B1 GRAMMAR

Adjectives

Adverbs

Clauses

defining relative clause TO infinitive

phrase ellipsis

‘It is for you to decide.’ (FOR +TO infinitive clause)

BE like

If possible

negative question

I remember | believe | understand | hear (that) + CLAUSE

The thing + CLAUSE

as * as + mine | yours

or not?

QUESTION TAGS (range)

OR (question)

plus

comparative adjective + THAN + verb-ING

 SO + adjective + that CLAUSE

wondered wh* + CLAUSE

understand | realise + that CLAUSE

while if | although | though

non-defining WHO (object)

If + PRESENT SIMPLE + MODAL

ask + if | whether + CLAUSE

THE + noun + WHO|THAT + clause (focus)

as + ADJECTIVE | ADVERB + as + CLAUSE

too ADJECTIVE to INFINITIVE

‘WH’ question (no auxillary)

SAY to SOMEONE that

DO + verb (imperative)

do + VERB

the reason why

How + ADJECTIVE !

before | after + VERBing

the same as

question with adverb

COMBINING CLAUSES OF THE SAME TYPE

second & third conditonal

HOW + adjective + clause

defining relative clause (time)

If so (ellipted)

if not (ELLIPTED)

comparative adjective + THAN + finite clause

LINKING VERB + like | similar to

WHERE (relative clause)

either * or

the best NOUN to VERB

LINKING ADVERBS / SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

listing adjectives + ellipted clauses

STRANDED PREPOSITION

if | when | so | while + SUBORDINATE CLAUSE

It’s + adjective + ‘that’ clause (focus)

adjective that clause

RATHER THAN + non-finite clause | phrase

‘It’s the best you can do’ (superlative + THAT clause)

conditional subordinate clauses & range of complex conjunctions

as if | as though (COMPARISON)

which whose interogatives

whose name relative clause

whose relative clause

subordinating clauses & conjunctions

It is important that NOUN + VERB

Would + limited range of adverbs

Reported Statements

THAT | WHO (object)

‘nothing wrong’ (indefinite pronoun + adjective | clause)

Is “Unless” B1 or B2?

Conjunctions

Determiners

Discourse Markers

Focus

Future

Modality

Negation

Nouns

Passives

Past

Prepositions

Present

Pronouns

Questions

Reported Speech

Verbs