Swam the Good Grammar

 

1. Section 

1 be and have pages 1 -12

grammar summary and pre-test 

be 

I am happy today. 

Are we late? 

be: past Where were you? 

I was in Glasgow. 

be: future The bus will be full. 

there is 

There's a dog in the garden. 

have with do 

do you have? 

I don't have 

have without do: 

have got 

Have you got a car? 

have: actions 

He's having a shower. 

test yourself 

be and have 01

2. Section 

2 present tenses pages 13 - 30

grammar summary and pre-test

simple present affirmative

I work; you work; she works

simple present: use

I work in a bank.

simple present questions

Do you remember me?

simple present negatives 

I don't know.

She doesn't ski.

simple present: revision

present progressive: forms 

I'm reading;

I'm not working.

present progressive: use

I'm (not) working today.

present progressive questions

Is it raining?

present progressive: revision

the two present tenses: the difference

non-progressive verbs 

I don't understand.

test yourself present tenses

3. Section 

3 talking about the future

grammar summary and pre-test

going to 

Look - it's going to rain.

present progreesive

what are you doing this evening?

the will-future: forms 

I will work.

They won't come.

will: predicting

I think it will rain tomorrow.

will: deciding, refusing, promising

I'll answer it.

which future?

will, going to or

present progressive?

simple present for future

Our train leaves at 8.10.

test yourself future

4. section 

4 past tenses

grammar summary and pre-test

simple past: forms

I worked. 

I did not work.

simple past questions 

Did she pay?

What did she say?

questions without did

Who phoned?

What happened?

simple past: use 

I left school in 1990.

simple past: revision

past progressive

What were you doing at 8:00?

simple past or past progressive?

I walked/I was walking

test yourself past tenses

5. section 5 

perfect tenses grammar summary and pre-test

present perfect: forms 

I have paid.

Has she forgotten?

finished actions: present perfect or simple past?

present perfect: news

We've found oil in the garden!

present perfect and simple past:

news and details

up to now (1)

How much? 

How often?

already, yet and just

up to now(2)

I've been here since Tuesday.

up to now (3): 

present perfect progressive

present perfect or

present perfect progressive?

simple past and present perfect: summary

present prefect and simple past:

revision exercises

past perfect

It had already begun when we arrived

test yourself perfect tenses

6. Section 

6 modal verbs: introduction

can, must, should

must

You must be home by eleven.

Must you go?

mustn't and needn't

We mustn't wake the baby.

have to

Do you have to teach small children?

had to, will have to 

I didn't have to pay.

should 

What should I tell John?

can and could

He can play the piano.

She couldn't write.

may and might

It may snow.

I might have a cold.

must/can't: certainty 

She must be in.

He can't be hungry.

can and could: requests

Can you lend me a stamp?

can, could and may: permision

Can I use the phone?

shall in questions 

What shall we do?

had better 

You'd better take your umbrella.

would 

Would you like a drink?

I'd like to be taller.

used to 

I used to play the piano.

perfect modal verbs

I should have studied harder.

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modal verbs

7. Section 

7 passives 93 - 104 

grammar summary and pre-test

passives: introduction

English is spoken in Australia.

simple present passive

We are woken by the birds.

future passive

Tomorrow your bicycle will be stolen.

simple past passive

I was stopped by a policeman.

present progressive passive

It's being cleaned.

present perfect passive

The house has been sold.

verbs with two objects

We were given a week.

by with passives

Who was it made by?

passive or active? which tense?

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passives

verbs with two objects

Take the boss these letters.

have something done

I have my hair cut every week.

imperatives 

Come in. Don't worry.

let's (suggestions) Let's go.

test yourself special structures with verbs

8. Section 

8 questions and negatives

grammar summary and pre-test

yes/no questions

Is the taxi here?

Do I need a visa?

question words 

When will you see her?

question-word subjects

Who phoned

W What happenedW

negatives 

Dogs can't fly.

I don't know why.

negatives with nobody, never etc

Nobody loves me.

negative questions Aren't you well?

test yourself questions and negatives

9. Section 9

infinitives and -ing forms

grammar summary and pre-test

infinitives: using to I want to go.

Must you go?

infinitives of purpose

She went to Paris to study music.

verb+infinitive

I hope to be an airline pilot.

verb+object+infinitive

He wants me to cook.

adjective+infinitive

glad to find you at home

adjectives with enough/too+infinitive

too tired to sing

some letters to write; nothing to eat

it with infinitive subjects

It's nice to be here with you.

