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Canadian Grammar Spectrum 6

Canadian Grammar Spectrum 6

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Canadian Grammar Spectrum is a series of grammar reference and practice books for ESL students. The books are set up in two-page spreads: a brief grammar explanation followed by exercises. The books are suitable as in-class resources, homework tools, or self-study aids.

Table of Contents

Verbs
State verbs and action verbs
Simple past, past progressive, and past perfect
Present and past tenses
When I get there, before you leave, etc.
Will have done and was going to
The future
Emphatic do

Questions, negatives, and answers
Subject/object questions
Who, what, or which?
Negative questions

Modal verbs
Suggestions, offers, and invitations
Will, would, shall, and should
It may/could/must have been, etc.

The Passive
Special passive structures
To be done and being done

The Infinitive and the -ing form
Like, start, etc.
Remember, regret, try, etc.
Verb/adjective + preposition + -ing form
Used to do and be used to doing
Preposition or linking word + -ing form
Some structures with the -ing form

Nouns and Articles
Pair nouns and group nouns
Two nouns together
Prison, school, bed, etc.
Quite a, such a, what a, etc.

This, my, some, a lot of, etc.
All, half, most, some, no, and none
Every, each, whole, both, either, and neither

Pronouns
Emphatic pronouns and each other

Adjectives and adverbs
The elderly, the rich, etc.
Adjective or adverb?
Comparative and superlative patterns (1)
Comparative and superlative patterns (2)
Yet, still, and already
Too and enough

Prepositions
During or while? By or until? As or like?
Noun + preposition (trouble with)
Adjective + preposition (proud of)

Verbs with Prepositions and Adverbs
Phrasal verbs (1)
Phrasal verbs (2)
Verb + adverb + preposition

Relative Clauses
The relative pronoun as object
Prepositions in relative clauses
The use of relative clauses
Relative pronouns and relative adverbs
Relative clauses: participle and to-infinitive

Conditionals and Wish
If, when, unless, and in case
Wish and if only

Linking Words
Linking words
Links across sentences

Special Features

  • Based on the successful Oxford Practice Grammar, the content in the Canadian Grammar Spectrum series has been classroom-tested for years
  • Reference/practice pattern teaches grammar in a concise, easy-to-understand format
  • Canadianization makes the series more relevant to students studying in Canada: grammar points are introduced and practised using Canadian context and terms
GRADES / AGES ESL - INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL
ANSWER KEY YES
AUTHOR(S) JOHN EASTWOOD
PUBLISHER OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
PAGES 136 PAGES
SAMPLE N/A
ISBN 9780195448351
SERIES CANADIAN GRAMMAR SPECTRUM
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