Grammar Practice for Pre-Intermediate Students : with key /
Vicky Anderson, Gill Holley, and Rob Metcalf with Elaine Walker and Steve Elsworth.
- 3rd ed.
- Harlow, UK : Pearson Longman, 2007.
- 192 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
- Grammar Practice .
Includes index.
''The popular Grammar practice series has been thoroughly revised and updated. With a focus on context and communication, the 3rd EDITION helps learners make the leap from practice to production more easily. Key features: short, clear and simple grammar explanations appropriate to the level a wide variety of interesting and stimulating exercises write-in space on the page detailed contents page and grammar index New in this edition revised syllabus linked to the Council of Europe framework vocabulary sections, including phrasal verbs and word formation regular checks to review understanding and progress further practice, Checks and tests on the interactive CD-ROM further practice, Checks and tests on the interactive CD-ROM useful appendices, including spelling rules, verb patterns, lists of dependent prepositions and phrasal verbs'' (Book Cover) CONTENTS GRAMMAR Nouns, pronouns, and determiners NOUNS AND DETERMINERS 1. Singular and plural nouns 2. Countable and uncountable nouns 3. Counting uncountable nouns 4. a lot of / lots of, many, much, (a) few, (a) little 5. all, most, some, none 6. each, every Check 1 Nouns and determiners PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVES 7. Pronouns and possessive adjectives 8. Possessive's, possessive of 9. Reflexive pronouns, each other 10. one, ones 11. somebody, something, etc. Check 2 Pronouns and possessives ARTICLES 12. Definite and indefinite article 13. Definite and zero article (1) 14. Definite and zero article (2) 15. Definite, indefinite and zero article Check 3 Articles Adjectives and adverbs, comparison ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS 16. Order of adjectives 17. Comparative and superlative adjectives 18. Adverbs of manner 19. Comparative and superlative adjectives 20. Modifying comparisons: much faster, etc. 21. Adverbs of frequency 22. Adverbs of degree: very, really, etc. Check 4 adjectives and adverbs COMPARATIVE STRUCTURES 23. as... as, not as... as 24. too, enough, very 25. so... that, such (a/an)... that Check 5 Comparative structures Tenses PRESENT TENSES 26. Present simple 27. Present continuous 28. Present simple or present continuous 29. State verbs Check 6 Present tenses PAST TENSES 30. Past simple: regular verbs 31. Past simple: irregular verbs 32. Past continuous 33. Past continuous and past simple 34. used to Check 7 Past tenses PERFECT TENSES 35. Present perfect: form and use 36. Present perfect with just, already, yet 37. Present perfect with never, ever 38. Present perfect with for, since 39. Present and past simple, present perfect Check 8 Present perfect 40. Past perfect simple 41. Past perfect and past simple Check 9 Past and perfect tenses FUTURE FORMS 42. be going to and will 43. Present continuous or be going to 44. Present simple and present continuous for future MODAL VERBS 45. Ability and possibility: can, could, be able to 46. Permission: can, could, be allowed to 47. Possibility: may, might, could 48. Certainty and deduction: must, can't 49. Requests: can, could, would 50. Offers and suggestions: will, shall, can, could Check 11 Modal verbs (1) 51. Obligation and necessity: must, have to, need to 52. Prohibition: mustn't, can't, not be allowed to 53. Lack of necessity: don't have to, don't need to 54. Advice: should, ought to, must Check 12 Modal verbs Sentence and text structure STATEMENTS AND QUESTIONS 55. Word order: direct and indirect objects 56. there is/are vs it is 57. Making questions 58. Question words and subject or object 59. Prepositions at the end of questions 60. Question tags 61. Short responses with so, neither/nor, etc. 62. Short responses: I think so, I hope not Check 13 Statements and questions ING FORMS AND INFINITIVES 63. -ing forms as subjects of sentences 64. Verbs followed by -ing form or -to infinitive 65. Verbs followed by object + to-infintive Check 14 -ing form and infinitives THE PASSIVE 66. The passive: form and use 67. The passive + by 68. The causative: have something done Check 15 The passive REPORTED SPEECH 69. Direct speech: punctuation 70. Reported statements 71. Reporting verbs: say and tell 72. Reported questions 73. Reported commands and requests Check 16 Reported speech 74. Indirect questions 75. Wh-question words + to - infinitive Check 17 Indirect questions RELATIVE CLAUSES 76. Defining clauses 77. Other ways of identifying people and things Check 18 Relative clauses LINKING WORDS AND STRUCTURES 78. Addition: and, also, too, as well 79. both..and, either..or, neither..nor 80. Contrast: but, although/though, however 81. Reason: because (of), as, since, so, therefore 82. Purpose: to, in order to, so that Check 19 Linking words and structures (1) 83. Saying when things happen 84. Future time clauses 85. before/after + -ing 86. Sequences Check 20 Linking words and structures (2) CONDITIONALS 87. The zero conditionals 88. The first conditional 89. unless 90. The second conditional Check 21 Conditionals Vocabulary PREPOSITIONS 91. Prepositions of place 92. Prepositions of movement 93. Prepositions of time (1) 94. Time expressions with no preposition 95. Prepositions of time (2) 96. with, by 97. like Check 22 Prepositions PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES 98. Prepositional phrases: time 99. Prepositional phrases: place and activity 100. Other prepositional phrases Check 23 Prepositional phrases WORDS THAT GO TOGETHER 101. Adjectives + preposition 102. Verbs + preposition 103. Phrasal verbs 104. make, do, have, get Check 24 Words that go together WORD FORMATION 105. Adjectives ending in -ed and -ing 106. Negative prefixes 107. Forming adjectives 108. Forming nouns 109. Compound nouns 110. Compound adjectives Check 25 Word formation Appendices Index Answer key