Includes an answer key.

Language Level: Beginner (Level 1–3), Intermediate (Level 4–6), Advanced (Level 7–8).

Includes an appendix, glossary and index.

"Canadian Grammar Spectrum is a series of books, each written at the appropriate level for you at each stage in you study of English. The series is intended for your use either in a classroom or when working independently on you own time.

The books are divided into two-page units, each of which covers an important grammar topic. Each unit starts with an explanation of the grammar and is followed by a set of practice exercises. A test at the end of each book gives the opportunity for more practice and enables you to assess how much you have learned. Answers to the exercises and the tests are provided at the back of the book.

You may want to choose the order in which you study the grammar topics, perhaps going first to those which are giving you problems. (Topics are listed in the Contents page at the front of each book and in the Index at the back.) Alternatively, you may choose to start at the beginning of each books and work through to the end."

CONTENTS:

Introduction

Sentences
Linking Verbs
Compound and Complex Sentences

Tenses
Present Perfect, Past Perfect, and Simple Past
The Future

Modal Verbs
Complex Modals
Modals of Prediction, Willingness, Habits, and Preference
Modals of Deduction, Obligation, and Advice

Negatives and Questions
Negatives and Questions
Negative Questions and Question Tags

Negative Words
Question Words
Other Question Types

Passive
Passive with Modals, Infinitives, and Gerunds
Passive with "By"-phrases and "Get"

Nouns and Articles
Possessive and Compound Nouns
Articles and Nouns in Speech

Determiner and Quantifiers
"All" and "both", "half" and "whole", "each" and "every", "either" and "neither"
"Many", "much", and "a lot (of"; "more" and "most"
"(A) few" and "(a) little", "fewer/fewest" and "less/lleast", and Other Quantifiers

Pronouns, Substitutions, and Ellipsis
Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns
Empty Subjects "it" and "there"
Substitution
Ellipsis

Adjectives and Adverbs
Participle Adjectives, Compound Adjectives, and Adjectives as Nouns
Adverbs of Degree, Manner, Viewpoint, and Comment
Equatives, Comparatives, and Superlatives

Prepositions
Prepositions of Movement and Place
Prepositions Used for Connections or Exceptions
Phrasal Verbs

Infinitives and Gerund
Complex Infinitives and Gerunds
Adjectives, Nouns, and Pronouns with Infinitives and Gerunds

Reporting Reporting Statements and Questions
Reporting Orders, Requests, Advice, and Opinions

Noun Clauses Adjectives, the Subjunctive, and "should" with Noun Clauses Uses of Noun Clauses

Relative Clauses
Reduced Relative Clauses
Possessives and Pronouns with Relative Clauses; Prepositions in Relative Clauses
Relative Clauses with "where", "what", "whatever", etc.

Conditionals
Mixed Conditionals; Order and Punctuation in Conditionals
"Only if", "even if", "unless", "whether", "if so", etc.

Adverbial Clauses
Purpose Clauses and Result Clauses
Contrast Clauses and Reduced Adverbial Clauses

Connectors and Focus Structures
Adding and Contrasting Connectors
Result, Time, and Listening Connectors
Focus Structures

Review Test

Appendix: Regular and Irregular Verbs

Glossary

Answer Key

Index

Advanced-level ESL students needing grammar instruction or practice.