8 GRAMMAR STRUCTURES YOU NEED TO REACH AN ADVANCED LEVEL OF ENGLISH - C1/C2 GRAMMAR

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What grammar do you need to reach a truly advanced level of English? What grammar do you need to pass the C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency Cambridge English exams?
In this video, I look at 8 advanced grammar concepts that you should be using if you want take the next step on your English learning journey. These advanced grammar areas are useful for both writing and speaking, as well as the Use of English paper of the Cambridge English exams.
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Ben Gill
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0:00 What makes an advanced English learner?
0:29 *My online grammar course
0:54 Ellipsis & Substitution
3:20 Conditionals
5:59 Inversion
7:57 Clauses
10:03 Cleft sentences
11:02 Subject-verb agreement
12:42 Reported speech
#grammar #advancedenglish #advancedgrammar #inversion #c1advanced #c2proficiency #b2first #englishgrammar

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I cannot imagine studying for Cambridge exams without Ben's videos! Thank you, Ben, for dedicating your life to help learners!!!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

My pleasure! Thanks for your comment

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Not only is the chairman humorous but he is also kind. Under no circumstances should he share personal details with us.

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Hey, Ben! Thanks for another great video!

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@12:25 The goalkeeper, as well as his teammates, is RESPONISBLE (sic... Lol) Thanks for the video, Ben. Always a delight to watch your tutorials.

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Thanks, Ben, for this video. Some of these grammar concepts I knew about, some of them I didn't know

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Thank you Ben for such useful information.

[@annamiller9153]

Thank you for a quick revision of the grammar :) I've already forgotten about cleft sentences and relative clauses :)

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Great video! Extremely clear and useful as usual. Thank you, Ben!!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Glad you found it useful 🙂

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Thanks a lot! That’s really helpful ❤

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Just came across this video and found it very helpful. Thank you! More lessons like this please 🙏

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Crystal clear as usual.

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Yes, I totally agree. He's kind, kinda humorous and professional. Thank you for your great work, Teacher Ben

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My pleasure 🙂

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Nice quick revision, Ben!👏👏👏

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Glad you liked it!

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Many thanks 🎉

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Very nice 🙂 Thank you!

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Hi Ben, as always, excellent and very useful videos. Thanx a lot for sharing 🙂

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

My pleasure!

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It's my pleasure

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It’s really useful and essential lessons for studying advanced English! Thanks

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I'm really glad you found it useful, Sergio!

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Thank you for improving my English

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I need to study English writing tasks. It is the English writing task that I need to study. "Have you been to study English today?"My husband asked me. My husband asked me whether I had been to study English that day.

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Thanks Ben

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You're welcome 🙂

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Hi Ben. I am taking the cpe on december 2nd and your videos are being entirely helpful and useful to me so thank you 🥰 you are the best.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

I'm really glad you find my videos useful, Clara. Good luck with your exam!

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Hi, Ben. Thanks for your ever worthwhile lessons! Just a litte note: I'd respectfully suggest correcting the misspelling of the word "initiative" in the Clause section.

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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks, Elif! Nice conditional sentence 👍(but, remember "too much" has a negative meaning)

[@boranelif]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. thanks a heap for the constructive feedback and to correct my mistake I would say... way better 😌and I hope it sounds better 🤔🤓

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The phrase is ridiculous. Just avoid wordiness, awkwardness and bad grammar: If I had used your channel before, I would have refined my skills considerably.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

@billmorrigan386 The phrase is by no means ridiculous, Bill.

[@billmorrigan386]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. I was talking about this one: _Had I explored your channel before I would have improved my skills way too much/way better._ 🙂 He probably should start with the basics, e.g, _If I had used your channel, I would have much better skills._ I mean the more flourishes are added to horrible grammar, the more ridiculous it all looks and sounds. Just a thought. No disrespect was meant. Sorry if I sounded harsh.

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Not only is my son an amazing reader, but also he is kind and supportive when it comes to household chores. Under no circumstances, does he ignore his parents.

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Good tips for C1/2 grammar. However, please note correct spelling of "initiative".

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As for Reported speech , it's more interesting when you don't need to do backshifting

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Could you pls make a video on how to organise the speech and speak about it for a longer period of time with a high level of Proficiency

[@HelenaHanim187]

Hello. Thank you for sharing useful videos with us. I d like you to make videos about "good, nice, well and fine differences. And how can we use them properly ? Also relative and noun clauses such as ; who, which, that, whom, to whom, in which ... subjects with elaboration. Lastly Causative structures. Thank yo in advance.

