B2 (Lower)

Students who are taking the ECCE / FCE / ECPE / CPE / TOEIC / EDEXCEL / ΚΡΑΤΙΚΟ for the first time should be familiar with the following grammatical structures. Please visit Grammar 1 and/or Grammar 2

√ THE PERFECT TENSES
√ SEQUENCE IN TIME CLAUSES
√ USED TO / WOULD
√ RELATIVE CLAUSES
√ COMPARISON
√ THE IDIOMATIC PAST
√ CONDITIONAL CLAUSES
√ CONDITIONAL CLAUSES – WITHOUT “IF”
√ PASSIVE VOICE
√ DIRECT / INDIRECT SPEECH
√ PASSIVE VOICE – PERSONAL CONSTRUCTION
√ CLAUSES OF PURPOSE
√ PARTICIPLES
√ PERFECT INFINITIVE
√ CLAUSES OF CONCESSION
√ I NVERSION
√ THE CAUSATIVE USE OF “HAVE”
√ GERUNDS
√ SUBORDINATE CLAUSES


They must have a good understanding of the following:


√ MAKE / LET / ALLOW
√ -ING / -ED
√ TRANSITIVE / INTRANSITIVE USES OF VERBS
√ CONCEALED RELATIVES
√ MUST NOT / NEEDN’T /DON’T HAVE TO
√ FOR / SINCE / AGO
√ STILL / YET
√ NOUN or VERB
√ SO DO I / I DO TOO / NOR CAN I / NEITHER CAN I / I CAN’T EITHER
√ SO / SUCH etc.
√ “UNCOUNTABLES”
√ ADVERBS / ADJECTIVES


Students are strongly advised to revise the relevant material under the above headings.
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