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http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-12/session-2/activity-3

Adjectives and adverbs are words that describe or modify other words.

• adjectives describe nouns or pronouns.
• adverbs describe verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-8/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-15/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-19/session-2/activity-3

• indefinite: a, an
• definite: the
• zero

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-8/session-2/activity-3

Simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-30/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-24/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-15/session-1

• subjects(noun phrases)
• verb phrases
• objects
• adjuncts
• complements

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/clause-phrase-and-sentence/clause-structure http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/about-words-clauses-and-sentences/clauses

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-11/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-13/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-17/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-18/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-13/session-2/activity-4

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-13/session-2/activity-3

Zero, first, second, third and mixed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-24/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-28/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-28/session-4

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-12/session-1

Defining relative clauses...

• add essetial information about the nouns, and
• can be introduced by the relative pronoun that in informal speech.

We use the definite article with abstract uncountable nouns when the noun is used to refer to specific example of that noun.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-16/session-2/activity-3

The definite article is used when both the speaker and listener know what is being talked about or to identify a particular thing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-11/session-1

Demonstratives, this, that, these and those, are used to point to people and things. They are used as determiners and pronouns.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/pronouns/that-these-and-those http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/determiners/this-that-these-those

Determiners are words which come at the beginning of the noun phrase.

• referring determiners
  • articles
  • demonstratives
  • possessives, possessive 's
• quantifying determiners
  • quantifiers
  • numerals
• interrogatives: whose, which, what

Two referring determiners can't be used together.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/determiners-and-quantifiers http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/determiners http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/determiners-the-my-some-this https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/grammar/determiners

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-16/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-27/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-12/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-14/session-1

The first conditional is used to talk about possible future situations and their possible results.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-23/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-19/session-1

We use the future continuous, will + be + present participle,

• to talk about events that will be in progress at a particular time or over a period of time in the future,
• to talk about events that will happen in the normal course of things, and
• to politely enquire about a person's plans for the future.

We use be + to-infinitive to talk about future events which involve instruction or necessity.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-22/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-10/session-1

Five ways to talk about the future in the past.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-15/session-1

The future perfect continuous, will + have + been + present participle, emphasises that an action or a repeating series of actions started before a time in the future and is still happening at that time in the future.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-30/session-2/activity-3

The future perfect, will + have + past participle, is used to talk about a time in the future by when a particular activity will be completed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-26/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-13/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-13/session-4

Different ways of talking about the future.

• will for statements about the future, for predictions about the future, and for instant decisions made at the time of speaking.
• be going to for present situations that extend into the future, for predictions based on present, physical evidence, and for plans.
• on the verge/brink of for events that are going to happen very soon.
• be about to for events that will happen in the near future.
• be sure/bound to for events we are confident will happen.
• be to for talking about the future in formal way.
• be due to for scheduled events.
• present simple for timetabled future events.
• present continuous for arrangements.
• future continuous for activities which are in progress at a future time.
• future perfect for actions completed before a specific future time.
• normal verbs with a future meaning like hope, plan, aim, intend, arrange, decide, etc.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-17/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-24/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-2/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-24/session-4

Verbs which change meaning when followed by the gerund or infinitive form.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-9/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-5/session-2/activity-5

The main difference is to do with certainty.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-21/session-1

Five different ways of saying if without using if.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-18/session-1

Indefinite articles, a and an, are not used with plural nouns or uncountable nouns. They are used

• when a singular countable noun is talked about for the first time,
• when classifying, describing and generalizing,
• in exclamations following words such as 'what' and 'such',
• in expressions like: 'a kind of', 'a sort of' and 'a type of'.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-10/session-1

Indirect questions help us to be more formal or polite.

• Could you tell me if/whether + statement word order? (for yes/no questions)
• Could you tell me wh- + statement word order? (for wh- questions)
• Do you know...
• Have you any idea...
• Would you mind telling me...

We use infinitives of purpose to explain why we're doing something.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-6/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-19/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-28/session-2/activity-3

Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions.

