Cambridge Grammar for PET without Answers: Grammar Reference and Practice

by Louise Hashemi , Barbara Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780521601214
• ISBN10: 0521601215
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-19
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Do you want to be confident that you have covered all the grammar for the PET exam? Would you like to improve your listening skills at the same time? Cambridge Grammar for PET provides comprehensive coverage of the grammar needed for the exam and gives you the chance to hear grammar being used in different situations, as well as offering plenty of exam practice. Presents grammar in a listening context, Contains clear and reliable grammar explanations with lots of examples, Practises a range of PET exam tasks from the Reading, Writing and Listening papers, Includes a helpful grammar glossary. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vi
Irregular verbs	p. viii
Adjectives: Adjective position; adjective order; -ing/-ed adjectives; nouns as adjectives Reading Part 2	p. 1
Adverbs: Using and forming; irregular adverbs, position; modifying adverbs and adjectives Reading Part 5	p. 7
Comparisons: Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs; comparing nouns Writing Part 1	p. 13
Present tenses: Present simple; present continuous; state verbs; haue got and have Writing Part 2	p. 19
Past tenses: Past simple; past continuous Writing Part 3	p. 25
Present perfect and past simple: Present perfect and past simple; have gone and have been Writing Part 1	p. 31
Past perfect: Past perfect and past simple; used to Reading Part 5	p. 37
Nouns: Plurals; countable and uncountable; a/the/no article Listening Part 3	p. 43
Determiners and pronouns 1: Some/any; somebody/anybody etc.; much/many etc. Reading Part 3	p. 49
Determiners and pronouns 2: This/that etc.; all/most etc.; both/either/neither; each/every Writing Part 1	p. 55
Determiners and pronouns 3: 's/of; personal pronouns; possessives; reflexive pronouns; there/it + to be Listening Part 2	p. 61
The future: Will; going to; present continuous; present simple Reading Part 1	p. 67
Modals 1: General notes; asking someone to do something; suggestions and offers; permission Listening Part 1	p. 73
Modals: Obligation; necessity; orders and advice Writing Part 3	p. 79
Modals 3: Certainty and possibility; ability Reading Part 1	p. 85
Questions and answers: Yes/no; short answers; question words; agreeing with statements Listening Part 4	p. 91
Prepositions 1: Place and movement Writing Part 3	p. 97
Prepositions 2: Time Reading Part 4	p. 103
Prepositions 3: Expressions with prepositions; verbs and adjectives + prepositions; phrasal verbs Writing Part 2	p. 109
The -ing form: -ing as subject; before/after etc. + -ing; prepositions + -ing; go/come + -ing Reading Part 1	p. 115
To or -ing?: Verbs + to infinitive; make and let; verbs + -ing; verbs + to infinitive or + -ing Reading Part 5	p. 121
Conditionals 1: Zero conditional; first conditonal; unless Reading Part 5	p. 127
Conditionals 2: Second conditonal; I wish Reading Part 4	p. 133
The Passive: Passive forms and uses; to have something done Reading Part 2	p. 139
Reported speech 1: Reporting what someone said; words which change Writing Part 1	p. 145
Reported speech 2: Said and told; other verbs used for reporting; reporting questions; polite questions Reading Part 4	p. 151
Relative clauses: Which, who and that; whose and where Reading Part 2	p. 157
So/such; too/enough: So/such (+ that); enough and too (+ to infinitive and for) Writing Part 1	p. 163
Linking words 1: Because (of), as and since; so and therefore; to and in order to Reading Part 3	p. 169
Linking words 2: But/(al)though; in spite of / despite; both...and; either...or Reading Part 1	p. 175
Recording scripts	p. 181
Grammar glossary	p. 197
CD tracklist	p. 198
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