and passive forms across all major tenses — from present simple to future perfect — in one comprehensive review.
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B2tenses
Interactive Grammar: Mixed Tenses Review quiz
Consolidate all major tenses through contrast questions and mixed-tense analysis.
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B2tenses
Interactive Grammar: Narrative Tenses quiz
Use past simple, continuous, and perfect together to tell stories accurately.
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Interactive Grammar: Second Conditional quiz
Describe imaginary or unlikely situations using if + past simple and would + infinitive.
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Interactive Grammar: Mixed Conditionals quiz
Combine if-clauses from different time frames — past conditions with present results.
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Interactive Grammar: Advanced Second Conditional quiz
Explore advanced and inverted uses of the second conditional structure.
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Interactive Grammar: Advanced Third Conditional quiz
Deepen understanding of the third conditional and its hypothetical past uses.
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Interactive Grammar: Conditional Alternatives quiz
Learn unless, provided that, as long as, supposing, and other conditional forms.
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B2modals
Interactive Grammar: Modals of Deduction quiz
Use must, can't, could, might to express certainty and deduction about events.
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B2modals
Interactive Grammar: Past Modals quiz
Master should have, could have, might have, and would have structures.
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B2modals
Interactive Grammar: Advanced Obligation Modals quiz
Distinguish must, have to, need to, ought to and their negative and past forms.
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B2modals
Interactive Grammar: Probability Modals quiz
Express degrees of probability using will, should, may, might, and could.
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Interactive Grammar: Passive Voice quiz
Learn to form and use the passive voice across all tenses to shift focus from the doer to the action or result.
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Interactive Grammar: Changing Active to Passive quiz
Learn the step-by-step process of converting active sentences to passive across all tenses, with and without an agent.
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Interactive Grammar: Passive with Different Tenses quiz
Form the passive voice correctly in all tenses — present, past, future, perfect, and continuous — with clear examples.
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Interactive Grammar: Agent in Passive Voice quiz
Understand when to include and when to omit the agent (by + noun) in passive sentences, and how it changes emphasis and formality.
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Interactive Grammar: Passive with Modal Verbs quiz
Combine modal verbs with the passive — must be done, should be checked, could have been avoided — for obligation, advice, and speculation.
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Interactive Grammar: Impersonal Passive quiz
Use impersonal passive structures — It is said that…, It is believed that…, It is reported that… — common in formal, journalistic, and academic English.
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Interactive Grammar: Causative Passive quiz
Use have/get + object + past participle to describe services arranged or caused — I had my car repaired. She got her hair done.
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Interactive Grammar: Stative vs Dynamic Passive quiz
Distinguish between dynamic passives (describing actions: The window was broken) and stative passives (describing states: The window is broken).
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Interactive Grammar: Passive with Two Objects quiz
Form passives from verbs with two objects — give, send, offer, show — choosing which object becomes the passive subject.
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Interactive Grammar: Active vs Passive Usage Rules quiz
Master when to use active voice (direct, personal, dynamic) and when passive is preferred (formal, impersonal, unknown agent).
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Interactive Grammar: Passive with Reporting Verbs quiz
Use it is said that, he is believed to, they are thought to in formal writing.
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Interactive Grammar: Passive Infinitives quiz
Form and use passive infinitive structures — to be done, to have been done.
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Interactive Grammar: Passive Gerunds quiz
Understand passive gerund forms — being done, having been done — and their uses.
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Interactive Grammar: Advanced Passive Structures quiz
Master complex passive constructions across all tenses and modal forms.
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B1articles
Interactive Grammar: Zero Article quiz
Learn when to use NO article in English — with plural nouns, uncountable nouns, proper nouns, and fixed expressions.
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B1clauses
Interactive Grammar: Relative Clauses quiz
Use who, which, that, whose, where, and when to add information about people, things, and places.
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B2clauses
Interactive Grammar: Reduced Relative Clauses quiz
Reduce relative clauses using present and past participles for concise writing.
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B2clauses
Interactive Grammar: Participle Clauses quiz
Use present and past participle clauses to add information concisely.
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B2clauses
Interactive Grammar: Advanced Relative Clauses quiz
Master defining and non-defining relative clauses with all relative pronouns.
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Interactive Grammar: Inversion After Negative Adverbials quiz
Use inverted word order after never, rarely, not only, no sooner, and similar adverbials.
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Interactive Grammar: Discourse Markers quiz
Organise ideas and improve text cohesion using discourse markers in formal writing.
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Interactive Grammar: Advanced Linking Words quiz
Master a wide range of linking words and phrases for academic and formal English.
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Interactive Grammar: Contrast and Concession quiz
Express contrast using although, even though, despite, in spite of, whereas, and while.
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Interactive Grammar: Formal Connectors quiz
Use formal connectors and transitional phrases for academic essays and professional writing.
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Interactive Grammar: Reporting Suggestions quiz
Report suggestions using suggest + -ing, suggest + that-clause, and other reporting verb patterns for recommendations.
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Interactive Grammar: Reporting Advice quiz
Report advice using advise, recommend, urge + object + to-infinitive or advise + that-clause patterns.
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Interactive Grammar: Reporting Warnings quiz
Report warnings using warn + object + not to-infinitive and warn + that-clause — essential for academic and formal writing.
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Interactive Grammar: Reporting Invitations quiz
Report invitations using invite/ask + object + to-infinitive and understand how to soften or make invitations more formal.
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Interactive Grammar: Tense Changes in Reported Speech quiz
Master the system of tense changes in reported speech — when backshift applies and when it can be avoided.