• who: as a subject/an object, as a pronoun
• which: as a subject/an object, as a pronoun/determiner
• whom: as an object(formal), as a pronoun
• what: as a subject/an object, as a pronoun/determiner
• whose: as a subject/an object, as a pronoun/determiner

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/pronouns/questions-interrogative-pronouns-what-who https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/determiners-and-quantifiers/interrogative-determiners-which-and-what

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-22/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-25/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-26/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-5/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-3/session-2/activity-4

Linking devices are used to link one idea or argument to another. A common situation is when we are talking about something that happens and its result, or a cause and its effect.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-10/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-25/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-30/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-4/session-1

Link verbs are followed by a word that gives information about the subject itself.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/clause-phrase-and-sentence/verb-patterns/link-verbs http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/about-verbs/verbs-types#verbs-types__2

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-22/session-4

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-8/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-7/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-25/session-1

Can, could, be able to, and manage to.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-30/session-2/activity-3

Might, may, could, must and can't.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-6/session-2/activity-3

Narrative tenses are used to describe events that happened in the past, and for telling stories.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-20/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-26/session-1

We use this form when we talk about something that must be done, but we choose not to say who needs to do it. This is often because the person who needs to do it is unknown, obvious or unimportant.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-14/session-1

Non-defining relative clauses...

• add extra information about the noun,
• are enclosed by commas,
• can be used with quantifiers and numbers followed by the relative pronoun,
• can't be introduced by the relative pronoun that, and
• can refer to a whole sentence.

A noun phrase consists of a noun or pronoun, which is called the head, and any dependent words before or after the head. Dependent words give specific information about the head.

(determiners +) (premodifiers +) head noun/pronoun (+ complements) (+ postmodifiers)

Premodifiers consist of single adjectives, adjective phrases, single nouns and noun phrases which are used before the head in a noun phrase.

Complements are prepositional phrases or clauses which are necessary to complete the meaning of the noun.

Postmodifiers consist of adverb phrases, prepositional phrases and clauses. Postmodifiers give extra or specific information about the noun.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/clause-phrase-and-sentence/noun-phrase http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/noun-phrases/noun-phrases

• countable/uncountable nouns
• concrete/abstract nouns
• common/proper nouns

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/nouns http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/about-nouns/nouns

Using a present participle clause can give a reason for the action in the main clause.

Perfect participle forms, Having + past participle, show that the action in the participle clause was finished before the action in the main clause.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-17/session-1

Participle clauses are clauses that begin with present or past participles. Participle clauses can be used when the participle and the verb in the main clause have the same subject. Participle clauses with past participles have a passive meaning.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-27/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-29/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-19/session-1

Four situations in which the agent can be left out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-6/session-1

Five ways to use the past for the present or future.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-8/session-1

The past perfect continuous, had + been + present participle, describes an action which started in the past and continued up to another point in the past.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-14/session-2/activity-3

The past perfect, had + past participle, describes something that happened before an action described using past simple.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-7/session-2/activity-3

The past simple is used to describe an action that happened and finished in the past.

The past continuous, was/were + present participle, is used to describe an action that was in progress at a particular time in the past but not completed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-7/session-2/activity-4

The past simple describes an action that happened and finished in the past.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-6/session-2/activity-5

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-4/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-21/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-23/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-23/session-4

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-27/session-1

Possessive adjectives, my, your, his, her, its, our, their, are used

• to show something belongs to somebody,
• for relations and friends, and
• for parts of the body.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/possessives/possessives-adjectives

We use will to make predictions about the future when we are certain that something is going to happen.

We use be going to when our prediction is based on a present situation or evidence.

We use might to show future posibility.

We use be likely to when we think something will happen, but we are not certain.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-28/session-2/activity-3

We use might, may or could to talk about the possibility of something in the present or the future, when we are making a guess about a present situation, or we aren't sure if something will happen in the future.

We use might not and may not to talk about negative possibility. We don't use counld not in the same way as might not and may not. Could not means that something is impossible.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-16/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-22/session-2/activity-3

We can use the present continuous, be + present participle, to talk about the future when we have already arranged to do something.

We can use be + going + to-infinitive to talk about something that we have decided to do in the future, but not arranged yet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-9/session-2/activity-3

Using the present to talk about the past.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-3/session-1

The present perfect is used for life experiences, recent past actions that are important now, past situations that are still happening now, and answering 'How long' questions usually with for or since.

The past simple is used for completed actions in the past.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-26/session-2/activity-3

The present perfect continuous, have + been + present participle, is used to describe an activity that started in the past and is continuing now or has recently finished.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-2/session-2/activity-3

• ever: at any time in someone's life.
• never: not at any time in someone's life.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-11/session-2/activity-5

The present perfect is often used with

• for meaning throughout a period of time or
• since meaning from a point in time to now

to talk about situations that started in the past and are continuing now.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-12/session-2/activity-4

The present perfect is often used with

• just for something that happened only a short time ago,
• already when an action has happened before now or before we expected it to happen, and
• yet to ask if something has happened before now or to say something has not happened up to now.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-14/session-2/activity-3

The present simple is used to describe things that we do regularly, facts, habits, truths and permanent situations.

