Destination B2 · Grammar & Vocabulary · Mann & Taylore-Knowles
Destination B2
Move from B1 to a solid B2 (Vantage) level, one unit at a time. Clear notes, then interactive exercises with instant feedback – based on the topics in Destination B2 Grammar & Vocabulary.
UNIT 1 · GRAMMAR
Present time: simple, continuous, perfect, stative verbs
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UNIT 2 · VOCAB
Travel and transport
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UNIT 3 · GRAMMAR
Past time: simple, continuous, perfect, used to
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UNIT 4 · VOCAB
Hobbies, sport and games
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UNIT 5 · GRAMMAR
Future time / time clauses / prepositions
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UNIT 6 · VOCAB
Science and technology
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UNIT 7 · GRAMMAR
Articles / countable & uncountable / quantifiers
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UNIT 8 · VOCAB
The media
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UNIT 9 · GRAMMAR
Conditionals: zero to mixed, inverted
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UNIT 10 · VOCAB
People and society
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UNIT 11 · GRAMMAR
Comparatives and superlatives / so, such, enough, too
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UNIT 12 · VOCAB
The law and crime
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UNIT 13 · GRAMMAR
Modals: ability, advice, obligation, certainty
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UNIT 14 · VOCAB
Health and fitness
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UNIT 15 · GRAMMAR
The passive / the causative / objects
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UNIT 16 · VOCAB
Food and drink
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UNIT 17 · GRAMMAR
-ing form or infinitive / prefer, would rather
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UNIT 18 · VOCAB
Education and learning
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UNIT 19 · GRAMMAR
Questions / question tags / indirect questions
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UNIT 20 · VOCAB
Weather and the environment
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UNIT 21 · GRAMMAR
Reported speech / reporting verbs
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UNIT 22 · VOCAB
Money and shopping
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UNIT 23 · GRAMMAR
Relative clauses / participles
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UNIT 24 · VOCAB
Entertainment
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UNIT 25 · GRAMMAR
Unreal past, wishes / contrast
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UNIT 26 · VOCAB
Fashion and design
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UNIT 27 · GRAMMAR
Inversions / possessives
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UNIT 28 · VOCAB
Work and business
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UNIT 2 · Destination B2 · Vocabulary
Travel and Transport“topic vocabulary · phrasal verbs · collocations · word patterns · word formation” – 79 interactive questions
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Destination B2 – Grammar & Vocabulary
Study the quick notes below, then work through exercises A–I for this unit. Every answer is checked instantly. B2 (Vantage) level – the same practice you meet in FCE, IELTS 5.5–6.5 and school upper-intermediate courses. Original practice adapted for All English 4U.
📖 Grammar Reference – Travel and Transport
Study the notes, then work through the exercises for this unit.
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What you’ll learnPast simple, continuous, perfects, used to & would at B2 level
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~30 min4-Tier notes + 8 exercises (A–H)
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75 questionsInstant automated feedback
1 Tier 1 – The Concept & Nuance: Narrative Past Tenses & Habitual Past
B2 exams require seamless switching between completed past actions, interrupted actions, earlier past background events, and past habitual patterns.
⏪ Past Simple & Continuous
– Main narrative events: “He unlocked the door and stepped inside.”
– Background atmosphere: “The rain was pouring and wind was howling.”
– Background atmosphere: “The rain was pouring and wind was howling.”
⏳ Past Perfects & Habits
– Past of the past: “She had already booked the flights.”
– Used to: past states & habits (“I used to live in York”).
– Would: past actions/habits only (“Every summer we would swim in the lake” – NOT for states).
– Used to: past states & habits (“I used to live in York”).
– Would: past actions/habits only (“Every summer we would swim in the lake” – NOT for states).
2 Tier 2 – Used To vs Would
⚖️ Used To vs Would Rule
| used to | Works for BOTH past states and past actions: “I used to have a dog” (state) / “I used to run daily” (action). |
| would | Works ONLY for repeated past actions: “Grandpa would tell us stories by the fire.” (Never say: |
3 Tier 3 – Top 3 Common Learner Pitfalls
✗ When I was a child, I would live in London.
✓ When I was a child, I used to live in London.
– Rule: Would cannot be used with stative verbs (live, have, be, believe) for past states.
✗ By the time the ambulance arrived, the patient died.
✓ By the time the ambulance arrived, the patient had died.
– Rule: Events completed before another past milestone take the past perfect.
✗ We didn’t used to go abroad for holidays.
✓ We didn’t use to go abroad for holidays.
– Rule: Drop the ‘d’ in use to after did / didn’t.
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Tier 4 – Interactive Practice: Complete Exercises A–H below to master B2 narrative past tenses!
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Practice material based on the Destination B2 Grammar & Vocabulary syllabus (Macmillan). Interactive version by All English 4U.