Synopses & Reviews
English Grammar in Use is a unique combination of reference grammar and practice book for intermediate students (including both lower and upper-intermediate). Designed as a self-study book, it will enable learners to select and study at their own speed those grammar points which they find confusing and want to clarify. All the traditional grammar problems which intermediate students encounter e.g. tenses, modals, prepositions etc., are thoroughly covered. The page layout of each unit makes for ease of use, with the grammar point explained on the left-hand page and exercises to practise it on the right-hand page. There are 130 units in all, and a contents list and detailed index ensure that students can easily find the units they need.
Synopsis
A fully updated version of the world's best-selling grammar title. English Grammar in Use Third edition is a fully updated version of the classic grammar title. It retains all the key features of clarity and accessibility that have made the book so popular with students and teachers alike. This edition, with answers, is ideal for self-study and comes with a handy pull-out reference panel which allows students to review key grammar points at a glance.
Synopsis
English Grammar in Use Third Edition is a fully updated version of the world's bestselling grammar title. Now in full colour, with new units and even more exercises, this updated edition retains all the key features of clarity and ease-of-use that have made the book so popular with students and teachers. This new edition is available with or without answers, can be used in the classroom or for self-study and comes with a free pull-out grammar reference panel. An exciting and substantial brand new CD-ROM offering a wealth of extra practice material, links to Cambridge Dictionaries online and pronunciation pratice is also available either on its own or packaged with English Grammar in Use Third Edition.
Synopsis
English Grammar in Use Third edition is a fully updated version of the classic grammar title. It retains all the key features of clarity and accessibility that have made the book so popular with students and teachers. This new edition is designed to be flexible. The book is available both with and without answers, so it can be used in class or for homework. The �with answers�version of the book comes with a handy pullout reference panel which allows students to review key grammar points. It is also available packaged with a CD-ROM.
Synopsis
English Grammar in Use Third edition is a fully updated version of the classic grammar title. It retains all the key features of clarity and accessibility that have made the book so popular with students and teachers. This new edition is designed to be flexible. The book is available both with and without answers, so it can be used in class or for homework. The 'with answers' version of the book comes with a handy pullout reference panel which allows students to review key grammar points. It is also available packaged with a CD-ROM.
Synopsis
Self-study reference and practice for intermediate and more advanced students in a single volume.
Table of Contents
Present and past 1 Present continuous (I am doing) 2 Present simple (I do) 3 Present continuous and present simple (1) (I am doing and I do) 4 Present continuous and present simple (2) (I am doing and I do) 5 Past simple (I did) 6 Past continuous (I was doing) Present perfect and past 7 Present perfect (1) (I have done) 8 Present perfect (2) (I have done) 9 Present perfect continuous (I have been doing) 10 Present perfect continuous and simple (I have been doing and I have done) 11 How long have you (been) ...? 12 For and since When ...? and How long ...? 13 Present perfect and past (1) (I have done and I did) 14 Present perfect and past (2) (I have done and I did) 15 Past perfect (I had done) 16 Past perfect continuous(I had been doing) 17 Have got and have 18 Used to (do) Future 19 Present tenses (I am doing / I do) for the future 20 (I'm) going to (do) 21 Will/shall (1) 22 Will/shall (2) 23 I will and I'm going to 24 Will be doing and will have done 25 When I do / When I've done When and if Modals 26 Can, could and (be) able to 27 Could (do) and could have (done) 28 Must and can't 29 May and might (1) 30 May and might (2) 31 Have to and must 32 Must mustn't needn't 33 Should (1) 34 Should (2) 35 Had better It's time ... 36 Would 37 Can/Could/Would you ...? etc. (Requests, offers, permission and invitations) Conditionals and 'wish' 38 If I do ... If I did ... 39 If I knew ... I wish I knew ... 40 If I had known ... I wish I'd known ... 41 Wish Passive 42 Passive (1) (is done / was done) 43 Passive (2) (be/been/being done) 44 Passive (3) 45 It is said that ... He is said to ... (be) supposed to 46 Have something done Reported speech 47 Reported speech (1) (He said that ...) 48 Reported speech (2) Questions and auxiliary verbs 49 Questions (1) 50 Questions (2) (Do you know where ...? / She asked me where ...) 51 Auxiliary verbs (have/do/can etc.) I think so / I hope so etc. 52 Question tags (do you? isn't it? etc.) -ing and the infinitive 53 Verb + -ing (enjoy doing / stop doing etc.) 54 Verb + to ... (decide to do / forget to do etc.) 55 Verb (+ object) + to ... (I want to do / I want you to do) 56 Verb + -ing or to ... (1) (remember/regret etc.) 57 Verb + -ing or to ... (2) (try/need/help) 58 Verb + -ing or to ... (3) (like / would like etc.) 59 Prefer and would rather 60 Preposition (in/for/about etc.) + -ing 61 Be/get used to something (I'm used to ...) 62 Verb + preposition + -ing (succeed in -ing / accuse somebody of -ing etc.) 63 Expressions + -ing 64 To ..., for ..., and so that ... (purpose) 65 Adjective + to ... 66 To ... and preposition + -ing (afraid/interested/sorry) 67 See somebody do and see somebody doing 68 -ing clauses (Feeling tired, I went to bed early.) Articles and nouns 69 Countable and uncountable (1) 70 Countable and uncountable (2) 71 Countable nouns with a/an and some 72 A/an and the 73 The (1) 74 The (2) (School / the school) 75 The (3) (Children / the children) 76 The (4) (The giraffe / the telephone / the piano etc., the + adjective) 77 Names with and without the (1) 78 Names with and without the (2) 79 Singular and plural 80 Noun + noun (a tennis ball / a headache etc.) 81 -'s (your sister's name) and of ... (the name of the book) Pronouns and determiners 82 Myself/yourself/themselves etc. 83 A friend of mine My own house On my own / by myself 84 There ... and it ... 85 Some and any 86 No/none/any Nothing/nobody 87 Much, many, little, few, a lot, plenty 88 All / all of most / most of no / none of etc. 89 Both / both of neither / neither of either / either of 90 All, every and whole 91 Each and every Relative clauses 92 Relative clauses (1): clauses with who/that/which 93 Relative clauses (2): clauses with or without who/that/which 94 Relative clauses (3): whose/whom/where 95 Relative clauses (4): extra information clauses 1 96 Relative clauses (5): extra information clauses 2 97 -ing and -ed clauses (the woman talking to Tom, the boy injured in the accident)