This theme-based Grammar Links series offers clear, accurate, and comprehensive grammar reference material, useful to students throughout life; a strong emphasis on the pragmatics of formal and informal language, and ample contextualized, four-skills practice. The thematic materials of each unit gradually become more sophisticated and academically oriented throughout the series.
- Grammar Briefings cover the structure of the English language as well as functions and meanings.
- Talking the Talk boxes address pragmatic concerns about grammatical choices in written and spoken English such as levels of formality, slang, and metaphorical usage.
- Grammar Hotspot boxes alert students to predictable grammar problems and explain how to avoid them.
1. Present and Past: Simple and Progressive 2. Present and Past: Perfect and Perfect Progressive 3. Future; Phrasal Verbs; Tag Questions 4. Noun Phrases 5. Adjective Clauses 6. Gerunds and Infinitives 7. Modals 8. Passives 9. Conditionals 10. Noun Clauses 11. Adverb Clauses; Connecting Ideas