Includes an answer key.

Previously published as part of: Coe, Norman. Oxford practice grammar. Basic, 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 and Tenses
Simple Present
Present Progressive
Simple Present or Present Progressive
Simple Past
Simple Past or Past Progressive
Used to
Present Perfect
Simple Past or Present Perfect
Present Perfect or Present Perfect Progressive
Past Perfect
Will or be going to
Future
Second Conditional (Unreal Conditional)
Third Conditional (Past Conditional)
Make, do, have, get
Phrasal verbs (1): meanings and types
Phrasal verbs (2): Separability

Modals and other verbs
Must, can't, may, might, could
Must / have to, must not / don't have to
Need, doesn't need, didn't need to
Should, ought to, had better
Had to..., should have...

Passive
Passive sentences (1)
Passive sentences (2)
Have something done

Infinitives and -ing forms
Verb + to or verb + -ing
Purpose: for ...ing
Verb + object (+ to) + infinitive

Questions
What ... like?

Reported Speech
Reported Speech (1)
Reported Speech (2)
Reported Questions

Articles
Articles: a / an, the, or no article

There and it
There or it/they

Adjectives and adverbs
So and such
Adjective + preposition
Position of adverbs in a sentence

Prepositions
Prepositions of place and movement
Other uses of prepositions

Building sentences
Relative clauses (1)
Relative clauses (2)
Since, as, for
Although, while, however, despite, etc.
Because, in case, so, so that

Review Test

Appendices
Appendix 1: Nouns
Appendix 2: Regular verbs
Appendix 3: Irregular verbs
Appendix 4: Adjectives and adverbs

Answer key

Index

Beginner-level ESL students needing grammar instruction or practice.