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A fully updated version of the highly successful grammar title. This new revised edition focuses specifically on the complexities of grammatical choices that advanced students need to appreciate. It also includes a comprehensive Basic Grammar Reference so students can easily review their understanding of language areas they have previously studied. This edition, with answers, is ideal for self-study.

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• Thanks(p. vii)
• To the student(p. viii)
• To the teacher(p. ix)
• Tenses
• 1 Present simple (I do) and present continuous (I am doing) (1)
• 2 Present simple (I do) and present continuous (I am doing) (2)
• 3 Present perfect (I have done) and past simple (I did) (1)
• 4 Present perfect (I have done) and past simple (I did) (2)
• 5 Present perfect (I have done) and past simple (I did) (3): adverbs used with these tenses
• 6 Past continuous (I was doing) and past simple (I did)
• 7 Present perfect continuous (I have been doing)
• 8 Present perfect continuous (I have been doing) and present perfect (I have done)
• 9 Past perfect (I had done) and past simple (I did)
• 10 Past perfect continuous (I had been doing) and past perfect (I had done)
• The future
• 11 Will and going to; shall
• 12 Present continuous (I am doing) for the future and going to
• 13 Present simple (I do) for the future
• 14 Future continuous (will be doing)
• 15 Be to + infinitive (I am to do), future perfect (I will have done), and future perfect continuous (I will have been doing)
• 16 The future seen from the past (was going to, etc.)
• Modals
• 17 Should and ought to
• 18 Will and would: willingness, likelihood and certainty
• 19 Will and would: habits; used to
• 20 May, might, can and could: possibility (1)
• 21 May, might, can and could: possibility (2)
• 22 Can, could, and be able to: ability
• 23 Must and have (got) to
• 24 Need(n't), don't have to and mustn't
• 25 Permission, offers, etc.
• Be, have, do, make, etc.
• 26 Linking verbs: be, appear, seem; become, get, etc.
• 27 Have and have got; have and take
• 28 Do and make
• Passives
• 29 Forming passive sentences
• 30 Using passives
• 31 Verb + -ing or to-infinitive: passive forms
• 32 Reporting with passive verbs
• Questions
• 33 Forming questions; reporting questions
• 34 Asking and answering negative questions
• 35 Wh-questions with how, what, which and who
• Verbs: infinitives, -ing forms, etc.
• 36 Verbs with and without objects
• 37 Verb + to-infinitive or bare infinitive
• 38 Verb + to-infinitive or -ing?
• 39 Verb + -ing
• 40 Verb + wh-clause
• 41 Have/get something done; want something done, etc.
• 42 Verb + two objects
• Reporting
• 43 Reporting people's words and thoughts
• 44 Reporting statements (1): that-clauses
• 45 Reporting statements (2): verb tense in that-clauses
• 46 Reporting statements (3): verb tense in the reporting clause; say and tell; etc.
• 47 Reporting offers, suggestions, orders, intentions, etc.
• 48 Should in that-clauses
• 49 Modal verbs in reporting
• Nouns and compounds
• 50 Countable and uncountable nouns
• 51 Agreement between subject and verb (1)
• 52 Agreement between subject and verb (2)
• 53 The possessive form of nouns (Jane's mother)
• 54 Compound nouns (1)
• 55 Compound nouns (2)
• Articles
• 56 A/an and one
• 57 The and a/an (1): 'the only one'
• 58 The and a/an (2): 'things already known', etc.
• 59 Some and zero article with plural and uncountable nouns
• 60 The, zero article and a/an: 'things in general'
• 61 People and places
• 62 Holidays, times of the day, meals, etc.
• Determiners and quantifiers
• 63 Some and any; something, somebody, etc.
• 64 Much (of), many (of), a lot of, lots (of), etc.
• 65 All (of), the whole (of), both (of)
• 66 Each (of), every, and all
• 67 No, none (of), and not any
• 68 Few, a few (of), little, a little (of), etc.
• 69 Quantifiers with and without 'of' (some/some of; any/any of; etc.)
• Relative clauses and other types of clause
• 70 Relative clauses (1) (The girl who I was talking about.)
• 71 Relative clauses (2) (Tom, who is only six, can speak three languages.)
• 72 Relative clauses (3): other relative pronouns
• 73 Relative clauses (4): prepositions in relative clauses
• 74 Participle clauses (-ing, -ed and being + -ed)
• 75 Participle clauses with adverbial meaning
• Pronouns, substitution and leaving out words
• 76 Reflexive pronouns: herself, himself, themselves, etc.
• 77 One and ones (There's my car - the green one.)
• 78 So (I think so; so I hear)
• 79 Do so; such
• 80 Leaving out words after auxiliary verbs
• 81 Leaving out to-infinitives (She didn't want to (go).)
• Adjectives
• 82 Adjectives: position (1)
• 83 Gradable and ungradable adjectives; position (2)
• 84 Adjectives and adverbs
• 85 Participle adjectives (the losing ticket; the selected winners)
• 86 Prepositions after adjectives: afraid of/for, etc.
• 87 Adjectives + that-clause or to-infinitive
• 88 Comparison with adjectives (1): -er/more...; enough, sufficiently, too; etc.
• 89 Comparison with adjectives (2): as...as; so...as to; etc.
• Adverbs and conjunctions
• 90 Position of adverbs
• 91 Adverbs of place, indefinite frequency, and time
• 92 Degree adverbs: very, too, extremely, quite, etc.
• 93 Comment adverbs; viewpoint adverbs; focus adverbs
• 94 Adverbial clauses of time (1): verb tense; before and until; hardly, etc.
• 95 Adverbial clauses of time (2): as, when and while
• 96 Giving reasons: as, because, because of, etc.; for and with
• 97 Purposes and results: in order to, so as to, etc.
• 98 Contrasts: although and though; even though/if; in spite of and despite
• 99 Conditional sentences (1): verb tenses
• 100 Conditional sentences (2)
• 101 If...not and unless; if and whether, etc.
• 102 After waiting..., before leaving..., besides owning..., etc.
• 103 Connecting ideas between and within sentences
• Prepositions
• 104 At, in and on: prepositions of place
• 105 Across, along, over and through; above, over, below and under
• 106 Between, among; by, beside, etc.
• 107 At, in and on: prepositions of time
• 108 During, for, in, over, and throughout; by and until
• 109 Except (for), besides, apart from and but for
• 110 About and on; by and with
• 111 Prepositions after verbs (1)
• 112 Prepositions after verbs (2)
• 113 Prepositions after verbs (3)
• 114 Two- and three-word verbs: word order
• Organising information
• 115 There is, there was, etc.
• 116 It... (1)
• 117 It... (2)
• 118 Focusing: it-clauses and what-clauses
• 119 Inversion (1)
• 120 Inversion (2)
• Appendix 1 Passive verb forms(p. 242)
• Appendix 2 Quoting what people think or what they have said(p. 243)
• Appendix 3 Irregular verbs(p. 244)
• Appendix 4 Typical errors and corrections(p. 246)
• Glossary(p. 265)
• Additional exercises(p. 269)
• Study guide(p. 280)
• Key to exercises(p. 289)
• Key to Additional exercises(p. 325)
• Key to Study guide(p. 329)