Grammar Tour + Answer Key

A reference and practice grammar for elementary to intermediate students. Grammar Tour предлага пътуване из основната английска граматика, като извежда учащите от ниво начинаещи до нивото, необходимо за успешното явяване на изпита по общ английски Предварителен тест (РЕТ) на университета Кеймбридж (нива от А1 до В1+ на Общата европейска езикова рамка на Съвета на Европа за степен на владеене на чужд език). Всяка част на настоящата граматика съдържа ясно обяснени и добре онагледени граматически структури, представени в теоретичната част, след която следва богато разнообразие от различни видове упражнения.

Grammar Tour може да бъде използвана като основа на курс по английски език, като се спазва последователността на частите, или като допълнително помагало за затвърждаване на граматиката в клас. Граматиката е подходяща и за самостоятелна работа при необходимост от справка и като книга с упражнения.

Изданието включва:

• 132 части, всяка е поместена на две страници и разглежда по една тема от английската граматика;
• забавно илюстрирани страници с теория, които представят граматиката в контекст;
• въвеждащ раздел от 17 части, който покрива основната английска граматика;
• 21 преговорни части, които включват упражнения в същия формат като за изпитите на Кеймбридж Базов тест (КЕТ) и Предварителен тест (РЕТ);
• повече от 1000 разнообразни упражнения, представени чрез многообразие от реални текстове като обяви, имейли, статии от вестници и списания, разкази, истории и др.;
• допълнителни упражнения, поместени в края на граматиката;
• раздел за проверка на граматиката и ключ с отговори, който може да се използва като тест за входно или изходно ниво;
• 14 приложения за бърза и лесна справка;
• подробен индекс.

Помагалото Grammar Tour включва в отделно книжно тяло отговорите на упражненията и допълнителни отворени упражнения за работа в клас.

The Basics

• Subject pronouns
• Be - positive and negative
• Be - questions and short answers
• Be + adjectives
• Plural nouns
• Adjectives
• There is / there are
• Possessive adjectives
• Revision 1
• The indefinite article
• The definite article
• The in general sentences
• Possessive 's
• Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
• Cardinal numbers
• Ordinal numbers
• Imperatives
• Question words
• Revision 2

Present Tenses

• The Present Continuous - positive
• The Present Continuous - negatives and questions
• The Present Simple - positive
• The Present Simple - negative
• The Present Simple - questions and short answers
• Present Simple or Present Continuous?
• Have and have got
• Revision 3

The Past

• Be in the Past Simple
• The Past Simple positive - regular and irregular verbs
• The Past Simple - negatives, questions and short answers
• The Past Continuous
• The Past Continuous vs Past Simple
• The Present Perfect (1)
• The Present Perfect (2)
• The Present Perfect (3)
• The Present Perfect (4) - for and since
• The Present Perfect or Past Simple?
• Revision 4
• The Present Perfect Continuous
• The Present Perfect - Simple or Continuous?
• The Past Perfect
• Used to
• Revision 5

The Future

• The Future with Present Continuous and Present Simple
• Be going to
• Will and shall
• Will, be going to, Present Continuous, Present Simple
• When, before, after, as soon as, until, while
• Revision 6

Modal Verbs

• Modals and communicative functions
• Can/ be able to / know how to for ability
• More about can
• Must and mustn't
• Have to/ don't have to
• Must and have to / mustn't and don't have to
• May and might
• Revision 7
• Deduction: must, can't, may and might
• Should/ ought to / had better
• Would like to / would rather / want
• Suggesting and offering
• Need/needn't
• Revision 8

Articles, Nouns, Pronouns, etc.

• The or no article
• More about nouns
• Countable and uncountable nouns
• Subject and object pronouns
• Possessive pronouns
• Revision 9
• Some, any, no
• Something, anything, nothing, etc.
• A lot of, lots of, much, many, very
• A few, a little, few, little
• Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns
• Most, some, all, both
• Each, every, none
• Both... and, either... or, neither... nor
• Noun + noun
• Revision 10
• Relative pronouns - who, which and that
• Relative pronouns - whose and where
• Defining relative clauses without who, which, that
• Non-defining relative clauses
• Revision 11

Sentence Structure

• Word order
• Verbs with direct and indirect objects
• Questions with what, who, etc.
• Other types of questions
• Question words in subject position
• Negative questions
• Revision 12
• Short answers
• Question tags
• So am I, I am too, neither am I, I'm not either
• To, so that, in case, for
• Conjunctions and complex sentences
• Linking sentences
• Revision 13

Adjectives and Adverbs

• More about adjectives (1)
• More about adjectives (2)
• Adverbs
• Adjectives and adverbs
• Adverbs of frequency
• Comparative of adjectives
• Superlative of adjectives
• More about comparatives and superlatives of adjectives
• Comparative and superlative of adverbs
• As... as
• Revision 14
• Too
• Enough
• So... that / such... that
• Adjectives with -ing and -ed
• Revision 15

Prepositions

• Prepositions of place
• Prepositions of time
• Prepositions of movement
• More about prepositions
• Prepositions + verb + -ing
• Adjectives + prepositions
• Revision 16

More about Verbs

• There + be
• Be used to doing / get used to doing
• More about have and have got
• Make, do, get, take, pay
• Make, let, get
• Phrasal verbs
• Action verbs and state verbs
• Verbs of perception
• Lend and borrow, bring and take, etc.
• Speak and talk
• Revision 17
• Verbs +-ing
• Verbs + to + infinitive
• Verbs + object + to + infinitive
• Verbs + to or -ing
• Verbs + preposition
• Revision 18

Passive

• Passive (1)
• Passive (2)
• Passive (3)
• Have something done
• Revision 19

Indirect Speech

• Indirect speech: statements. Say and tell
• Indirect speech: orders, requests, advice, etc.
• Indirect speech: questions
• Revision 20

If-Clauses

• Zero and first conditionals
• Second conditional
• First and second conditionals
• Third conditional
• Wish
• Revision 21

Supplementary exercises
Appendices
Grammar check
Key to grammar check
Index