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.
"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.