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Check and improve your grammar with our advanced grammar reference guide. On this page you'll find links to our advanced grammar summary pages. Each advanced grammar reference page covers a key grammar point with all the explanations and examples you need to become an advanced grammar champion.

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Relative clauses

Future forms

Uses of the present

Linking words of contrast

Stative verbs in the continuous form

Infinitives of purpose

Conditionals review

Using the past to talk about the present or future

Verb patterns - gerunds or infinitives

Future continuous

Native speaker 'mistakes' - past participles, 'me', splitting infinitives

Adding emphasis - 'it' cleft sentences

More native speaker 'mistakes' - 'innit', 'there'/'their'/'they're', 'what' as a relative pronoun

Adding emphasis - 'what' cleft sentences

Future in the past

Discourse markers

Advanced learner mistakes - word order in wh- clauses

More advanced learner mistakes - come, bring, go, take

Formal and informal English

Subject-verb agreement 1 - singular and plurals, no plural, no singular

Subject-verb agreement 2 - collective nouns, quantities, amounts, indefinite nouns

Subject-verb agreement 3 - 'and', 'or', 'neither', 'nor', separated subjects and verbs, singular or plural verb with a cleft sentence

5 uses of 'wish'

Being polite: how to soften your English

Inversion 1 - negative and limiting adverbs

Inversion 2 - reduced conditionals, adverbs of place or movement, consequences of an adjective

Discourse markers 2 - 'to tell you the truth', 'I mean', 'you see', 'in other words', 'at the end of the day', 'I know', 'so to speak'

Question tags

Participle clauses

Aspect - simple, continuous, perfect

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Hi, I'm Tim and this is my pronunciation workshop. Here I'm gonna look at English as it's really spoken. It'll make you a better listener and a more fluent speaker. Come on, let's go inside.

Today, we're talking about war. War, what is it good for? Well, as it turns out, it can be used to help illustrate a feature of fluent speech. As you can see, we write war with three letters: w-a-r, but when we pronounce it, there are only two sounds: /w/ /ɔː/.

The 'r' in the spelling is not pronounced in the word itself, or if the next word begins with a consonant sound. But have a listen to this. We went out and asked people in the streets of London to name a famous Russian book. This is what they said:

Tim
Simple, right? Everybody knows War and Peace.

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I've never heard of the book War and Peace.

Tim
Well, almost everybody. But have another listen to the way they say it.

Tim
The word after war begins with a vowel sound. And in this case, the 'r' is pronounced. War and Peace, War and Peace. This is called a 'linking r' and it helps to make the words flow together more smoothly in natural speech. Here are some more examples:

Tim
So, you've heard the examples - now it's your turn. Are you ready to give it a try? Listen and repeat.

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How did you get on? Great. Remember, if you want to read more about this topic please visit our website, bbclearningenglish.com. That's everything from the pronunciation workshop this week. Bye.

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Particulièrement adapté aux contraintes sanitaires, Linguaskill Anywhere a été développé pour que chaque utilisateur puisse bénéficier de la fiabilité reconnue du test Linguaskill depuis son salon, son bureau, avec l'ordinateur de son choix.
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Linguaskill from Cambridge est une gamme de deux tests d'anglais innovants, rapides et fiables basés sur les compétences en langue (les language skills) utilisées dans les situations de la vie quotidienne.

Linguaskill General aborde les situations de la vie courante, professionnelle comme personnelle, tandis que Linguaskill Business traite plutôt des situations de la vie professionnelle administrative et commerciale.

Ces tests sont produits par Cambridge English, un département de l'Université de Cambridge, leader dans le domaine de la certification d'anglais.

Linguaskill est un outil flexible, complet et fiable. Les tests évaluent jusqu'à 4 compétences - compréhension et expression, écrites et orales - et sont entièrement informatisés. Les résultats sont disponibles en 48 heures seulement.

Les tests Linguaskill from Cambridge sont inscrits au Répertoire Spécifique de France Compétences. Ils peuvent donc parachever une formation d'anglais et rendre ainsi celle-ci éligible au financement du Compte Personnel de Formation (CPF).

