EXAM PRACTICE Reading Part 2 The people below all want to hire bikes for short trips. On the next page there are eight cycle trips in a...

Reading Part 2: Strategy Read the instructions to the Exam Task below. How many questions are there? What do all the people want? What...

Reading Part 1: Strategy Focus on the instructions Read the instructions to the Exam Task below 1.How many questions do you have to...

will; going to; present continuous; present simple CONTEXT LISTENING Elliot is talking to his friend Kelly about the weekend. Look at the...

comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs; comparing nouns CONTEXT LISTENING You are going to hear someone talking about these...

adjective position; adjective order; -ing/-ed adjectives; nouns as adjectives Context listening Look at the things in the pictures. Which...

’s/of ; personal pronouns; possessives; reflexive pronouns; there/it + to be Context listening d‘Market Street’ is a soap opera which...

this/that etc.; all/most etc.; both/either/neither ; each/every Context listening Look at the pictures below. They show a ‘makeover’ TV...

some/any; somebody/anybody etc.; much/many etc. Context Listening Look at the four people in the pictures below. They’ve all left a...

Read and listen to the Instructions to the Exam Task below. How many questions are there? Who will you hear? What will they talk about?...

Using and forming adverbs; irregular adverbs; adverb position; modifying adverbs and adjectives CONTEXT LISTENING Josh lives in...

Adam Schembri Reader in Linguistics, Department of English Language and Linguistics, University of Birmingham

Do this test to check your understanding of the above grammar points. Make sure you repeat any lessons where you continue to make mistakes.

When we talk about things that happen in a period of time from the past up to now, we often use the: present perfect simple (have + past...

The present perfect is used to talk about past actions or situations that have a connection with the present. It is formed from the verb...

Discover how and when to use the Past simple and Past continuous The past simple and the past continuous tenses are used to talk about...

Simple vs. continuous Present simple We use the present simple to talk about repeated actions or permanent situations in the present: I...