The present continuous, be + present participle, is used to describe things that are happening at the time we are speaking, temporary situations and activities that are in progress. Stative verbs are not usually used in the present continuous.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-2/session-2/activity-3

We use the present simple tense for things that we do regularly and for facts, habits, truths and permanent situations.

We use the present continuous for things that are happening at the time we are speaking, for temporary situations, and for activities that are in progress.

We use the present perfect for life experiences in the past, recent past actions that are important now, and past situations that are still happening now, often with how long, for and since; with just, already, yet for recent events.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-1/session-2/activity-3

Quantifiers are words that give us information about the number of something: how much or how many.

All, every and each mean the whole number of something in a group.

• with plural noun: all, all the, each of
• with plural pronoun: all of, each of
• with uncountable noun: all, all the, all of
• with singular noun: every, each

Both, neither and either are used to talk about two people or things.

• with plural noun: both, both of, neither of, either of
• with plural pronoun: both of, neither of, either of
• with singular noun: neither, neither .. nor .., either, either .. or .., both .. and ..

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/determiners-and-quantifiers/quantifiers http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/quantifiers/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-3/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-1/session-2/activity-4

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-27/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-28/session-1

Two types of relative clause:

• defining: give the information that directly identifies what is being talked about,
• non-defining: add more information about nouns, do not identify the noun being talked about.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/grammar/relative-clauses

Relative pronouns indtroduce relative clauses.

• who
• whom
• whose
• which
• that
• where: '(places) in/at which'
• when: '(times) on which'
• why: '(reasons) for which'

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/pronouns/relative-pronouns http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/pronouns/relative-pronouns

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-11/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-2/session-1

The second conditional is used to talk about impossible, unlikely or imaginary situations and their possible results.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-24/session-2/activity-3

Action verbs describe things we do or things that happen. Action verbs can be used in all tenses.

State verbs describe attitudes, thoughts, senses or belonging. Sometimes, state verbs can also describe actions. Most state verbs are not used in the continuous form.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-25/session-2/activity-3

Some state verbs can be used in the continuous form

• with the adverbs forever, always and constantly to show annoyance about a repeated habit,
• to make requests and questions more polite and less direct,
• to emphasise a strong feeling at the moment of speaking, and
• in some idioms and set phrases.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-5/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-18/session-2/activity-4

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-20/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-21/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-22/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-20/session-1

We use the present simple for things that we do regularly and for permanent situations.

We use the present continuous for things that are happening now and for temporary situations.

We use the past simple tense when an action or situation happens and finishes in the past.

We use the present perfect to talk about our experiences in the past often with ever or never; to talk about situations that started in the past and are continuing now often with how long, for or since; to say whether an action has happened or not at the present time with just, already or yet.

We use the present continuous to talk about the future when we have made an arrangement to do something.

We use be going to + infinitive for future plans.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-20/session-2/activity-3

The third conditional is used for imaginary situations in the past and their imaginary results.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-9/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-1/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-7/session-1

Subject + used to + infinitive is used to refer to things in the past which are no longer true. It can refer to repeated actions or to a state or situation.

Subject+ would + infinitive is used only for repeated actions, not for a state or situation.

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/quick-grammar/past-habit-used-towouldpast-simple http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/past/used-to

• used to + infinitive refers to actions and situations in the past which no longer happen or are no longer true.
• be used to + noun/pronoun/gerund means 'be accustomed to' or 'be familiar with'.
• get/become used to + noun/pronoun/gerund means 'become accustomed to' or 'become familiar with'.

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/quick-grammar/used-infinitive-and-beget-used http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/past/used-to

Subject + used to + infinitive is used to refer to things in the past which are no longer true. It can refer to repeated actions or to a state or situation.

Negative form

• Subject + didn't use to + infinitive
• Subject + never used to + infinitive
• Subject + used not to + infinitive

Question form

• Did + subject + use to + infinitive?

