TY - BOOK AU - Strutt,Peter TI - Market Leader : Business English: Business grammar and usage SN - 9781408220085 (Student Book) PY - 2010/// CY - Harlow, UK PB - Pearson Longman KW - English language KW - Business English KW - Study and teaching KW - Foreign speakers KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Grammar KW - Usage N1 - 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 5 Conditionals -- Conditionals (1) -- Conditionals (2) -- Conditionals (3) ; UNIT 6 Verb combinations -- Verb combinations (1) -- Verb combinations (2) -- Verb combinations (3) -- Verb combinations (4) ; UNIT 7 Passives -- Passives (1) -- Passives (2) ; UNIT 8 Modal verbs (expressing subjective viewpoints) -- Ability -- Obligation, prohibition -- Possibility -- Likelihood -- Permission, suggestions, offers -- Willingness, refusal, promises, threats, typical behaviour ; UNIT 9 Multi-word verbs -- Types of multi-word verbs -- Understanding multi-word verbs (1) -- Understanding multi-word verbs (2) -- Understanding multi-word verbs (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 N2 - "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) UR - https://pearsonerpi.com/en/elt/block-b/business-grammar-and-usage-822008 ER -