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=Grammar= =BBC Learning English= toc This is a fun and extensive page that allows you to work with grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Most of the exercises are fun and challenging. Each day the page greets you with today's phrase - a fun feature.

On the page //Words in the News//, you can expand your vocabulary and train your pronunciation by reading and listening to British news.

You can also choose to test your vocabulary in different quizzes such as crosswords, quiznet and wordmaster on the page //Quizzes//.

On //Ask about English//, you can read questions posed by others about the English grammar that needs further explanation from a professional teacher. You can find answers to English language questions on topics such as:


 * [|Adjectives & adverbs]
 * [|Confusing words & expressions]
 * [|Conjunctions & clauses]
 * [|Idiomatic expressions & phrasal verbs]
 * [|Learning & exam skills]
 * [|Modals & conditionals]
 * [|Nouns, pronouns, determiners and articles]
 * [|Prefixes & suffixes]
 * [|Prepositions & prepositional phrases]
 * [|Questions]
 * [|Reported speech]
 * [|Speaking & writing]
 * [|Spelling, punctuation and pronunciation]
 * [|Verbs & tenses]

Finally, //Pronunciation tips// offers you a good introduction to the sounds and features of the English language followed up by exercises and quizzes that fit all levels - ideal for self study.

=[|Test your vocabulary]= Here you can test your vocabulary. This page gives you an estimation of the size of your vocabulary based on scientific statistical methods. You are exposed to a lot of words, which you have to know the definition of and you end up with a final score.

The test only demands that you are honest!

=Free Grammar Lessons on Youtube=

The following Youtube videos on Anglo-link introduce some basic grammar rules, which may be helpful for those of you who would like to have rules explained by someone instead of just reading in a book. The aim of the videos is to help students master the English language, improve listening, fluency and pronunciation skills, and understand essential grammar points in order to avoid common mistakes. Even though the speaker is not a native speaker, the explanations are structured and easy to understand.

Below are listed some of the essential grammar areas that are introduced on Anglo-link:

Present simple and present continuous 1
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Do you describe facts and habits or actions in progress right now? Common mistakes are explained as well in this lesson.

Present perfect continuous vs present perfect 2
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Is an action completed at the time of speaking or is the action incomplete?

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Is the action completed in the past or is there a clear specific reference to the past?

Action verbs and state verbs
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When do you use action or state verbs? Do you start and stop an action or is there a sense of continuity in the verb?

Future tense or going to future 1
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When do you use will or going to in the English language? Do you want to express a possibility in the future, make a decision at the time of speaking or do you want to express certainty and express a plan you have made before speaking?

Going to future or present continuous 2
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Do you express a certainty in the future or do you include a time marker for appointments and arrangements?

Past continuous, past perfect or past perfect continuous
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Do you want to describe an action in progress in the past? Do you want to describe an action, which took place, before another action? Do you want to describe an action, which is still in action, before another action or before a precise moment?

Future continuous or future perfect or future perfect continuous
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Do you want to express an action at a specific time in the future? Do you want to express an action that will be completed in the future before another action takes place? Do you want to express an action that is still in progress in the future, before another action takes place?

All English Tenses
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All tenses are summarized and reviewed and challenging exercises are included in this lesson.

Modal verbs 1
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Here, you are given clear guidelines and examples on how to use the modal verbs can, could, may, might, their formulation and usage.

Modal Verbs 2
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The lesson gives guidelines on how to use the modal verbs should, must, have to and explains formulation and usage.

Passive voice 1
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When to use this tense and how do we formulate passive tense? Exercises are included.

Passive voice 2
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Here are a lot of active sentences, which you have to turn into passive sentences

Word Order/Sentence Structure 1
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The lesson is about sentence structure. The sequence of the elements of a sentence are presented, such as who, what, where, when, how, and why. The terms subject, verb and object are used as well.

Word Order/Sentence structure and position of adverbs 2
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The lesson introduces the position of the adverbs and the different types of adverbs.

Conditionals sentences
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The lesson introduces you to - if sentences and the 3 conditional sentence types.

American versus British Pronunciation
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Here you can listen to different ways of pronouncing common English words and sounds.

Listening Skills 1
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How can you improve your listening comprehension? How to improve your own pronunciation? What makes native speakers hard to understand? The lesson looks at common speech patterns 1-3, such as contracted verbs, negatives, weak forms, and phonetic links. Finally, you get some guidelines on how to improve your own pronunciation and listening skill.

=Lectures on grammar= This very detailed lecture presents seven ways of looking at grammar (by Scott Thornbury)

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