A Classic developmental skills text for intermediate to advanced students of English as a second or foreign language, Understanding and Using English Grammar is a comprehensive reference grammar as well as a stimulating and teachable classroom text.
While keeping the same basic approach and material as in earlier editions, the third edition more fully develops communicative and interactive language-learning activities. Some of the new features are:
- Numerous “real communication” opportunities
- More options for interactive work in pairs and groups
- Additional open-ended communicative tasks for both speaking and writing
- Expanded error analysis exercises
- Interesting and lively new exercise material
- Shorter units for easy class use
Chapter 1 Overview of Verb Tenses
Chapter 2 Present and Past, Simple and Progressive
Chapter 3 Perfect and Perfect Progressive Tenses
Chapter 4 Future Time
Chapter 5 Adverb Clauses of Time and Review of Verb Tenses
Chapter 6 Subject- -Verb Agreement
Chapter 7 Nouns
Chapter 8 Pronouns
Chapter 9 Modals, Part 1
Chapter 10 Modals, Part 2
Etc.