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Me CTeyoye Grammar Book WITH ANSWERS AY |=," Grammeambiaekee DOOKTe! elementary to lower-imtermediate students of English OXFORD list of units SECTION 1 be and have pages 1-12 grammar summary and pre-test be 1am happy today. Are we late? be: past Where were you? 1 was in Glasgow. be: future The bus will be full there is There’s a dog in the garden. have with do do you have? I don’t have have without do: have got Have you got a cat? have: actions He's having a shower. test yourself be and have SECTION 2. present tenses grammar summary and pre-test simple present affirmative | work; you work; she works simple present: use | work in a bank. simple present questions Do you remember me? simple present negatives {don't know. She doesn't ski. simple present: revision Present progressive: forms I’m reading; 1'm not working. present progressive: use 1'm (not) working today. present progressive questions Is it raining? present progressive: revision the two present tenses: the difference non-progressive verbs I don’t understand. test yourself present tenses SECTION 3 talking about the future pages 31-40 grammar summary and pre-test going to Look - it’s going to rain present progressive What ore you doing this evening? the wiltfuture: forms | will work. They won't come. will: predicting 1 think it will rain tomorrow. will. deciding, refusing, promising Il answer it. 10 n 12 pages 13-30 3 14 1s 16-17 18-19 20 2 22-23 24 25 26-27 28-29 30 31 32-33 34 35 36 37 which future? will, going to or present progressive? simple present for future Our train leaves at 8.10. test yourself future SECTION 4 past tenses pages 41-50 grammar summary and pre-test simple past: forms I worked. | did not work. simple past questions Did she pay? What did she say? questions without did Who phoned? What happened? simple past: use _{ left school in 1990. simple past: revision past progressive What were you doing at 8.00? simple past or past progressive? I walked / 1 was walking test yourself past tenses SECTION 5 _ perfect tenses grammar summary and pre-test present perfect: forms | have paid. Has she forgotten? finished actions: present perfect or simple past? Present perfect: news We've found oil in the garden! present perfect and simple past: news and details up to now (1) How much? How often? already, yet and just up to now (2) ve been here since Tuesday. up to now (3): present perfect progressive present perfect or present perfect progressive? simple past and present perfect: summary present perfect and simple past: revision exercises past perfect It had already begun when we arrived. test yourself perfect tenses LIST OF UNITS 38 39 40 41 42-43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 pages 51-70 31 52-53 34-55 56 37 58-59 60 61 62-63 65 66-67 68-69 70 SECTION 6 modal verbs pages 71-92 grammar summary and pre-test a modal verbs: introduction can, must, should etc 72 must You must be home by eleven. Must you go? 73 mustn't and needn't We mustn't wake the baby. 74 have to Do you have to teach small children? 75 had to, will have to | didn’t have to pay. 76 should What should | tell john? 77 can and could He can play the piano, She couldn't write. 78-79 may and might It may snow. I might have a cold. 80-81 must/can’t: certainty She must be in. He can't be hungry. a2 can and could: requests Can you lend me a stamp? B3 can, could and may: permission Can fuse the phone? 84-85 shall in questions What shall we do? 86 had better You'd better take your umbrella. 87 would Would you like a drink? I'd like to be taller. 88 used to. used to play the piano. 89 perfect modal verbs I should have studied harder. 90-91 test yourself modal verbs 92 SECTION 7 passives pages 93-104 grammar summary and pre-test. 93 passives: introduction English is spoken in Australia. 94 simple present passive We are woken by the birds. 95 future passive Tomorrow your bicycle will be stolen. 96 simple past passive 1 was stopped by a policeman. 7 present progressive passive It's being cleaned. 98 present perfect passive The house has been sold. 99 verbs with two objects We were given a week. 100 by with passives Who was it made by? 101 passive or active? which tense? 102-103 test yourself passives 104 x LIST OF UNITS. SECTION 8 questions and negatives pages 105-116 grammar summary and pre-test 105 yes/no questions 1s the taxi here? Do I need a visa? 106-7 question words When will you see her? 108-9. question-word subjects Who phoned? What happened? 110-111 negatives Dogs can't fly. I don’t know why. 112-113 negatives with nobody, never etc Nobody loves me. 4 negative questions Aren't you well? us test yourself questions and negatives 116 SECTION 9 _infinitives and -ing forms pages 117-134 grammar summary and pre-test 7 infinitives: using tof want to go. Must you go? 18 infinitives of purpose She went to Paris to study music. ng verb + infinitive I hope to be an airline pilot. 120-121 verb + object + infinitive He wants me to cook. 122-123 adjective + infinitive glad to find you at home 124-125 adjectives with enough/too + infinitive to0 tired to sing 126 some letters to write; nothing to eat 127 it with infinitive subjects It's nice to be here with you. 128 -ing forms as subjects Smoking is bad for you. 129 verb + ...ing 1 can't help feeling unhappy. 130-131 preposition + ...ing Thank you for coming. 132-133 test yourself _infinitives and -ing forms 134 SECTION 10 special structures with verbs pages 135-144 grammar summary and pre-test 135, verbs with prepositions Wit for me. 136 prepositions in questions Who did you go with? 137 phrasal verbs Come in, take off your coat and sit down. 138-139

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