3rd edition. — Pearson Education Ltd., 2008. — 224 p. ISBN 978-1-4058-5300-2.
Grammar
Nouns, pronouns, determiners and articles
Nouns, determiners, articles
Articles
Types of noun
Countable and uncountable nouns
Singular and plural nouns
some, any, no, none, etc
much, many, a lot, etc
both, either, neither, etc
Pronouns
Possessive 's, possessive of, etc
Check 1 Nouns, determiners, articles
Adjectives, adverbs and comparison Adjectives and adverbs
Position and order of adjectives
Adjective or adverb?
Position and order of adverbs
Comparison of adjectives, adverbs and nouns.
Comparative structures
so. that, such. that, too, enough, very
Adverbs of degree: very, absolutely, etc
Sentence adverbs: certainly, clearly, etc
Check 2 Adjectives and adverbs
Tenses Present tenses
Present simple or continuous?
State verbs
Present perfect: ever, never, etc
Present perfect: just, already, yet, etc
Present perfect: for, since
Present perfect simple and continuous
Check 3 Present tenses
Past tenses
Past simple and continuous
Past perfect simple and continuous
used to, would, be/get used to
Check 4 Past tenses
Future forms
Future forms and meanings
Other ways of talking about the future
Future in the past
Check 5 Future forms
Modal verbs
Ability and possibility
Degrees of certainty
Obligation and necessity
Advice, recommendations and criticism
Permission, requests, offers and suggestions
Check 6 Modal verbs
Sentence and text structure Statements and questions
Basic sentence types
Question forms
Question tags and reply questions
Avoiding repetition: so, neither, too, etc.
Exclamations and emphatic forms
Check 7 Statements and questions.
-ing forms and infinitives
Verb + -ing form or infinitive?
Verb + object + -ing form or infinitive?
Other uses of infinitives
Other uses of -ing forms
doing, (to) do, being done, {to) be done, etc.
Check 8 -ing forms and infinitives
Reported speech
Reported statements: tense changes
Reported statements: no tense changes
Reported questions, commands and requests
Reporting verbs
Check 9 Reported speech
Noun clauses
Noun clauses as object
Other uses of noun clauses
Check 10 Noun clauses