English Grammar Test B1 (Intermediate)

Since + a starting point describes a situation that began in the past and is still true, so we use the present perfect: have lived. The present simple and present continuous are not used with since in this way.

Two days ago refers to a finished time, so we need the past simple: saw. The present perfect is not used with ago, and seen cannot be a verb on its own.

Yet is used at the end of present perfect questions and negatives to ask whether something has happened up to now. Ago goes with the past simple, and since needs a starting point.

In the first conditional, the if clause uses the present simple and the main clause uses will: If it rains, we will stay. Do not use will in the if clause.

The second conditional describes an unreal present situation: if + past simple, then would + base verb. So: If I had more free time, I would learn…

The bridge did not do the building; people built it, so we need the passive. 1932 is a finished time, so the passive is in the past simple: was built.

Use the relative pronoun who (or that) for people. Which is for things, and whose shows possession (the woman whose car is red).

Enjoy is followed by a gerund (-ing form), not an infinitive: enjoy hiking. Finish, avoid and mind follow the same pattern.

Decide is followed by the to-infinitive: decided to look for. Want, hope and plan follow the same pattern.

Used to + base verb describes a past habit that is no longer true. Be used to means being familiar with something and is followed by a noun or an -ing form (I'm used to the cold).

We give advice with should + base verb. Ought needs to (ought to go), and modal verbs like must are never followed by to.

Comparisons with as use the pattern (not) as + adjective + as. Than follows a comparative form such as more difficult.

The past continuous (was cooking) describes an action in progress that was interrupted by a shorter past action (the phone rang). With I, the form is was, not were.

The present perfect is used for a situation that started in the past and continues now. Use for with a length of time (five years) and since with a starting point (since 2021).

In an indirect question that begins with a phrase like Can you tell me, we use statement word order, subject + verb: where the station is. Question word order (is the station) is used only in direct questions.