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GrammarC1

Grammar C1 · A matter of emphasis

Choose what to emphasise, make a cautious claim and rewrite a dense sentence so the point is clear.

20 A4 practice pages + 5 answer-key pages

Inside this pack

  • A short rule and a worked English example for each topic.
  • Complete, edit and rewrite sentences, then try the structure in your own English.
  • A4 PDF for printing or reading on screen, with answers at the end.

All 20 practice page titles

  1. Negative adverbial inversion
  2. Only after and only then
  3. Inverted conditions with had
  4. Inverted conditions with should
  5. It-clefts
  6. What-clefts
  7. Perfect participle clauses
  8. Reporting passives
  9. Mandative clauses
  10. Fronted concessive clauses
  11. Whether or not
  12. Modal perfect: no need
  13. Ellipsis in parallel clauses
  14. Substitution with do so
  15. Articles with institutions
  16. Discourse reference with this and that
  17. Nominalisation for concise reports
  18. Hedging with seems and appears
  19. Gerund clauses as subjects
  20. The more, the more

Two page previews

Watermarked full-page preview of practice page 1 Open preview
Page 1 · Negative adverbial inversion
Watermarked full-page preview of practice page 11 Open preview
Page 11 · Whether or not