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with
2.284
after adjectives
2.48
in reported speech
7.79
in the passive
9.15
–
9.16
within
4.130
,
4.131
won’t
5.16
,
5.19
,
5.59
,
5.102
,
5.147
,
5.189
,
5.195
word order
5.3
,
8.7
,
8.36
,
8.54
,
8.62
,
8.70
,
8.75
,
8.99
–
8.100
,
8.131
,
8.144
,
9.1
–
9.2
,
9.21
,
9.67
,
9.96
position of adjectives
2.19
–
2.21
,
2.54
–
2.62
position of numbers
2.213
,
2.219
,
2.233
position of objects
3.79
,
3.101
–
3.106
,
3.115
,
6.77
position of adverbs and adverbials
4.41
,
4.71
–
4.84
,
6.7
–
6.13
,
6.24
,
6.48
,
6.50
,
6.61
in negatives
5.53
–
5.57
,
5.64
–
5.66
,
5.77
,
5.81
–
5.85
in reported speech
7.22
–
7.25
,
7.27
,
7.31
worse
and
worst
6.32
,
6.52
,
R28
would
talking about things that happened regularly in the past
5.112
thinking about the future
5.113
would not
for refusal
5.114
,
5.196
expressing likelihood
5.121
expressing certainty
5.122
would have
for possibility
5.135
giving instructions and appeals for help
5.157
making offers and invitations
5.173
expressing wishes
5.201
–
5.202
would rather
,
would sooner
5.204
would have
for wishes
5.205
–
5.206
being polite
5.220
used in reported speech
7.54
–
7.55
would like
giving instructions
5.165
making requests
5.169
wouldn’t
5.102
,
5.173
,
5.196
—————— XYZ ——————
yes/no
-questions
5.12
–
5.14
,
5.44
reporting
yes/no
-questions
7.35
–
7.36
yet
used with comparatives and superlatives
2.160
,
4.81
referring to expected situations
4.79
–
4.81
used to link words and clauses
8.152
,
8.157
,
8.187
–
8.188
you
1.98
,
1.104
,
1.120
your
1.194
–
1.210
yours
1.107
–
1.110
,
1.120
yourself
1.111
–
1.118
,
1.120
,
3.26
–
3.31
yourselves
1.111
–
1.118
,
3.26
–
3.31
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Table of Contents
1 Referring to People and Things
Nouns
Countable nouns
Uncountable nouns
Singular nouns
Plural nouns
Collective nouns
Proper nouns
Nouns that are rarely used alone
Adjectives used as nouns
Nouns referring to males or females
-ing nouns
Compound nouns
Pronouns
Personal pronouns
Possessive pronouns
Reflexive pronouns
Generic pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns
Indefinite pronouns
Reciprocal pronouns
Relative pronouns
Interrogative pronouns
Determiners
Definite determiners: the
Definite determiners: this, that, these and those
Possessive determiners: my, your, their, etc.
The possessive form: apostrophe s (’s)
Indefinite determiners: all, some, many etc.
Indefinite determiners: a and an
Other indefinite determiners
2 Giving Information About People and Things
Adjectives
Qualitative adjectives
Classifying adjectives
Colour adjectives
Showing strong feelings
Postdeterminers
Adjectives that are only used in front of a noun
Adjectives that always follow a linking verb
Position of adjectives in noun phrases
-ing adjectives
-ed adjectives
Compound adjectives
Comparatives
Superlatives
Saying things are similar
Talking about different amounts of a quality
Saying things are different
Noun modifiers
Talking about amounts of things
Numbers
Cardinal numbers
Ordinal numbers
Fractions
Measurements
Age
Approximate amounts and measurements
Expanding the noun phrase
with prepositional phrases
with adjectives
Nouns followed by to-infinitive, -ed participle, or -ing participle
Intransitive verbs
Transitive verbs
Reflexive verbs
Delexical verbs: verbs with little meaning
Verbs that can be used both with and without an object
Verbs that can take an object or a prepositional phrase
Changing your focus by changing the subject
Reciprocal verbs
Verbs that can have two objects
Phrasal verbs
Compound verbs
Linking verbs
Adjectives after linking verbs