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You should be relatively comfortable (if not yet fully confident!) with the following grammar points:

question formation

negatives

tenses

present simple & continuous

past simple & continuous

present perfect simple & continuous

past perfect

future tenses: present simple, present continuous, will-future, going to

passive

modals for speculating

In addition, we will be practicing writing, so you might want to look at the last sections on writing paragraphs, linkers, and register.

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All English Tenses | English Grammar Lesson | C1-Advanced

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Modals Verbs of Deduction and Speculation - English Grammar Lesson (Upper Intermediate)

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Present Perfect Continuous vs Present Perfect - Learn English Tenses (Lesson 3)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA2_i2yDaAo

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Present Perfect vs Past Simple - Learn English Tenses (Lesson 4)

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Present Simple vs Present Continuous - Learn English Tenses (Lesson 1)

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Negatives - Learn English Grammar (Part 1)

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English tenses | Present Perfect Continuous (have been doing) & Present Continuous (am doing)

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Make sure you know how to formulate questions correctly.

Don't forget that some tenses take "do/does" or "did"!

This is also true for negation.

You will likely find these topics too basic. If so, skip them!

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Present perfect simple

focuses on the finished action

Present perfect simple

focuses on the activity itself (it may not be finished)

focuses on unfinished activities

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Some people consider the present perfect to be a present tense (it's got it in the name, too!).

Remember there are some useful signal words for each of these tenses:

simple past

ago

yesterday

in 1992

last week

when I went to school / he was a child ...

...

present perfect

lately

recently

ever / never (when talking about life experiences)

just

since

...

For the simple past and present perfect, make sure you know the 3 forms of irregular verbs, such as:

write - wrote - written

buy - bought - bought

...

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Action Verbs vs State Verbs - Learn English Tenses (Lesson 5)

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In the "Additional Exercises" section at the back of the book, you may find these exercises useful:
Exercises 1-8, 10-12, 14-15

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Units 9-12

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Units 5, 7-8, 13-14
See also Appendix 1 for irregular verbs

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Units 49-50

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The present simple is the most widely used tense. Still, make sure you don't overuse it. Remember, there is also the present continuous and the present perfect, too! In German you use "Präsenz" for all of these tenses, but in English there are three different present tenses.

Don't forget the third person -s: "He likes..."

And, like with questions, don't forget "do/does" in some of the questions.

Make sure you review stative/state verbs, as these cannot be used with the present continuous.

Some verbs have different meanings, one of which can be active, the other stative:
look = ausschauen (stative)

CORRECT: You look tired.

INCORRECT: You are looking tired.

look = anschauen (active)

CORRECT: I am looking at the map. (right now)

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Past Continuous vs Past Perfect vs Past Perfect Continuous - English Tenses (Lesson 8)

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Future Simple vs 'Going to' Future - Learn English Tenses (Lesson 6)

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A small selection of stative/state verbs

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'Going to' Future vs Present Continuous - Learn English Tenses (Lesson 7)

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Units 1-4

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Past continuous is used to describe an action that was in progress at a certain time in the past.

The past perfect is used to stress that an action took place BEFORE another one in the past.

The past perfect (simple and continuous) is used similarly to the present perfect, just that these activities happened BEFORE something else in the past.

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Units 6, 15-16

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Linkers (or connectors or cohesive devices) are what give our texts structure and hold them together.

They help the readers (or listener) understand the flow of the argument.

Some important categories of linkers are:

adding information

in addition

furthermore

moreover

...

stating the consequence

therefore

consequently

as a result

...

contrasting

however

nonetheless

despite + noun

...

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Not all language is suitable in every setting.

You might text your mom: "Hey, where RU?"
...but this isn't suitable for other people in other contexts.

In English I, we will be learning how to write in a neutral/formal form which is more appropriate for professional communication.

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Don't use contractions (can't, don't, isn't...).

Instead, write them out (cannot, do not, is not).

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A paragraph has 3 parts:

1. A topic sentence (was is the paragraph about?)

2. Main ideas and supporting statements/arguments

3. A conclusion

A paragraph must LOOK connected. There should be no line breaks. It is ONE connected text.

Linkers help readers follow your ideas and give your text cohesion.

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Use formal linkers.

and, so, but are not as formal. Words such as in addition, therefore, however are nicer-sounding!

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Avoid using "I", "we", "you", etc.
You should always lock your doors.

Instead:

Use the passive

Doors should always be locked...

Use a plural noun

Homeowners should always lock their doors...

Use "it is + adjective"

It is essential to always lock one's doors...

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For police work, speculating and making deductions are important skills.

Make sure you can speculate in the present:

The boy may be lost.

That man must be the murderer.

and in the past:

The murderer may have escaped through the window.

The suspect can't have raped the woman. He was out of town at the time of the crime.

Also, the passive is sometimes necessary to speculate about what happened to a thing/person:

The victim might have been stabbed.

The car may have been stolen.

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Make sure you know how to use the passive in all of the tenses we have covered.

Formation:
the verb "to be" in the relevant tense + 3rd form
The car has been stolen.
The prisoner will be released soon.

Remember that for the continuous tenses, the simple construction is used instead.

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Some words are simply less formal than others.

Try to replace informal words with more formal ones.

buy -> purchase

finish -> complete

big problem -> serious issue

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Unit 28-29

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Units 42-43

Additional Exercises 22-24

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Passive Voice Exercises | English Grammar Practice | C1-Advanced

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Watch the YouTube grammar videos

You can buy a grammar book.

Complete the exercises in the Word documents for each topic - you'll find the answers at the end of the document.

For learning English in general: get an advanced learners monolingual dictionary. This will help you learn to use words correctly.

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In BPF, we will only look at these four tenses to express the future:

Present simple

Present continuous

Will + infinitive

Going to + infintive

That means, you do not need to know future continuous or future perfect.

There are certain expressions that we often use the will-future with:

I hope he will come

We expect they will cancel

The class will probably end

...

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We recommend Raymond Murphy "English Grammar in Use", fifth edition, Cambridge University Press (approx. €30).

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If you want to test yourself before you begin, try completing pp. 326-327 of the "Study Guide" in Murphy. These questions will tell you which units to study if you are unsure.

You can work also through the units in this Padlet at your own speed.

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Units 19, 20, 23

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If you have questions or concerns about your upcoming English classes or any of the exercises posted here, please feel free to contact me:

Jennifer Lacchini
jennifer.lacchini@fhwn.ac.at

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English Tenses Exercise - Grammar Practice

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Although Murphy is primarily a grammar book, you may find Unit 113 useful.