-ing forms as subjects

Smoking is bad for you.

verb+ ...ing

I can't help feeling unhappy.

preposition+ ...ing

Thank you for coming.

test yourself infinitives and -ing forms

10. Section 

10 special structures with verbs

grammar summary and pre-test

verbs with prepositions

Wait for me.

prepositions in questions

Who did you go with?

phrasal verbs 

Come in, take off

your coat and sit down.

11. Section 

11 articles:a/an and the grammar summary and pre-test

a/an; pronunciation of the countable and uncountable

 a car, cars; petrol

the and a/an 

Let's see a film.

I didn't like the film.

a/an 

She's a doctor.

a/an; 

describing people

She's got a nice smile.

talking in general without the

People are funny.

names Mary, Africa, the USA

special cases in bed; after lunch;

a hundred; ...

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articles: a/an and the

12. Section 

12determiners 

grammar summary and pre-test

this, that, these and those

some and any

I need some sugar.

Have you got any?

any, not any, no and none

somebody, anything, nowhere, ...

some/any or no article

Have some toast. I don't like toast.

any = one or another - it's not important which'

much and many

How much milk?

How many languages? 

a lot of and lots of

a little and a few

a little English;

a few words

enough money;

fast enough

too, too much/many and not enough

all (of) my friends; all of them; they are all ...

all children; every child

every and each; every one

both, either and neither

determiners and of 

most people;

most of us

test yourself determiners

(not) as ... as

tour hand are as cold as ice.

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adjectives and adverbs

13. Section 13 personal pronouns; possessives

grammar summary and pre-test

personal pronouns: I and me etc.

possessives: my, your etc

This is my coat.

possessives: mine, yours, etc

This is mine.

reflexive pronouns;

possessives

13. Section 13 personal pronouns; possessives

grammar summary and pre-test

personal pronouns: I and me etc.

possessives: my, your etc

This is my coat.

possessives: mine, yours, etc

This is mine.

reflexive pronouns;

possessives

14. Section 

14 nouns grammar summary and pre-test

singular and plural nouns cat, cats;

box, boxes

singular/plural

team, family;

jeans, scissors

more about countable and uncountale nouns

one and ones a big one;

the ones on the chair

's and s' possessive: forms

son's, sons', men's

's and s' possessive:use

Ian's car, the boss's car

noun+noun

Milk chocolate is a kind of chocolate

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15. Section 

15 adjectives and adverbs

grammar summary and pre-test

adjectives

a beautiful little girl who was not stupid

adverb He ate quickly.

It was badly cooked.

adverbs with the verb

often, certainly, etc

interested and interesting etc

fast, hard, hardly, well, friendly, ...

comparative and superlative

adjectives: forms

comparative or superlative?

comparatives: use

brighter than the moon

superlatives

the highest mountain in the world

comparison of adverbs

More slowly, please.

16. Section 

16 conjunctions

grammar summary and pre-test

conjunctions: introduction

and,but, because ...

position of conjuctions

If you need help, ask me.

before and after

I talked to John before I phoned Peter.

tenses with time conjunctions

I'll see you before you go.

because and so; although and but and I speak Russian, English and Swahili.

double conjunctions both ... and;

(n)either ... (n)or

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17. Section 

17 if 

grammar summary and pre-test

if: position; unless

if: future

I'll phone you if I hear from ALice.

not real/not probable

If dogs could talk, ...

If I go ..., I will ...; If I went ..., I would ...

If I were you ...

could='would be able to'

We could go cycling if ...

unreal past If a had happened,

b would have happened.

test yourself if

18. Section 

18 relative pronouns grammar summary and pre-test

relative who and which

the keys which I lost

relative that a bird that can't fly

leaving out relative pronouns

the car (that) you brought

prepositions the man that she works for

relative what It was just what I wanted.

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relative pronouns

19. Section 

19 indirect speech

grammar summary and pre-test

tenses and pronouns

Bill said he was really happy.

indirect questions

She asked him what his name was.

present reporting verbs

She says she comes from London.

here and now - There and then

infinitives

She told me to get out.

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indirect speech

20. Section 

20 prepositions

grammar summary and pre-test

at, in and on (time)

from ... to, until and by

for, during and while

in and on (place)

at (place)

other prepositions of movement

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21. Section 

21 spoken grammar

grammar summary and pre-test

question tags

This music isn't very good, is it?

short answers

Yes, I have. No, they didn't.

reply questions

Oh, yes? Did they really?

revision of spoken question and answer structures

leaving out words

Don't know if she has.

So am I. Nor can Pat.

test yourself

spoken grammar

22. Appendix

Appendices

appendix 1 common irregular verbs

apendix 2 active and passive

verb forms

appendix 3 capital letters (A,B,C etc)

appendix 4 contractions

appendix 5 expressions with prepositions

appendix 6 word problems