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Interactive Grammar: Backshift of Tenses quiz
Learn the complete backshift table: present → past, past → past perfect, will → would, can → could, and more.
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Interactive Grammar: Reporting Past Tenses quiz
Report past simple and past continuous statements with backshift to past perfect and past perfect continuous.
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Interactive Grammar: Reporting Future Forms quiz
Report will, going to, and present continuous future by changing to would, was/were going to, and was/were + -ing.
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Interactive Grammar: Reporting Modal Verbs quiz
Report modal verbs correctly: will → would, can → could, may → might, must → had to, shall → should.
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Interactive Grammar: Reporting Perfect Tenses quiz
Report present perfect and past perfect tenses — understanding when backshift applies and when it does not change.
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Interactive Grammar: Time Changes in Reported Speech quiz
Convert time expressions: now → then, today → that day, tomorrow → the next day, last year → the previous year.
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Interactive Grammar: Place Changes in Reported Speech quiz
Convert place expressions: here → there, this room → that room, come → go — with practical examples from real contexts.
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Interactive Grammar: Demonstrative Changes in Reported Speech quiz
Convert this → that, these → those, and understand how demonstratives shift perspective in indirect speech.
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Interactive Grammar: Reporting Verbs for Advice and Suggestions quiz
Use advise, suggest, recommend, urge, encourage + correct patterns to report advice and suggestions accurately.
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Interactive Grammar: Reporting Verbs for Opinions and Claims quiz
Use claim, argue, believe, maintain, assert, contend + that-clause to attribute opinions and arguments to specific people.
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Interactive Grammar: Mixed Tenses in Reported Speech quiz
Report complex sentences that mix tenses and understand when backshift is optional or when the meaning would change.
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Interactive Grammar: Reported Speech in Conversations quiz
Report informal conversations naturally — choosing the right reporting verb, tense, and register for everyday spoken English.
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Interactive Grammar: Reported Speech in News Reporting quiz
Use reported speech in journalistic writing — attribution, reporting verbs, and the conventions of news-style indirect speech.
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Interactive Grammar: Formal vs Informal Reporting quiz
Choose the appropriate register when reporting speech — formal structures for academic/business contexts vs natural structures in conversation.
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Interactive Grammar: Reporting Hypothetical Statements quiz
Report conditional and hypothetical statements accurately — managing if-clauses, would, could, might in reported contexts.
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Interactive Grammar: Common Mistakes in Reported Speech quiz
Identify and correct the most frequent reported speech errors — wrong tense, wrong pronoun, incorrect word order in reported questions.
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Interactive Grammar: Common Tense Errors in Reported Speech quiz
Fix the most common tense errors: forgetting backshift, wrong perfect form, incorrect modal change.
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Interactive Grammar: Common Pronoun Errors in Reported Speech quiz
Correct pronoun mistakes: keeping I/we/you unchanged instead of shifting to he/she/they/I appropriately.
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Interactive Grammar: Common Reporting Verb Mistakes quiz
Avoid errors with reporting verbs — wrong pattern after say/tell, incorrect preposition, wrong infinitive or gerund form.
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Interactive Grammar: Reporting Conversations Naturally quiz
Use natural spoken reporting patterns — dropping that, optional tense changes, discourse markers like apparently and supposedly.
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Interactive Grammar: Reporting Questions Politely quiz
Use indirect questions to ask politely: Could you tell me…? Do you know…? I was wondering whether… — and report what someone asked.
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Interactive Grammar: Prepositions After Verbs quiz
Learn essential verb + preposition collocations — depend on, apologize for, agree with, result in, and others.
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Interactive Grammar: Complex Prepositions quiz
Use multi-word prepositions — despite, because of, due to, in addition to, as a result of — in formal writing.
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Interactive Grammar: Complex Agreement Patterns quiz
Handle subject-verb agreement in sentences with inverted order, relative clauses, and intervening phrases.
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Interactive Grammar: Conciseness quiz
Write more clearly and efficiently by cutting unnecessary words, avoiding wordiness, and expressing ideas in the fewest words possible without losing meaning.
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Interactive Grammar: Redundancy quiz
Identify and eliminate redundant words and phrases — saying the same thing twice — to produce cleaner, more professional English writing.
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Interactive Grammar: Parentheses and Brackets quiz
Use parentheses () and square brackets [] correctly to add supplementary information, clarifications, and editorial insertions in formal and academic English writing.
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Interactive Grammar: Parallelism quiz
Use the same grammatical form for equal elements in a sentence — coordinate verbs, nouns, phrases, and clauses with balanced parallel structure.
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Interactive Grammar: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers quiz
Identify and correct misplaced modifiers (wrong position) and dangling modifiers (no clear noun to modify) to write precise, unambiguous English sentences.
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Interactive Grammar: Cohesion and Coherence quiz
Link sentences and paragraphs with cohesive devices — pronouns, connectors, lexical chains — and ensure a logical, unified flow of ideas throughout a text.
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B1verbs
Interactive Grammar: Used To / Be Used To / Get Used To quiz
Master the three 'used to' structures: used to + infinitive for past habits, be used to + -ing for familiarity, and get used to + -ing for becoming accustomed to something.
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Interactive Grammar: Like vs As quiz
Distinguish between like (preposition — similar to) and as (conjunction — in the same way that / role) to make accurate comparisons and describe roles in English.
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Interactive Grammar: So vs Such quiz
Learn how to use so (followed by an adjective or adverb) and such (followed by a noun phrase) for emphasis and expressing degree in English sentences.
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