Grammar Practice for Intermediate Students : with key /
Sheila Dignen and Brigit Viney, with Elaine Walker and Steve Elsworth.
- 3rd ed.
- Harlow, UK : Pearson Longman, 2007.
- 191 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + 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 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. Quantifiers (some, any, etc.) 4. all (of), most (of), some (of), no, none of 5. each (of), every, each/every one (of) 6. both (of), either (of), neither (of) Check 1 Nouns and determiners PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVES 7. Possessive's, possessive of 8. Reflexive pronouns 9. (of/on) my own, by myself 10. something, anything, etc. 11. one, ones, another, other Check 2 Pronouns and possessives ARTICLES 12. Definite and indefinite article 13. Use of articles with general meaning 14. Special uses of articles Check 3 Articles Adjectives and adverbs, comparison ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS 15. Position and order of adjectives 16. Adjective or adverb? 17. Position and order of adverbs 18. Comparison of adjectives and adverbs 19. Modifying comparisons 20. Adverbs of degree: very, extremely, etc. Check 4 Adjectives and adverbs COMPARATIVE STRUCTURES 21. Making comparisons with nouns 22. as..as, the same as, similar to, different from 23. too, enough, very 24. so..that, such (a/an)..that 25 Other comparative structures Check 5 Comparative structures Tenses PRESENT TENSES 26. Present simple or present continuous? 27. State verbs PAST TENSES 28. Past simple 29. Past simple and past continuous 30. used to / would, be / get used to Check 6 Present and past tenses PERFECT TENSES 31. Present perfect for recent events 32. Present perfect for general experiences 33. Present perfect with stated time reference 34. Present perfect continuous 35. Present perfect, past simple or present simple? Check 7 Present perfect (simple and continuous) 36. Past perfect 37. Past perfect and past simple 38. Past tenses in narratives Check 8 Narrative tenses FUTURE FORMS 39. will and be going to 40. Present simple and continuous for future 41. Future continuous 42. Future perfect 43. Future in the past Check 9 Future forms MODAL VERBS 44. Ability and possibility 45. Degrees of certainty (present and future) 46. Speculating about the past 47. Permission 48. Obligation and necessity 49. need (to) 50. Advice and recommendations 51. Requests, offers and suggestions Check 10 Modal verbs Sentence and text structure STATEMENTS AND QUESTIONS 52. Basic sentence types and word orders 53. Direct and indirect objects 54. Making questions 55. Question words as subject or object 56. Negative questions 57. Question tags 58. Reply questions 59. Avoiding repetition: so, too, neither, etc. Check 11 Statement and questions ING FORMS AND INFINITIVES 60. Verbs followed by -ing form or to -infinitive (1) 61. Verbs followed by -ing form or to -infinitive (2) 62. Verbs followed by object + (to)-infinitive 63. Infinitive of purpose, in order to, for +- ing form 64. Expression with -ing form 65. Adjectives followed by to-infinitive Check 12 -ing forms and infinitives THE PASSIVE 66. The passive 67. The causative: have/ get something done Check 13 The passive REPORTED SPEECH 68. Reported statements: tense changes 69. Reported statements: other changes 70. Reported statements with no tense change 71. Reporting verbs 72. Reported questions 73. Reported commands and requests 74. I think that..., do you know if.., I wonder why.. 75. Question words + to-infinitive Check 14 Reported speech RELATIVE CLAUSES 76. Defining relative clauses 77. Non-defining relative clauses 78. Other ways of identifying people and things Check 15 Relative clauses CONDITIONALS 79. The zero and first conditionals 80. unless, provided that, as long as, in case 81. The second conditional 82. The third conditional 83. I wish Check 16 Conditionals LINKING WORDS AND STRUCTURES 84. Adding and listing 85. Contrast 86. Reason, cause, purpose and result 87. Manner: as if, as though, like 88. Common linking expressions in speech Check 17 Linkers 89. Future time clauses 90. Sequence in narratives Vocabulary PREPOSITIONS 91. Prepositions of place and movement 92. Prepositions of time 93. as, like 94. Prepositional phrases Check 19 Prepositions WORDS THAT GO TOGETHER 95. Adjective / Noun + preposition 96. Verb + preposition 97. Phrasal verbs 98. Phrasal-prepositional verbs Check 20 Words that go together WORD FORMATION 99. Compound adjectives 100. Prefixes 101. Forming adjectives 102. Forming nouns Check 21 Word formation Appendices Index Answer key
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English language--Grammar--Problems, exercises, etc. Intermediate.