English grammar in use : a reference and practice book for intermediate students - Murphy, Raymond, 1946-; Cambridge University Press (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994)
Table Of Contents: Thanks To the teacher Present and past Present continuous (I am doing) Present simple (I do) Present continuous and present simple (1) (I am doing and I do) Present continuous and present simple (2) (I am doing and I do) Past simple (I did) Past continuous (I was doing) Present perfect and past Present perfect (1) (I have done) Present perfect (2) (I have done) Present perfect continuous (I have been doing) Present perfect continuous and simple (I have been doing and I have done) How long have you (been)...? When...? and How long...? For and since Present perfect and past (1) (I have done and I did) Present perfect and past (2) (I have done and I did) Past perfect (I had done) Past perfect continuous (I had been doing) Have and have got Used to (do) Future Present tenses (I am doing/I do) for the future (I'm) going to (do) Will/shall (1) Will/shall (2) I will and I'm going to Will be doing and will have done When I do / When I've done When and if Modals Can, could and (be) able to Could (do) and could have (done) Must and can't May and might (1) May and might (2) Must and have to Must mustn't needn't Should (1) Should (2) Had better It's time... Can / Could / Would you...? et cetera (Requests, offers, permission and invitations) Conditionals and `wish' If I do... and If I did... If I knew... I wish I knew... If I had known... I wish I had known... Would I wish...would Passive Passive (1) (is done / was done) Passive (2) (be/been/being done) Passive (3) It is said that... He is said to... (be) supposed to... Have something done Reported speech Reported speech (1) (He said that...) Reported speech (2) Questions and auxiliary verbs Questions (1) Questions (2) (Do you know where...? / She asked me where...) Auxiliary verbs (have/do/can et cetera) I think so / I hope so et cetera Question tags (do you? isn't it? et cetera) ing and the infinitive Verb + -ing (enjoy doing / stop doing et cetera) Verb + to... (decide to do / forget to do et cetera) Verb + (object) + to... (I want (you) to do et cetera) Verb + -ing or to... (1) (remember/regret et cetera) Verb + -ing or to... (2) (try/need/help) Verb + -ing or to... (3) (like / would like et cetera) Prefer and would rather Preposition (in/for/about et cetera) + -ing Be/get used to something (I'm used to...) Verb + preposition + -ing (succeed in -ing / accuse somebody of -ing et cetera) Expressions + -ing To..., for... and so that... (purpose) Adjective + to... To... (afraid to do) and preposition + -ing (afraid of -ing) See somebody do and see somebody doing ing clauses (Feeling tired, I went to bed early.) Articles and nouns Countable and uncountable nouns (1) Countable and uncountable nouns (2) Countable nouns with a/an and some A/an and the The (1) The (2) (School / the school) The (3) (Children / the children) The (4) (The giraffe / the telephone / the piano et cetera; the + adjective) Names with and without the (1) Names with and without the (2) Singular and plural Noun + noun (a tennis ball / a headache et cetera) 's (the girl's name) and of... (the name of the book) Pronouns and determiners A friend of mine My own house On my own / by myself Myself/yourself/themselves et cetera There... and it... Some and any No/none/any Much, many, little, few, a lot, plenty All / all of most / most of no / none of et cetera Both / both of neither / neither of either / either of All, every and whole Each and every Relative clauses Relative clauses (1)-clauses with who/that/which Relative clauses (2)-clauses with or without who/that/which Relative clauses (3)-whose/whom/where Relative clauses (4)-`extra information' clauses (1) Relative clauses (5)-`extra information' clauses (2) ing and -ed clauses (the woman talking to Tom, the boy injured in the accident) Adjectives and adverbs Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed (boring/bored et cetera) Adjectives: word order (a nice new house) Adjectives after verbs (You look tired) Adjectives and adverbs (1) (quick/quickly) Adjectives and adverbs (2) (well/fast/late, hard/hardly) So and such Enough and too Quite and rather Comparison (1)-cheaper, more expensive et cetera Comparison (2) Comparison (3)-as...as / than Superlatives-the longest / the most enjoyable et cetera Word order (1)-verb + object; place and time Word order (2)-adverbs with the verb Still, yet and already Any more / any longer / no longer Even Conjunctions and prepositions Although / though / even though In spite of / despite In case Unless As long as and provided/providing As (reason and time) Like and as As if For, during and while By and until By the time... Prepositions At/on/in (time) On time / in time At the end / in the end In/at/on (place) (1) In/at/on (place) (2) In/at/on (place) (3) To/at/in/into On/in/at (other uses) By Noun + preposition (reason for, cause of et cetera) Adjective + preposition (1) Adjective + preposition (2) Verb + preposition (1) at and to Verb + preposition (2) about/for/of/after Verb + preposition (3) about and of Verb + preposition (4) of/for/from/on Verb + preposition (5) in/into/with/to/on Phrasal verbs (get up / break down / fill in et cetera) Appendix 1 Regular and irregular verbs Appendix 2 Present and past tenses Appendix 3 The future Appendix 4 Modal verbs (can/could/will/would et cetera) Appendix 5 Short forms (I'm/you've/didn't et cetera) Appendix 6 Spelling Appendix 7 American English Additional exercises Index
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