English B2

4:01 Topic 1 English B2 · Narrative tenses A good story needs three tenses working together, and the memory hook is a film. The past continuous is … 4:23 Topic 2 English B2 · Future continuous and perfect Two tenses that look into the future with a camera. The future continuous, will be plus verb-ing, shows … 3:47 Topic 3 English B2 · Third and mixed conditionals B1's second conditional imagines a different present. B2 adds the imagined past: the third conditional, … 4:28 Topic 4 English B2 · wish and if only Wish and if only are the polite cousins of the conditionals. The verb inside the wish wears the costume … 4:00 Topic 5 English B2 · Advanced passive You know the B1 passive: the homework was eaten by the cat. B2 adds three grown-up moves. The get-passiv… 4:35 Topic 6 English B2 · Reported questions and commands B1 taught you to report statements and questions. B2 adds commands, requests, advice and suggestions, ev… 4:07 Topic 7 English B2 · Past modals Modals talk about the present: it might rain. To talk about the past, English adds have plus the partici… 4:15 Topic 8 English B2 · Relative clauses: defining and non-defining B1 gave you the relative clause; B2 adds the comma question. Defining, no commas: the students who studi… 3:41 Topic 9 English B2 · The causative Sometimes you don't do the work; you arrange for someone else to do it. The causative: have or get plus … 4:16 Topic 10 English B2 · Contrast linkers Contrast is the soul of argument, and English has a whole shelf of linkers that disagree politely. Altho…