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OXFORD Be Grammar Ready 2020 Edition by John Eastwood
Be Grammar Ready is an international-quality grammar book for pan-Asian learners of English who want to improve their communication. Written by British grammarian with over four decades of authorship experience, John Eastwood, this book keeps in mind the particular needs of Asian learners of English, and provides updated grammar rules and information about usage, along with examples tailored to Asian contexts and exercises for practice all of which support learners towards achieving accuracy in their use of English. With over 170 grammar topics explained in concise and informative chapters, this book makes learning grammar easy and interesting for both self-learners, such as professionals and exam aspirants, as well as for classroom teaching. Table of contentsHow to Use this BookGlossarySentence and textThe simple sentenceStatements, questions, imperatives and exclamationsQuestions and answersVerb formsThe verb phraseVerb tenses and aspectsThe futureBe, have and doModal verbsThe passiveInfinitive, gerund and participlesThe infinitiveThe gerundThe participleThe noun phraseNouns and noun phrasesAgreementThe articles: a/an and thePossessives and demonstrativesQuantifiersPronounsAdjectives, adverbs and prepositionsAdjectivesAdverbialsComparisonPrepositionsPhrasal verbs and patterns with prepositionsMain clauses and sub clausesSentences with more than one clauseAnd, or, but, soAdverbial clausesConditional clausesNoun clausesDirect and indirect speechRelative clausesAppendix