• verb + to-infinitive
• verb + gerund
• verb + that clause

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-10/session-2/activity-3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-29/session-2/activity-3

Five ways to use wish.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-16/session-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-23/session-1

• wished for the past: subject + wish + subject + past subjunctive
• wished for the present: subject + wish + subject + past perfect

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-16/session-4

• nouns
• verbs: without a verb a group of words cannot be a clause or sentence.
  • auxiliary verbs
  • modal auxiliaries
• adjectives
• adverbs
• pronouns
• prepositions
• conjunctions
• determiners
  • quantifiers, numerals
• interjections

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/grammar/word-classes-or-parts-of-speech http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/about-words-clauses-and-sentences/word-classes-and-phrase-classes

Would is used

• in the second and thid conditional,
• for the future in the past,
• in reported speech,
• for repetition in the past, and
• for polite requests.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-4/session-1

There are different types of nouns that don't require an article.

• plural and uncountable nouns for generalisations
• proper nouns
• when talking about the normal role of an instituion
• times of day, year and named holidays and special days/festivals

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/upper-intermediate/unit-9/session-1

Zero conditional is used to talk about things which always happen in particular situations.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-5/session-2/activity-3

• That's OK.
• No problem.
• Don't worry about it.
• No worries.

• Can I ask a favour?
• Can you do me a favour?
• Could you do me a favour?
• Could I ask you to do me a favour?
• I was wondering if I could ask you a favour. (indirect question in the past continuous tense)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/142_requests_offers/page9.shtml

• Can I + infinitive...?
• Could I + infinitive...?
• Would I be able to + infinitive...?
• Is it OK/alright if I + present simple...?
• Would it be OK/alright if I + present simple(less formal)/past subjunctive...?

• I hope you don't mind me mentioning this but...
• I wondered if we could have a quick chat about...
• Would you mind (not) + gerund...?
• It would be good if you could...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1113_how_to_news/page5.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1113_how_to_news/page4.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1142_greeting/page2.shtml

• I think (that)...
• My view is (that)...
• In my opinion, ...
• I can assure you (that)...
• The fact is (that)...
• The point is (that)...
• You're missing the point. ...
• Look, ...

• I would like to book an appointment...please.
• I need/want to book an appointment...please.
• Is it possible to book an appointment...please?
• May/Can I book an appointment...please?

• Would you mind + gerund...?
• Are you OK to + infinitive...?
• Is there any chance you could + infinitive...?
• I would appreciate it if you could...
• It would be great if you could...
• If you could..., that would be great.

• Why don't I/you/we/they + infinitive...?
• Why doesn't he/she + infinitive...?
• Shall I/we + infinitive...?
• (Perhaps/Maybe +) subject + should/could + infinitive...
• Let's + infinitive...
• Why not + infinitive...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1113_how_to_news/page3.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1113_how_to_news/page2.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1142_greeting/page6.shtml

Present verb forms can be used to talk about past actions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1142_greeting/page3.shtml

/ɪə/ /ʊə/ /aɪ/ /ɔɪ/ /əʊ/ /eə/ /aʊ/ /eɪ/

/iː/ /uː/ /ɑː/ /ɔː/ /ɜː/

/m/ /n/ /ŋ/ /h/ /l/ /r/ /w/ /j/

/ɪ/ /ʊ/ /ʌ/ /ɒ/ /ə/ /e/ /æ/

• twenty vowels
  • seven short vowels: /ɪ/ /ʊ/ /ʌ/ /ɒ/ /ə/ /e/ /æ/
  • five long vowels: /iː/ /uː/ /ɑː/ /ɔː/ /ɜː/
  • eight diphthongs (double vowel sounds): /ɪə/ /ʊə/ /aɪ/ /ɔɪ/ /əʊ/ /eə/ /aʊ/ /eɪ/
• twenty-four consonants
  • eight voiceless consonants: /p/ /t/ /tʃ/ /k/ /f/ /θ/ /s/ /ʃ/
  • eight voiced consonants: /b/ /d/ /dʒ/ /g/ /v/ /ð/ /z/ /ʒ/
  • eight other consonants: /m/ /n/ /ŋ/ /h/ /l/ /r/ /w/ /j/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

/b/ /d/ /dʒ/ /g/ /v/ /ð/ /z/ /ʒ/

/p/ /t/ /tʃ/ /k/ /f/ /θ/ /s/ /ʃ/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-1/session-1

• at
  • specific times on the clock
  • mealtimes and specific points of the day
  • specific points of the week
  • special celebrations
• on
  • specific dates
  • specific days
  • days of the week
• in
  • specific parts of the day
  • months
  • seasons
  • years and centuries

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adverbials/adverbials-time/time-and-dates http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/at-on-and-in-time

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-2/session-1