Basic Grammar in Use Without answers, with Audio CD: Reference and Practice for Students of English

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Multimedia
Pub. Date: 2002-04-22
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

Basic Grammar in Use, Second Edition, is a new edition of a highly successful text for high-beginning to low-intermediate students.

Table of Contents

To the Student vii
To the Teacher viii
Present
Am/is/are
Am/is/are (Questions)
I am doing (Present Continuous)
Are you doing...? (Present Continuous Questions)
I do, I work, I like, etc ... (Simple Present)
I don't ... (Simple Present Negative)
Do you...? (Simple Present Questions)
I am doing and I do (Present Continuous and Simple Present)
I have... and I've got...
Past
Was/were
Worked, got, went, etc. (Simple Past)
I didn't ... Did you...? (Simple Past Negative and Questions)
I was doing (Past Continuous)
I was doing and I did (Past Continuous and Simple Past)
I used to...
Present Perfect
Have you ever...? (Present Perfect)
How long have you...?
For, since, and ago
I have done and I did (Present Perfect and Simple Past 1)
Just, already, and yet (Present Perfect and Simple Past 2)
I've lost my key I lost my key last week. (Present Perfect and Simple Past 3)
Passive
Is done and was done (Passive 1)
Is being done and has been done (Passive 2)
Verb Forms
Be, have, and do in Present and Past Tenses
Regular and Irregular Verbs
Future
What are you doing tomorrow?
I'm going to...
Will (1)
Will (2)
Modals, Imperatives, etc.
Might
Can and could
Must
Should
I have to...
Would you like...? I'd like...
I'd rather...
Do this!, Don't do that!, Let's do this!
There and it
There is/are
There was/were there has been / have been there will be
It...
Auxiliary Verbs
I am, I don't, etc.
You have? / have you? you are? / are you?, etc.
Too/either and so am I / neither do I, etc.
Isn't..., haven't... , don't... , etc. (Negatives)
Questions
Is it... ?, Have you ... ?, Do they ... ?, etc.
Who saw you? Who did you see?
Who is she talking to? What is it like?
What... ?, Which... ?, and How ... ?
How long does it take...?
Do you know where...?, I don't know what... , etc.
Reported Speech
She said that... He told me that...
-ing and to...
Work/working, go/going, do/doing
To... (I want to do) and -ing (I enjoy doing)
I want you to... and I told you to...
I went to the store to...
Go, get, do, make, and have
Go to... go On... go for... go -ing
Get
Do and make
Have
Pronouns and Possessives
I/me, he/him, they/them, etc.
My/his/their, etc.
Whose is this? It's mine/yours/hers, etc.
I, me, my, and mine
Myself/yourself/themselves, etc.
-'s (Kate's camera, my brother's car, etc.)
A and the
A/an...
Flower(s) and bus(es) (Singular and Plural)
A car, some money (Countable and Uncountable 1)
A car, some money (Countable and Uncountable 2)
A/an and the
The...
Go to work go home go to the movies
I like music... I hate exams.
The... (Names of Places)
Determiners and Pronouns
This/these and that/those
One/ones
Some and any
Not + any, no, and none
Not + anybody/anyone/anything and nobody / no one / nothing
Somebody, anything, nowhere, etc.
Every and all
All, most, some, any, and no/none
Both, either, and neither
A lot, much, and many
A little / a few and little/few
Adjectives and Adverbs
Old, nice, interesting, etc. (Adjectives)
Quickly, badly, suddenly, etc. (Adverbs)
Old/older and expensive / more expensive
Older than... and more expensive than...
Not as... as...
The oldest and the most expensive
Enough
Too
Word Order
He speaks English very well. (Word Order 1)
Always/usually/often, etc. (Word Order 2)
Still, yet, and already
Give me that book! Give it to me!
Prepositions
At 8 o'clock, on Monday, in April, etc.
From... to, until, since, and for
Before, after, during, and while
In, at, and on (Places 1)
In, at, and on (Places 2)
To, in, and at (Places 3)
Next to, behind, under, etc.
Up, over, through, etc.
On, at, by, with, and about
Afraid of, good at, etc. (Adjective + Preposition) At -ing, with -ing, etc. (Preposition + -ing)
Listen to..., look at... , etc. (Verb + Preposition)
Two-Word Verbs
Go in, fall off, run away, etc.
Put on your shoes and put your shoes on
Conjunctions and Clauses
And, but, or, so, and because
When...
If we go... , if you see... , etc.
If I had... , if we went... , etc.
A Person who... and a thing that/which... (Relative Clauses 1)
The People we met and the hotel you stayed at (Relative Clauses 2)
Appendix 1 Active and Passive 234(1)
Appendix 2 List of Irregular Verbs 235(1)
Appendix 3 Irregular Verbs in Groups 236(1)
Appendix 4 Short Forms (he's/I'd/don't, etc.) 237(2)
Appendix 5 Spelling 239(2)
Appendix 6 Two Word Verbs (look out / take off, etc.) 241(1)
Appendix 7 Two-Word Verbs + Object (put out a fire / try on clothes, etc.) 242(1)
Additional Exercises 243(16)
Index 259

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