Advanced grammar and self practice for FCE tets

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RICHARD WALTON
SERIES EDITOR: Sue O`Connell
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First published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd 1994 This edition published by Pearson Education Ltd, 1999
Fourth impression 2000
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Printed in Spain by Graficas Estella
Author`s acknowledgement
Many thanks to Sue O`Connell for keeping the book `focused` and staying positive: and to Roberta
for putting up with it all.
I would also like to thank the students and staff of St Clare`s, Oxford for their help in piloting the material and for their support.
The publishers are grateful to the following for permission to reproduce copyright material: Philip Allan Publishers Ltd for an adapted extract from `Special Agents` by Andrew Jones in SOCIOLOGY REVIEW vol. 7 No 1, September 1977 and an extract from `Thinking about family life` by David Morgan in SOCIOLOGY REVIEW vol. 7 No 4, 1998; British Airways for an extract from an article by David Hewson in BRITISH AIRWAYS BUSINESS LIFE July/August 1998; BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE on behalf of the authors, for extracts from `Mystery of the dying frogs` by Tim Halliday & `Small is beautiful` by Jonathan Porritt in BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE October 1997 p29 & pp21-22; Brockman Inc. on behalf of the author, for an extract from THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD CHIMPANZEE by Jared Diamond; Guardian Newspapers Ltd for a slightly adapted extract from `Office Politics` by Guy Browning in THE GUARDIAN WEEKEND 6.6.98; Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd for and advertisement for a desk editor in THE INDEPENDENT 13.10.93; Penguin Books Ltd for an adapted extract from BETTER READER, FASTER READER by Manya and Eric De Leeuw (Pelican Original) Copyright © Manya and Eric De Leeuw, 1965.
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Contents
I Use Your Head
Dictionary skills - Abbreviations; parts of
speech; tenses; dependent prepositions
Grammar - Conditionals 0, 1,2; despite/in
spite of; although/but
Phrasal verbs - Word order
Phrasal verbs - Can you split it up?
Prefixes - under and over
Writing - Informal letter
Word formation
Wordcheck - Collocations
Error correction

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6 Language Matters
Relative clauses - Relative pronouns; different
endings; reduced relative clauses; fill in the gaps
like, as and alike
Comparison - Comparatives and
superlatives, as ... as, complete the sentences
Degrees of comparison
Linking and logical devices - addition,
concession, contrast
Spelling
Emphasisers
Review writing
I I Last Chance to See
Relative clauses - Punctuation; relative
clauses with prepositions
Phrasal verbs - Tense and structure; different
meanings
Expressing the future
Quantifiers - each/every, either/neither
Linking and logical devices - cause and
result, purpose and time
Discourse cloze
Writing - Formal letter
Wordcheck - The environment

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7 The Ages of Man
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Progress Test Three
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55 14 Testing Times
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Vocabulary - Collocations; Idioms and
metaphors
Contrast links
Collocations
Prepositions
Writing - Formal letter
Spelling - That can`t be right!
Grammar - Review of passives and causative
have/get something done, passives for formal
effect
Dependent prepositions
Wordcheck - Weather
3 Time Eaters
Vocabulary - Register and style
no matter...
Grammar - will vs going to; future time
clauses; guess the ending; present tenses,
modal verbs
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4 Stress
Cause and effect
Grammar - -ing forms; prepositions and
conjunctions + -ing; -ingor infinitive?; -ing
nouns; -ingadjectives
Word building - Verb formation
Dependent prepositions
Collocations
Wordcheck - Stress and relaxation
Progress Test One
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5 Globe Trotting
Cohesive devices
Grammar - Past simple vs past continuous;
past perfect simple and continuous
Phrasal verbs - Phrasal verbs with up; in
other words; three-word phrasal verbs
Reference links
Word