Quick Review: Past Perfect, 2nd Conditional & Passive

A quick check on the four grammar points B2 builds on most directly.

Notice

  • By the time I arrived, she had already left. (Past Perfect)
  • If I had more time, I would learn Italian. (2nd Conditional)
  • The report was written by the whole team. (Passive)

Rule

Past Perfect shows what happened first in a past story. The Second Conditional talks about imaginary present situations. The Passive Voice focuses on the action, not the doer. Reported speech turns direct quotes into your own words.

Practice

  1. By the time we got there, the film ___ (already/start).
    Answer: had already started
  2. If I ___ (be) you, I would ask for help.
    Answer: were
  3. The bridge ___ (build) in 1990.
    Answer: was built
  4. She asked me ___ I was coming. (reported yes/no question)
    Answer: if/whether
  5. He ___ (must) have left, his coat is gone. (deduction)
    Answer: must

Connect

Warm up on B1 grammar before we build on it at B2.

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CEFR: Confirms B1 grammar is solid before B2 extends it into regret, hypothesis, and emphasis.

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