Grammar in Use Intermediate with Answers: Self-study Reference and Practice for Students of English

1 Present continuous (I am doing)......Page 9
2 Present simple (I do)......Page 11
3 Present continuous and present simple (1) (I am doing and I do)......Page 14
4 Present continuous and present simple (2) (I am doing and I do)......Page 16
5 Past simple (I did)......Page 19
6 Past continuous (I was doing)......Page 22
7 Present perfect (1) (I have done)......Page 24
8 Present perfect (2) (I have done)......Page 26
9 Present perfect continuous (I have been doing)......Page 29
10 Present perfect continuous and simple (I have been doing and I have done)......Page 31
11 How long have you (been) ...?......Page 33
12 When ...? and How long ...? For and since......Page 36
13 Present perfect and past (1) (I have done and I did)......Page 38
14 Present perfect and past (2) (I have done and I did)......Page 40
15 Past perfect (I had done)......Page 43
16 Past perfect continuous (I had been doing)......Page 46
17 Have and have got......Page 48
18 Used to (do)......Page 50
19 Present tenses (I am doing/I do) for the future......Page 53
20 (I'm) going to (do)......Page 55
21 Will/shall (1)......Page 58
22 Will/shall (2)......Page 60
23 I will and I'm going to......Page 62
24 Will be doing and will have done......Page 65
Modals......Page 67
26 Can, could and (be) able to......Page 70
27 Could (do) and could have (done)......Page 72
28 Must and can't......Page 75
29 May and might (1)......Page 77
30 May and might (2)......Page 79
31 Must and have to......Page 81
32 Must mustn't needn't......Page 84
33 Should (1)......Page 86
34 Should (2)......Page 88
35 Had better It's time .........Page 91
36 Can/Could/Would you ...? etc. (Requests, offers, permission and invitations)......Page 93
37 If I do ... and If I did .........Page 96
38 If I knew ... I wish I knew .........Page 98
39 If I had known ... I wish I had known .........Page 100
40 Would I wish ... would......Page 102
41 Passive (1) (is done/was done)......Page 105
42 Passive (2) (be/been/being done)......Page 107
43 Passive (3)......Page 109
44 It is said that ... He is said to ... (be) supposed to .........Page 112
45 Have something done......Page 114
46 Reported speech (1) (He said that .........Page 116
47 Reported speech (2)......Page 119
48 Questions (1)......Page 121
49 Questions (2) (Do you know where ...? I She asked me where .........Page 125
50 Auxiliary verbs (have/do/can etc.) I think so I hope so etc.......Page 127
51 Question tags (do you? isn't it? etc.)......Page 130
52 Verb + ~ing (enjoy doing/stop doing etc.)......Page 133
53 Verb + to ... (decide to do/forget to do etc.)......Page 136
54 Verb + (object) + to ... (I want (you) to do etc.)......Page 138
55 Verb + ~ing or to ... (1) (remember/regret etc.)......Page 141
56 Verb + ~ing or to ... (2) (try/need/help)......Page 143
57 Verb + ~ing or to ... (3) (like/would like etc.)......Page 146
58 Prefer and would rather......Page 148
59 Preposition (in/for/about etc.) + ~ing......Page 150
60 Be/get used to something (I'm used to .........Page 153
61 Verb + preposition + ~ing (succeed in ~ing/accuse somebody of ~ing etc.)......Page 155
62 Expressions + ~ing......Page 158
63 To ... for ... and so that ... (purpose)......Page 160
64 Adjective + to .........Page 163
65 To ... (afraid to do) and preposition + ~ing (afraid of ~ing)......Page 166
66 See somebody do and see somebody doing......Page 169
67 ~ing clauses (Feeling tired, I went to bed early.)......Page 171
68 Countable and uncountable nouns (1)......Page 173
69 Countable and uncountable nouns (2)......Page 176
70 Countable nouns with a/an and some......Page 179
71 A/an and the......Page 182
72 The (1)......Page 184
73 The (2) (School/the school)......Page 187
