dk english for everyone english grammar guide practice book

Author Tom Booth worked for 10 years as an English-language teacher in Poland and Russia He now lives in England, where he works as an editor and English-language materials writer He has contributed to a number of books in the English for Everyone series Consultant Tim Bowen has taught English and trained teachers in more than 30 countries worldwide He is the co-author of works on pronunciation teaching and language-teaching methodology, and author of numerous books for English-language teachers He is currently a freelance materials writer, editor, and translator He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists ENGLISH FO R E V E RYO N E PR ACTICE BOOK ENGLISH GRAMMAR GUIDE conditional negative verb comparative noun How to use this book Project Editor Ben Ffrancon Davies Senior Art Editor Amy Child Illustration Square Egg Jacket Designer Surabhi Wadhwa-Gandhi Jacket Editor Emma Dawson Jacket Design Development Manager Sophia MTT Producer, Pre-production Robert Dunn Producer Jude Crozier Proofreader Steph Lewis Managing Editor Christine Stroyan Managing Art Editor Anna Hall Publisher Andrew Macintyre Art Director Karen Self Publishing Director Jonathan Metcalf This practice book is a companion to the English for Everyone: English Grammar Guide Each unit in the book tests the language taught in the English Grammar Guide unit with the same number The present continuous The present continuous is used to talk about continued actions that are happening in the present moment It is formed with “be” and a present participle The present continuous is used to describe a current, continued action The present continuous MATCH THE PICTURES TO THE CORRECT ANSWERS Copyright © 2019 Dorling Kindersley Limited A Penguin Random House Company 10 001–314180–June/2019 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, FILL IN THE prior GAPS USING THE WORDS IN THE PANEL recording, or otherwise), without the written permission of the copyright owner A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-0-2413-7975-2 Printed in China All images © Dorling Kindersley Limited For further information see: www.dkimages.com 16 A WORLD OF IDEAS: SEE ALL THERE IS TO KNOW www.dk.com Add “-ing” to form regular present participles The present continuous uses the verb “be.” The present continuous is used to talk about continued actions that are happening in the present moment It is formed with “be” and a present participle Leave out “e.” Last letters are “-ie.” Change “-ie” to “y.” Last letters are consonant–vowel–consonant and the final syllable is stressed Double the last letter, unless it’s “w,” “x,” or “y.” This is the present continuous It describes what is happening right now TIP Present participles follow the same spelling rules as gerunds FURTHER EXAMPLES HOW TO FORM MATCH THE PICTURES TO THE CORRECT ANSWERS SUBJECT Don’t double the last letter because the final syllable is not stressed “AM / IS / ARE” VERB + “-ING” REST OF SENTENCE Present participle FURTHER EXAMPLES The subject and the verb can be contracted COMMON MISTAKES STATE VERBS IN CONTINUOUS TENSES Action verbs can be used in simple and continuous forms State verbs are not usually used in continuous forms ACTION STATE FILL IN THE GAPS USING THE WORDS IN THE PANEL MARK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE CORRECT 16 17 GRAMMAR GUIDE UNIT 17 PRACTICE BOOK UNIT EXERCISES The exercises are carefully graded to drill and test the grammar presented in the corresponding Grammar Guide unit Working through these exercises will help you understand and remember what you have learned Exercise number Every exercise has a unique number so you can easily find the relevant answers The present continuous First published in Great Britain in 2019 The present continuous is used to talk about continued by Dorling Kindersley Limited actions that are happening in the present moment It is formed with “be” and a present participle 80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL Last letter is an “-e.” This is the present simple It describes a repeated action or situation FILL IN THE GAPS BY PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS 16 DK India Senior Art Editor Chhaya Sajwan Senior Editor Arani Sinha Assistant Art Editors Sonali Mahthan, Vidushi Gupta Editor Nandini Devdutt Tripathy Assistant Editors Udit Verma, Andrew Korah Jacket Designer Priyanka Bansal Jacket Editorial Co-ordinator Priyanka Sharma Managing Jackets Editor Saloni Singh Senior Managing Art Editor Arunesh Talapatra Managing Editor Soma B Chowdhury Pre-production Manager Sunil Sharma Senior DTP Designers Tarun Sharma, Harish Aggarwal DTP Designer Manish Upreti PRESENT PARTICIPLE SPELLING RULES The present participle is formed by adding “-ing” to the base form of the verb Some participles have slightly different spelling rules See also: Present simple Action and state verbs 50 Infinitives and participles 51 THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS Exercise instruction A brief instruction tells you what you need to FILL IN THE GAPS BY PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS Sample answer The first question of each exercise is answered to make the task easier to understand MARK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE