My Grammar Lab : Intermediate level (B1/B2) /
MyGrammarLlab
Mark Foley and Diane Hall.
- Harlow : Pearson Longman, 2012.
- xi, 385 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
- My Grammar Lab .
- Always learning .
- Always Learning. .
With key.
Includes index.
''Something new has come that will change the way your students learn, practice and remember grammar. Step 1: take the diagnostic test Step 2: study the grammar in the book and online Step 3: do more practice online Step 4: take the progress test Step 5: need more practice? Go online and do the mobile exercises Step 6: take the exit test to see how much you have learnt With its learning hints and tips, immediate feedback, automatic grading, and grammar tutor videos, this course is ideal for self-study, as well as a grammar reference and practice companion to your English language course. MyGrammarLab Intermediate provides grammar practice for the PET and FCE exams.
Book Easy-to-understand explanations using Longman Defining Vocabulary - a simple vocabulary of just 2000 words Topic-based modules and natural examples showing grammar in use Information on common errors and how to avoid making them Information on the pronunciation of grammar items Practice exercises for every unit Review sections to consolidate learning Exit tests to check understanding Grammar Check and full glossary of grammar terms for quick grammar reference Online Video presentations of key grammar points Additional practice for every unit Diagnostic, progress and exit tests to monitor progress Catch-up exercises to ensure the grammar has been learnt Automatic grading and feedback Pronunciation practice on the grammar of spoken English to improve fluency Recorded answers for exercises to give listening practice Grammar practice for key international exams Mobile Download exercises to your mobile phone for practice away from your computer TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1) Museums and Galleries Nouns and articles 1. Nouns 2. Articles a/an, the, no article 3. Special uses of a/an and the 4. Article or no article? 5. Demonstratives this, that, these, those 2) Food and Drink Possessives, pronouns and quantifiers 6. Possessive forms of nouns 7. Possessive adjectives and pronouns 8. Pronouns one/ones; another/the other (one) 9. Reflexive and other pronouns 10. some, any, all, most, no, none of
11. Indefinite pronouns
12. much, many, a lot of, (a) little, (a) few 13. both, either, neither, each, every 3) Travel Prepositions
14. General form and use; prepositions of place 15. Prepositions of movement 16. Prepositions of time 17. Prepositions with other meanings 18. Common prepositional phrases 4) Animals Adjectives and adverbs 19. Adjectives with nouns and verbs; -ed and -ing forms 20. Order of adjectives; strong and weaker meaning 21. Comparison of adjectives 22. Comparative structures 23. Types of adverb 24. Adverbs and word order 25. Comparison of adverbs 5) Jobs Present tenses 26. be, have and have got 27. Present simple 28. Present continuous 29. Present simple or continuous? 6) Explorers Past tenses 30. Past simple 31. Past continuous 32. Past simple or continuous? 33. used to and would 34. Past perfect simple 35. Past perfect continuous 7) Cars Present perfect 36. Present perfect for past experiences and present results 37. Present perfect for situations up to the present 38. Present perfect or past simple? 39. Present perfect continuous 40. Present perfect simple or continuous? 8) Holidays Future forms 41. going to, present continuous and will 42. Future continuous 43. Future perfect: simple and continuous 44. Present simple with future meaning 45. Other ways to talk about the future 9) Technology Modal verbs 46. Ability and possibility 47. Making a guess (1) 48. Making a guess (2) 49. Rules 50. Necessary and unnecessary actions 51. Advice and criticism 52. Permission 53. Requests and suggestions: offers, promises and warnings 10) Crime Conditionals 54. Present and future conditions 55. Unlikely/unreal conditions 56. Past conditions 57. Mixed conditionals 58. I wish, if only, it's time . . . 11) Buildings Word order and sentence patterns 59. Word order in statements 60. there and it 61. Yes/No questions 62. Wh- questions 63. how, which/what, who and whose 12) Hobbies and activities Verbs with -ing forms and infinitives 64. Verb + -ing form 65. Verb + infinitive 66. Vern (+ object) + infinitive; make and let 67. Verb + infinitive or -ing form 13) The Media Reported speech 68. Reported statements 69. Reported questions 70. Reported orders, requests and advice 71. Reporting verb patterns 14) Books and Literature Relative, participle and other clauses 72. Relative clauses (1) 73. Relative clauses (2) 74. Clauses after the noun 75. Participle clauses 76. Infinitive clauses 77. Other noun structures 15) The Weather Linking words 78. Reason and purpose 79. Causes and results 80. Adding information and giving alternatives 81. Showing differences 82. Ordering events 16) Clothes and Fashion Passive forms 83. The passive 84. Passives with modal and other verbs 85. have something done 86. Passive reporting verbs 17) Sports Word combinations 87. Common collocations 88. Adjective or noun + preposition 89. Verb + preposition (1) 90. Verb + preposition (2) 91. Phrasal verbs 92. Confusing verbs (1) 93. Confusing verbs (2) 94. Confusing adjectives 18) Education and Training Word formation 95. forming nouns 96. Forming adjectives 97. Forming verbs 98. Compound nouns and adjectives 19) Music Formal and written English 99. Punctuation 100. Ways to avoid repeating words 101. Using linking words in writing 102. Using word order for emphasis 103. Organizing information in writing 104. Using nouns instead of verbs 105. Formal language 20) Health Spoken English 106. Spoken question forms 107. Agreeing and disagreeing 108. Expressing our feelings and ideas 109. Emphasis 110. Other spoken features Grammar Check Appendix 1 Quick Check 1 - Pronouns Quick Check 2 - Prepositions Quick Check 3 - Verb tenses Quick Check 4 - Modal verbs Quick Check 5 - Conditionals Quick Check 6 - Verb + -ing form and infinitive Quick Check 7 - Linking words Quick Check 8 - Verbs + prepositions Quick Check 9 - Phrasal verbs Appendix 2
Irregular verbs Appendix 3
Spelling rules Appendix 4 British and American English Index Answer Key Pronunciation table
Something new has come that will change the way your students learn, practice and remember grammar. Step 1: take the diagnostic test Step 2: study the grammar in the book and online Step 3: do more practice online Step 4: take the progress test Step 5: need more practice? Go online and do the mobile exercises Step 6: take the exit test to see how much you have learnt With its learning hints and tips, immediate feedback, automatic grading, and grammar tutor videos, this course is ideal for self-study, as well as a grammar reference and practice companion to your English language course. MyGrammarLab Intermediate provides grammar practice for the PET and FCE exams.
