City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library

Collins work on your grammar

eng

illustrations

no index present

Advanced (C1), CEF Level C1, Suitable for self-study and classroom use

non fiction

Collins work on your grammar

Work on your grammar

This is a new practice book that covers the key grammar points needed by learners of English at Advanced level (CEF level C1). This book is an essential resource for learners who want to improve their English grammar. Each of the 30 units presents a different area of grammar using clear language and examples

Machine generated contents note: I'm a student: how can I use this book? -- Study tips -- I want to improve my grammar -- I'm a teacher: how can I use this book with my classes? -- Lesson plan -- 1.Adjectives (1) -- Using prepositions to change the meanings of adjectives -- 2.Adjectives (2) -- Using adjectives before and after nouns -- 3.Adjectives (3) -- Forming adjectives from participles (adjective/noun/adverb + -ing / -ed participle) -- 4.Adjectives and adverbs -- Adjectives and adverbs with different forms and meanings -- 5.Possessive adjectives -- Using possessive adjectives and pronouns before -ing participles -- 6.Those + Participle Adjectives -- Using -ing and -ed adjectives with those, and in relative clauses -- 7.Relative clauses -- Whom and which -- 8.Conditionals -- Using conditionals to express formality (conditional + if + should, conditional + if + were to, inversion of conditionals) -- 9.Ways of using as and though -- 10.Using it as an object in sentences --Contents note continued: It + Adjective/noun + Clause -- It + Person/Institution + to-infinitive -- 11.Using comparative structures for cause and effect -- The sooner, the better (the + a comparative adjective, adverb or noun, the + a comparative adjective, adverb or noun or verb) -- 12.Using -ing clauses after certain verbs -- Verb + Object + -ing clause -- 13.Focusing sentences (1) -- Using it (It's food that he wants) -- 14.Focusing sentences (2) -- Using what (What you need is a doctor) -- 15.Using to-infinitive clauses as subject/object -- 16.Using negatives with reporting verbs -- Think, expect, believe and seem -- 17.Passives (1) -- Using passives when the active verb has two objects (be + -ed participle) -- 18.Passives (2) -- Using passive -ing and to forms (be + -ed participle, be + being + -ed participle, -ing form + -ed participle) -- 19.Future perfect --Contents note continued: Making predictions about the future (will / should + have + -ed participle, will / should + have been + -ing participle) -- 20.Should and the subjunctive -- Using reported clauses with and without modals -- 21.Avoiding repetition by omitting to-infinitives -- 22.Politeness -- Using past forms and wonder and hope to express politeness -- 23.Sentence connectors and conjunctions -- 24.Which, whose, how much and how many -- Asking questions about things outside the main clause -- 25.Phrasal verbs (1) -- Two-word phrasal and prepositional verbs -- 26.Phrasal verbs (2) -- Three-word phrasal and prepositional verbs -- 27.Inversion (1) -- Inversion after so + adjective, such + be, neither and nor -- 28.Inversion (2) -- Inversion after negative adverbials -- 29.Inversion (3) -- Inversion after as and than -- 30.Inversion (4) -- Inversion after adverbials of place

Work on your grammar, Advanced (C1)