Collins Language

A comprehensive and clear guide for those looking to improve their English grammar for use in the workplace. Level: Advanced, Intermediate
Usage: Reference, Study, Professional Contents: If you are required to use English at work but feel you need to build up your grammar, Collins new Business Grammar & Practice is the perfect solution. Well-known Business English experts Nick Brieger and Simon Sweeney guide the user through 84 units to explain the structure of the English language. Examples of real usage are followed by a simple but thorough explanation of each grammar point. Then, a range of practice exercises cement your understanding. All of the sample sentences are taken from the COBUILD corpus. This ensures that you don’t learn artificial language – instead you get to grips with the vocabulary and structures that are used in the business world around the globe today. Work through the book from start to finish for a comprehensive course in pre-intermediate grammar, or pick and choose the topics of most interest to you. Topics covered: • Main tenses (presents, imperatives, pasts, futures, conditionals) • Auxiliaries and modals • Voice – active vs. passive constructions • Irregularities • Sentence and clause types • Nouns • Adjectives and Adverbs • Determiners (articles, pronouns, demonstratives, quantifiers…) • Prepositions CEF level: A2–B1 ALSO AVAILABLE: Collins Business Grammar & Practice: Intermediate