Oxford Practice Grammar: With answers and CD-ROM

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Info......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Introduction......Page 7
Key to symbols......Page 8
Starting test......Page 9
1. Word classes: nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc......Page 11
2. Sentence structure: subject, verb, object, etc......Page 13
3 Direct and indirect objects......Page 15
4 The present continuous......Page 17
4 The present simple......Page 19
5 Present continuous or simple?......Page 21
7 State verbs and action verbs......Page 23
Test 1 Present tenses (Units 4-7)......Page 25
8 The past simple......Page 27
9 The past continuous......Page 29
10 Past continuous or simple?......Page 31
Test 2 Past simple and past continuous (Units 8-10)......Page 33
11 The present perfect (1)......Page 35
12 The present perfect (2): just, already, yet; for and since......Page 37
13 The present perfect (3): ever, this week, etc......Page 39
14 Present perfect or past simple? (1)......Page 41
15 Present perfect or past simple? (2)......Page 43
Test 3 Present perfect and past simple (Units 11-15)......Page 45
16 The present perfect continuous......Page 47
17 Present perfect continuous or simple?......Page 49
18 The past perfect......Page 51
19 Review of the past simple, continuous and perfect......Page 53
20 The past perfect continuous......Page 55
TEST 4 Past and perfect tenses (Units 16-20)......Page 57
21 Review of present and past tenses......Page 59
TEST 5 Present and past tenses (Unit 21)......Page 63
22 Introduction to the future......Page 65
23 Will and shall......Page 67
24 Be going to......Page 69
25 Will and be going to......Page 71
26 Present tenses for the future......Page 73
27 When I get there, before you leave, etc......Page 75
TEST 6 The future with will, be going to and present tenses (Units 23-27)......Page 77
28 Will be doing......Page 79
29 Will have done and was going to......Page 81
30 Review of the future......Page 83
Test 7 The future (Units 23-30)......Page 85
31 The verb have......Page 87
32 Short forms, e.g. it's, don't......Page 89
33 Emphatic do......Page 91
34 Yes/no questions......Page 93
35 Short answers, e.g. Yes, it is.......Page 95
36 Wh- questions......Page 97
37 Subject/object questions......Page 99
38 Prepositions in wh-questions......Page 101
39 Who, what or which?......Page 103
TEST 8 Questions (Units 34-39)......Page 105
40 Negative statements......Page 107
41 Negative questions......Page 109
42 Question tags, e.g. isn't it?......Page 111
43 So/Neither do I and I think so......Page 113
TEST 9 Questions, negatives and answers (Units 34-43)......Page 115
44 Ability: can, could and be able to......Page 117
45 Permission: can, may, could and be allowed to......Page 119
46 Possibility and certainty: may, might, could, must, etc......Page 121
47 Necessity: must and have to......Page 123
48 Necessity: mustn't, needn't, etc......Page 125
49 Should, ought to, had better and be supposed to......Page 127
50 Asking people to do things......Page 129
51 Suggestions, offers and invitations......Page 131
52 Will, would, shall and should......Page 133
53 It may/could/must have been, etc......Page 135
Modal verbs (Units 44-53)......Page 137
54 Passive verb forms......Page 139
55 Active and passive (1)......Page 141
56 Active and passive (2)......Page 143
57 Special passive structures......Page 145
58 Have something done......Page 147
59 To be done and being done......Page 149
The passive (Units 54-59)......Page 151
60 Verb + to-infinitive......Page 153
61 Verb + ing-form......Page 155
62 Verb + to-infinitive or verb + ing-form?......Page 157
63 Like, start, etc......Page 159
64 Remember, regret, try, etc......Page 161
TEST 12 Verb + to-infinitive or ing-form (Units 60-64)......Page 163
65 Verb + object + to-infinitive or ing-form......Page 165
66 Question word + to-infinitive......Page 167
67 Adjective + to-infinitive......Page 169
68 For with the to-infinitive......Page 171
69 The infinitive with and without to......Page 173
70 Verb/Adjective + preposition + ing-form......Page 175
71 Afraid to do or afraid of doing?......Page 177
72 Used to do and be used to doing......Page 179
73 Preposition or linking word + ing-form......Page 181
74 See it happen or see it happening?......Page 183
75 Some structures with the ing-form......Page 185
TEST 13 The infinitive and the ing-form (Units 65-75)......Page 187
76 Ship and water: countable and uncountable nouns......Page 189
