Advanced English Grammar

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The following exercises are intended to provide additional practising material. They are meant to teach and improve the students' grammatical skills - not to test them. The software used to make these interactive exercises is HOT POTATOES and M. Rottmeier's various add-ons - what else?

Useful links:

1. Superb site on grammar - well structured and to the point. The grammatical fields/problems are listed in alphabetical order - you get the grammar rules, examples and exercises and more... Go to: http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm (the webmaster's personal recommendation)
2. BBC World Service - Learning English
3. Daily Grammar by Mr Johanson (advanced level; detailed explanations and examples)
4. And here is the BBC's contribution to better grammar... (and there is a lot more on this great site).

The Articles

1. The definite article - rules and gap-fill exercise (1) ==> /sl
2. The definite article - rules and gap-fill exercise (2) ==> /sl
3. The definite article - rules and gap-fill exercise (3) ==> /sl
4. The definite article - mixed questions ==> /sl
5. The definite article and idioms (1): Mach it! ==> or: Dropdowns ==> /sl
6. The definite article and idioms (2): Mach it! ==> or: Dropdowns ==> /sl
7. The definite article and idioms (3): Mach it! ==> or: Dropdowns ==> /sl
8. The definite article and idioms (4): Mach it! ==> or: Dropdowns ==> /sl
9. The definite article and idioms (5): Mach it! ==> or: Dropdowns ==> /sl
10. The definite article and idioms (6): Mach it! ==> or: Dropdowns ==> /sl

Simple and progressive form

1. A list of the basic rules ==> /sl
2. PRESENT simple or progressive? Intermediate gap-fill exercise (translate short sentences into English) ==> /sl

Common Errors

1. Common Errors (1) - Animal Farm: Find it! ==> /sl
2. Common Errors (2) - Animal Farm: Find it! ==> /sl
3. Common Errors (3) - Animal Farm: Find it! ==> /sl
4. Common Errors (4) - Animal Farm: Find it! ==> /sl

Relative Clauses

1. Different ways of expressing the German "was". - Gap-fill exercise ==> /sl
2. Defining and non-defining relative clauses. - Gap-fill exercises ==> /sl
3. Who - which - that - or no relative pronoun? - Gap-fill exercise ==> /sl

Conditional Clauses

1. Conditional clauses (type I) - Gap-fill exercise ==> /sl
2. Conditional clauses (type II) part 1 - Gap-fill exercise ==> /sl
3. Conditional clauses (type II) part 2 - Gap-fill exercise ==> /sl
4. Conditional clauses (type II) part 3 - Gap-fill exercise ==> /sl
5. Conditional clauses (type III) - Gap-fill exercise ==> /sl

Reported Speech

1. The backshift of tenses - rules and gap-fill exercise (1) ==> /sl
2. Changes of the demonstratives and adverbials of time and place - rules and gap-fill exercise (2) ==> /sl

Useful phrases and collocations

1. Examples from Animal Farm (chapters 1-5) with word list. Gap-fill exercise ==> /sl
2. Examples from Animal Farm (chapters 1-5) without the word list. ==> /sl
3. Examples from Animal Farm (chapters 6-10) with word list. Gap-fill exercise ==> /sl

Working with words

1. What are the abstract nouns (1)? - Gap-fill exercise ==> /sl
2. What are the abstract nouns (2)? - Gap-fill exercise ==> /sl
3. What are the abstract nouns (3)? - Quiz ==> /sl
4. Choice of words: say - tell - talk - discuss? - Gap-fill exercise ==> /sl
5. Choice of words: The German verb "machen" in English (1) - Match it! ==> /sl
6. Choice of words: The German verb "machen" in English (2) - Match it! ==> /sl
7. Choice of words: The German verb "machen" in English (3) - Match it! ==> /sl

Different ways of expressing future events

1. Talking about plans, intentions and foreseeable events - Short answer quiz (translations) ==> /sl
2. Talking about plans and intentions - Gap-fill exercise (replace 'want to') ==> /sl
3. Talking about arrangements, appointments and dates (in diaries and calendars) ==> /sl
4. Talking about future events - mixed scenarios ==> /sl

Pronouns

1. Reflexive pronouns: yes or no? Translate German sentences with "sich". - Short answer quiz /sl ==>