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Introduction Grammar Spectrum 3is for intermediate students of English. It explains and practises the grammar that intermediate students need to learn. It can be used for self-study, for homework, and in class. This book is part of the Grammar Spectrum series of books; students can use the whole series to progress from an elementary to an intermediate level of English. Using the book When you have a particular grammar problem, you can look it up in the Contents at the front of the book, or in the Index at the back. You can then study the unit that deals with that problem. Or, you can work through the book from beginning to end. Each unit begins with an explanation of the grammar point, and then it has a number of exercises for students to practise the grammar they have read about. Students can write their answers in the book, or on a separate piece of paper. When you have finished the exercises, you can check your answers in the answer key at the back of the book (page 102) Grammar and spelling tables at the back of this book (pages 94-97) give information on plural and uncountable nouns, Present Simple forms, -ing forms, past participles, etc. Finishing the book When you have finished studying the whole book, you can do the Exit tests on pages 98 to 101. In the Exit tests, every question tests something from a unit with the same number. If you make a mistake, for example in question 30, you can look back to unit 30 and study that unit again. The answers to the Exit tests are on page 117. Enjoy your studies. PAGE 3 Contents unit 1 +00CON ONAN ac 13 14 15 16 17 18 25 26 27 28 30 Introduction page 3 Contents 4 Verbs and tenses Present Simple (I know) 6 Present Continuous (I’m eating) 8 Present Simple (I work) or Present Continuous (I’m working) 10 Verbs not used in continuous tenses 2 Past Simple (I walked) 4 Past Simple (I waited) or Past Continuous (1 was waiting) 16 Present Simple, Past Simple and used to (I used to know) 18 Present Perfect (Ihave eaten) 20 Past Perfect (Iate) or Present Perfect (I have eaten) (1) 22 Past Simple or Present Perfect (2); ago, for, since 24 Present Perfect Simple (Ihave done) or Present Perfect Continuous (Ihave been doing) 26 Past Perfect (Ihad eaten) 28 Future: will, be going to, Present Continuous and Simple 30 Second conditional (Ifhe was ...); I wish I was... 32 ‘Third conditional (Ifhe had been...); Iwish Ihad been... 34 Zero, first and second conditionals 36 Uses of get, do, and make 38 Phrasal verbs (look for, put on, get up) 40 Modalsandotherverbs _ Can, could, be able to, may, will, shall 42 Probability: must, can’t, may, might, could 44 Obligation: must, have to, mustn't, don’t have to 46 Necessity: need, needn’t, needn't have 48 Advice: should, ought to, had better 50 Had to go, should have gone 52 Passive as Passive sentences (1) (It is made) 54 Passive sentences (2) 56 Have something done (We had it cleaned) 58 Infinitives and-ingforms : Verb + -ing (I enjoy reading)or verb + to (He wants to help) 60 Purpose: What is it for? ~ It’s for cutting cloth. 62 Verb + object (+ to) + infinitive (Lasked her to wait) 64 PAGE 4 unit 34 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 a1 42 43 44 Questions What... like? (What's she like?) page 66 Questions and question words (Who, What etc.) 68 Reported speech _ Reported speech (She said that...); say or tell 70 Reported requests, orders or advice 72 Reported questions (She asked if ...) 74 Articles etc, Alan, some, any or the 76 Thereandit OO ‘There or it/they 78 ‘Adjectives and adverbs 7 — - So or such (She's so clever) 80 Adjective + preposition (angry with, afraid of) 82 Ror Prepositions (in, on, at, between, across, etc.) 34 Buildingsentences re Since, for, ago; first, last 86 Defining relative clauses with who, which, that or whose 88 Non-defining relative clauses with who, which, or whose 90 Because, in case, s0, so that 92 Grammar and spelling tables TableA Plural nouns 94 TableB_ Uncountable nouns 94 TableC Present Simple 95 TableD ing forms 95 TableE Regular verbs: Past Simple and past participle 96 TableF _ Irregular verbs: Past Simple and past participle 96 TableG Comparative and superlative adjectives 97 Exit tests 98 Answer key to practice exercises 102 Answer key to exit tests 7 Index 118 Verb tenses and structures PAGE 5

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