Advanced Grammar in Use with Answers

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Author: Martin Hewings

ISBN-10: 0521532914

ISBN-13: 9780521532914

Category: English Grammar

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Advanced Grammar in Use Second edition is a fully updated version of the highly successful grammar title.

ThanksviiTo the studentviiiTo the teacherixTenses1Present simple (I do) and present continuous (I am doing) (1)2Present simple (I do) and present continuous (I am doing) (2)3Present perfect (I have done) and past simple (I did) (1)4Present perfect (I have done) and past simple (I did) (2)5Present perfect (I have done) and past simple (I did) (3): adverbs used with these tenses6Past continuous (I was doing) and past simple (I did)7Present perfect continuous (I have been doing)8Present perfect continuous (I have been doing) and present perfect (I have done)9Past perfect (I had done) and past simple (I did)10Past perfect continuous (I had been doing) and past perfect (I had done)The future11Will and going to; shall12Present continuous (I am doing) for the future and going to13Present simple (I do) for the future14Future continuous (will be doing)15Be to + infinitive (I am to do), future perfect (I will have done), and future perfect continuous (I will have been doing)16The future seen from the past (was going to, etc.)Modals17Should and ought to18Will and would: willingness, likelihood and certainty19Will and would: habits; used to20May, might, can and could: possibility (1)21May, might, can and could: possibility (2)22Can, could, and be able to: ability23Must and have (got) to24Need(n't), don't have to and mustn't25Permission, offers, etc.Be, have, do, make, etc.26Linking verbs: be, appear, seem; become, get, etc.27Have and have got; have and take28Do and makePassives29Forming passive sentences30Using passives31Verb + -ing or to-infinitive: passive forms32Reporting with passive verbsQuestions33Forming questions; reporting questions34Asking and answering negative questions35Wh-questions with how, what, which and whoVerbs: infinitives, -ing forms, etc.36Verbs with and without objects37Verb + to-infinitive or bare infinitive38Verb + to-infinitive or -ing?39Verb + -ing40Verb + wh-clause41Have/get something done; want something done, etc.42Verb + two objectsReporting43Reporting people's words and thoughts44Reporting statements (1): that-clauses45Reporting statements (2): verb tense in that-clauses46Reporting statements (3): verb tense in the reporting clause; say and tell; etc.47Reporting offers, suggestions, orders, intentions, etc.48Should in that-clauses49Modal verbs in reportingNouns and compounds50Countable and uncountable nouns51Agreement between subject and verb (1)52Agreement between subject and verb (2)53The possessive form of nouns (Jane's mother)54Compound nouns (1)55Compound nouns (2)Articles56A/an and one57The and a/an (1): 'the only one'58The and a/an (2): 'things already known', etc.59Some and zero article with plural and uncountable nouns60The, zero article and a/an: 'things in general'61People and places62Holidays, times of the day, meals, etc.Determiners and quantifiers63Some and any; something, somebody, etc.64Much (of), many (of), a lot of, lots (of), etc.65All (of), the whole (of), both (of)66Each (of), every, and all67No, none (of), and not any68Few, a few (of), little, a little (of), etc.69Quantifiers with and without 'of' (some/some of; any/any of; etc.)Relative clauses and other types of clause70Relative clauses (1) (The girl who I was talking about.)71Relative clauses (2) (Tom, who is only six, can speak three languages.)72Relative clauses (3): other relative pronouns73Relative clauses (4): prepositions in relative clauses74Participle clauses (-ing, -ed and being + -ed)75Participle clauses with adverbial meaningPronouns, substitution and leaving out words76Reflexive pronouns: herself, himself, themselves, etc.77One and ones (There's my car - the green one.)78So (I think so; so I hear)79Do so; such80Leaving out words after auxiliary verbs81Leaving out to-infinitives (She didn't want to (go).)Adjectives82Adjectives: position (1)83Gradable and ungradable adjectives; position (2)84Adjectives and adverbs85Participle adjectives (the losing ticket; the selected winners)86Prepositions after adjectives: afraid of/for, etc.87Adjectives + that-clause or to-infinitive88Comparison with adjectives (1): -er/more...; enough, sufficiently, too; etc.89Comparison with adjectives (2): as...as; so...as to; etc.Adverbs and conjunctions90Position of adverbs91Adverbs of place, indefinite frequency, and time92Degree adverbs: very, too, extremely, quite, etc.93Comment adverbs; viewpoint adverbs; focus adverbs94Adverbial clauses of time (1): verb tense; before and until; hardly, etc.95Adverbial clauses of time (2): as, when and while96Giving reasons: as, because, because of, etc.; for and with97Purposes and results: in order to, so as to, etc.98Contrasts: although and though; even though/if; in spite of and despite99Conditional sentences (1): verb tenses100Conditional sentences (2)101If...not and unless; if and whether, etc.102After waiting..., before leaving..., besides owning..., etc.103Connecting ideas between and within sentencesPrepositions104At, in and on: prepositions of place105Across, along, over and through; above, over, below and under106Between, among; by, beside, etc.107At, in and on: prepositions of time108During, for, in, over, and throughout; by and until109Except (for), besides, apart from and but for110About and on; by and with111Prepositions after verbs (1)112Prepositions after verbs (2)113Prepositions after verbs (3)114Two- and three-word verbs: word orderOrganising information115There is, there was, etc.116It... (1)117It... (2)118Focusing: it-clauses and what-clauses119Inversion (1)120Inversion (2)Appendix 1Passive verb forms242Appendix 2Quoting what people think or what they have said243Appendix 3Irregular verbs244Appendix 4Typical errors and corrections246Glossary265Additional exercises269Study guide280Key to exercises289Key to Additional exercises325Key to Study guide329Index330