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Essential Grammar in Use with Answers A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book for Elementary Students of English

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ISBN-10: 0521675804

ISBN-13: 9780521675802

Edition: 3rd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Raymond Murphy

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A fully updated version of the best-selling Essential Grammar in Use, available with a substantial new CD-ROM for additional interactive practice. Essential Grammar in Use Third edition is a fully updated version of the bestselling grammar title. Now in full colour, with new content and even more exercises, this updated edition retains all the key features of clarity and ease-of-use that have made the book so popular with students and teachers. The book is also available with an exciting and substantial brand new CD-ROM which offers a wealth of extra practice material, covering all the language in Essential Grammar in Use Third edition.
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Book details

List price: $40.75
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/25/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 326
Size: 7.68" wide x 10.43" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

Thanks
To the student
To the teacher
Present
Am/is/are
Am/is/are (questions)
I am doing (present continuous)
Are you doing? (present continuous questions)
I do/work/like etc. (present simple)
I don't...(present simple negative)
Do you...? (present simple questions)
I am doing (present continuous) and I do (present simple)
I have...and I've got...
Past
Was/were
Worked/got/went etc. (past simple)
I didn't...Did you...? (past simple negative and questions)
I was doing (past continuous)
I was doing (past continuous) and I did (past simple)
Present perfect
I have done (present perfect 1)
I've just...I've already...I haven't...yet (present perfect 2)
Have you ever...? (present perfect 3)
How long have you...? (present perfect 4)
For since ago
I have done (present perfect) and I did (past)
Passive
Is done was done (passive 1)
Is being done has been done (passive 2)
Verb forms
Be/have/do in present and past tenses
Regular and irregular verbs
Future
What are you doing tomorrow?
I'm going to...
Will/shall 1
Will/shall 2
Modals, imperative etc.
Might
Can and could
Must mustn't don't need to
Should
I have to...
Would you like...? I'd like...
Do this! Don't do that! Let's do this!
I used to...
There and it
There is there are
There was/were there has/have been there will be
It...
Auxiliary verbs
I am, I don't etc.
Have you? Are you? Don't you? etc.
Too/either so am I / neither do I etc.
Isn't, haven't, don't etc. (negatives)
Questions
Is it...? have you...? do they...? etc. (questions 1)
Who saw you? Who did you see? (questions 2)
Who is she talking to? What is it like? (questions 3)
What...? Which...? How...? (questions 4)
How long does it take...?
Do you know where...? I don't know what...etc.
Reported speech
She said that...He told me that...
-ing and to...
Work/working go/going do/doing
To...(I want to do) and -ing (I enjoy doing)
I want you to...I told you to...
I went to the shop to...
Go, get, do, make and have
Go to...go on...go for...go -ing
Get
Do and make
Have
Pronouns and possessives
I/me he/him they/them etc.
My/his/their etc.
Whose is this? It's mine/yours/hers etc.
I/me/my/mine
Myself/yourself/themselves etc.
-'s (Kate's camera / my brother's car etc.)
A and the
A/an...
Train(s) bus(es) (singular and plural)
A bottle / some water (countable/uncountable 1)
A cake / some cake / some cakes (countable/uncountable 2)
A/an and the
The...
Go to work go home go to the cinema
I like music I hate exams
The...(names of places)
Determiners and pronouns
This/that/these/those
One/ones
Some and any
Not + any no none
Not + anybody/anyone/anything nobody/no-one/nothing
Somebody/anything/nowhere etc.
Every and all
All most some any no/none
Both either neither
A lot much many
(a) little (a) few
Adjectives and adverbs
Old/nice/interesting etc. (adjectives)
Quickly/badly/suddenly etc. (adverbs)
Old/older expensive / more expensive
Older than...more expensive than...
Not as...as
The oldest the most expensive
Enough
Too
Word order
He speaks English very well. (word order 1)
Always/usually/often etc. (word order 2)
Still yet already
Give me that book! Give it to me!
Conjunctions and clauses
And but or so because
When...
If we go...If you see...etc.
If I had...If we went...etc.
A person who...a thing that/which...(relative clauses 1)
The people we met the hotel you stayed at (relative clauses 2)
Prepositions
At 8 o'clock on Monday in April
From...to until since for
Before after during while
In at on (places 1)
In at on (places 2)
To in at (places 3)
Under, behind, opposite etc.
Up, over, through etc.
On at by with about
Afraid of..., good at...etc. of/at/for etc. (prepositions) + -ing
Listen to..., look at...etc. (verb + preposition)
Phrasal verbs
Go in, fall off, run away etc. (phrasal verbs 1)
Put on your shoes put your shoes on (phrasal verbs 2)
Appendices
Active and passive
List of irregular verbs
Irregular verbs in groups
Short forms (he's / I'd / don't etc.)
Spelling
Phrasal verbs (take off / give up etc.)
Phrasal verbs + object (put out a fire / give up your job etc.)
Additional exercises
Study guide
Key to Exercises
Key to Additional exercises
Key to Study guide
Index