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Present simple (I do) and present continuous (I am doing) (1) |
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Present simple (I do) and present continuous (I am doing) (2) |
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Present perfect (I have done) and past simple (I did) (1) |
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Present perfect (I have done) and past simple (I did) (2) |
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Present perfect (I have done) and past simple (I did) (3): adverbs used with these tenses |
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Past continuous (I was doing) and past simple (I did) |
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Present perfect continuous (I have been doing) |
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Present perfect continuous (I have been doing) and present perfect (I have done) |
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Past perfect (I had done) and past simple (I did) |
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Past perfect continuous (I had been doing) and past perfect (I had done) |
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| The future |
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Present continuous (I am doing) for the future and going to |
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Present simple (I do) for the future |
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Future continuous (will be doing) |
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Be to + infinitive (I am to do), future perfect (I will have done), and future perfect continuous (I will have been doing) |
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The future seen from the past (was going to, etc.) |
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| Modals |
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Will and would: willingness, likelihood and certainty |
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Will and would: habits; used to |
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May, might, can and could: possibility (1) |
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May, might, can and could: possibility (2) |
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Can, could, and be able to: ability |
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Need(n't), don't have to and mustn't |
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| Be, have, do, make, etc. |
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Linking verbs: be, appear, seem; become, get, etc. |
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Have and have got; have and take |
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| Passives |
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Forming passive sentences |
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Verb + -ing or to-infinitive: passive forms |
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Reporting with passive verbs |
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| Questions |
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Forming questions; reporting questions |
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Asking and answering negative questions |
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Wh-questions with how, what, which and who |
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| Verbs: infinitives, -ing forms, etc. |
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Verbs with and without objects |
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Verb + to-infinitive or bare infinitive |
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Verb + to-infinitive or -ing? |
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Have/get something done; want something done, etc. |
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| Reporting |
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Reporting people's words and thoughts |
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Reporting statements (1): that-clauses |
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Reporting statements (2): verb tense in that-clauses |
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Reporting statements (3): verb tense in the reporting clause; say and tell; etc. |
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Reporting offers, suggestions, orders, intentions, etc. |
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| Nouns and compounds |
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Countable and uncountable nouns |
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Agreement between subject and verb (1) |
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Agreement between subject and verb (2) |
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The possessive form of nouns (Jane's mother) |
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| Articles |
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The and a/an (1): `the only one' |
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The and a/an (2): `things already known', etc. |
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Some and zero article with plural and uncountable nouns |
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The, zero article and a/an: `things in general' |
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Holidays, times of the day, meals, etc. |
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Some and any; something, somebody, etc. |
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Much (of), many (of), a lot of, lots (of), etc. |
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All (of), the whole (of), both (of) |
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Each (of), every, and all |
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No, none (of), and not any |
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Few, a few (of), little, a little (of), etc. |
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Quantifiers with and without `of' (some/some of; any/any of; etc.) |
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| Relative clauses and other types of clause |
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Relative clauses (1) (The girl who I was talking about.) |
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Relative clauses (2) (Tom, who is only six, can speak three languages.) |
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Relative clauses (3): other relative pronouns |
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Relative clauses (4): prepositions in relative clauses |
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Participle clauses (-ing, -ed and being + -ed) |
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Participle clauses with adverbial meaning |
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| Pronouns, substitution and leaving out words |
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Reflexive pronouns: herself, himself, themselves, etc. |
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One and ones (There's my car -- the green one.) |
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So (I think so; so I hear) |
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Leaving out words after auxiliary verbs |
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Leaving out to-infinitives (She didn't want to (go).) |
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| Adjectives |
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Gradable and ungradable adjectives; position (2) |
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Participle adjectives (the losing ticket; the selected winners) |
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Prepositions after adjectives: afraid of/for, etc. |
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Adjectives + that-clause or to-infinitive |
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Comparison with adjectives (1): -er/more...; enough, sufficiently, too; etc. |
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Comparison with adjectives (2): as...as; so...as to; etc. |
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| Adverbs and conjunctions |
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Adverbs of place, indefinite frequency, and time |
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Degree adverbs: very, too, extremely, quite, etc. |
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Comment adverbs; viewpoint adverbs; focus adverbs |
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Adverbial clauses of time (1): verb tense; before and until; hardly, etc. |
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Adverbial clauses of time (2): as, when and while |
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Giving reasons: as, because, because of, etc.; for and with |
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Purposes and results: in order to, so as to, etc. |
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Contrasts: although and though; even though/if; in spite of and despite |
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Conditional sentences (1): verb tenses |
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Conditional sentences (2) |
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If...not and unless; if and whether, etc. |
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After waiting..., before leaving..., besides owning..., etc. |
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Connecting ideas between and within sentences |
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| Prepositions |
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At, in and on: prepositions of place |
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Across, along, over and through; above, over, below and under |
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Between, among; by, beside, etc. |
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At, in and on: prepositions of time |
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During, for, in, over, and throughout; by and until |
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Except (for), besides, apart from and but for |
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About and on; by and with |
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Prepositions after verbs (1) |
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Prepositions after verbs (2) |
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Prepositions after verbs (3) |
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Two- and three-word verbs: word order |
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| Organising information |
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There is, there was, etc. |
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Focusing: it-clauses and what-clauses |
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| Appendix 1 Passive verb forms |
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| Appendix 2 Quoting what people think or what they have said |
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| Appendix 3 Irregular verbs |
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| Appendix 4 Typical errors and corrections |
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246 | (19) |
| Glossary |
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265 | (4) |
| Additional exercises |
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269 | (11) |
| Study guide |
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280 | (9) |
| Key to exercises |
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289 | (36) |
| Key to Additional exercises |
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325 | (4) |
| Key to Study guide |
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329 | (1) |
| Index |
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