B2 Grammar
CONDITIONALS
CONDITIONAL 0
IF+THE PRESENT SIMPLE
CONDITIONAL 1
IF+WILL,COULD,WOULD,MIGHT
CONDITIONAL 2
IF AND THE PAST TENSE OF A VERB+WOULD,COULD,ETC
CONDITIONAL 3
IF+THE VERB HAD AND THE PAST PARTICIPLE OF A VERB+WOULD,HAD AND THE PAST PARTICIPLE
CONTENTS
WOULD
WOULD+INFINITE+WOULD+HAVE+PAST PARTICIPLE
I WOULD HAVE GONE
PAST CONTINOUS
SUBJECT+WAS/WERE+VERB
SHE WAS COOKING DINNER WHEN THE PHONE RANG
PAST PERFECT
SUBJECT+HAD+PAST PARTICIPLE
HE HAD ALREADY FINISHED HIS HOMEWORK WHEN HIS FRIENDS CAME OVER
PAST SIMPLE
SUBJEDCT AND THE VERB AND YOU APPLY THE PAST SIMPLE OF THE VERB TO THE SUBJECT
PAST YEAR, I TRAVELED TO PARIS AND VISITED THE EIFFEL TOWE
NARRATIVE TENSE
PAST SIMPLE,PAST CONTINOUS,PAST PERFECT AND PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS
WHEN I CAME TO CLASS Y SAT DOWN AND READ A BOOK
USED TO
I USED TO PLAY VIDEOGAMES
USED TO+INFINITIVE
INFINITIVE
PASSIVE INFINITE
THE POLICE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE MURDERER WILL BE CAUGHT SOON
ACTIVE INFINITE
THE POLICE ARE DETERMINED TO CATCH THE MURDERER
STRUCTURE
THE INFINITE OF BE+THE ED FORM OF THE MAIN VERB
PASSIVE ING
EXAMPLES
I LOVE BEING GIVEN FLOWERS
SHE RECALLED HAVING BEEN TAKEN THERE WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG
STRUCTURE
BEING+ED
HAVING BEEN+ED
THE IMPERATIVE
EXAMPLE
DO NOT WASH IN THE WASHING MACHINE
DO YOU HOMEWORK
STRUCTURE
AUXILIARY VERB+NEGATIVE AUXILIARY+VERB+NOUN
IMPERACTIVE VERB+NOUN,ADJECTIVE
MODALS
MUST/HAVE TO
I HAVE TO GIVE UP SMOKING
I MUST GIVE UP SMOKING
HAD BETTER/HAD BETTER NOT
WE BETTER HURRY UP
YOU´D BETTER NOT TELL HER YOU BROKE THE BASE
NECESSITY
WE NEED TO
YOU DONT NEED TO