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De multiples entreprises et d'établissements d'enseignement supérieur utilisent et acceptent Linguaskill : Air France, Natixis, Volvo, Engie, Sopra Steria, Suez, Groupe SEB, Systra, Sciences Po, INSA Lyon, INP Grenoble, EDHEC, UTT Troyes....

Les tests Linguaskill ont remplacé les tests BULATS. Comme les tests BULATS, ils permettent de prouver un niveau d'anglais aux recruteurs et employeurs ou dans l'enseignement supérieur (par exemple dans le cadre du diplôme d'ingénieur ou de la licence). Pour en savoir plus sur Linguaskill selon votre cas de figure :

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Pour le choix : Linguaskill Business (en situation de vie professionnelle) et Linguaskill General (en situation de la vie courante et professionnelle)

Pour un test complet et accessible : les tests évaluent tous types de candidats quel que soit leur niveau d'anglais.

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About the chart

Pure vowels are arranged the same way as in the IPA chart: according to mouth shape (left to right, lips wide / round - top to bottom, jaw closed / open).

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About the chart Pure vowels are arranged the same way as in the IPA chart: according to mouth shape (left to right, lips wide / round - top to bottom, jaw closed / open). Diphthongs are grouped in rows according to their second sound. Try some pronunciation activities Telephone number pronunciation What's the pronunciation?

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We have a range of resources to help candidates who are preparing for a Linguaskill test. Our resources will help you:

Familiarise yourself with the test

Free online sample tests

Use these online sample tests to familiarise yourself with the types of questions used on Linguaskill. These sample tests do not provide a result or save your answers.

Note: The Reading and Listening sample test is not adaptive and is shorter than a real test. The Speaking sample test requires a headphone set and microphone.

Preparation videos

Watch our series of preparation videos.

Top Tips

Read our top tips for Linguaskill, created by our assessment specialists to give you the best chance of succeeding in your test:

Top tips videos

This video series provides tips on how best to prepare for Linguaskill, and what to expect during the tests.

Official Quick Guide to Linguaskill

The official test preparation companion, the Linguaskill Quick Guide includes:

10 hours of familiarisation and practice of the test

information on the test structure and examples of every question type in the test

hints and tips on how to succeed in the test.

Free online practice tests

Our practice tests help you get comfortable with the format and layout of the test while also providing you with feedback on the responses you have entered. You can take these practice tests as many times as you like.

Note: Linguaskill is an adaptive test that changes the questions based on your answers, to provide you with a score. Our practice tests are not adaptive - there are three tests available, at elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels.

Important information - please clear the cache on your computer before taking these practice tests, this will refresh the data that may have previously been entered.

Reading and Listening practice tests

Writing sample responses

We have examples of Writing responses for each level and test section. They demonstrate the content that needs to be written in order to achieve the different levels. Examiner commentary is given to explain the reasons behind why each level was achieved.

Writing assessment criteria

The Linguaskill Writing Assessment Criteria are a useful guide for teachers and students who want to understand more about how the writing test is assessed. However, please note that the writing test is marked using our AI Marker. This technology allows us to assess against a wider range of CEFR descriptors than is possible to include in examiner marked assessment criteria.
Linguaskill writing assessment criteria

Writing Practice

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This free online tool includes specific Linguaskill Business-related writing topics, it is a fantastic way to improve your writing skills.

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Speak and Improve is a great way to practise your speaking skills and get used to the experience of taking an online speaking test like Linguaskill.

Learn and improve your English

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Cambridge English Empower is a general course that covers all levels of the CEFR. You can choose a course to suit your needs, from A1-C1.
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A recommended course for Linguaskill, Empower offers:

a six-level, 80-120-hour English course

task types similar to those in Linguaskill, so candidates will be familiar with the question types

clear and easy off-the-page teaching

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Any English language learner knows that often spelling isn't very helpful if we want to know how to correctly say a word. Take a look at this sentence, focusing on the words in bold - do you know how to pronounce them?
"The man didn't feel very comfortable in his grey suit. He didn't enjoy wearing smart clothes, and when he wore them he felt a subtle difference in his personality.''
English spelling hasn't evolved much over time, but how we pronounce words has. This makes pronunciation a real challenge for language learners. But good pronunciation is not just 'how words and letters sound'; there are other equally important features to consider, like intonation (how the tone of voice changes during a sentence, going up or down), stress (which words and syllables have more 'weight' when we are speaking), and connected speech - how words can sound different when they are joined together in natural speech. All of these features contribute to good pronunciation - but don't confuse them with accent.

