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 Adjectives
-ed and -ing adjectivesAdjective order 1Adjective order 2Adjectives that are easily confusedComparative and superlative adjectives
 Adverbs and adverb phrases
Adverbs and adverb phrases 1Adverbs and adverb phrases 2
 Clauses
ClausesClause typesExclamative clausesAdjuncts (adverbials)
 Conditionals
Conditionals: If 1Conditionals: If 2Conditionals: If, as/so long as, in case, suppose, unlessConditionals: formality
 Conjunctions
Conjunctions 1Conjunctions 2Conjunctions 3Conjunctions: contrasting and linkingConjunctions with subordinate clausesCoordinating conjunctions
 Determiners
Determiners: a, anDeterminers: some and anyDeterminers 1Determiners 2Determiners: few, a few, little, a little
 Discourse markers
Discourse markers: actually, right, now, so, okay, fineDiscourse markers: organising what we sayDiscourse markers as responses 1Discourse markers as responses 2Discourse markers that show attitudeDiscourse markers: sounding less directDiscourse markers: interjectionsDiscourse markers: organising and ordering what we say
 Future
Future: Present continuous, will, be going toFuture: Present simple, be about to, be toFuture continuous and future perfectFuture perfect and future perfect continuousFuture in the past
 Hedges and downtoners
Hedges 1Hedges 2Downtoners 1Downtoners 2
 Imperatives
ImperativesDirect and less direct imperativesImperatives: let'sImperatives as offers and invitationsFormal imperativesEmphatic imperatives
 Modal verbs
Modal verbs: can, could, may, might 1Modal verbs: can, could, may, might 2Modal verbs: must, have toModal verbs: needModal verbs: must, have to, have got to, need 1Modal verbs: must, have to, have got to, need 2Modal verbs: willModal verbs: will, shall and wouldModal verbs: would likeModal verbs: would rather
 Modality
Modality: abilityModality: conclusions, certainty and possibility 1Modality: conclusions, certainty and possibility 2Modality: conclusions, certainty and possibility 3Modality: verbs expressing possibilityModality: obligation and necessityModality: tense 1Modality: tense 2
 Nouns
Nouns: forming the plural of nounsNouns only used in the pluralNouns: singular and pluralNouns and prepositionsNoun phrases: complementsNouns: countable and uncountable 1Nouns: countable and uncountable 2Nouns: piece words with uncountable nouns
 Passive
Passive 1Passive 2Passive 3Passive 4
 Past
Past simple (I talked)Past continuous (She was playing)Past simple (He walked) or past continuous (He was walking)?Past simple (They ate) or present perfect (They’ve eaten)? 1Past simple (They ate) or present perfect (They’ve eaten)? 2Past perfect simple (He had seen it before)Past perfect simple or past perfect continuous?
 Possession
Possession: possessive 'sPossession: 's or of ?
 Prepositions
Prepositions 1Prepositions 2Prepositions 3Prepositions with nounsPrepositions with nouns, verbs and adjectives 1Prepositions with nouns, verbs and adjectives 2Prepositions with verbs 1Prepositions with verbs 2
 Present
Present simple (I talk)Present continuous (She’s talking)Present simple or present continuous? 1Present simple or present continuous? 2Present perfect continuous (We’ve been waiting)Present perfect simple or present perfect continuous?
 Pronouns
Personal and possessive pronouns (he, us, them, mine, etc.) 1Personal and possessive pronouns (she, us, his, mine, etc.) 2Pronouns: one, some, noneIndefinite pronouns (everyone, someone, everything, anything, somewhere, etc.)Demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those)
 Questions
Questions 1Questions 2Questions: how and what … like?Question tags 1Question tags 2wh-questions 1wh-questions 2wh-questions 3
 Relative clauses
Relative clauses 1Relative clauses 2
 Speech acts
Speech acts: commands and instructions 1Speech acts: commands and instructions 2Speech acts: offers and invitationsSpeech acts: offersSpeech acts: invitationsSpeech acts: requestsSpeech acts: suggestionsSpeech acts: warnings
 Spelling
Spelling: pluralSpelling: -s forms of verbsSpelling: ie or ei?Spelling: typical errorsSpelling: British and American English
 Spoken and written English: register
Spoken and written English: register 1Spoken and written English: register 2
 Used to and would
Used to and would 1Used to and would 2used to and be used to
 Verbs
Verb typesAuxiliary verbsState and action verbsCompound verbs 1Compound verbs 2Multi-word verbsInfinitivesSubject-verb agreementEveryday verbs: do or make?Everyday verbs: getEveryday verbs: get or go?Everyday verbs: haveEveryday verbs: have got and have, wish and wantEveryday verbs: look at, see or watch?Verb patterns 1Verb patterns 2Verb patterns 3
 Verbs that are easily confused
Verbs that sound similar: lay and lieVerbs that sound similar: raise and riseVerbs that sound similar: wake, wake up, and awakenVerbs that are easily confused: come and goVerbs that are easily confused: do and makeVerbs that are easily confused: fall and fall downVerbs that are easily confused: look, see, watch, hear, and listenVerbs that are easily confused: rob and steal, remind and remember, fit and suitVerbs that are easily confused: say and tellVerbs that are easily confused: used to and be used to
 Word formation
Word formation: prefixesWord formation: suffixesWord formation: compounds
 Words and expressions that are easily confused
Words that are easily confused: all, every, and the wholeWords that are easily confused: already, still and yet 1Words that are easily confused: already, still and yet 2Words that are easily confused: as and likeWords and expressions that are easily confused: each, every, each other or one anotherWords and expressions that are easily confused: first, firstly, last, the end

Acknowledgements

English Grammar Today: Workbook
© 2016 Cambridge University Press

Authors

Ronald Carter
Michael McCarthy
Geraldine Mark
Anne O’Keeffe

Editors, web adaptation

Rosalind Combley
Helen Freeman
Laura Wedgeworth

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