Cobuild : elementary english grammar & practice /

Cycle 1. - Am/is/are. - Present continuous. - Present simple. - Do/does and have/has in questions and negatives. - Present perfect (1). - Present perfect (2). - Was/were. - Past simple. - Past continuous. - Past perfect. - Present tenses used for the future. - Will and going to. - There. - What...?. - Wh-questions. - Count nouns. - Singular, plural and collective nouns. - Uncount nouns. - A/an/some. - The. - Other uses of the. - Possessives. - Demonstrative adjectives. - Personal pronouns. - This, that, these, those, one, ones. - Possessive pronouns. - Adverbials of time. - Adverbials of probability and degree. - Adverbials of duration. - in/on/at (time). - Review: Cycle 1 - Units 1-30. - Cycle 2. - May/might (possibility). - Can/could/be able to (possibility and ability). - Can/could/will/would (offers and requests). - Would like/want (wants and wishes). - Have to/have got to/must/ mustn't (obligation). - Should/ought/had better (advice). - Impersonal it. - Verbs with two objects. - Make and do. - Uncount nouns (2). - Quantifiers (1) - patterns with of. - Quantifiers (2). - Quantifiers (3) - few; a few; any. - Nouns to describe other nouns. - Expressions of place. - Expressions of time. - Adverbs of manner. - At/in (place). - Prepositions with forms of transport. - Review: Cycle 2 - Units 31-49. - General review A:Cycles 1 and 2. - Cycle 3. - Should/ought/must/can't (probability). - Can/could/may/need (requests and permission). - Likes/Dislikes/invitations. - Saying and thinking (+ object) + to – Infinitive. - Make/let/help + bare Infinitive. - Verbs of perception + object + infinitive/-ing. - Delexical verbs (give/take/ have/go). - Phrasal verbs. - Phrasal verbs 2. - Verbs with prepositions. - Reflexives. - ing and -ed adjectives. - Indefinite pronouns. - Comparatives. - The -est; than, as...as. - So/such. - Review: Cycle 3. - Units 50-65. - General review B: Cycle 1. - General review C: Cycle 2. - General review D: Cycle 3. - Cycle 4. - Verbs not used in continuous tenses. - The passive. - Reporting the past. - Short answers. - Question tags. - Too/either/so/neither. - Defining relative clauses. - Adjectives with to clauses. - Too/enough. - Present tenses with if, when etc. - Past tense with wish and if. - Purpose and reason. - Result. - Contrast and comparison. - Describing clauses. - Review: Cycle 4 - Units 66-80. - General review E. - Spelling. - Pronunciation. - Numbers. - Numbers Practice. - Letters. - Regular Verb Tenses. - Nouns and Countability. - Position and Order of Adjectives. - Prepositions: in, on, at. - British and American English. - Prefixes and Suffixes. - Glossary of Grammar Terms. - Index.

"Collins COBUILD Elementary English Grammar & Practice is a reference and practice book for pre-intermediate learners of English. Suitable for study at home and in the classroom, it covers all the grammar points needed for a firm foundation for future learning.

All of the most important English grammar points explained in clear and simple language, with warning notes to help you avoid potential problems

- Two-page units with grammar explanations on left-hand pages and exercises on the right

- Extra exercises at the back of the book help you put grammar into practice

- Hundreds of examples from the Collins Corpus show how the grammar points work in real English

- Illustrations help explain key grammar points"

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