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Tenses

11

The Continuous Aspect
The Perfect Aspect
Past Simple
Present Simple
Future Predictions
Future Plans
Past Continuous
Present Continuous
Present Perfect Continuous
Past Perfect
Present Perfect

Complex Sentences

5

Complex Sentences
Conditionals
Content Clauses
Adverbial Clauses
Relative Clauses

Modifiers

5

Comparatives & Superlatives
Purpose & Result
Active & Passive Adjectives
Participial Phrases
Prepositional Phrases

Nominals

1

Gerunds

Modality

7

Modals of Ability & Capacity
Habits
Modals of Possibility & Probability
Conditionals
Unreal Past
Mood
Permission, Advice, & Obligation

Interrogatives

4

Question Tags
‘WH’ Words
‘WH’ Questions
Polar Questions

Sentence Structure

5

Clauses
Imperatives
Causatives
Verb Patterns
Passive Voice

Lexical Classes

10

Auxiliary Verbs
Adverbs
Adpositions
Conjunctions
Modal Verbs
Verbs
Nouns
Adjectives
Determiners
Pronouns

Indirect Speech

2

Indirect Questions
Reported Speech

Non-Finite Forms

5

Verbals
Active Participles
Full Infinitives
Participles
Perfect/Passive Participles

Verb Types

3

Linking Verbs
Irregular Verbs
Stative Verbs

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Tenses

The Continuous Aspect
The Perfect Aspect
Past Simple
Present Simple
Future Predictions
Future Plans
Past Continuous
Present Continuous
Present Perfect Continuous
Past Perfect
Present Perfect

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