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Advanced grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English / Martin Hewings

By: Hewings, MartinPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999Description: ix, 340 p. : ill. 25 cm001: 7956ISBN: 0521498686Subject(s): English language - grammarDDC classification: 415 HEW
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Advanced Grammar in Use contains 120 units of grammar explanation and practice exercises. It provides coverage of those language areas advanced-level students will find most rewarding to study. It retains the clarity of presentation of other books in the 'in Use' family. Two-page units present grammar explanation and examples, including typical student mistakes, on left-hand pages, and useful and varied practice on right-hand pages. Extra practice exercises at the back provide further challenging and contrastive practice of grammar points from different units. A study guide helps students find those areas most appropriate for their study. Grammar areas are cross-referenced throughout. There are useful appendices dealing with verb forms, and a glossary and all answers are given at the back.

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With answers

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 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)

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