Describing landscapes

Learn some scenery vocabulary here. Here you have words you can use to describe towns and cities. A very good interactive page from the Cambridge Dictionary here.

Here you will find more vocabulary and an exercise at the bottom of the page (not difficult, but it'll help you remember some words). This one is an interactive worksheet that includes descriptions of places. And another exercise here.

Spin the wheel!

Verb patterns

To BE or BEING? THAT is the question!

Gerund or infinitive? Try some exercises.

Three exercises:

• Gerunds and Infinitives Exercise 1 
• Gerunds and Infinitives Exercise 2 
• Gerunds and Infinitives Exercise 3

Verbs followed by an object: click here.

Some more, different levels:

GERUND or INFINITIVE? 1 (Basic)
GERUND or INFINITIVE? 2 (Intermediate)
GERUND or INFINITIVE? 3 (Intermediate)
GERUND or INFINITIVE? 4 (Advanced)

You'll find a lot of info and exercises here,  though these are quite difficult. Only if you feel really confident.

If you haven't had enough, enough for a lifetime here and here.

Linking devices

Using linkers wisely will  make your writing more readable. Try some exercises:

Practise the use of discourse markers: click here, here, here and here.

To practise different kinds oflinkers , try the links below:


Combined linkers here. This one is a multiple choice exercise.

Find purpose, reason and result clauses here.

Expressing reason here.

Expressing purpose here.

Expressing contrast here.

And if that's not enough, you'll find plenty of exercises here.

Alternatives to IF

Check out this information + practice by the BBC. Click here.

Do some exercises here,  here and here.

To practise even if and whether, click here.

Try inversion exercises here and here.

Warning: we're going to ignore inversion of the second conditional in class for the time being, but you'll find examples in the exercises above. If you want to know how to do it, here's how (scroll down)
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Conditional sentences

If you need a general revision of conditional senteces, you'll find plenty of work here.

For the third conditional, click here and here. Not enough? Click here for a few more.

If you want to practise mixed conditionals, click here, here and here.

Find out alternatives to using IF here. Try exercises here.