- •Oxford Practice Grammar
- •1 What kind of word? (b)
- •2 What kind of word? (b)
- •3 Words in sentences (c)
- •1 Subject Verb
- •1 Parts of the sentence (a)
- •2 Sentence structure (a)
- •3 Word order (a)
- •4 Adverbials (b)
- •Indirect object or to? (a)
- •1 Form (b)
- •2 Form (b)
- •2 Forms (b-c)
- •3 Forms (b-c)
- •1 Present continuous or simple? (a-b)
- •2 Present continuous or simple? (a-c)
- •3 Always (d)
- •I like/I'm liking etc
- •1 States and actions (a)
- •3 The verb be (b)
- •1 Positive forms (b)
- •2 Positive forms (b)
- •3 Negatives and questions (c)
- •1 Form (b)
- •2 Form (b)
- •1 Past continuous or simple? (a-b)
- •2 Past continuous or simple? (a-b)
- •3 Past continuous or simple? (a-c)
- •B Form
- •C Irregular forms
- •1 Form (b)
- •2 Irregular forms (c)
- •3 Review (a-d)
- •1 Just (a)
- •2 Just, already and yet (a)
- •3 For and since (b)
- •4 For and since (b)
- •B Ever and never
- •C First time, second time, etc
- •1 Gone to or been to? (a)
- •6 I've done it. I did it yesterday.
- •2 I've done it. I did it yesterday. (b)
- •3 Structures with for, since and last (c)
- •It hasn't rained today.
- •1 I've been or I was? (a)
- •4 Present perfect or past simple? (Units 14 and 15)
- •23 Will and shall
- •24 Be going to
- •27 When I get there, before you leave, etc
- •28 Will be doing
- •29 Will have done and was going to
- •1 Will have done (a)
- •2 Will have done (a)
- •3 Was going to (b)
- •4 Was going to (b)
- •39 Who, what or which?
- •1 What or which? (a)
- •2 What or which? (a)
- •3 Who, what or which? (b)
- •43 So/Neither do I and I think so
- •3 I think so, etc (b)
- •49 Should, ought to, had better and be supposed to
- •52 Will, would, shall and should
- •53 It may/could/must have been, etc
- •1 I was given ... (a)
- •2 It is said that... (b)
- •3 He is said to... (c)
- •58 Have something done
- •1 Have something done (a-b)
- •2 Have something done (a-b)
- •3 Get something done (c)
- •59 To be done and being done
- •63 Like, start, etc
- •64 Remember, regret, try, etc
- •1 It is easy to drive the car (b)
- •2 The car is easy to drive (c)
- •3 Certain, sure and likely (d)
- •71 Afraid to do or afraid of doing?
- •1 Afraid (a)
- •2 Afraid (a)
- •3 Afraid, anxious, ashamed and interested (a-b)
- •4 Sorry (c)
- •72 Used to do and be used to doing
- •74 See it happen or see it happening?
- •1 See it happen (b)
- •2 See it happening (c)
- •3 See it happen or see it happening? (d)
- •77 A carton of milk, a piece of information, etc
- •1 A carton of milk (a)
- •2 A man/he and the man/someone (c)
- •85 A/an, one and some
- •4 Some (d)
- •86 Cars or the cars?
- •87 Prison, school, bed, etc
- •1 Prison or the prison? (a)
- •88 On Friday, for lunch, etc
- •89 Quite a, such a, what a, etc
- •2 So and such (c)
- •4 What (d)
- •91 This, that, these and those
- •92 My, your, etc and mine, yours, etc
- •94 Some and any
- •95 A lot of, lots of, many, much, (a) few and (a) little
- •96 All, half, most, some, no and none
- •97 Every, each, whole, both, either and neither
- •3 Each other (b)
- •103 Everyone, something, etc
- •106 The old, the rich, etc
- •107 Interesting and interested
- •Interesting.
- •1 Less (a)
- •2 Much faster (b)
- •3 Faster and faster (c)
- •4 The faster, the better (d)
- •114 Yet, still and already
- •3 Very cold, really hurting, etc (b-d)
- •116 Quite and rather
- •3 Quite or rather? (c)
- •117 Too and enough
- •121 For, since, ago and before
- •122 During or while? By or until? As or like?
