Complex sentences and precision: guided B2 practice

The practical change this module makes

Complex sentences and precision moves from controlled examples to independent use under time or audience pressure. The opening lesson focuses on this outcome: Builds defining and non-defining relatives with correct commas and pronouns. The checkpoint asks for this wider result: Passes a 9-item quiz; writes then speaks three combined sentences from memory. Keep your first attempt so you can compare clarity, accuracy and control at the end.

Level: B2. This module contains 5 connected lessons. Follow the order when the topic is new, or use the lesson map to repair one specific gap.

The lesson map

What useful practice looks like

• Who, which, that: relative clauses in real sentences: Builds defining and non-defining relatives with correct commas and pronouns.
• The passive: when the doer does not matter: Chooses passive for processes and news, keeps active for stories.
• Packing information into fewer words: Compresses two clauses into a participle clause or dense noun phrase.

Use true information where possible. A sentence about your own routine, work or plans is easier to remember than a sentence copied from a model.

A study routine for Complex sentences and precision

1. Read the outcome for Who, which, that: relative clauses in real sentences before the examples.
2. Say or write one model, then change at least two details.
3. Complete the quiz before opening its answer panels.
4. Use the module checkpoint to produce Checkpoint: long sentences, clear meaning independently.
5. Return only to the lesson that matches the error you found.

How the lessons work together

Complex sentences and precision is a sequence, not a folder of unrelated pages. Who, which, that: relative clauses in real sentences establishes the first usable move. Later lessons add control, choice and time pressure. Checkpoint: long sentences, clear meaning asks you to combine the module without copying an answer.

• Who, which, that: relative clauses in real sentences: Builds defining and non-defining relatives with correct commas and pronouns
• The passive: when the doer does not matter: Chooses passive for processes and news, keeps active for stories
• Packing information into fewer words: Compresses two clauses into a participle clause or dense noun phrase
• The sentence-combining workshop: Combines 12 short-sentence sets into complex sentences, then unpacks 6 dense ones

Keep one piece of evidence from the first lesson and improve the same piece at the checkpoint. That comparison shows more than a quiz score because it records what changed in your own language.

Use Complex sentences and precision beyond the course

After the checkpoint, change one variable: the listener, purpose, channel or time pressure. Keep the central meaning from The sentence-combining workshop while adapting the delivery. This shows whether the language is available outside the model.

If the result becomes unclear, compare it with the outcome for the exact lesson involved. Correct that gap instead of restarting unrelated work.

Start or continue the module

Your progress is saved on this device only.

1. 1Who, which, that: relative clauses in real sentences19 min, Not complete
2. 2The passive: when the doer does not matter20 min, Not complete
3. 3Packing information into fewer words18 min, Not complete
4. 4The sentence-combining workshop19 min, Not complete
5. 5Checkpoint: long sentences, clear meaning20 min, Not complete

How to know you are ready to continue

Do not judge readiness by reading speed. You are ready when you can complete the checkpoint task with a clear message, understandable language and no copied answer. A small number of errors is normal at B2; errors should not hide your meaning.

If the checkpoint is difficult, repeat the lesson whose outcome matches the problem. That is faster than restarting the whole module.