Category B2 Upper Intermediate Grammar

Essential English grammar for learners who wish to achieve B2 level.

Object Nouns in a Sentence

In English sentences, a noun can be the main subject of the sentence or clause, or it can be an object, which is to say it is not the subject. The subject noun is the noun performing the verb. This…

Anything, Something and Nothing

In English, the single negative principle means that only one negative word is used to express a negative idea. When forming negative sentences, one should never double up on negative words. One negative is enough. This lesson focuses on the…

The Difference between It and That

The words it and that can both be used as pronouns. A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun to avoid repetition and make sentences clearer. However, as pronouns, it and that serve different purposes. It refers…

Reflexive and Ergative Verbs

Reflexive verbs are those where the action reflects back on the subject, using reflexive pronouns such as myself or yourself. Ergative verbs are those that exhibit a unique flexibility in allowing the subject of an intransitive sentence to be the…

English Idiomatic Expressions – Idioms

Idiomatic expressions, or idioms, are phrases whose meanings cannot be deduced from the literal definitions of the words within them. They are an essential but confusing part of the English language, but also of many other languages. In the UK,…

Test Yourself with a Parts of Speech Exercise

Words, the building blocks of language, are organised into various categories known as parts of speech or word classes. These classifications serve to facilitate the understanding of sentence structure and linguistic principles. Parts of speech Parts of speech are categories…

Correlative Conjunctions and Comparative Sentence Structures

There are three main types of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions and correlative conjunctions. Conjunctions are a part of speech or word class often described as ‘joining words’, because many conjunctions, such as ‘but’ and ‘and’, join words or clauses…

Using the Word ‘That’ in English

The word ‘that’ can cause much confusion to English language learners. In language, words are divided into word classes, or what are called ‘Parts of Speech’, and these word classes define the use of a word in a sentence. However,…