"with audio cd"--Cover.

"Grammar for Business is a must-have for business students and anyone using English in the workplace. Suitable for intermediate to upper-intermediate level, it provides clear explanations and authentic practice of the most essential language used in business English. Designed to help you improve your communication skills in real business situations, it includes a unique focus on spoken as well as written grammar, and practical tips on areas such as organising presentations, negotiating and giving your opinion.
Includes a special focus on speaking strategies to make you a more confident and effective communicator.
"Make it personal' sections encourage you to apply what you have learnt to your own personal experience.
Based on a corpus of real written and spoken business English to ensure your learn language as it's really used.
Free audio CD provides motivating extra speaking and listening practice.
Regular tests to help you check your progress.
Includes answer key with explanations and full recording scripts.

Ideal for classroom use and self-study." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS

Unit 1 Imperative and present simple (Write for business: Checking your work)

Unit 2 Present continuous (Business talk: Present continuous + always)

Unit 3 Present simple and continuous (Business talk: State verbs)

Unit 4 Present perfect simple and continuous (Write for business: Using the present perfect in the news)

Speaking strategies 1 Discussing

TEST 1: Units 1-4

Unit 5 Past simple and continuous (Business talk: Using past tenses to be polite)

Unit 6 Present perfect and the past (Business talk: Using continuous forms to give background information)

Unit 7 Past perfect simple and continuous (Business talk: Regrets and intentions)

Unit 8 Used to and would (Business talk: be/get used to)

Speaking strategies 2 Managing conversations

TEST 2: Units 5-8

Unit 9 The future 1 : be going to, present continuous (Business talk: Organising presentations and workshops 1)

Unit 10 The future 2 : will, shall, the present tense (Business talk: Organising presentations and workshops 2)

Unit 11 Future continuous and future perfect (Business talk: Using the future continuous to be polite)

Unit 12 Other ways of talking about the future (Business talk: Future time expressions)

Speaking strategies 3 Emphasising and softening

TESTS 3: Units 9-12

Unit 13 Modals 1 : talking about possibility and ability, asking, offering and giving permission (Write for business: Alternatives to modal verbs)

Unit 14 Modals 2 : making suggestions and giving advice (Business talk: Other ways of making informal suggestions)

Unit 15 Modals 3 : saying what people have to do (Business talk: Changing the force of instructions)

Unit 16 Modals 14 : speculating and saying how certain you are (Business talk: Responding to other people)

Speaking strategies 4 Simple spoken grammar

TESTS 4: Units 13-16

Unit 17 Conditionals 1 : talking about the present and future (Business talk: Negotiating)

Unit 18 Conditionals 2 : talking about the hypothetical present and past (Business talk: More hypothetical conditionals)

Unit 19 The passive 1 : forming and using the passive (Write for business: Using the passive in business correspondence)

Unit 20 The passive 2 : modal verbs, two-object verbs, have and get (Write for business: Using expressions with modal passives in reports)

Speaking strategies 5 Making your meaning clear and avoiding misunderstandings

TESTS 5: Units 17-20

Unit 21 Questions (Business talk: Persuading and giving opinions with negative questions)

Unit 22 Question tags (Business talk: Questions tags for checking information)

Unit 23 Reported speech 1 : statements and instructions (Business talk: Talking about news)

Unit 24 Reported speech 2 : questions (Write for business: Making polite requests in business letters

Speaking strategies 6 Checking information

TEST 6: Unites 21-24

Unit 25 Verbs and objects (Business talk: Typical business uses of verbs and objects)

Unit 26 -ing and infinitives after verbs (Write for business: Giving reasons and views)

Unit 27 Phrasal verbs (Business talk: Phrasal verbs with get)

Unit 28 Prepositions (Business talk: Describing change)

Speaking strategies 7 Organising what you say and highlighting information

TEST 7: Units 25-28

Unit 29 Adjectives (Write for business: Describing your products and services)

Unit 30 Adverbs (Business talk: Giving your personal perspective)

Unit 31 Comparisons 1 : comparatives, as ... as (Business talk: Modifying comparisons)

Unit 32 Comparisons 2 : superlatives, comparing with verbs (Write for business: Using most in formal correspondence)

Speaking strategies 8 Being an active listener

TEST 8: Units 29-32

Unit 33 Countability and number (Write for business: Checking verbs after singular and plural nouns)

Unit 34 Articles (Write for business: Not using the)

Unit 35 Quantifiers (Write for business: Levels of formality)

Unit 36 Possessives and reflexive pronouns (Write for business: Possessive noun phrases with of)

Speaking strategies 9 Vague language 1

TEST 9: Units 33-36

Unit 37 Relative clauses 1 : who, whose, which, that (Business talk: Commenting on what people say)

Unit 38 Relative clauses 2 : whom, where, when, -ing, -ed (Write for business: Writing about quantity)

Unit 39 Conjunctions and linking words 1 (Write for business: Linking ideas in formal reports)

Unit 40 Conjunctions and linking words 2 (Business talk: Reasons, results and consequences)

Speaking strategies 10 Vague language 2

TEST 10: Units 37-40

Key

Recording script

Appendix 1 Spelling

Appendix 2 Common prefixes and suffixes

Appendix 3 North American English

Appendix 4 Formal and informal English

Appendix 5 Irregular verbs

Appendix 6 Verb patterns

Appendix 7 Prepositions

Appendix 8 Saying numbers, weights and measures

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