In the UK, the USA and other English speaking countries there are many, many different types of accents, but people with those different accents can all be considered to have correct pronunciation. When you are learning English you don't have to sound British or American. Good pronunciation means being understood; not necessarily sounding like you were born in New York or London. In fact, many native speakers love hearing English spoken with a Spanish, Italian or French accent! So, how can you work on your pronunciation so that people from all over the world can understand you easily, even if you retain your native accent? Here are six top tips for you to practice and perfect your pronunciation.

1 - Listen! Listening to examples of authentic speech is the most obvious way to improve your own pronunciation. There are lots of ways to do this - watch a film in its original version, listen to podcasts about a topic that interests you in English (you could try the British Council English podcasts app here), even listening to music can help. Try to notice the intonation that people use. You can add to this by 'shadowing'. Shadowing means listening to a short sentence or phrase, and then repeating it afterwards, trying to imitate the sounds, intonation and word stress and noticing how your mouth and tongue move when you speak.

2. Record yourself. Once you have practiced shadowing, you could record yourself speaking - either repeating a short phrase that you have listened to, or doing a longer speaking task from a coursebook, like describing a picture. Listen back and make a note of any sounds that you have problems with - practice these words / sounds slowly and then record yourself again. Can you notice an improvement?

3. Get to know the phonemic chart. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a visual representation of different sounds. It might look strange and it might feel like you are learning a whole new language, but it can really help you with pronunciation. All dictionaries have a phonetic transcription of words so that you know how to pronounce them. This is really helpful with English because as we have already seen, English spelling doesn't always correspond with its pronunciation. Think about the letters 'ough' in the words 'though', 'through', 'tough', 'ought'. It would be impossible to guess how to say those words without some help.

Take a look at the British Council's phonemic chart (see link above) or download the Sounds Right app. You can click on the different phonemes and listen to how they sound. This can help you to hear differences between similar sounds.

4. Use a dictionary. As well as printed dictionaries which will give you a phonetic transcription of a word, there are lots of online dictionaries where you can click and listen to the word being spoken. A particularly good one is howjsay - even the name of this website is a useful guide as to how to pronounce the common question 'How do you say...?' in a natural way. It's a great resource for checking how new words sound.

5. Do some exercise! Different languages have different sounds, and our mouths adapt to those sounds. Some sounds are physically very difficult for us to make, as they don't exist in our native language. Just like when you are learning a new sport or dance move, it's important that you train your mouth to know how to form new sounds - the more you practice the easier it gets. For example, lots of Spanish speakers have problems with the difference between the /b/ and /v/ sound. We make the /b/ sound by joining our lips together and then letting go. The /v/ sound is similar but your top teeth should touch your bottom lip before you let go. The more you practice this, the easier it gets - try saying " I'd like a very big beverage please''! The Sounds of English section on the BBC's Learning English site has a good selection of video tutorials which explain how to make different sounds and activities to practice them.

6. Get to know your minimal pairs. Minimal pairs are words that have almost the exact same pronunciation, but with one sound that is different - for example, ship and sheep. The difference between the /I/ in 'ship' and the /i:/ in 'sheep' is the length of the vowel. This can be difficult to hear for many language learners, and comes up in lots of different words. The first step is to be able to tell the difference between the sounds when you hear them, them. You can listen to some common minimal pairs here - can you hear the difference? Can you make the different sounds yourself?

Finally, don't feel bad if you still make mistakes with pronunciation - English is famously tricky. As far back as 1922, a Dutch language learner wrote a very long poem about the problems of English pronunciation called ' The Chaos'' - it may be chaotic, but with practice it can definitely get better!

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