Master sophisticated grammar for hypothetical pasts, nuanced preferences, and polished descriptions. This unit focuses on refining your ability to discuss services, regrets, past habits, and complex relationships between ideas—all while sounding more natural and persuasive.
Key Learning Objectives
- Describe services arranged for you (I had my car repaired).
- Express strong preferences elegantly (I’d rather stay in).
- Hypothesize about unreal past events (If you’d studied, you would have passed).
- Add essential/non-essential details to nouns (The book that you lent me…).
- Link opposing concepts (however, although, whereas).
- Clarify the order of past actions (She’d been working… before she quit).
- Confirm assumptions (You didn’t forget, did you?).
- Arrange descriptors naturally (a beautiful small old wooden box).
- Distinguish past habits (I used to swim vs. I would swim every summer).
🛠️ 3.1 Get Or Have Something Done
Start this lessonIn this unit, we will explore the concept of “Get Something Done” and “Have Something Done” in English. These structures are used when someone else performs an action for you or on your behalf. Let’s dive into the details!
🤔➡️❤️ 3.2 Would Rather And Would Prefer
Start this lessonIn this lesson, we will explore how to use “would rather” and “would prefer” to express preferences in English. These phrases are essential for everyday conversations, so let’s dive in!
🌀❌ 3.3 Third Conditional
Start this lessonToday, we will explore the Third Conditional, a grammar structure used to talk about hypothetical situations in the past and their imagined outcomes. By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to use the third conditional confidently in conversations and writing.
🔍👥 3.4 Defining And Non-Defining Relative Clauses
Start this lessonIn this lesson, we will explore the differences between defining and non-defining relative clauses. These are essential tools in English grammar that help us provide additional information about nouns in a clear and concise way.
⚖️🔄 3.5 Connect Contrasting Ideas
Start this lessonIn this lesson, you will learn how to connect contrasting ideas in English using specific words and phrases. This skill is essential for expressing differences, contradictions, or unexpected outcomes in both written and spoken communication.
⏮️⏳ 3.6 Past Perfect
Start this lessonIn this lesson, you will learn how to use the Past Perfect tense to talk about actions that were completed before another action or time in the past. By the end of this lesson, you will be able to form sentences using the Past Perfect and understand its usage in context.
🏃♂️∞⏮️ 3.7 Past Perfect Continuous
Start this lessonIn this lesson, we will explore the Past Perfect Continuous Tense. By the end of this module, you will understand how to use this tense correctly and confidently in conversations and writing.
🚫❓ 3.8 Negative Tag Questions
Start this lessonIn this lesson, we will explore Negative Tag Questions, an essential part of English grammar that helps you confirm information or seek agreement in conversations. By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to form and use negative tag questions confidently.
🎨🔤 3.9 Order Of Adjectives
Start this lessonUnderstanding how to arrange adjectives correctly is essential for constructing clear, natural-sounding sentences. Whether you’re describing objects, people, or places, knowing the proper order of adjectives will help you communicate more effectively. By the end of this unit, you’ll be able to confidently use multiple adjectives in the correct sequence and avoid common mistakes. Let’s get started!
🕰️🔄 3.10 Used To Vs Would
Start this lessonIn this lesson, we will explore the differences between “Used To” and “Would” when talking about past habits or repeated actions. By the end of this lesson, you will have a clear understanding of how and when to use these structures correctly.