Condition Clauses: If, Unless, and Provided That
Do you know when a strict rule requires provided that or when to use unless instead of if not? Master the logic of condition clauses by navigating quirky scenarios with time travelers, secret agents, and eccentric professors. Test your grasp of if, unless, and provided that across 12 interactive questions.
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Contrast Clauses: Although, However, and Though
Do you know when to use a semicolon before however, or when to drop though at the end of a sentence? Master the tricky punctuation and placement of contrast clauses by navigating savage restaurant reviews, passive-aggressive roommate notes, and clumsy burglars.
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Adverb Clauses of Reason: Because, Since, and As
Why did the time traveler arrive three centuries late? Master explaining why things happen by testing your knowledge of adverb clauses of reason, distinguishing because vs. because of, applying correct punctuation rules, and identifying reason vs. time contexts.
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Adverb Clauses of Time: When, Before, After, Until
When do you stop whisking? Until your arm goes numb, obviously. Master the timing of events by choosing the right time conjunctions, applying correct verb tenses in future time clauses, and sequencing past events properly.
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Basics. Conjunctions.
Conjunctions are key elements in English, connecting words, phrases, and sentences. Common conjunctions include "and," "but," and "or." They join language blocks like words, phrases, and sentences, and help create compound and complex sentences.
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Basics. Common More Complex Questions.
Master more complex common question types, such as "Who...? / What...? / Where...? / Which...?" with prepositions at the end, "What + noun" and "Which + noun" questions, questions about duration, and complex sentence questions.
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Complex Sentence: Adverbials
There are five types of subordinate clauses in English: the subject, the predicative, the attributive, the object and several types of adverbial clauses.
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There are five types of subordinate clauses in English: the subject, the predicative, the attributive, the object and several types of adverbial clauses.
In English grammar, all the clauses are subdivided into three main groups: noun clauses, adjective clauses and adverb clauses.
The Noun clauses include three types of subordinate sentences such as the subject clause, the predicative clause and the object clause. Usually in subordinate clauses we use the direct word order but in some cases we may face a particular version of inversion. Also, different subordinate clauses need to be introduced by different introductory words which cannot be omitted.
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Word Order and Extra Words Errors for Turkish Speakers
Do you say discuss the plan or discuss about the plan? Test your ability to spot and remove unnecessary words by mastering transitive verbs without prepositions, avoiding double subjects, and dropping extra pronouns in relative clauses across 14 questions.
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