Lessons

At B1 you tell stories about the past by combining two tenses. Past Simple = a completed action. Past Continuous = an action in progress around a past moment. Together…

This is one of the most important contrasts at B1. Both tenses talk about the past, but they answer different questions. Past Simple talks about a finished time; Present Perfect…

Tell what others said with the tense shifting one step back, plus say vs tell and reported questions with if/whether. B1 grammar with 20 questions.

Focus on the action with be + past participle across tenses, and name the doer with “by”. B1 grammar with 20 questions.

Talk about imaginary and unlikely situations with if + past simple, would + base verb — and give advice with “If I were you…”. B1 grammar with 20 questions.

The “past before the past”: use had + past participle for the earlier of two past actions, with when, before and after. B1 grammar with 20 questions.

Talk about how long an action has been happening with have/has been + -ing, using for, since and How long. B1 grammar with 20 questions.

Join ideas to show reason (because), result (so), and contrast (although, however, but) — with correct punctuation. B1 grammar with 20 questions.

Show direction and journeys with to, into, out of, through, across, along, up, down and past — and give clear directions. B1 grammar with 20 questions.

When two verbs meet, the second takes the infinitive (to do) or -ing (doing) — decided by the first verb, with -ing always after prepositions. The first B1 lesson, with 20 questions.