- •1 During or while? (a)
- •2 By or until? (b)
- •3 As or like? (c)
- •71 Afraid, anxious, ashamed, interested, sorry 72 Used to
- •2 Good, bad, etc (c)
- •1 Tell/ask someone to do something (a)
- •148 If, when, unless and in case
- •1 If or when? (b)
- •2 If and unless (c)
- •3 If and unless (c)
- •4 In case (d)
- •5 If, when, unless and in case (b-d)
- •149 Wish and if only
- •150 But, although and in spite of
- •2 Although (b)
- •3 In spite of and although (e)
- •4 But, although, even though, in spite of and despite (a-e)
- •5 Although, even though, in spite of and despite (a-e)
- •151 To, in order to, so that and for
- •Verbs with prepositions and adverbs
1 Parts of the sentence (a)
Mike and Harriet are on holiday. They have written a postcard to David and Melanie. Look at each underlined phrase and say what part of the sentence it is: subject, verb, object, complement or adverbial. ► We're having a great time. object
The weather is marvellous. 4 We're on a farm.
We really enjoy camping. 5 We like this place.
It's great fun. 6 The scenery is beautiful.
2 Sentence structure (a)
After moving the piano, the five friends had a rest and a cup of tea.
Look at this part of their conversation and then write the letters a)- e) in the correct place.
a) |
David: |
That was a difficult job. |
b) |
Tom: |
I agree. |
c) |
Mike: |
I'm on my deathbed. |
d) |
David: |
Someone should give us a medal. |
e) |
Harriet: |
I've made some more tea. |
► Subject + verb b
Subject + verb + object
Subject + verb + complement
Subject + verb + adverbial
Subject + verb + object + object
3 Word order (a)
Put the words in the correct order and write the statements.
► is / Melanie / very nice Melanie is very nice.
football / likes / Tom ………………………………………………
an accident / David / had ………………………………………………
moved / the piano / we ………………………………………………..
a tall woman / Harriet / is ………………………………………………..
sat / on the floor / everyone ………………………………………………..
gave / some help / Mike's friends / him
4 Adverbials (b)
These sentences are from a news report. Write down the two adverbials in each sentence. Each adverbial is a prepositional phrase or an adverb.
► Prince Charles opened a new sports in Stoke centre in Stoke yesterday. yesterday
He also spoke with several young people.
The sports centre was first planned in 1994.
Naturally, the local council could not finance the project without help.
Fortunately, they managed to obtain money from the National Lottery.
3 Direct and indirect objects
A Introduction
Henry
gave some
flowers to Claire. Here
give has
a direct object (some
flowers) and
a phrase with to.
To comes
before Claire,
the
person
receiving something.
Here are some more examples of the two structures.
INDIRECT OBJECT DIRECT OBJECT
Emma gave Rachel a CD.
I'll send my cousin a postcard.
We bought all the children an ice-cream.
DIRECT OBJECT
Emma gave the CD I'll send a postcard We bought ice-creams
PHRASE WITH TO/FOR
to Rachel.
to my cousin.
for all the children.
B To or for?
We give something to someone, and we buy something for someone.
We can use to with these verbs: bring, feed, give, hand, lend, offer, owe, pass, pay, post, promise, read, sell, send, show, take, teach, tell, throw, write
Vicky paid the money to the cashier, or Vicky paid the cashier the money. Let me read this news item to you. or Let me read you this news item. We showed the photos to David, or We showed David the photos.
We can use for with these verbs: book, bring, build, buy, choose, cook, fetch, find, get, leave, make, order, pick, reserve, save
They found a spare ticket for me. or They found me a spare ticket.
I've saved a seat for you. or I've saved you a seat.
Melanie is making a cake for David, or Melanie is making David a cake.
C Give + pronoun
Sometimes there is a pronoun and a noun after a verb such as give.
The pronoun usually comes before the noun.
Henry bought some flowers. He gave
them to Claire.
We use them because the flowers are mentioned earlier. Them comes before Claire.
Henry is very fond of Claire. He gave
her some flowers.
We use her because Claire is mentioned earlier. Her comes before some flowers.
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Exercises
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Give (A)
Look
at the Christmas presents and write sentences about them.
Put
one of these words at the end of each sentence: necklace,
scarf, sweater, tennis racket, watch
► Harriet gave Mike a watch.