Grammar C2 Proficiency
Every rule from A1 to C2, in the order to read them.
How the rules work
A rule explains one point of grammar. Topics without a rule yet are marked Coming soon.
Examples
Sentences with the form in bold.
Common mistakes
A wrong sentence, the right one and why.
All the tenses on one page
Twelve tenses side by side, with when to use each one.
Common mistakes
Read in order
Each list is in reading order. A rule page shows the rules before and after it and, where it helps, what to read first.
Practise
Under Practise this rule, open the quiz or set the rule links to.
The rules are open to everyone, with or without an account.
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10 topics in the syllabus, 0 with a rule you can read now.
C2 Proficiency
10 topics, 0 with a rule
- Inversion after so, such, nor and littleEmphasis and styleComing soon
- Advanced frontingEmphasis and styleComing soon
- Concession: adjective + as, much as, however, no matterClauses and linking wordsComing soon
- but for / were it not for / lestConditionals and unreal situationsComing soon
- Fixed subjunctive expressionsEmphasis and styleComing soon
- Perfect modals: shades of meaningModal verbsComing soon
- Tense and aspect nuanceTensesComing soon
- Idiomatic clause patterns: let alone / what with / not thatClauses and linking wordsComing soon
- Substitution in formal writingEmphasis and styleComing soon
- Formal and informal grammarEmphasis and styleComing soon