74 The (3) (Children/the children)......Page 189
75 The (4) (The giraffe/the telephone/the piano etc.; the + adjective)......Page 192
76 Names with and without the (1)......Page 195
77 Names with and without the (2)......Page 197
78 Singular and plural......Page 200
79 Noun + noun (a tennis ball/a headache etc.)......Page 202
80 -'s (the girl's name) and of ... (the name of the book)......Page 205
81 A friend of mine My own house On my own/by myself......Page 207
82 Myself/yourself/themselves etc.......Page 210
83 There ... and it .........Page 212
84 Some and any......Page 215
85 No/none/any......Page 217
86 Much, many, little, few, a lot, plenty......Page 220
87 All/all of most/most of no/none of etc.......Page 222
88 Both/both of neither/neither of either/either of......Page 225
89 All, every and whole......Page 227
90 Each and every......Page 230
91 Relative clauses (1)-clauses with who/that/which......Page 232
92 Relative clauses (2)-clauses with or without who/that/which......Page 235
93 Relative clauses (3)-whose/whom/where......Page 237
94 Relative clauses (4)-'extra information' clauses (1)......Page 240
95 Relative clauses (5)-'extra information' clauses (2)......Page 242
96 ~ing and -ed clauses (the woman talking to Tom, the boy injured in the accident)......Page 245
97 Adjectives ending in ~ing and -ed (boring/bored etc.)......Page 247
98 Adjectives: word order (a nice new house) Adjectives after verbs (You look tired)......Page 249
99 Adjectives and adverbs (1) (quick/quickly)......Page 252
100 Adjectives and adverbs (2) (well/fast/late, hard/hardly)......Page 254
101 So and such......Page 257
102 Enough and too......Page 260
103 Quite and rather......Page 262
104 Comparison (1)-cheaper, more expensive etc.......Page 264
105 Comparison (2)......Page 267
106 Comparison (3)-as ... as than......Page 269
107 Superlatives-the longest/the most enjoyable etc.......Page 272
108 Word order (1)-verb + object; place and time......Page 274
109 Word order (2)-adverbs with the verb......Page 276
110 Still, yet and already Any more/any longer no longer......Page 278
111 Even......Page 281
112 Although/though/even though In spite of despite......Page 284
113 In case......Page 286
114 Unless As long as and provided/providing......Page 288
115 As (reason and time)......Page 291
116 Like and as......Page 293
117 As if......Page 296
118 For, during and while......Page 298
119 By and until By the time .........Page 300
120 At/on/in (time)......Page 303
121 On time/in time At the end in the end......Page 305
122 Wat/on (place) (1)......Page 307
123 In/at/on (place) (2)......Page 309
124 In/at/on (place) (3)......Page 312
125 To/at/in/into......Page 314
126 On/in/at (other uses)......Page 316
127 By......Page 319
128 Noun + preposition (reason for, cause of etc.)......Page 321
129 Adjective + preposition (1)......Page 324
130 Adjective + preposition (2)......Page 326
131 Verb + preposition (1) at and to......Page 329
132 Verb + preposition (2) about/for/of/after......Page 331
133 Verb + preposition (3) about and of......Page 333
134 Verb + preposition (4) of/for/from/on......Page 336
135 Verb + preposition (5) in/into/with/to/on......Page 338
136 Phrasal verbs (get up/break down/fill in etc.)......Page 341
Appendix 1 Regular and irregular verbs......Page 343
Appendix 2 Present and past tenses......Page 348
Appendix 3 The future......Page 349
Appendix 4 Modal verbs (can/could/will/would etc.)......Page 351
Appendix 5 Short forms (I'm/you've/didn't etc.)......Page 353
Appendix 6 Spelling......Page 354
Appendix 7 American English......Page 356
Additional exercises......Page 359
Study guide......Page 377
Key to Exercises......Page 386
Key to Additional exercises......Page 493
Key to Study guide......Page 504