English Grammar in Use

This English grammar book is one of my favorite references. I saw this book for the first time when I was walking between bookshelves of Dian Pertiwi bookstore in Ambon city looking for a self-study English grammar book. When I picked the book up from the shelf, I knew that it was the one that I was looking for. This book helps me a lot in explaining anything related to tenses and the use of verbs and prepositions. I also have one with red cover entitled English Grammar for Elementary Level. Both of them were written by the same author. The English Grammar in Use has explanations on left-hand pages and exercises on right-hand pages. This dark green book is a very good reference for those who have been in intermediate or advanced levels. I personally used this book when I was still a university student. This grammar book helped me a lot in understanding the structure of sentences in relation to various tenses of English language. Before reading the grammar explanation and doing the exercises in this book, I had always been confused with the many confusing structures and tenses of English language. Now, I can understand them easily. Anyone who is serious in learning English should read this book especially after he or she has learned for one year.

However, if you are still in an elementary level, I suggest that you buy grammar book that is more suitable to your ability such as Focus on Grammar - an introductory course for reference and practice by Irene E. Schoenberg.

A reference and practice book for intermediate students

Raymond Murphy; Second Edition

Size: 19,5 cm x 24,1 cm

Weight: 500 gram

Thickness: 307 pages

This book for intermediate and more advanced students combines reference grammar and practice exercises in a single volume.

Easy to use: on each left-hand page a grammar pint is explained and on the facing page there are exercises to check understanding.
Additional exercises at the back of the book offer extra practice of grammar points from different units.
Provides comprehensive coverage in simple language of the problems intermediate students often have.
Designed to be flexible: teachers can be select to units which are relevant to the needs of their students.
Contents list and detailed index ensure that users can easily find the units they need.
Suitable for use in class or for homework.
Appendices deal with irregular verbs, tenses, modal verbs, spelling, contractions and American English.

Contents

Present and past

Present perfect and past

Future

Modals

Conditionals and 'wish'

Passive

Reported speech

Questions and auxiliary verbs

-ing and the infinitive

Articles and nouns

Pronouns and determiners

Relative clauses

Adjectives and adverbs

Conjunction and prepositions

Prepositions

Cambridge University Press

If the above book is too difficult for you, you can still study English grammar by reading Essential Grammar in Use - A self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English. This book was also written by Raymond Murphy.

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