Advanced grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English: with answers

Contents......Page 3
To the student......Page 8
1 Present simple(i do) and continous(i am doing) 1......Page 11
2 Present simple(i do) and continous(i am doing) 2......Page 13
3 present perfect(i have done) and past simple(i did) 1......Page 15
4 present perfect(i have done) and past simple(i did) 2......Page 17
5 present perfect(i have done) and past simple(i did) 3......Page 19
6 Past continuous(i was doing) and past simple(i did)......Page 21
7 Present perfect continuous(i have been doing)......Page 23
8 Present perfect continuous(i have been doing) and PP(ihave done)......Page 25
9 Past perfect(i have done) and past simple(i did)......Page 27
10 past perfect continuous(i had been doing) and PP(i had done)......Page 29
11 Will and going to; shall......Page 31
12 Present continuous(i am doing) for the future and going to......Page 33
13 Present simple(i do) for the future......Page 35
14 Future continuous (will be doing)......Page 37
15 Be to+infini(i am to do) FP(i will hv done) FPC(i will hv bn doing)......Page 39
16 The future seen from the past(was going to...)......Page 41
17 Should and ought to......Page 43
18 Will and would: willingness, likehood and certainty......Page 45
19 Will and would: habits; used to......Page 47
20 May, might, can and could: possibility 1......Page 49
21 May, might, can and could: possibility 2......Page 51
22 Can, could and be able to: ability......Page 53
23 Must and have (got) to......Page 55
24 Need(n\'t), don\'t have to and mustn\'t......Page 57
25 permission, offers,......Page 59
26 Linking verbs: Be, Appear, seem, become, get......Page 61
27 Have and have got; have and take......Page 63
28 Do and make......Page 65
29 Forming passive santences......Page 67
30 Using passives......Page 69
31 Verb+-ing or to-infinitive: passive forms......Page 71
32 reporting with passive verbs......Page 73
33 Forming questions; reporting questions......Page 75
34 Asking and answering negative questions......Page 77
35 Wh Questions with how, what, which, and who......Page 79
36 Verbs with and without objects......Page 81
37 Verb+to-infinitive or bare infinitive......Page 83
38 Verb+to-infinitive or -ing......Page 85
39 Verb+-ing......Page 87
40 Verb+what-clause......Page 89
41 Have/get something done......Page 91
42 Verb+two objects......Page 93
43 Reporting people\'s words and thoughts......Page 95
44 Reporting statements 1: that clauses......Page 97
45 Reporting statements 2: Verb tense in That clauses......Page 99
46 Reporting statements 3: Verb tense in The reporting clauses......Page 101
47 Reporting others, suggestions, intensions......Page 103
48 Should in That clauses......Page 105
49 Modal verbs in reporting......Page 107
50 Countable and uncountable nouns......Page 109
51 Agreement between subject and verb 1......Page 111
52 Agreement between subject and verb 2......Page 113
53 The possessive form of nouns......Page 115
54 compound nouns 1......Page 117
55 Compound nouns 2......Page 119
56 A/an and one......Page 121
57 The and a/an 1: The only one......Page 123
58 The and a/an 2: things already known......Page 125
59 Some and zero article with plural and uncountable nouns......Page 127
60 The zero article and a/an: things in general......Page 129
61 The zero article and a/an: people and places......Page 131
62 The zero article and a/an: holidays, times of the day, meals, etc......Page 133
63 Some and any, something, somebody......Page 135
64 Much (of) many (of), a lot of, lots (of)......Page 137
65 All (of), the whole(of), both(of)......Page 139
66 Each(of), every and all......Page 141
67 No, non(of), and not any......Page 143
68 Few, a few(of), little, a little(of)......Page 145
69 Quantiies......Page 147
70 Relative clauses 1......Page 149
71 Relative clauses 2......Page 151
72 Relative clauses 3......Page 153
73 Relative clauses 4......Page 155
74 participle clauses(-ing, -ed and being -ed)......Page 157
75 participle clauses with adverbial meaning......Page 159
76 Reflexive pronouns: herself, himself, themselves......Page 161
77 One and ones......Page 163
78 So (I think so, so, hear)......Page 165
79 Do so, such......Page 167
80 Leaving out words after auxilary verbs......Page 169
81 Leaving out to -infinitives(She didn\'t want to(go))......Page 171
82 Adjectives: position 1......Page 173
83 Adjectives: position 2 (Gradable and ungradable adj)......Page 175
84 Adjectives and adverbs......Page 177
85 Participle adjectives......Page 179
86 Preposistions after adjectives: afraid of/for......Page 181
87 Adjectives _That Clause......Page 183
88 Comparison with adjectives 1......Page 185
89 Comparison with adjectives 2......Page 187
90 position of adverbs......Page 189
91 adverbd of place, indefinite frequency and time......Page 191
92 degree adverbs: very, too, extremely, quite......Page 193
93 comment adverbs; viewpoint adverbs, focus adv......Page 195
94 adverbial clauses of time 1: Verb tense, before and until......Page 197
95 adverbial clauses of time 2: as, when and while......Page 199
96 hiving reasons, as, because, because of......Page 201
97 purposes and results: in order to, so as to......Page 203
98 contrasts: Although though; eventhough/if, in spite of......Page 205
99 conditional sentences 1......Page 207
100 condition sentences 2......Page 209
101 If... not, unless; if and whether......Page 211
102 after waiting, before leaving, besides......Page 213
103 connecting ideas between and within sentences......Page 215
104 At, in and on: preposition of place......Page 217
105 Across, along, over, through, above, below, under......Page 219
106 Between, among; by, beside......Page 221
107 At, in and on, preposistion of time......Page 223
108 During, for, in, over, and throughout; until......Page 225
109 Except(for), beside, apart from and but for......Page 227
110 about and on; by and with......Page 229
111 Prepositions after verbs 1......Page 231
112 Prepositions after verbs 2......Page 233
113 Prepositions after verbs 3......Page 235
114 Two and three words verbs: word order......Page 237
115 there is, there was......Page 239
116 It....1......Page 241
117 It....2......Page 243
118 focusing: It clauses and what clauses......Page 245
119 Inversion 1......Page 247
120 Inversion 2......Page 249
APP1: Passive verb forms......Page 251
APP2: Quoting what people think or what  they have said......Page 252
APP3: Irregular verbs......Page 253
APP4: Typical errors and corrections......Page 255
GLOSSARY......Page 274
Additional exercises......Page 278
KEY TO EXERCISES......Page 298
KEY TO ADDITIONAL EXERCISES......Page 334
INDEX......Page 339