TY - BOOK AU - Hewings,Martin TI - Advanced grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers SN - 0521614031 AV - PE1112 .H47 2005 U1 - 428.2 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Cambridge, England, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - English language KW - Grammar KW - Problems, exercises, etc N1 - Includes index; Accompanied by: 1 computer disc (CD-ROM); Tenses --; 1; Present continuous and present simple (1) --; 2; Present continuous and present simple (2) --; 3; Past simple and present perfect --; 4; Past continuous and past simple --; 5; Past perfect and past simple --; 6; Present perfect continuous and present perfect --; 7; Past perfect continuous, past perfect and past continuous --; 8; Present and past time: review --; The future --; 9; Will and be going to --; 10; Present simple and present continuous for the future --; 11; Future continuous and future perfect (continuous) --; 12; Be to + infinitive --; 13; Other ways of talking about the future --; 14; The future seen from the past --; Modals and semi-modals --; 15; Can, could, be able to and be allowed to --; 16; Will, would and used to --; 17; May and might: possibility --; 18; Must and have (got) to --; 19; Need(n't), don't need to and don't have to --; 20; Should, ought to and had better --; Linking verbs, passives, questions --; 21; Linking verbs: be, appear, seem --; become, get, etc --; 22; Forming passive sentences (1) --; 23; Forming passive sentences (2): verb + -ing or to-infinitive --; 24; Using passives --; 25; Reporting with passive verbs --; It is said that --; 26; Wh-questions with who, whom, which, how and whose --; 27; Negative questions --; echo questions --; questions with that-clauses --; Verb complementation: what follows verbs --; 28; Verbs, objects and complements --; 29; Verb + two objects --; 30; Verb + -ing forms and infinitives (1) --; 31; Verb + -ing forms and infinitives (2) --; Reporting --; 32; Reporting people's words and thoughts --; 33; Reporting statements: that-clauses --; 34; Verb + wh-clause --; 35; Tense choice in reporting --; 36; Reporting offers, suggestions, orders, intentions, etc --; 37; Modal verbs in reporting --; 38; Reporting what people say using nouns and adjectives --; 39; Should in that-clauses --; the present subjunctive --; Nouns --; 40; Agreement between subject and verb (1) --; 41; Agreement between subject and verb (2) --; 42; Agreement between subject and verb (3) --; 43; Compound nouns and noun phrases --; Articles, determiners and quantifiers --; 44; A /an and one --; 45; A /an, the and zero article (1) --; 46; A /an, the and zero article (2) --; 47; A /an, the and zero article (3) --; 48; Some and any --; 49; No, none (of) and not any --; 50; Much (of), many (of) a lot of, lots (of), etc --; 51; All (of), whole, every, each --; 52; Few, little, less, fewer --; Relative clauses and other types of clause --; 53; Relative pronouns --; 54; Other relative words: whose, when, whereby, etc --; 55; Prepositions in relative clauses --; 56; Other ways of adding information to noun phrases (1): additional noun phrases, etc --; 57; Other ways of adding information to noun phrases (2): prepositional phrases, etc --; 58; Participle clauses with adverbial meaning (1) --; 59; Participle clauses with adverbial meaning (2) --; Pronouns, substitution and leaving out words --; 60; Reflexive pronouns: herself, himself, themselves, etc --; 61; One and ones --; 62; So and not as substitutes for clauses, etc --; 63; Do so --; such --; 64; More on leaving out words after auxiliary verbs --; 65; Leaving out to-infinitives --; Adjectives and adverbs --; 66; Position of adjectives --; 67; Gradable and non-gradable adjectives (1) --; 68; Gradable and non-gradable adjectives (2) --; 69; Participle adjectives and compound adjectives --; 70; Adjectives + to-infinitive, -ing, that-clause, wh-clause --; 71; Adjectives and adverbs --; 72; Adjectives and adverbs: comparative and superlative forms --; 73; Comparative phrases and clauses --; 74; Position of adverbs (1) --; 75; Position of adverbs (2) --; 76; Adverbs of place, direction, indefinite frequency, and time --; 77; Degree adverbs and focus adverbs --; 78; Comment adverbs and viewpoint adverbs --; Adverbial clauses and conjunctions --; 79; Adverbial clauses of time --; 80; Giving reasons: as, because, etc --; for and with --; 81; Purposes and results: in order to, so as to, etc --; 82; Contrasts: although and though --; even though /if --; while, whilst and whereas --; 83; If (1) --; 84; If (2) --; 85; If I were you --; imagine he were to win --; 86; If.not and unless --; if and whether --; etc --; 87; Connecting ideas in a sentence and between sentences --; Prepositions --; 88; Prepositions of position and movement --; 89; Between and among --; 90; Prepositions of time --; 91; Talking about exceptions --; 92; Prepositions after verbs --; 93; Prepositions after nouns --; 94; Two- and three-word verbs: word order --; Organising information --; 95; There is, there was, etc --; 96; It. (1) --; 97; It. (2) --; 98; Focusing: it-clauses and what-clauses --; 99; Inversion (1) --; 100; Inversion (2) --; Grammar review --; Glossary --; Appendix 1; Passive verb forms --; Appendix 2; Basic question forms --; Appendix 3; Quoting what people think or what they have said --; Appendix 4; Irregular verbs N2 - "A fully updated version of the highly successful Advanced Grammar in Use - extra practice is also available on a new interactive CD-ROM to accompany the book. Advanced Grammar in Use Second edition is a fully updated version of the highly successful grammar title. This new revised edition focuses specifically on the complexities of grammatical choices that advanced students need to appreciate. It also includes a comprehensive Basic Grammar Reference so students can easily review their understanding of language areas they have previously studied."--Publisher's website ER -