Essential grammar in use :a self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English

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Essential Grammar in Use is available with a promotional bonus extra CD-ROM. The CD-ROM contains: * over 150 interactive grammar questions * instant scoring and feedback * electronic study guides for students to check their level * printable grammar reference pullout panels * introduction to the range of Cambridge Learner's Dictionaries

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• To the student
• To the teacher
• Thanks
• 1 am/is/are
• 2 am/is/are (questions)
• 3 I am doing (present continuous)
• 4 are you doing? (present continuous)
• 5 I do / work / like etc. (present simple)
• 6 I don't ... (present simple negative)
• 7 Do you ...? (present simple questions)
• 8 I am doing and I do (present continuous and present simple)
• 9 I have ... / I've got ...
• 10 was / were
• 11 worked / got / went etc. (past simple)
• 12 I didn't ... Did you ...? (past simple negative and questions)
• 13 I was doing (past continuous)
• 14 I was doing (past continuous) and I did (past simple)
• 15 I have done (present perfect 1)
• 16 I've just ... I've already ... I haven't ... yet (present perfect 2)
• 17 Have you ever ...? (present perfect 3)
• 18 How long have you ...? (present perfect 4)
• 19 for since ago
• 20 I have done (present perfect) and I did (past simple)
• 21 is done / was done (passive 1)
• 22 is being done / has been done (passive 2)
• 23 be/have/do in present and past tenses
• 24 regular and irregular verbs
• 25 I used to ...
• 26 What are you doing tomorrow?
• 27 I'm going to ...
• 28 will/shall (1)
• 29 will/shall (2)
• 30 might
• 31 can and could
• 32 must mustn't needn't
• 33 should
• 34 I have to ...
• 35 Would you like ...? I'd like ...
• 36 there is there are
• 37 there was/were there has/have been there will be
• 38 it ...
• 39 I am / I don't etc.
• 40 Have you? Are you? Don't you? etc.
• 41 too/either so am I / neither do I etc.
• 42 isn't / haven't / don't etc. (negatives)
• 43 is it ...? have you ...? do they ...? etc. (questions 1)
• 44 Who saw you? Who did you see? (questions 2)
• 45 Who is she talking to? What is it like? (questions 3)
• 46 What ...? Which ...? How ...?
• 47 How long does it take ...?
• 48 Do you know where ...? I don't know what ... etc.
• 49 She said that ... / He told me that ...
• 50 work/working go/going do/doing
• 51 to ... (I want to do) and -ing (I enjoy doing)
• 52 I want you to ... / I told you to ...
• 53 I went to the shop to ...
• 54 go to ... / go on ... / go for ... / go -ing
• 55 get
• 56 do and make
• 57 have
• 58 I/me he/him they/them etc.
• 59 my/his/their etc.
• 60 Whose is this? It's mine/yours/hers etc.
• 61 I/me/my/mine
• 62 myself/yourself/themselves etc
• 63 -'s (Ann's camera / my brother's car) etc.
• 64 a/an ... 65 flower(s) bus(es) (singular and plural)
• 66 a car / some money (countable/uncountable 1)
• 67 a car / some money (countable/uncountable 2)
• 68 a/an and the
• 69 the ...
• 70 go to work / go home / go to the cinema
• 71 I like music I hate exams
• 72 the ... (names of places)
• 73 this/that/these/those
• 74 one/ones
• 75 some and any
• 76 not any no none
• 77 not anybody/anyone/anything nobody/no-one/nothing
• 78 somebody/anything/nowhere etc.
• 79 every and all
• 80 all most some any no/none
• 81 both either neither
• 82 a lot much many
• 83 (a) little (a) few
• 84 old/nice/interesting etc. (adjectives)
• 85 quickly/badly/suddenly etc. (adverbs)
• 86 old/older expensive / more expensive
• 87 older than ... more expensive than ...
• 88 not as ... as
• 89 the oldest the most expensive
• 90 enough
• 91 too
• 92 He speaks English very well. (word order 1)
• 93 always/usually/often (word order 2)
• 94 still yet already
• 95 Give me that book! Give it to me!
• 96 at 8 o'clock on Monday in April
• 97 from ... to until since for
• 98 before after during while
• 99 in at on (places 1)
• 100 in at on (places 2)
• 101 to in at (places 3)
• 102 under/behind/opposite etc. (prepositions)
• 103 up/over/through etc. (prepositions)
• 104 on at by with about (prepositions)
• 105 afraid of ... / good at ... etc. preposition + -ing (good at -ing etc.)
• 106 listen to ... / look at ... etc. (verb + preposition)
• 107 go in fall off run away etc. (phrasal verbs 1)
• 108 put on your shoes put your shoes on (phrasal verbs 2)
• 109 and