English Practice Grammar: International Edition

English Practice Grammar: International Edition contains the essential grammar for successful communication in English up to and including the intermediate level. It is designed as a complete reference grammar for all students of English studying at this level, whether within the secondary school system or in private language schools.

This simple and easy-to-use book makes use of a straightforward layout, enabling the student to quickly find the information required. Each unit begins with and illustration to put the structural area in context. Clear explanations of each grammatical point are followed by examples in everyday language. A feature of the book is the contextualization of grammar in a wide variety of authentic texts. These include newspaper extracts, advertisements, letters, film reviews and many more.

English Practice Grammar: International Edition is a reference and practice book in one. It is perfect for both self-study and for use in the class.

How the book works

• Two-page units have grammar on the left-hand side and practice exercises on the right.
• Four-page units deal with larger grammar areas in more detail. Two pages of grammar are followed by two pages of practice exercises.
• Special appendix sections give additional information about irregular verbs, spelling rules, punctuation, numbers, days, dates and times.

Key Features

• Easy-to-use and straightforward layout enables students to find information quickly
• Grammatical points illustrated by authentic examples from everyday life
• Perfect for self-study and classroom use
• Available with and without answer key
• Appendix includes irregular verbs, pronunciation and spelling tips

Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgements and dedication

Basic verb forms
1. Imperatives
2. Present simple
3. Present simple: be
4. Present continuous
5. Present simple or present continuous
6. Past simple
7. Past simple: be
8. Past continuous
9. Present perfect 1
10. Present perfect 2
11. Present perfect or past simple
12. Present perfect continuous
13. Past perfect and past simple
14. Future with going to
15. Future with will
16. Future continuous
17. Future perfect
18. Future review
19. have and have got
20. Review: main verb forms
21. Review: auxiliary verb forms
22. Short form or full form

Question forms and answers
23. Question forms 1
24. Question forms 2
25. Tag questions
26. Short answers
27. Indirect forms
28. So and Neither/Nor; so and not

Modal auxiliary verbs
29. Modal auxiliary verbs 1
30. Modal auxiliary verbs 2
31. Modal auxiliary verbs 3
32. Modal auxiliary verbs 4
33. Modal auxiliary verbs 5
34. Modal auxiliary verbs 6
35. Modal auxiliary verbs 7: past forms
36. Review: modal auxiliary verbs

Passive verb forms
37. Passive verb forms 1
38. Passive verb forms 2

Infinitives and ing forms
39. Verb + to + infinitive or verb + ing form 1
40. Verb + to + infinitive or verb + ing form 2
41. Verb + object + to + infinitive
42. Verb/adjective + preposition + ing form

Conditional forms
43. Conditional forms: type 0 and type 1
44. Conditional forms: type 2
45. Conditional forms: type 3

Reported speech
46. Reported speech 1: statements
47. Reported speech 2: questions
48. Reported speech 3: orders, promises, etc.

Nouns and articles
49. Singular and plural
50. Irregular noun forms
51. Countable and uncountable nouns
52. Articles 1: a, an, the and some
53. Articles 2: general and specific

Other determiners and pronouns
54. Demonstratives; one and ones
55. some or any
56. There, It and They
57. Quantity
58. Partitives
59. Pronouns: subject and object
60. Pronouns: possessive
61. Pronouns: reflexive
62. Direct and indirect objects
63. something, anybody, everyone, etc.

Relative clauses
64. Relative clauses 1
65. Relative clauses 2
66. Relative clauses 3
67. Relative clauses 4

Adjectives and adverbs
68. Adjectives 1
69. Adjectives 2
70. Adjectives and adverbs
71. Adverb positions
72. Adverb types
73. Comparison 1: adjective and adverb forms
74. Comparison 2: sentence patterns
75. too and enough
76. a bit, very; much, a lot; so, much

Prepositions
77. Prepositions 1: place and movement
78. Prepositions 2: place
79. Prepositions 3: time
80. Prepositions 4: time
81. Preposition + noun, noun + preposition
82. Adjective + preposition
83. Prepositional verbs
84. Phrasal verbs

The sentence and its parts
85. Word classes
86. Sentence: types and structure
87. Connecting clauses
88. Connecting sentences

Appendices
1. Irregular verbs
2. Some spelling rules
3. Punctuation
4. Numbers
5. Days, dates and times

Index

Answer key