Grammar Topics
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Register and Formality
Learn Register and Formality to shift grammar choices between formal, neutral, and informal English contexts.
Advanced Phrasal Verbs (Multi-Word Verbs and Idiomatic Usage)
Advanced Phrasal Verbs: master three-part verbs like look forward to, put up with for natural speech.
Hedging and Approximation
Learn Hedging and Approximation (apparently, roughly, tend to) to soften claims in English writing.
Advanced Conditionals (Inversion, Supposing, Assuming)
Master advanced conditionals — formal inversion (Had I known...) plus supposing, assuming, given that — for sophisticated English.
Participle Clauses (Sentence Shortening)
Master participle clauses (-ing, -ed, having + past participle) to shorten sentences smoothly, as in 'Walking home, I saw an accident.'
The Unreal Past (Beyond 'Wish' and 'If')
Learn unreal past structures — it's time, I'd rather, as if/as though, would sooner, had better — for nuanced English.
Advanced Passive (Infinitive, Gerund, and Reporting Structures)
Master Advanced Passive forms—infinitives, gerunds, reporting structures—like to be done and believed to have been.
Free Relatives (whoever, whatever, wherever)
Master free relatives — whoever, whatever, whenever, wherever, however — to build flexible noun or adverb phrases.
Advanced Reported Speech Structures
Master Advanced Reported Speech Structures for mixed time references and formal hedging in English.
Advanced Noun Phrases
Advanced noun phrases: master pre- and post-modification, nominalization, and dense noun stacking for academic, professional English.
What-Clauses
Master what-clauses as subject or complement to emphasize ideas, as in 'What surprised me was her reaction.'
Fronting
Learn Fronting to move key elements to the front of a sentence for emphasis, like This I did not expect.