Grammar, vocabulary and expressions for PET
Grammar for PET
A2 level
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B1 level
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Optional
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Present simple.
Present continuous. Past simple. Present perfect. Future tenses: will, be going to. Modal verbs: can. Adjectives: gradable. Adverbs: quite, very, frequency adverbs... Prepositions of time. Prepositions of place. Countable and uncountable nouns: many/much, some, any. Comparative and superlative adjectives: superiority. The saxon genitive. Linking words: and, or, but, because, before, after, then. |
Present simple.
Present continuous. Past simple. Present perfect: for, since, just, already, yet. Future tenses: will, be going to, present countinuous, present simple. Past continuous. Past perfect. Imperative. Used to. States verbs. Modal verbs: can, could, may, might, must, have to, should, ought to. Verbs followed by to or -ing. Causatives: have and get. Phrasal verbs. Adjectives: gradable, non-gradable; with -ed and -ing, + preposition. Adverbs: quite; very; frequency adverbs...; really; extremely, fairly, rather (+ gradable adjective); absolutely (+ non-gradable adjective); a bit/little, much, far, a lot (+ comparative of superiority); too, enough. Prepositions of time. Prepositions of place. Prepositions of movement. Countable and uncountable nouns: many/much, some, any, a few/little, a lot/lots of. Comparative and superlative adjectives, adverbs, nouns: superiority, inferiority, equality. The saxon genitive. Zero, first and second conditionals: if, when, unless. So/neither/nor do I. Relative clauses (defining and non-defining): which, that, who, whose, when, where. The passive: present and past simple. Reported speech. Linking words: and, or, but, because, before, after, then, when, while, as... |
Be/get used to + -ing Expressions with comparatives: more and more; the more..., the more. Third conditional It's said/believed... Subjunctive mode: The teacher recommended he be polite |
Vocabulary and expressions
Basic level
gradable adjectives: tired, interesting... adverb + adjective: very tired... I think/in my opinion... |
B1 level
so: The boy is so intelligent that he learns very quickly.
non-gradable adjectives: exhausted, fascinating... adverb + adjective: really/extremely tired.../absolutely exhausted... I think/in my opinion... What do you think?/Do you agree?: We'll go to the teatre, what do you think about? |
Recommendable use
such: He's such an intelligent boy that he learns very quickly.
It seems to me that... How does that sound to you?: We'll go to the teatre, how does that sound to you? |
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