Includes index.

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New in this edition revised syllabus linked to the Council of Europe framework vocabulary sections, including phrasal verbs and word formation regular checks to review understanding and progress further practice, Checks and tests on the interactive CD-ROM useful appendices, including spelling rules, verb patterns, lists of dependent prepositions and phrasal verbs'' (Book Cover)

CONTENTS

GRAMMAR

Nouns, pronouns and determiners

NOUNS AND DETERMINERS

1. book, books -- Singular and plural nouns

2. a banana, an orange -- Indefinite article

3. a DVD, the DVD -- Definite and indefinite article (1)

4. a glass, water -- countable and uncountable nouns

5. a/ an, some, any, no

6. a bar of chocolate, a loaf of bread -- counting uncountable nouns

7. many, much, more

8. a few, a little, a lot of / lots of

9. all, very

Check 1. Nouns and determiners

PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVES

10. I, me -- subject and object pronouns

11. my, your -- Possessive adjectives

12. Sarah's bag -- Possessive's (1)

13. the end of the road, the car keys -- Other possessives

14. mine, yours -- Possessive pronouns

15. this, that, these, those -- Demonstrative pronouns

16. It's Tom's -- Possessive's (2)

17. one, ones

18. something, everything -- Indefinite pronouns (1)

19. anything, nothing -- Indefinite pronouns (2)

Check 2 Pronouns and possessives

ARTICLES

20. a shirt, the shirt -- Definite and indefinite article (2)

21. a shop, the post office -- Definite and indefinite articles (3)

22. a good book, the piano, tennis -- Definite, indefinite and zero article

Check 3 Articles

Adjectives and Adverbs

ADJECTIVES

23. small, expensive -- Adjectives

24. smaller than, more expensive than -- Comparative adjectives

25. the smallest, the most expensive -- Superlative adjectives

26. smaller than, the smallest -- Comparative and superlative adjectives

27. a nice blue shirt -- Order of adjectives

ADVERBS

28. Slow, slowly -- Adverbs of manner

29. more slowly, the most slowly -- Comparative and superlative adverbs

30. too small, not big enough -- too and enough

31. always, never -- Adverbs of frequency

Check 4 Adjectives and adverbs

Tenses

PRESENT TENSES

32. I'm Sam -- Present simple of be

33. I've got a computer -- Present simple of have (got)

34. I live here -- Present simple: affirmative

35. I don't live here -- Present simple: negative

36. Do you live here? -- Present simple: questions

Check 5 Present simple

37. I'm going home -- Present continuous: affirmative

38. She isn't going home / Is she sleeping? -- Present continuous: negative and questions

39. he goes / he's going -- Present simple or present continuous

Check 6 Present simple or present continuous

PAST TENSES

40. I was late -- Past simple of be

41. I walked to the station -- Past simple: affirmative, regular verbs

42. We went to town -- Past simple: affirmative, irregular verbs

43. I didn't see it. Did you see it? -- Past simple: negative and questions

44. last night, two days ago -- Past simple: time expressions

Check 7 Past simple

45. I was watching TV at six -- Past continuous

46. I was going home when you rang -- Past continuous and past simple

Check 8 past continuous and past simple

PERFECT TENSES

47. I've forgotten his name -- Present perfect: form and use

48. I've already told her -- Present perfect with yet, just, already

50. I've known Jack for six months -- Present perfect with for, since

51. He's gone to town. / He went to town yesterday. -- Present perfect and past simple

Check 9 Present perfect

FUTURE FORMS

52. I'm going to stay home. be going to

53. I'll come with you. will

54. I'm going to stay / I'll stay -- be going to and will

55. I'm leaving at six -- Present continuous for future

56. The train leaves at ten -- Present simple for future

Check 10 Future forms

MODAL VERBS

57. I can play the guitar -- Ability in the present

58. I could see when I was five -- Ability in the past

59. Can I use the car? -- Permission

60. We must go -- Obligation, prohibition

61. I have to go -- Necessity

Check 11 Modal verbs (1)

62. Can/Could you help me? Requests

63. I'll help you / Shall I help you? -- Offers

64. Let's go to the beach -- Suggestions

65. You should stay -- Advice

66. She may / might be at home -- Possibility

Check 12 Modal verbs

Sentence and Text Structure

STATEMENTS

67. I like it. It's nice -- Word order in statements

I gave Joe a book / I gave a book to Joe -- Direct and indirect objects

69. Wait here. Don't go -- The imperative

70. There's a CD near the computer. There is/are

71. It's raining -- Uses of it

Check 13 Statements

QUESTIONS

72. Are you leaving? Yes/no questions

73. When are you leaving? Wh-questions (1)

74. Who did you phone? Wh-questions (2)

75. What's he like? be like

Check 14 Questions

-ING FORMS AND INFINITIVES

76. Dancing is fun -- -ing forms as subjects of sentences

77. I like dancing -- Verbs followed by -ing form

78. I want to go home -- Verbs followed by to-infinitive

79. I'd like to play / i like playing -- would like + to-infinitive, like+-ing form.

80. I went there to get a book -- Infinitive of purposes

Check 15 -ing forms and infinitives

THAT CLAUSES

81. I think that..., I'm sure that...--Verb /adjective + that clause

RELATIVE CLAUSES

82. The man who lives next door -- Defining relative clauses

83. the boy by the door -- Identifying people and things

LINKING WORDS AND STRUCTURES

84. and, but, or, because, so -- Sentence linking

85. first, next, then, after that, finally -- Sequencing

CONDITIONAL AND TIME CLAUSES

86. If I see her, I'll tell her -- The first conditional

87. I'll tell her when I see her -- Future time clauses

Check 16 Clauses

Vocabulary

PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS

88. at the door, in the kitchen, on the table -- Prepositions of place (1)

89. in front of the lamp, next to the phone -- Prepositions of place (2)

90. from the bus stop to the cinema -- Prepositions of movement

91. on monday, in the morning, during the play, after lunch -- Prepositions of time (2)

Check 17 Prepositions of place, movement and time

93. at home, in bed -- Prepositions + noun

94. interested in, good at -- Adjective + prepositions

95. get on, sit down, look out -- Phrasal verbs

Check 18 Prepositions and phrasal verbs

WORD FORMATION

96. interested, interesting -- Adjectives ending in -ed and -ing

97. dirty, comfortable, careful -- Adjective suffixes

98. uncomfortable, impossible -- Negative prefixes

99. a flower shop, a sports centre -- Compound nouns

Check 19 Word formation

Appendices

Index

Answer key