Level 5 of 6

C1 · Advanced

By the end you can: Use inversion, clefts and hedging, and control register.

39 lessons · about 27 hours · 9 weeks at an hour a day (the last week is review and the Level Check) · lessons are being written

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# C1 · Advanced ## Words ### Word classes - Word formation 3: conversion & compounds ### Nouns - Nominalisation & complex noun phrases ### Determiners - Determiner order & pre-determiners - Articles 4: fixed phrases & names ### Pronouns - Pronouns: advanced ### Modifiers - Adverbs 3: viewpoint, focus & position - Adjective complementation - Comparison 4: all the more, none the less ### Prepositions - Complex prepositions: in terms of, by virtue of ## Verbs ### Tenses - Future in the past - be to; be bound to, be sure to, be likely to - Tense for distance & politeness - Special uses of the present ### Modals - Modality 1: may well, might as well, That'll be John - Modality 2: must have been waiting; can't or mustn't? ### Voice - Impersonal passive - Passive with see & make; choosing active or passive ### Verb patterns - Advanced complementation: painted it red - -ing or to: the subtle cases ## Sentences ### Structure - Agreement 3: The majority is/are ### Clauses - Participle clauses 2: absolutes & dangling participles - Noun clauses 2: the fact that, -ever clauses - Relative clauses 3: whereby, in which case - Concession 3: much as, Tired as I was - Infinitive & verbless clauses ### Conditionals - Inverted conditionals: Had I known… - if + should, were to, happen to; if so, if not - as if, would rather, it's high time, suppose ### Reported speech - Reporting 3: nominal & passive reporting ## Text ### Linking - Negative inversion: Never have I… - Inversion after place adverbials & so/such - Cleft sentences - Fronting, extraposition & end-weight - Ellipsis & substitution 2 - Cohesion: the former, the latter, thereby - Hedging & boosting ### Style - Register: formal & informal grammar - Spoken grammar 1 - Punctuation 4: long sentences

All C1 lessons, in order

1Negative inversion: Never have I…LinkingCoreSoonComing soon
2Inversion after place adverbials & so/suchLinkingCoreSoonComing soon
3Cleft sentencesLinkingCoreSoonComing soon
4Fronting, extraposition & end-weightLinkingCoreSoonComing soon
5Ellipsis & substitution 2LinkingMiniSoonComing soon
6Future in the pastTensesCoreSoonComing soon
7be to; be bound to, be sure to, be likely toTensesCoreSoonComing soon
8Tense for distance & politenessTensesMiniSoonComing soon
9Special uses of the presentTensesMiniSoonComing soon
10Modality 1: may well, might as well, That'll be JohnModalsCoreSoonComing soon
11Modality 2: must have been waiting; can't or mustn't?ModalsCoreSoonComing soon
12Impersonal passiveVoiceCoreSoonComing soon
13Passive with see & make; choosing active or passiveVoiceCoreSoonComing soon
14Inverted conditionals: Had I known…ConditionalsCoreSoonComing soon
15if + should, were to, happen to; if so, if notConditionalsCoreSoonComing soon
16as if, would rather, it's high time, supposeConditionalsCoreSoonComing soon
17Reporting 3: nominal & passive reportingReported speechCoreSoonComing soon
18Participle clauses 2: absolutes & dangling participlesClausesCoreSoonComing soon
19Noun clauses 2: the fact that, -ever clausesClausesCoreSoonComing soon
20Relative clauses 3: whereby, in which caseClausesCoreSoonComing soon
21Concession 3: much as, Tired as I wasClausesCoreSoonComing soon
22Infinitive & verbless clausesClausesMiniSoonComing soon
23Advanced complementation: painted it redVerb patternsCoreSoonComing soon
24-ing or to: the subtle casesVerb patternsCoreSoonComing soon
25Nominalisation & complex noun phrasesNounsCoreSoonComing soon
26Determiner order & pre-determinersDeterminersCoreSoonComing soon
27Articles 4: fixed phrases & namesDeterminersCoreSoonComing soon
28Agreement 3: The majority is/areStructureCoreSoonComing soon
29Pronouns: advancedPronounsCoreSoonComing soon
30Adverbs 3: viewpoint, focus & positionModifiersCoreSoonComing soon
31Adjective complementationModifiersCoreSoonComing soon
32Comparison 4: all the more, none the lessModifiersMiniSoonComing soon
33Complex prepositions: in terms of, by virtue ofPrepositionsCoreSoonComing soon
34Cohesion: the former, the latter, therebyLinkingCoreSoonComing soon
35Hedging & boostingLinkingCoreSoonComing soon
36Register: formal & informal grammarStyleCoreSoonComing soon
37Spoken grammar 1StyleCoreSoonComing soon
38Word formation 3: conversion & compoundsWord classesCoreSoonComing soon
39Punctuation 4: long sentencesStyleMiniSoonComing soon

The same lessons by family

Words · 9

25Nominalisation & complex noun phrases
26Determiner order & pre-determiners
27Articles 4: fixed phrases & names
29Pronouns: advanced
30Adverbs 3: viewpoint, focus & position
31Adjective complementation
32Comparison 4: all the more, none the less
33Complex prepositions: in terms of, by virtue of
38Word formation 3: conversion & compounds

Verbs · 10

6Future in the past
7be to; be bound to, be sure to, be likely to
8Tense for distance & politeness
9Special uses of the present
10Modality 1: may well, might as well, That'll be John
11Modality 2: must have been waiting; can't or mustn't?
12Impersonal passive
13Passive with see & make; choosing active or passive
23Advanced complementation: painted it red
24-ing or to: the subtle cases

Sentences · 10

14Inverted conditionals: Had I known…
15if + should, were to, happen to; if so, if not
16as if, would rather, it's high time, suppose
17Reporting 3: nominal & passive reporting
18Participle clauses 2: absolutes & dangling participles
19Noun clauses 2: the fact that, -ever clauses
20Relative clauses 3: whereby, in which case
21Concession 3: much as, Tired as I was
22Infinitive & verbless clauses
28Agreement 3: The majority is/are

Text · 10

1Negative inversion: Never have I…
2Inversion after place adverbials & so/such
3Cleft sentences
4Fronting, extraposition & end-weight
5Ellipsis & substitution 2
34Cohesion: the former, the latter, thereby
35Hedging & boosting
36Register: formal & informal grammar
37Spoken grammar 1
39Punctuation 4: long sentences

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