... places in the grammar allow very little variation, and the learner must simply keep to the rules in these cases. Many grammar books concentrate on these restrictive rules, and make grammar appear ... perspective away from grammar as a list of arbitrary problems, and towards grammar as a means of free expression.We have tried to produce a grammar of real English the English that people speak ... they are based. It is designed above all to be really useful to student and teacher.Note on ExamplesOne of the really unusual features of this grammar is that all the examples are chosen from...
... YouThank you for downloading this book. I hope it will help you to understand better how the English language works.If you speak French and have some difficulties understanding this all- English version, ... far/near How far?Height high/low How high?Height tall/short How tall?Width wide/narrow How wide?Depth deep/shallow How deep?Size big/small How big?Unit 4have/have gotShe has blue eyes ... expensiveAdjectives always remain the same, they do not change according tothe subject:o A tall womano A tall mano Some tall people- 40 -Unit 18can/couldCan is used to express ability: I can play...
... some of . . . people all . . . time, and all . . . people some of . . . time; but you cannot fool all . . . people all . . . time.8I (change) one every day.20 Mary usually (learn) languages ... this town. . . . . . . so many streets all looking exactly alike.15 Come on, children! time to get up! nearly breakfast time. 29A PRACTICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR EXERCISES 1CONTENTS Articles ... (understand) what the lecturer is saying? ~No, I (not understand) him at all. 8 What you (have) for breakfast usually? ~I usually (eat) a carrot and (drink) a glass of cold water.9 When the curtain...
... plural noun + apostrophe.the lady's name the ladies' namesb A one-syllable word usually keeps y before ly: shyly, slyly, dryly/drily.c We do not change y when it is part of a person's ... six persons may occupy this lift.A people is a large group such as a nation.The Celts were a tall, fair-skinned people.One day the peoples of this world will live in peace.2 With some nouns...
... particular.) 8. A: B: English grammar. (I dreamed about Englishgrammar last night.) 9. A: B: The map on the wall. (The teacher is pointing at the map on the wall.) 10. A: B: No, I'm ... read the newspaper every morning 5. study grammar every evening 10. pay all of my bills every month Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. SIMPLE PAST ... used in formal English as the object of a verb or a preposition. In (c): who, not whom, is usually used in everyday English. In (d): whom is used in very formal English. Whom...