Includes index.

''The popular Grammar practice series has been thoroughly revised and updated. With a focus on context and communication, the 3rd EDITION helps learners make the leap from practice to production more easily.

Key features: short, clear and simple grammar explanations appropriate to the level a wide variety of interesting and stimulating exercises write-in space on the page detailed contents page and grammar index

New in this edition revised syllabus linked to the Council of Europe framework vocabulary sections, including phrasal verbs and word formation regular checks to review understanding and progress further practice, Checks and tests on the interactive CD-ROM further practice, Checks and tests on the interactive CD-ROM useful appendices, including spelling rules, verb patterns, lists of dependent prepositions and phrasal verbs'' (Book Cover)

CONTENTS

GRAMMAR

Nouns, pronouns, and determiners

NOUNS AND DETERMINERS
1. Singular and plural nouns
2. Countable and uncountable nouns
3. Counting uncountable nouns
4. a lot of / lots of, many, much, (a) few, (a) little
5. all, most, some, none
6. each, every

Check 1 Nouns and determiners

PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVES
7. Pronouns and possessive adjectives
8. Possessive's, possessive of
9. Reflexive pronouns, each other
10. one, ones
11. somebody, something, etc.

Check 2 Pronouns and possessives

ARTICLES
12. Definite and indefinite article
13. Definite and zero article (1)
14. Definite and zero article (2)
15. Definite, indefinite and zero article

Check 3 Articles

Adjectives and adverbs, comparison

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
16. Order of adjectives
17. Comparative and superlative adjectives
18. Adverbs of manner
19. Comparative and superlative adjectives
20. Modifying comparisons: much faster, etc.
21. Adverbs of frequency
22. Adverbs of degree: very, really, etc.

Check 4 adjectives and adverbs

COMPARATIVE STRUCTURES
23. as... as, not as... as
24. too, enough, very
25. so... that, such (a/an)... that

Check 5 Comparative structures

Tenses

PRESENT TENSES
26. Present simple
27. Present continuous
28. Present simple or present continuous
29. State verbs

Check 6 Present tenses

PAST TENSES
30. Past simple: regular verbs
31. Past simple: irregular verbs
32. Past continuous
33. Past continuous and past simple
34. used to

Check 7 Past tenses

PERFECT TENSES
35. Present perfect: form and use
36. Present perfect with just, already, yet
37. Present perfect with never, ever
38. Present perfect with for, since
39. Present and past simple, present perfect

Check 8 Present perfect
40. Past perfect simple
41. Past perfect and past simple

Check 9 Past and perfect tenses

FUTURE FORMS
42. be going to and will
43. Present continuous or be going to
44. Present simple and present continuous for future

MODAL VERBS
45. Ability and possibility: can, could, be able to
46. Permission: can, could, be allowed to
47. Possibility: may, might, could
48. Certainty and deduction: must, can't
49. Requests: can, could, would
50. Offers and suggestions: will, shall, can, could

Check 11 Modal verbs (1)
51. Obligation and necessity: must, have to, need to
52. Prohibition: mustn't, can't, not be allowed to
53. Lack of necessity: don't have to, don't need to
54. Advice: should, ought to, must

Check 12 Modal verbs

Sentence and text structure

STATEMENTS AND QUESTIONS
55. Word order: direct and indirect objects
56. there is/are vs it is
57. Making questions
58. Question words and subject or object
59. Prepositions at the end of questions
60. Question tags
61. Short responses with so, neither/nor, etc.
62. Short responses: I think so, I hope not

Check 13 Statements and questions

-ING FORMS AND INFINITIVES
63. -ing forms as subjects of sentences
64. Verbs followed by -ing form or -to infinitive
65. Verbs followed by object + to-infintive

Check 14 -ing form and infinitives

THE PASSIVE
66. The passive: form and use
67. The passive + by
68. The causative: have something done

Check 15 The passive

REPORTED SPEECH
69. Direct speech: punctuation
70. Reported statements
71. Reporting verbs: say and tell
72. Reported questions
73. Reported commands and requests

Check 16 Reported speech
74. Indirect questions
75. Wh-question words + to - infinitive

Check 17 Indirect questions

RELATIVE CLAUSES
76. Defining clauses
77. Other ways of identifying people and things

Check 18 Relative clauses

LINKING WORDS AND STRUCTURES
78. Addition: and, also, too, as well
79. both..and, either..or, neither..nor
80. Contrast: but, although/though, however

81. Reason: because (of), as, since, so, therefore

82. Purpose: to, in order to, so that

Check 19 Linking words and structures (1)
83. Saying when things happen
84. Future time clauses
85. before/after + -ing
86. Sequences

Check 20 Linking words and structures (2)

CONDITIONALS
87. The zero conditionals
88. The first conditional
89. unless
90. The second conditional

Check 21 Conditionals

Vocabulary

PREPOSITIONS
91. Prepositions of place
92. Prepositions of movement
93. Prepositions of time (1)
94. Time expressions with no preposition
95. Prepositions of time (2)
96. with, by
97. like

Check 22 Prepositions

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
98. Prepositional phrases: time
99. Prepositional phrases: place and activity
100. Other prepositional phrases

Check 23 Prepositional phrases

WORDS THAT GO TOGETHER
101. Adjectives + preposition
102. Verbs + preposition
103. Phrasal verbs
104. make, do, have, get

Check 24 Words that go together

WORD FORMATION
105. Adjectives ending in -ed and -ing
106. Negative prefixes
107. Forming adjectives
108. Forming nouns
109. Compound nouns
110. Compound adjectives

Check 25 Word formation

Appendices

Index

Answer key