[@vking1358]

Wonderful stuff as always. However, have you noticed the spelling mistake (iniciative)? 🙂

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Apologies for a couple of typos in this video: "responsible" and "initiative" are the correct spellings. My Essential Grammar Course and Cambridge online preparation courses here: ttp-exam-academy-ben.thinkific.com/

[@lilianaamado1372]

Thanks Ben for the video ! In the sentence : had the measures been implemented , isn’t that a 3 type conditional and not a first as you mentioned ? Apart from the inversion ! 🤓

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Hi Liliana. It's a mixed conditional sentence. There are two types of mixed conditional: type 1 and type 2.

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Hi Ben ;Could you please help me with this query .In this sentence ."Interestingly ,(BY)(WHILE ) increasing your password to twenty random letters ,you increase a hacker´s guessing time to 65 thousand trillion centuries .The question is ,the word I was looking for in this part 2 of the C1 test was (BY ) but why wouldn´t I be able to use (WHILE ) .Thanks in advance !

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Dear Ben, thank you so much for sharing your experience here. I've got a question, are you still running the Cambridge exam workshops? My friend attended them and she passed C2 level... So i was wondering whether I could join the workshops too 😊

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Please can you explain "used to" grammar.

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There are lots of videos on KZbin about "used to" As I know, it's A2 grammar.

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​@@Julia_Ulyanova I know, but by Ben, it's going to be easier.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

I'll look into making a video on that 👍

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@@tothepointenglishwithben. Thanks 👍

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Hey Ben and community! I've been looking for an answer to a certain question for some time but keep receiving contradictory advice. I thought I might just throw this question into the comment section of this grammar video. "There ___ a number of things in life that you cannot replace." "The number of things in life that you cannot replace ___ enormous." Can you see what I am getting at? It seems to me that, in both cases, you should be referring to the noun "number," ergo use a singular verb. This also coincides with my teacher's opinion. According to online articles, forums, etc., however, the correct answer is "are" in the case of the first sentence and "is" for the second. How would you approach this issue? What would Cambridge examiners say?

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Not only look you Spanish, but also easy going

[@ahmedboumediene1314]

Initiative

[@mirela2608]

Would it be useful to buy grammar course and c1 advanced preparation course or does the latter course cover grammar too?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Hi Mirela. The C1 Advanced preparation course focuses on strategy and approach for all of the parts of the exam but it does not cover grammar (except a little in the sample exercises). That's one of the reasons I decided to create the grammar course.

[@mirela2608]

Thank you so much for clarification.❤

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

@mirela2608 you're welcome. Let me know if you have any more questions

[@arjunasenarathne5711]

Sir iniciative or initiative (time 9.26)

[@djordje721]

Is it easier to get C1 level on the FCE (A grade) or the CAE exam? What do you think?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

There shouldn't be any difference. But, if you need a C1 certificate, I recommend you take the CAE exam.

[@cosmicbeing7998]

Hey I need to point out one thing. In the 'Relative Clauses' section, I think you have misspelt the word INITIATIVE. Correct me if I am wrong.

[@sammer-samm9-]

someone told me about this rule . In the "Active voice" Sentence with "transitive verb" but there is no "OBJECT". For changing into Passive voice we use "IT" as subject in passive voice. Active voice)--- 1) you buy in the market . 2) he is watching in cinema hall. 3) you have written in library. Here there is no object in these sentences so We used "IT" as "SUBJECT" in PASSIVE VOICE. 1) It is buy in the market by you . 2) It is being watched in cinema hall by him. 3) It has been written in the library by you. So question is )-- "IT" word is used as "Dummy Subject" OR used as "meaningful" (refferal "It") in passive. And This rule is correct or incorrect.

[@dianadevlin3717]

Responsible misspelled at 12:00

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Another typo I'm afraid

[@dianadevlin3717]

Initiative is incorrectly spelt at 8:55

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Yes, a typo. Sorry

[@mariaradulovic3203]

''is responisble''?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Yes. A typo I'm afraid

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Which one is correct, my teacher? It is smartphones on which some children spend several hours a day. (or) Those are smartphones on which some children spend several hours a day.

[@vladimirbaloyan440]

"if you are"="if so" , may we say "if you're not" instead of just "if not"???

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Yes, that's fine

[@vladimirbaloyan440]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. Are you native, British??? How can I message you if I have some questions?

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[@DickBal]

iniciative=initiative, you're mixing your English spelling with Spanish/Portuguese spelling 🤔

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