CORRECT Space for writing You are encouraged to write your answers in the book for future reference ANSWERS An Answers section at the back of the book lists the correct answers for every exercise Turn to these pages whenever you finish a unit or exercise to see how well you have understood the teaching point Exercise numbers Look for the relevant exercise number in the Answers section to mark your work Supporting graphics Visual cues help you understand the exercises 17 Contents The present simple The future continuous 58 The future perfect 60 The future in the past 62 The present simple negative 12 Future review 64 Present simple questions 14 The passive 68 The present continuous 16 The passive in the past 71 Present tenses overview 20 The passive in the future 74 Imperatives 24 The passive with modals 76 The past simple 26 Other passive constructions 78 The past simple negative 30 Conditional sentences 80 Past simple questions 32 Other conditional sentences 86 The past continuous 34 Conditional sentences review 88 The present perfect simple 36 Future possibilities 90 The present perfect continuous 40 Wishes and regrets 92 The past perfect simple 42 Forming questions 94 The past perfect continuous 44 Question words 98 “Used to” and “would” 46 Open questions 100 Past tenses review 48 Object and subject questions 102 The future with “going to” 52 Indirect questions 104 The future with “will” 54 Question tags 106 The present for future events 56 Short questions 108 Short answers 109 Possibility 152 Questions review 110 Articles 154 Reported speech 112 Articles review 158 Tenses in reported speech 114 “This / that / these / those” 160 Reporting verbs 117 “No / none” 162 Reported speech with negatives 118 “Each / every” 164 Reported questions 119 “Either / neither / both” 166 Reported speech review 122 Singular and plural nouns 168 Types of verbs 124 Countable and uncountable nouns 170 Action and state verbs 126 Subject-verb agreement 172 Infinitives and participles 128 Abstract and concrete nouns 174 Verb patterns 130 Compound nouns 176 Verb patterns with objects 133 Numbers 178 Verb patterns with prepositions 135 Quantity 180 Phrasal verbs 136 Approximate quantity 184 Modal verbs 140 Personal pronouns 186 Ability 142 Reflexive pronouns 188 Permission, requests, and offers 144 Indefinite pronouns 192 Suggestions and advice 146 Possession 194 Obligations 148 Defining relative clauses 198 Making deductions 150 Non-defining relative clauses 200 Other relative structures 202 “Enough” and “too” 254 Question words with “-ever” 204 Prepositions 256 “There” 206 Prepositions of place 258 Introductory “it” 209 Prepositions of time 260 Shifting focus 211 Other prepositions 263 Inversion 213 Dependent prepositions 265 Ellipsis 215 Coordinating conjunctions 268 Shortening infinitives 217 Subordinating conjunctions 270 Substitution 220 More linking words 272 Adjectives 222 Linking words review 274 Gradable and non-gradable adjectives 225 Prefixes 276 Comparative adjectives 228 Suffixes 278 Two comparatives together 232 Easily confused phrases 280 “As as” comparisons 234 Sequencing and organizing 282 Superlative adjectives 236 Correcting and changing the subject 284 Adverbs of manner 240 Deciding and hedging 286 Comparative and superlative adverbs 242 Making conversation 288 Adverbs of degree 244 Adverbs of time 247 Adverbs of frequency 250 “So” and “such” 252 Answers 290 The present simple The present simple is used to make simple statements of fact, to talk about things that happen repeatedly, and to describe things that are always true FILL IN THE GAPS BY PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE PRESENT SIMPLE MARK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE CORRECT FILL IN THE GAPS USING “AM,” “IS,” OR “ARE” FILL IN THE GAPS USING “HAVE” OR “HAS” MATCH THE PICTURES TO THE CORRECT SENTENCES FILL IN THE GAPS USING THE WORDS IN THE PANEL 10 306 COMMON NOUNS: PROPER NOUNS: COUNTABLE: UNCOUNTABLE: 307 CONCRETE: ABSTRACT: 308 cardinal ordinal cardinal cardinal ordinal ordinal cardinal 309 310 Defining Non-defining Non-defining Defining 311 Distance Day / Date / Month / Year Weather Time 312 SIZE: SHAPE: AGE: COLOR: NATIONALITY: MATERIAL: GENERAL OPINION: SPECIFIC OPINION: Extreme Absolute Classifying Extreme 313 GRADABLE: NON-GRADABLE: 314 315 Future Past Past Ongoing Ongoing STRONGER: WEAKER: GRADING: NON-GRADING: ENTIRELY: ALMOST ENTIRELY: ALL OR MOST OF THE TIME: SOME OF THE TIME: NOT OFTEN OR NOT AT ALL: 316 317 318 ADJECTIVES: VERBS: NOUNS: COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS: SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS: time reason cause time reason condition condition 319 320 ... Jonathan Metcalf This practice book is a companion to the English for Everyone: English Grammar Guide Each unit in the book tests the language taught in the English Grammar Guide unit with the... Institute of Linguists ENGLISH FO R E V E RYO N E PR ACTICE BOOK ENGLISH GRAMMAR GUIDE conditional negative verb comparative noun How to use this book Project Editor Ben Ffrancon Davies Senior Art Editor... catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-0-2413-7975-2 Printed in China All images © Dorling Kindersley Limited For further information see: www.dkimages.com