Eastwood, John
Canadian Grammar Spectrum 6 : Reference and Practice / Canadian Grammar Spectrum Six John Eastwood. - 1st ed. - Don Mills, ON : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 130 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. - Canadian Grammar Spectrum .
Includes an answer key. Previously published as part of: Eastwood, John. Oxford practice grammar. Intermediate, 2006.
Language Level: Beginner (Level 1–3), Intermediate (Level 4–6), Advanced (Level 7–8).
Includes an index, glossary and appendices.
"Canadian Grammar Spectrum is a series of books, each written at the appropriate level for you at each stage in you study of English. The series is intended for your use either in a classroom or when working independently on you own time.
The books are divided into two-page units, each of which covers an important grammar topic. Each unit starts with an explanation of the grammar and is followed by a set of practice exercises. A test at the end of each book gives the opportunity for more practice and enables you to assess how much you have learned. Answers to the exercises and the tests are provided at the back of the book.
You may want to choose the order in which you study the grammar topics, perhaps going first to those which are giving you problems. (Topics are listed in the Contents page at the front of each book and in the Index at the back.) Alternatively, you may choose to start at the beginning of each books and work through to the end."
CONTENTS: Verbs
Stative verbs and action verbs
Simple Past, Past Progressive, Past Perfect
Present and past tenses
When I get there, before you leave, etc.
Will have done and was going to
The future
Emphatic do
Questions, negatives, and answers
Subject/object questions
Who, whom, what, or which? Negative questions
Modal verbs
Suggestions, offers, and invitations
Will, would, shall, and should It may/could/must have been, etc. Passive
Special passive structures
To be done and being done
The infinitive and the -ing form
Like, start, etc.
Remember, regret, try, etc. Verb/adjective + preposition + -ing form
Used to do and be used to doing Preposition or linking word + -ing Some structures with the -ing form
Nouns and articles
Pair nouns and group nouns
Two nouns together Prison, school, bed, etc.
Quite a, such a, what a, etc.
This, my, some, a lot of, etc.
All, half, most, some, no, and none
Every, each, whole, both, either, and neither Pronouns
Emphatic pronouns and each other
Adjectives and adverbs
The elderly, the rich, etc.
Adjective or adverb?
Comparative and superlative patterns (1)
Comparative and superlative patterns (2)
Yet, still, and already
Too and enough
Prepositions
During or while? By or until? As or like?
Noun + preposition
Adjective + preposition
Verbs with prepositions and adverbs
Phrasal verbs (1)
Phrasal verbs (2)
Verbs + adverb + proposition
Relative clauses
The relative pronoun as object
Prepositions in relative clauses
The use of relative clauses
Relative pronouns and relative adverbs
Relative clauses: participle and to- infinitive
Conditionals and wish
If, when, unless, and in case
Wish and if only
Linking words
Linking words
Linking across sentences
Review test
Appendices
Appendix 1: Word formation
Appendix 2: The spelling of endings
Appendix 3: Punctuation
Appendix 4: Pronunciation
Appendix 5: Irregular verbs
Answer key
Index
Intermediate-level ESL students needing grammar instruction or practice.
9780195448351 (pbk)
English language--Grammar--Problems, exercises, etc.
English language--Textbooks for second language learners.
Intermediate.
Canadian Grammar Spectrum 6 : Reference and Practice / Canadian Grammar Spectrum Six John Eastwood. - 1st ed. - Don Mills, ON : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 130 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. - Canadian Grammar Spectrum .
Includes an answer key. Previously published as part of: Eastwood, John. Oxford practice grammar. Intermediate, 2006.
Language Level: Beginner (Level 1–3), Intermediate (Level 4–6), Advanced (Level 7–8).
Includes an index, glossary and appendices.
"Canadian Grammar Spectrum is a series of books, each written at the appropriate level for you at each stage in you study of English. The series is intended for your use either in a classroom or when working independently on you own time.
The books are divided into two-page units, each of which covers an important grammar topic. Each unit starts with an explanation of the grammar and is followed by a set of practice exercises. A test at the end of each book gives the opportunity for more practice and enables you to assess how much you have learned. Answers to the exercises and the tests are provided at the back of the book.
You may want to choose the order in which you study the grammar topics, perhaps going first to those which are giving you problems. (Topics are listed in the Contents page at the front of each book and in the Index at the back.) Alternatively, you may choose to start at the beginning of each books and work through to the end."
CONTENTS: Verbs
Stative verbs and action verbs
Simple Past, Past Progressive, Past Perfect
Present and past tenses
When I get there, before you leave, etc.
Will have done and was going to
The future
Emphatic do
Questions, negatives, and answers
Subject/object questions
Who, whom, what, or which? Negative questions
Modal verbs
Suggestions, offers, and invitations
Will, would, shall, and should It may/could/must have been, etc. Passive
Special passive structures
To be done and being done
The infinitive and the -ing form
Like, start, etc.
Remember, regret, try, etc. Verb/adjective + preposition + -ing form
Used to do and be used to doing Preposition or linking word + -ing Some structures with the -ing form
Nouns and articles
Pair nouns and group nouns
Two nouns together Prison, school, bed, etc.
Quite a, such a, what a, etc.
This, my, some, a lot of, etc.
All, half, most, some, no, and none
Every, each, whole, both, either, and neither Pronouns
Emphatic pronouns and each other
Adjectives and adverbs
The elderly, the rich, etc.
Adjective or adverb?
Comparative and superlative patterns (1)
Comparative and superlative patterns (2)
Yet, still, and already
Too and enough
Prepositions
During or while? By or until? As or like?
Noun + preposition
Adjective + preposition
Verbs with prepositions and adverbs
Phrasal verbs (1)
Phrasal verbs (2)
Verbs + adverb + proposition
Relative clauses
The relative pronoun as object
Prepositions in relative clauses
The use of relative clauses
Relative pronouns and relative adverbs
Relative clauses: participle and to- infinitive
Conditionals and wish
If, when, unless, and in case
Wish and if only
Linking words
Linking words
Linking across sentences
Review test
Appendices
Appendix 1: Word formation
Appendix 2: The spelling of endings
Appendix 3: Punctuation
Appendix 4: Pronunciation
Appendix 5: Irregular verbs
Answer key
Index
Intermediate-level ESL students needing grammar instruction or practice.
9780195448351 (pbk)
English language--Grammar--Problems, exercises, etc.
English language--Textbooks for second language learners.
Intermediate.