Grammar Tests B2

Refine your grammar with more complex structures: passive voice, advanced conditionals, and nuanced verb tenses for upper-intermediate learners (CEFR level B2). Quizzes for this level will be added soon.

Grammar Topics

Future Perfect Continuous – (Will have been + -ing) – Duration of actions up to a specific future point
Future in the Past – «Was/Were going to», «Would» for past future intentions and predictions
Mixed Conditionals – Type 2/3 and 3/2 mixes (e.g., If I had studied, I would be rich now) – Hypothetical past with present result
Inversion with Negative Adverbials – «Never have I seen…», «Not only… but also», «Hardly/Scarcely… when», «No sooner… than»
Reduced Relative Clauses – Participle phrases (the man sitting there, the book written by…) – Replacing relative pronouns
Participle Clauses – Present, Past and Perfect participles (Walking home, I saw… / Having finished lunch, she left…)
Cleft Sentences – «It was… that…» (It was yesterday that I met him) and «What… is/was…» (What I need is a break)
Impersonal Passive / Reporting Verbs Passive – «It is said that… / He is believed to be…» (Academic/formal style)
Causative Passive Expansion – «Have/Get something done» (arranging services) vs. «Have someone do something» (managing people)
Modal Verbs: «Needn’t have» vs. «Didn’t need to» – Critical contrast (unnecessary action done vs. action not done)
Modal Verbs: «Would rather» and «Had better» – Preference and urgent advice (with past reference: would rather have done)
Advanced Past Modals of Deduction – Consolidation of «must have», «might have», «can’t have» with continuous forms (must have been doing)
Modal Verbs in Conditional Sentences – «Should» for improbable condition (Should you need help…) / «Were to» for hypotheticals
Advanced Gerund vs. Infinitive – Verbs with total meaning change (regret, remember, forget, stop, try, mean, go on) – Complete master list
Verbs followed by Gerund or Infinitive with different subjects – (e.g., I want you to go vs. I suggested going / I suggested he go)
Advanced Articles – Zero article vs. Definite with institutions (go to school vs. go to the school) – Complete geographical rules (rivers, seas, mountains, countries, cities)
Advanced Quantifiers – «Little/Few» vs. «A little/A few» (nuance of negativity) and «All», «Every», «Each», «Whole», «Both», «Neither», «Either» – Consolidation
Advanced Comparatives – «The more… the more…» (parallel increases) and «Much/Far/A lot + comparative» vs. «Slightly/A bit + comparative»
Agreement and Disagreement – «So do I», «Neither do I», «I think so», «I hope so» – Advanced usage
Inverted Conditionals – (Had I known…, Were I to…, Should you need…) – Formal alternative to «if»
Advanced «Wish» and «If only» – Past, present, and future (with «would» for complaining) – Full consolidation
Advanced Reported Speech – Reporting verbs with the Subjunctive (suggest/demand/recommend that he go – without ‘s’ in third person)
Subjunctive Structures – «It’s essential/crucial/important that he be…» (Formal English)
Advanced Discourse Markers (Addition) – «Furthermore», «Moreover», «In addition», «Besides» – Distinguishing formal vs. informal
Advanced Discourse Markers (Contrast) – «Nevertheless», «Nonetheless», «Whereas», «Whilst», «Albeit», «Despite/In spite of the fact that»
Ellipsis and Substitution – Omitting repeated words to avoid repetition (e.g., «I went, and she did too» / «I think so»)
Distancing Expressions – «It appears/seems/tends to be…» – To sound objective and cautious
Advanced Time Clauses – Using Future Perfect in time clauses (e.g., When I have finished the report, I’ll send it – using present perfect for future completion)
«Used to» vs. «Be used to» vs. «Get used to» – Mastery of distinctions (past habit vs. familiarity vs. process of becoming familiar)
«Be about to», «Be on the point of», «Be due to» – Expressing the immediate or scheduled future
Advanced Stative vs. Dynamic Verbs – Verbs like «have» (possession vs. action – have a bath), «think» (opinion vs. mental process), «see» (understand vs. action)
Passive with Reporting Verbs (Extension) – «He is expected to arrive…» / «She is known to be…» – Complete with continuous infinitives (He is thought to be hiding)
Relative Clauses with Prepositions – Formal positioning (the man to whom I spoke) – Distinguishing formal written vs. spoken (the man who I spoke to)
Advanced Question Tags – Intonation rules and tags with complex structures (Let’s… shall we? / I am… aren’t I? / Imperatives – will you?)
«Whatever», «Whenever», «Wherever», «Whoever», «However» – As conjunctions meaning «no matter what/when/where/who/how»
«Even if» vs. «Even though» – Crucial contrast (hypothetical vs. factual concession)
«In case» vs. «If» – Distinction (precaution vs. condition)
«As if» / «As though» + Past Subjunctive – For unreal comparisons (She acts as if she were the boss)
Emphatic Structures with «Do/Does/Did» – For strong emphasis (I do like this! / She did call me)
Fronting – Moving objects to the front for emphasis (This I can do / That I will never accept)
«So + adjective/adverb… that» and «Such + (adjective) + noun… that» – Advanced result clauses
«No matter + wh-» – (No matter what you say, I won’t change my mind) – Consolidation
Advanced Adverb Positioning – Placement of «only», «just», «even», «also» – Changing meaning based on position
Advanced Prepositional Collocations – Fixed expressions with prepositions (in charge of, capable of, aware of, according to, etc.)
Distinguishing similar verb patterns – «Stop to do» vs. «Stop doing», «Try to do» vs. «Try doing» – Complete nuance guide
Advanced uses of «Get» – Get to know, get talking, get round to, get over – Phrasal expansion
«Seem» and «Appear» – Followed by infinitive (seems to be) or that-clause (seems that) – Distinction
Impersonal «Happen to» and «Turn out to» – (I happen to know him / She turned out to be right)
Passive Gerund and Infinitive – (She enjoys being told what to do / He expects to be given a raise)
Reduced Time Clauses – (While walking, When asked, Once finished) – Consolidation
Noun Clauses – (That he arrived late surprised everyone / I don’t know if he’s coming) – Subject and object position
«Whether» vs. «If» – Advanced distinction (after prepositions, before infinitives, in formal contexts – use whether)
Advanced Conditional Alternatives – «Provided/Providing that», «As long as», «On condition that», «Unless» – Consolidation
«Dare» and «Need» – As modal verbs vs. lexical verbs (Need I go? / Do I need to go? / He dared not speak vs. He didn’t dare to speak)
Consolidation of Modals for Degrees of Certainty – Present, Past, and Future (He must be, He must have been, He must be arriving tomorrow)
«What about / How about» + Gerund – For making suggestions (consolidation with context)
Complex Relative Structures – «The reason why», «The way in which», «The extent to which» – Formal relative connectors
Advanced Pronoun Reference – Using «This», «These», «Those», «That» to refer to entire previous sentences or ideas for cohesion in writing
«Despite» / «In spite of» + Gerund / Noun – (Despite having no money, he bought it) – Advanced verb forms after prepositions
Advanced Future Continuous vs. Future Perfect Continuous – Distinguishing ongoing future actions (will be doing) from ongoing future actions with duration up to a point (will have been doing)