Conditionals

Watch the video and complete the conversation (check your answers in 'comments').




Phoebe: It's my bank.
Monica: What did they do to you?
Phoebe: I'm going through my mail and I open up their ________ (1) statement!
Ross: Easy!
Phoebe: And there's ________ (2) extra dollars in my ________ (3).
Chandler: Oh! Satan's minions at work again...
Phoebe: Yes, 'cause now I have to go down there and deal with them.
Joey: What are you talking about? ________ (4) it!
Phoebe: It's not ________ (5) . I didn't ________ (6) it. If I ________(7) it, it would be like ________ (8)!
Rachel: Yeah!, but if you ________  (9) it, it would be like ________ (10)!
Phoebe: Ok, Ok... Let's say I buy a really great pair of shoes. Do you know what I'd ________ (11) with every step I ________(12)? "Not mine, not mine..." Even if I ________  (13)happy and skipping, I'd ________ (14) "Not, not mine, not, not mine".
Monica: We're with you. We've got it.
Phoebe: Ok. I'd just never ________  ________  ________ ________ (15) it. It would be like this giant "karmic debt"...

Verb patterns

Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5

Passive Voice

Click here to learn about the passive voice.

A short explanation and lots of exercises.

Reported speech

1. Grammar explanation.             

2. Video with examples and explanations.
3. Exercise: reported requests.
4. Exercise 1. 
5. Exercise 2. 
6. Video activity.

Indirect Questions

1. Watch a video about indirect questions.

2. Read the grammar explanation and try the exercises at the bottom of the page.

3. Listen to a programme about indirect questions.

Modal verbs

Must / Have to: Grammar and exercises. Click here to do an activity. .
Can / Could / Be able to: grammar and a quiz
Be allowed to: exercise 1, exercise 2
Have to / Ought to / Be supposed to: grammar and exercise
Be supposed to: grammar and exercises

Giving advice

Click here to review some expressions to give advice.

Asking for advice phrases;

- What do you think I should do?
- What do you suggest?
- What would you do (in this situation)?
- What would you do if you were me?

Giving advice phrases:

- I think you should... / I don't think you should...
- You ought to... / You ought not to...
- Why don't you...?
- If I were you, I'd...
- Make sure that...
- You'd better...
- Whatever you do, ...

Relative clauses

1. Click here and listen to a lesson about defining relative clauses.

2. Click here to watch a grammar video with some examples of relative clauses. Read the grammar explanation and do the exercises. 

Look at the old post about the same topic.  

Question tags

1. Watch a video with question tag examples and read the explanations.

2. Watch a video explaining how to use question tags in English. Do the exercise to check your understanding of the lesson.

3. Click here to read the grammar and see more examples and exceptions.

4. Click here to do an exercise.

Each other/ one another

Watch a short video explaining the difference. The website, English Central, is an excellent tool to practise pronunciation and learn new vocabulary. There are different levels and you can record your voice. 

Subject and object questions

Grammar.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3

So do I / Neither do I

Click here to do an exercise and practise agreeing in the affirmative.

Click here to agree and disagree.

Reflexive pronouns

Click here to see a lesson about it.

Let, make and have somebody do something

Click here to learn how to use these structures.

Relative Clauses

1. Click here to listen and read some grammar about relative clauses.
2. Practice:
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3 (Learn about 10 American events in US history)

Especially / Specially

A very short video explaining the difference.

Ful and less

Check this lesson about the use of the two suffixes.

Reporting Verbs

1. Learn about reporting verbs here.

2. Click here to do an exercise about reporting verbs.

3. Click here to do more exercises.

4. A crossword (answers in "comments").

Because, Because of, Due to

Click here to see a lesson about the use of these linking words.

      
We cancelled the trip due to the floods.

Contrast: in spite of and despite

Click here to see a lesson about the use of 'in spite of' and 'despite'.

We went swimming in spite of / despite the strong currents.