Basic Grammar in Use : Self-Study Reference and Practice for Students of American English /
Raymond Murphy with William R. Smalzer and Joseph Chapple.
- 4th ed.
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- x, 306 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
- Grammar in Use .
First published: 1989. "Beginner to low intermediate"--Back cover. Includes index.
"Basic Grammar in Use Fourth Edition is an American English self-study reference and practice book for beginner level learners (A1-B1). With simple explanations, clear examples, and easy to understand exercises, it is perfect for students who are learning on their own, but can also be used in the classroom. Inside the book is a code for an ebook. The ebook works on PCs, Macs, iPads and Android tablets. It has the same grammar explanations and exercises found in the printed book, plus other great features such as audio for all the example sentences and an easy to use answer key." (Publishers website) CONTENTS: Acknowledgements To the Student To the Teacher Interactive ebook Present 1. am/is/are 2. am/is/are (questions) 3. I am doing (present continuous) 4. are you doing? (present continuous questions) 5. I do/work/like, etc. (simple present) 6. I don't... (simple present negative) 7. Do you...? (simple present questions) 8. I am doing (present continuous) and I do (simple present) 9. I have... and I've got... Past 10. was/were 11. worked/got/went, etc. (simple past) 12. I didn't... Did you...? (simple past negative and questions) 13. I was doing (past continuous) 14. I was doing (past continuous) and I did (simple past) 15. I used to... Present perfect 16. Have you...? 17. How long have you...? 18. for since ago 19. I have done (present perfect) and I did (past) Passive 20. is done was done (passive 1) 21. is being done has been done (passive 2) Verb forms 22. be/have/do in present and past tenses 23. Regular and irregular verbs Future 24. What are you doing tomorrow? 25. I'm going to.... 26. will Modals, imperative, etc. 27. might 28. can and could 29. must 30. should 31. I have to... 32. Would you like...? I'd like... 33. I'd rather... 34. Do this! Don't do that! Let's do this! There and it 35. there is there are 36. there was/were there has/have been there will be 37. it Auxiliary verbs 38. I am, I don't, etc. 39. You have? Have you? You are? Are you?, etc. 40. too/either so am I/neither do I, etc. 41. isn't, haven't, don't, etc. (negatives) Questions 42. is it...? have you...? do they...?, etc. (questions 1) 43. Who saw you? Who did you see? (questions 2) 44. Who is she talking to? What is it like? (questions 3) 45. What...? Which...? How...? (questions 4) 46. How long does it take? 47. Do you know where...? I don't know what..., etc. Reported speech 48. She said that... He told me that... ing and to 49. work/working go/going do/doing 50. to.... (I want to do) and -ing (I enjoy doing) 51. I want you to... I told you to... 52. I went to the store to... Go, get, do, make, and have 53. go to... go on... go for... go -ing 54. get 55. do and make 56. have Pronouns and possessives 57. I/me he/him they/them, etc. 58. my/his/their, etc. 59. Whose is this? It's mine/yours/hers, etc. 60. I/me/my/mine 61. myself/yourself/themselves, etc. 62. -'s (Kate's camera / my brother's car, etc.) A and the 63. a/an... 64. train(s) bus(es) (singular and plural) 65. a bottle / some water (count/noncount 1) 66. a cake / some cake / some cakes (count/noncount 2) 67. a/an and the 68. the... 69. go to work go home go to the hospital 70. I like music I hate exams 71. the... (names of places) Determiners and pronouns 72. this/that/these/those 73. one/ones 74. some and any 75. not + any no none 76. not + anybody/anyone/anything nobody/no one/nothing 77. somebody/anything/nowhere, etc. 78. every and all 79. all most some any no/none 80. both either neither 81. a lot much many 82. (a) little (a) few Adjectives and adverbs 83. old/nice/interesting, etc. (adjectives) 84. quickly/badly/suddenly, etc. (adverbs) 85. old/older expensive/more expensive 86. older than... more expensive than... 87. not as... as 88. the oldest the most expensive 89. enough 90. too Word order 91. He speaks English very well. (word order 1) 92. always/usually/often, etc. (word order 2) 93. still yet already 94. Give me that book! Give it to me! Conjunctions and clauses 95. and but or so because 96. When... 97. If we go... If you see..., etc. 98. If I had... If we went..., etc. 99. a person who... a thing that/which.... (relative clauses 1) 100. the people we met the hotel you stayed at (relative clauses 2) Prepositions 101. at 8:00 on Monday in April 102. from...to until since for 103. before after during while 104. in at on (places 1) 105. in at on (places 2) 106. to in at (places 3) 107. next to, between, under, etc. 108. up, over, through, etc. 109. on at by with about 110. afraid of..., good at..., etc. of/at/for, etc. (prepositions) + -ing 111. listen to..., look at..., etc. (verb + preposition) Phrasal verbs 112. go in, fall off, run away, etc. (phrasal verbs 1) 113. put on your shoes put your shoes on (phrasal verbs 2) Appendixes Appendix 1 Active and passive Appendix 2 List of irregular verbs Appendix 3 Irregular verbs in groups Appendix 4 Short forms (he's / I'd / don't, etc.) Appendix 5 Spelling Appendix 6 Phrasal verbs (take off / give up, etc.) Appendix 7 Phrasal verbs + object (put out a fire / try on clothes, etc.) Additional Exercises Study Guide Answer key to Exercises Answer Key to Additional Exercises Answer Key to Study Guide Index
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