77 A carton of milk, a piece of information, etc......Page 191
78 Nouns that can be countable or uncountable......Page 193
79 Agreemen......Page 195
80 Singular or plural?......Page 197
81 Pair nouns and group nouns......Page 199
82 Two nouns together......Page 201
TEST 14 Nouns and agreement (Units 76-82)......Page 203
83 A/an and the (1)......Page 205
84 A/an and the (2)......Page 207
85 A/an, one and some......Page 209
86 Cars or the cars?......Page 211
87 Prison, school, bed, etc......Page 213
88 On Friday, for lunch, etc......Page 215
89 Quite a, such a, what a, etc......Page 217
90 Place names and the......Page 219
TEST 15 A/an and the (Units 83-90)......Page 223
91 This, that, these and those......Page 225
92 My, your, etc and mine, yours, etc......Page 227
93 The possessive form and of......Page 229
94 Some and any......Page 231
95 A lot of, lots of, many, much, (a) few and (a) little......Page 233
96 All, half, most, some, no and none......Page 235
97 Every, each, whole, both, either and neither......Page 237
TEST 16 This, my, some, a lot of, all, etc (Units 91-97)......Page 239
98 Personal pronouns, e.g. I, you......Page 241
99 There and it......Page 243
100 Reflexive pronouns......Page 245
101 Emphatic pronouns and each other......Page 247
102 The pronoun one/ones......Page 249
103 Everyone, something, etc......Page 251
TEST 17 Pronouns (Units 98-103)......Page 253
104 Adjectives......Page 255
105 The order of adjectives......Page 257
106 The old, the rich, etc......Page 259
107 Interesting and interested......Page 261
108 Adjective or adverb? (1)......Page 263
109 Adjective or adverb? (2)......Page 265
Test 18 Adjectives and adverbs (Units 104-109)......Page 267
110 Comparative and superlative forms......Page 269
111 Comparative and superlative patterns (1)......Page 273
112 Comparative and superlative patterns (2)......Page 275
TEST 19 Comparative and superlative (Units 110-112)......Page 277
113 Adverbs and word order......Page 279
114 Yet, still and already......Page 283
115 Adverbs of degree, e.g. very, quite......Page 285
116 Quite and rather......Page 287
117 Too and enough......Page 289
TEST 20 Adverbs and word order (Units 113-117)......Page 291
118 Prepositions of place......Page 293
119 In, on and at (place)......Page 297
120 In, on and at (time)......Page 299
121 For, since, ago and before......Page 301
123 Preposition + noun, e.g. on holiday......Page 305
124 Noun + preposition, e.g. trouble with......Page 307
125 Adjective + preposition, e.g. proud of......Page 309
TEST 21 Prepositions (Units 118-125)......Page 311
126 Prepositional verbs, e.g. wait for......Page 313
127 Verb + object + preposition......Page 315
128 Phrasal verbs (1)......Page 317
129 Phrasal verbs (2)......Page 319
130 Phrasal verbs (3)......Page 321
131 Verb + adverb + preposition......Page 323
TEST 22 Verbs with prepositions and adverbs (Units 126-131)......Page 325
132 Direct speech and reported speech......Page 327
133 Reported speech: person, place and time......Page 329
134 Reported speech: the tense change......Page 331
135 Reported questions......Page 333
136 Reported requests, offers, etc......Page 335
TEST 23 Reported speech (Units 132-136)......Page 337
137 Relative clauses with who, which and that......Page 339
138 The relative pronoun as object......Page 341
139 Prepositions in relative clauses......Page 343
140 Relative structures with whose, what and it......Page 345
141 The use of relative clauses......Page 347
142 Relative pronouns and relative adverbs......Page 349
143 Relative clauses: participle and to-infinitive......Page 351
TEST 24 Relative clauses (Units 137-143)......Page 353
144 Conditionals (1)......Page 355
145 Conditionals (2)......Page 357
146 Conditionals (3)......Page 359
147 Review of conditionals......Page 361
148 If, when, unless and in case......Page 363
149 Wish and if only......Page 365
TEST 25 Conditionals and wish (Units 144-149)......Page 367
150 But, although and in spite of......Page 369
151 To, in order to, so that and for......Page 371
152 Review of linking words......Page 373
152 Exercises......Page 374
153 Links across sentences......Page 375
Appendix 1. Word formation......Page 377
Appendix 2: The spelling of endings......Page 379
Appendix 3: Punctuation......Page 381
Appendix 5: American English......Page 383
Appendix 6: Irregular verbs......Page 389
Key to the starting test......Page 391
Key to the exercises......Page 392
Key to the tests......Page 420
Back Page......Page 431