Market Leader : Business English Business grammar and usage /
Business grammar and usage
Peter Strutt.
- New ed.
- Harlow, UK : Pearson Longman, 2010.
- 224 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Market Leader .
At foot of title page: Financial Times.
Includes index.
UNIT 1 Present tenses -- Present simple (1) -- Present simple (2) -- Present continuous (1) -- Present continuous (2) UNIT 2 Past tenses -- Past simple -- Past continuous -- Past perfect simple -- Past perfect continuous UNIT 3 Combining past and present -- Present perfect simple (1) -- Present perfect simple (2) -- Present perfect continuous
UNIT 4 The future -- Future (1) -- Future (2) -- Future (3)
UNIT 10 Adverbs -- Adverb position and uses (1) -- Adverb position and uses (2)
UNIT 11 Nouns (identifying people and things) -- Noun formation -- Types of noun -- Plural nouns -- Two nouns together -- Compound nouns -- Nouns and prepositions UNIT 12 Identifying nouns -- Articles (a/an, the and zero article) -- Quantifiers (1) -- Quantifiers (2)
UNIT 13 Describing nouns -- Adjectives -- Compound adjectives -- Adjective position -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Prepositions of place and direction -- Prepositions of time
UNIT 14 Functions -- Advising -- Agreeing and disagreeing -- Asking for information -- Comparing products and services -- Complaining and apologising -- Confirming information -- Describing a company -- Describing processes -- Describing trends -- Forecasting and speculating -- Getting things done -- Giving instructions -- Planning ahead -- Reporting what people say or think (1) -- Reporting what people say or think (2) -- Reporting questions -- Requesting and offering -- Suggesting -- Understanding signs and notices UNIT 15 Focusing on information -- Adding and combining information -- Emphasising -- Expressing a reaction -- Generalising / indicating relevance -- Highlighting information -- Linking (1) -- Linking (2) -- Substituting UNIT 16 Business communication skills -- Managing a conversation (1) -- Managing a conversation (2) -- Negotiating -- Presenting figures -- Presenting information -- Presenting visual information -- Social interaction -- Taking part in meetings -- Telephoning -- The language of contracts APPENDIX -- Abbreviations -- Answer key -- Index
"The Market Leader grammar books provide your students with all the business grammar practice they need to support them in their studies. They can be used with any business English course." (Publisher's Website)
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