Longman English Grammar Practice
LONGMAN
E N G L I S H GRAMMAR
PRACTICE
for intermediate students
L. G. Alexander
Addison Wesley Longman Limited
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First published 1990
Eleventh impression 1998
Cartoons by Larry, Ed Mclaughlin and David Simonds
British Library Cataloguing i n Publication Data
Alexander, L. G. (Louis George) 1932Longman English grammar practice (Intermediate level)
1. English language. Grammar
I. Title
428.2
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Alexander, L. G.
Longman English gmmmar practice (Intermed~atelevel) 1 L G Alexander.
p. cm.
1. English language - Textbooks for fore~gnspeakers
2. Engl~shlanguage Grammar - 1950 - Problems, exercises, etc i T~tle
PEll28.A4573 1990
428.2'4-&20
89-13851
CIP
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Set in 9111.5 pt. Linotron Helvetica Roman
Produced through Longman Malaysia, ACM
ISBN 0 582 04500 2
Contents
To the student
The sentence
Sentence word order
The simple sentence: verbs with and without objects
The simple sentence: direct and indirect objects
The compound sentence
The complex sentence: noun clauses
The complex sentence: relative pronouns and clauses
The complex sentence: 'whose'; defininglnon-defining clauses
The complex sentence: time, place, manner
The complex sentence: reason and contrast
The complex sentence: purpose, result and comparison
The complex sentence: present participle constructions
The complex sentence: perfectlpast participle constructions
Nouns
One-word nouns
Compound nouns
Countable and uncountable nouns ( I )
Countable and uncountable nouns (2)
Number (singular and plural) (1)
Number (singular and plural) (2)
Gender
The genitive
Articles
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The indefinite article: 'dan' (1)
The indefinite article: Wan' (2)
The definite article: 'the' (1)
The definite article: 'the' (2)
The zero article (1)
The zero article (2)
Pronouns
Personal pronouns
'One'
'It' and 'onelsomelanylnone'
Possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns ('mylmine')
Reflexive pronouns ('myself')
Demonstrative adjslprons ('this'); 'somelanylno' compounds ('someone')
Quantity
Quantifiers + countable and uncountable nouns
General and specific references to quantity
Uses of 'some', 'any', 'no' and 'none'
'Much', 'many', 'a lot of', '(a) few', '(a) little', 'fewer', 'less'
'Both' and 'all'
'All (the)', '(dthe) whole', 'each' and 'every'
'Another', '(the) other(s)', 'either', 'neither', 'each (one of)'
Contents
Adjectives
Formation of adjectives
Position of adjectives
Adjectives that behave like nouns; '-edl-ing' endings
Adjectives after 'be', 'seem', etc.; word order of adjectives
The comparison of adjectives
Adverbs
Adverbs of manner
Adverbs of time
Adverbial phrases of duration
Adverbs of frequency
Adverbs of degree
Intensifiers
Focus adverbs
Viewpoint adverbs, connecting adverbs and inversion
Prepositions, adverb particles and phrasal verbs
Prepositions, adverb particles and conjunctions
Prepositions of movement and position; prepositions of time
Particular prepositions, particles: contrasts (1)
Particular prepositions, particles: contrasts (2)
Particular prepositions, particles: contrasts (3)
Phrasal verbs: Type 1, verb + preposition (transitive)
Phrasal verbs: Type 2, verb + particle (transitive)
Phrasal verbs: Type 3, verb + particle (intransitive)
Type 4, verb + particle + preposition (transitive)
Verbs, verb tenses, imperatives
The simple present and present progressive tenses (1)
The simple present and present progressive tenses (2)
The simple past tense
The simple past and past progressive tenses
The simple present perfect and present perfect progressive
The simple past perfect and past perfect progressive tenses
The simple future tense
The simple future, the future progressive, the future perfect
'Going to' and other ways of expressing the future
The imperative
Be, Have, Do
'Be' as a full verb (1)
'Be' as a full verb (2)
'There' + 'be'
Verbs related in meaning to 'be'
'Have' as a full verb = 'possess'; 'have got' = 'possess'
'Have' as a full verb meaning 'eat', 'enjoy', etc.
'Do' as a full verb
Modal auxiliaries and related verbs
The two uses of modal verbs
Uses of modals (etc.) to express ability and inability
Uses of modals (etc.) to express permission and prohibition
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