Essential Grammar in Use: A Self-Study Reference and Practice Book for Elementary Students of English » (3rd Edition)

An absolute essential for any elementary level student.

Thanks     vii
To the student     viii
To the teacher     x
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
Isit...? 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     243
List of irregular verbs     244
Irregular verbs in groups     245
Short forms (he's / I'd / don't etc.)     246
Spelling     248
Phrasal verbs (take off / give up etc.)     250
Phrasal verbs + object (put out a fire / give up your job etc.)     251
Additional exercises     252
Index     271