The Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English: Workbook

Third Impression. — Longman / Pearson Education, 2003. — 140 p. — ISBN 0 582 539420. The Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English Workbook gives advanced students of English the practice and tools needed to analyze everyday language. It is linked by direct cross-references to the Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English-the pedagogical coursebook that examines grammatical structure and the how, when, and why of English as it is really used. invaluable for students on university and teacher-training courses; checks your knowledge of how English is actually used in speech and writing; shows how grammar differs in different contexts or registers; provides practice with relationships between grammar and vocabulary; all examples taken from naturally occurring English texts and conversations; comparisons between British English and American English; spoken and written extracts throughout; full answer key. Contents. Introduction. A discourse perspective on grammar. Words and word classes. Introduction to phrases and clauses. Nouns, pronouns, and the simple noun phrase. Verbs. Variation in the verb phrase: tense, aspect, voice, and modal use. Adjectives and adverbs. Exploring the grammar of the clause. Complex noun phrases. Verb and adjective complement clauses. Adverbials. Word order choices. The grammar of conversation. Answers. None A discourse perspective on grammar Words and word classes Introduction to phrases and clauses Nouns, pronouns, and the simple noun phrase Verbs Variation in the verb phrase: tense, aspect, voice, and modal use Adjectives and adverbs Exploring the grammar of the clause Complex noun phrases Verb and adjective complement clauses Adverbials Word order choices The grammar of conversation None This grammar reference is written for the advanced student. It combines explanations of English grammar with information on how, when and why we use different structures. It shows the differences between spoken and written grammar and includes frequency information on the most common forms English grammar book that goes into great detail and specifics about everything grammatical. Covers both spoken and written English, with many corpus and graph examples to help explain concepts and uses. Technical but written simply, though some passages are complex. This is the workbook to accompany the Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English