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Worfc on your
Grammar
Over 200 exercises to improve your English grammar
,Contents
Introduction 6
Is this the right book for me? 6
What does this book contain? 6
I'm a student: how can I use this book? 6
Study tips 7
I want to improve my grammar 7
I'm a teacher: how can I use this book with my classes? 8
Lesson plan 8
1 Present continuous, present simple and will
Talking about the future 10
2 Present perfect
Talking about the past and present together
[have + past participle) 13
3 Prepositions
Using prepositions after certain verbs 18
4 A little and a few
Using (a) little and (a) few when talking about things 22
5 Possessive pronouns
Using pronouns to show who things belong to (mine, yours,
his, hers, ours, theirs; one/ones; no/none) 25
6 Possessive's and s'
Using s to show who things belong to ('s/s' + people,
things, places) 28
7 Articles and other words before nouns
both/all; a/the; zero article 32
8 Past continuous
Talking about two events in the past (was/were + -ing ) 36
9 There and It sentences
Using There and It at the beginning of sentences 40
10 Questions
Asking questions in the past and present 43
11 Adjectives
Talking about people and things, and comparatives
and superlatives {be + adjective + preposition) 46
12 Link words
both ... and, either ...or, neither... nor, not only... but also,
s o ... that 49
,13 Time clauses
Using adverbs to talk about time and other connections 52
14 Zero and first conditionals
Talking about if something happens (Zero conditional:
lf+ present simple + present simple; First conditional:
lf+ present simple + will; will + if+ present simple) 56
15 Adverbs
Talking about when, where and how often
things happen 60
16 Adverb position
Using adverbs correctly in sentences 63
17 Modal verbs (1)
Talking about what you can and must do {con, be able to,
must, have to) 66
18 Modal verbs (2)
Talking about what you might do, but aren't sure about
{could, might, may, will probably) 70
19 Modal verbs (3)
Giving advice {should, ought to, had better) 73
20 Modal verbs (4)
Making and responding to offers and promises {will, shall) 76
21 Passive
Passive verbs in the present and past {is, are, was, were + past
participle) 79
22 Question tags
Using question tags with present and past meanings
{isn't it?, didn't you?) 83
23 Verbs not normally used in continuous forms
think, believe, know, understand, like, hate, have, feel, smell,
taste, etc. 86
24 Verbs followed by two objects
(verb + object + verb) 89
25 Pronouns and adjectives
{other, another, one/s) 92
26 Relative pronouns and reflexive pronouns
who, which, that; myself, yourself 95
27 Phrasal verbs
Common phrasal verbs in the past and present
{look after, put away, get up) 100
28 Requests, offers and invitations
let me, shall, would you, can, could, may 104
, Contents
29 Agreeing, disagreeing and telling people what you
want and need 108
30 Suggesting, advising and saying that you're sure 111
Answer key 115
Worfc on your
Grammar
Over 200 exercises to improve your English grammar
,Contents
Introduction 6
Is this the right book for me? 6
What does this book contain? 6
I'm a student: how can I use this book? 6
Study tips 7
I want to improve my grammar 7
I'm a teacher: how can I use this book with my classes? 8
Lesson plan 8
1 Present continuous, present simple and will
Talking about the future 10
2 Present perfect
Talking about the past and present together
[have + past participle) 13
3 Prepositions
Using prepositions after certain verbs 18
4 A little and a few
Using (a) little and (a) few when talking about things 22
5 Possessive pronouns
Using pronouns to show who things belong to (mine, yours,
his, hers, ours, theirs; one/ones; no/none) 25
6 Possessive's and s'
Using s to show who things belong to ('s/s' + people,
things, places) 28
7 Articles and other words before nouns
both/all; a/the; zero article 32
8 Past continuous
Talking about two events in the past (was/were + -ing ) 36
9 There and It sentences
Using There and It at the beginning of sentences 40
10 Questions
Asking questions in the past and present 43
11 Adjectives
Talking about people and things, and comparatives
and superlatives {be + adjective + preposition) 46
12 Link words
both ... and, either ...or, neither... nor, not only... but also,
s o ... that 49
,13 Time clauses
Using adverbs to talk about time and other connections 52
14 Zero and first conditionals
Talking about if something happens (Zero conditional:
lf+ present simple + present simple; First conditional:
lf+ present simple + will; will + if+ present simple) 56
15 Adverbs
Talking about when, where and how often
things happen 60
16 Adverb position
Using adverbs correctly in sentences 63
17 Modal verbs (1)
Talking about what you can and must do {con, be able to,
must, have to) 66
18 Modal verbs (2)
Talking about what you might do, but aren't sure about
{could, might, may, will probably) 70
19 Modal verbs (3)
Giving advice {should, ought to, had better) 73
20 Modal verbs (4)
Making and responding to offers and promises {will, shall) 76
21 Passive
Passive verbs in the present and past {is, are, was, were + past
participle) 79
22 Question tags
Using question tags with present and past meanings
{isn't it?, didn't you?) 83
23 Verbs not normally used in continuous forms
think, believe, know, understand, like, hate, have, feel, smell,
taste, etc. 86
24 Verbs followed by two objects
(verb + object + verb) 89
25 Pronouns and adjectives
{other, another, one/s) 92
26 Relative pronouns and reflexive pronouns
who, which, that; myself, yourself 95
27 Phrasal verbs
Common phrasal verbs in the past and present
{look after, put away, get up) 100
28 Requests, offers and invitations
let me, shall, would you, can, could, may 104
, Contents
29 Agreeing, disagreeing and telling people what you
want and need 108
30 Suggesting, advising and saying that you're sure 111
Answer key 115
