Grammar Tests B1

Strengthen your grammar with intermediate structures: conditionals, modal verbs, and reported speech for confident everyday communication (CEFR level B1). Quizzes for this level will be added soon.

Grammar Topics

Past Simple vs. Present Perfect Simple – Consolidation (finished time vs. life experience)
Present Perfect Continuous – Affirmative, Negative and Questions (actions that started in the past and continue to the present)
Present Perfect Simple vs. Present Perfect Continuous – Contrast (result vs. duration/activity)
Past Perfect Simple – Affirmative, Negative and Questions (the «past before the past»)
Past Simple vs. Past Perfect – Contrast (sequence of events in the past)
Past Continuous vs. Past Perfect Continuous – Contrast (ongoing past actions vs. longer past actions before another)
Future with «Will» – Predictions, offers, promises and instant decisions (consolidation)
Future with «Going to» – Plans and predictions with evidence (consolidation)
Present Continuous – Future arrangements (consolidation)
Future Simple vs. «Going to» vs. Present Continuous – Contrast for future meaning
Future Continuous – (Will be + -ing) – Actions in progress at a specific time in the future
Future Perfect Simple – (Will have + past participle) – Actions completed before a specific future time
«Be going to» vs. «Will» for predictions – Consolidation with evidence vs. opinion
Second Conditional – (If + past simple, would + infinitive) – Unreal, hypothetical or imaginary situations in the present/future
First Conditional vs. Second Conditional – Contrast (real/possible vs. unreal/hypothetical)
Third Conditional – (If + past perfect, would have + past participle) – Regrets and criticism about the past
Zero, First, Second and Third Conditionals – Full consolidation and mixed use
«Wish» and «If only» – Wishes about the present (wish + past simple)
«Wish» and «If only» – Regrets about the past (wish + past perfect)
«Wish» and «If only» – Wishes with «would» (complaints about habits)
Modal Verbs of Deduction (Present) – «Must», «Might», «May», «Could», «Can’t» + infinitive (logical conclusions)
Modal Verbs of Deduction (Past) – «Must have», «Might have», «May have», «Could have», «Can’t have» + past participle
Modal Verbs of Obligation and Prohibition – «Must», «Mustn’t», «Have to», «Don’t have to», «Need to», «Needn’t» (consolidation)
Modal Verbs of Advice – «Should», «Ought to», «Had better» (stronger advice and urgency)
Modal Verbs of Ability – «Can», «Could», «Be able to» (present, past and future ability)
Modal Verbs of Permission and Requests – «Can», «Could», «May», «Would you mind…?» (formal and informal levels)
Reported Speech – Statements (say/tell + that clause) with tense changes (present -> past, will -> would, etc.)
Reported Speech – Questions (ask/want to know + if/whether + subject + verb) – no auxiliary «do/does/did»
Reported Speech – Commands, Requests and Suggestions (tell/ask/advise + object + infinitive)
Reporting Verbs – (Admit, deny, suggest, recommend, explain, etc.) + that clause / gerund / infinitive
Passive Voice – Present Simple and Past Simple (consolidation with «by» agent)
Passive Voice – Future (will be + past participle) and «Going to» passive
Passive Voice – Present Perfect (have/has been + past participle)
Passive Voice – Modal Verbs (can be, must be, should have been, etc.)
Passive Voice – With two objects (give, send, show, etc.) – (e.g., «I was given a book» / «A book was given to me»)
Causative Passive – «Have / Get something done» (arranging services: haircut, repairs, etc.)
Relative Clauses – Defining (who, which, that, whose, where) – Consolidation
Relative Clauses – Non-Defining (who, which, whose) – Extra information with commas (distinction from defining)
Gerunds (-ing) – As subject, after prepositions, after certain verbs (enjoy, avoid, finish)
Infinitives (to + base) – After adjectives, after certain verbs (want, decide, hope, learn)
Gerund vs. Infinitive – Verbs that change meaning (remember, forget, stop, try, regret)
Gerund vs. Infinitive – Verbs followed by both without change (like, love, hate, prefer) – consolidation
So / Such + (adjective) + that – Result clauses (so tired that…, such a big house that…)
Too / Enough + Infinitive – (too expensive to buy, old enough to drive)
Question Tags – Affirmative statement + negative tag, negative statement + affirmative tag (for confirmation)
Indirect Questions – Consolidation and extension (Could you tell me…? I wonder… + if/wh-)
Connectors of Addition – «Moreover», «Furthermore», «In addition», «Besides»
Connectors of Contrast – «Although», «Even though», «In spite of», «Despite», «However», «Nevertheless»
Connectors of Reason and Result – «Because», «Since», «As», «Therefore», «Consequently», «As a result»
Connectors of Purpose – «To», «In order to», «So as to», «So that» (+ clause with modal)
Time Clauses – Consolidation with «When», «While», «Before», «After», «Until», «As soon as», «By the time» + present/future
Prepositions – Dependent prepositions after adjectives (afraid of, interested in, proud of, etc.)
Prepositions – Dependent prepositions after verbs (wait for, look at, rely on, depend on, etc.)
Phrasal Verbs – Separable and inseparable (turn off, put on, look for, get on with, look forward to) – Expansion
Phrasal Verbs – Three-part verbs (put up with, get away with, look down on, etc.)
Adverbs of Degree – «Fairly», «Quite», «Rather», «Pretty», «Extremely», «Absolutely» (with gradable and non-gradable adjectives)
Adverb Position – Mid-position (always, also, probably) and end-position (manner, place, time) – Complete rules
Countable vs. Uncountable Nouns – Advanced distinctions (accommodation, advice, information, news, luggage, etc.)
Quantifiers – «All», «Every», «Each», «Whole», «Both», «Neither», «Either» – Distribution and quantity
Articles – Advanced uses (zero article with institutions – school, prison, hospital; geographical names – rivers, seas, mountains, countries)