Book - Easy-to-understand explanations using Longman Defining Vocabulary - a simple vocabulary of just 2000 words -Topic-based modules and natural examples showing grammar in use -Information on common errors and how to avoid making them - Information on the pronunciation of grammar items - Practice exercises for every unit - Review sections to consolidate learning - Exit tests to check understanding - Grammar Check and full glossary of grammar terms for quick grammar reference
Online - Video presentations of key grammar points - Additional practice for every unit - Diagnostic, progress and exit tests to monitor progress - Catch-up exercises to ensure the grammar has been learnt - Automatic grading and feedback - Pronunciation practice on the grammar of spoken English to improve fluency - Recorded answers for exercises to give listening practice - Grammar practice for key international exams
Mobile - Download exercises to your mobile phone for practice away from your computer TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1) Museums and Galleries Nouns and articles 1. Nouns 2. Articles a/an, the, no article 3. Special uses of a/an and the 4. Article or no article? 5. Demonstratives this, that, these, those 2) Food and Drink Possessives, pronouns and quantifiers 6. Possessive forms of nouns 7. Possessive adjectives and pronouns 8. Pronouns one/ones; another/the other (one) 9. Reflexive and other pronouns 10. some, any, all, most, no, none of 11. Indefinite pronouns 12. much, many, a lot of, (a) little, (a) few 13. both, either, neither, each, every 3) Travel Prepositions 14. General form and use; prepositions of place 15. Prepositions of movement 16. Prepositions of time 17. Prepositions with other meanings 18. Common prepositional phrases 4) Animals Adjectives and adverbs 19. Adjectives with nouns and verbs; -ed and -ing forms 20. Order of adjectives; strong and weaker meaning 21. Comparison of adjectives 22. Comparative structures 23. Types of adverb 24. Adverbs and word order 25. Comparison of adverbs 5) Jobs Present tenses 26. be, have and have got 27. Present simple 28. Present continuous 29. Present simple or continuous? 6) Explorers Past tenses 30. Past simple 31. Past continuous 32. Past simple or continuous? 33. used to and would 34. Past perfect simple 35. Past perfect continuous 7) Cars Present perfect 36. Present perfect for past experiences and present results 37. Present perfect for situations up to the present 38. Present perfect or past simple? 39. Present perfect continuous 40. Present perfect simple or continuous? 8) Holidays Future forms 41. going to, present continuous and will 42. Future continuous 43. Future perfect: simple and continuous 44. Present simple with future meaning 45. Other ways to talk about the future 9) Technology Modal verbs 46. Ability and possibility 47. Making a guess (1) 48. Making a guess (2) 49. Rules 50. Necessary and unnecessary actions 51. Advice and criticism 52. Permission 53. Requests and suggestions: offers, promises and warnings 10) Crime Conditionals 54. Present and future conditions 55. Unlikely/unreal conditions 56. Past conditions 57. Mixed conditionals 58. I wish, if only, it's time . . . 11) Buildings Word order and sentence patterns 59. Word order in statements 60. there and it 61. Yes/No questions 62. Wh- questions 63. how, which/what, who and whose 12) Hobbies and activities Verbs with -ing forms and infinitives 64. Verb + -ing form 65. Verb + infinitive 66. Vern (+ object) + infinitive; make and let 67. Verb + infinitive or -ing form 13) The Media Reported speech 68. Reported statements 69. Reported questions 70. Reported orders, requests and advice 71. Reporting verb patterns 14) Books and Literature Relative, participle and other clauses 72. Relative clauses (1) 73. Relative clauses (2) 74. Clauses after the noun 75. Participle clauses 76. Infinitive clauses 77. Other noun structures 15) The Weather Linking words 78. Reason and purpose 79. Causes and results 80. Adding information and giving alternatives 81. Showing differences 82. Ordering events 16) Clothes and Fashion Passive forms 83. The passive 84. Passives with modal and other verbs 85. have something done 86. Passive reporting verbs 17) Sports Word combinations 87. Common collocations 88. Adjective or noun + preposition 89. Verb + preposition (1) 90. Verb + preposition (2) 91. Phrasal verbs 92. Confusing verbs (1) 93. Confusing verbs (2) 94. Confusing adjectives 18) Education and Training Word formation 95. forming nouns 96. Forming adjectives 97. Forming verbs 98. Compound nouns and adjectives 19) Music Formal and written English 99. Punctuation 100. Ways to avoid repeating words 101. Using linking words in writing 102. Using word order for emphasis 103. Organizing information in writing 104. Using nouns instead of verbs 105. Formal language 20) Health Spoken English 106. Spoken question forms 107. Agreeing and disagreeing 108. Expressing our feelings and ideas 109. Emphasis 110. Other spoken features