IELTS Language Practice. Vince M.

2011. — 296 p.

IELTS Language Practice is a reference and practice book for students preparing for the IELTS examination. It provides clear grammar explanations and regular practice units to consolidate the grammar points in a wider context. There are themed vocabulary units that contextualize essential words and phrases, offering a variety of exercise types students will encounter in the IELTS exam. Answer key provides quick reference for self-study students.

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Contents
Introduction viii Grammar
Grammar 1 Present time 1
Present simple; present continuous; types of verbs; question and negative forms
Grammar 2 Past time 6
Past simple; past tense forms without past time meaning; past continuous; participle clauses
Grammar 3 Practice 1 10
Grammar 4 Present perfect 13
Present perfect simple; present perfect simple or past simple?; present perfect continuous; present perfect continuous or present perfect simple?; present perfect simple and continuous uses; present continuous or present perfect continuous?
Grammar 5 Past perfect, used to 18
Past perfect simple and continuous; reports and report verbs; past perfect uses; used to
Grammar 6 Practice 2 23
Grammar 7 Future time 25
Will and will not; be going to; will or going to7.; present simple and continuous; future time clauses; future continuous; future perfect simple; formal instructions
Grammar 8 Time words and phrases 30
At, in, on; already; yes, so far; for, since, ago; still; no longer; towards; by, until, so far, up to; during, throughout, over; after, afterwards, later, before; on time, in time; at last, last, finally, in the end, at the end; nowadays, these days; once, one day, at once; formerly, previously
Grammar 9 Practice 3 36
Grammar 10 Direct and indirect questions 39
Direct questions; indirect or reported questions; noun clauses; subject and object questions
Grammar 11 The passive 44
Why use the passive?; tense forms; agent by and instrument with; verbs that cannot be passive
Grammar 12 Practice 4 49
Grammar 13 Conditionals 1 52
General truths: If/When + present simple + present simple; real conditions: If+ present simple + will/wont (do); general truth or real condition?; other variants; unreal conditions: If+ past simple + would (do); would; real or unreal?; unless
Grammar 14 Conditionals 2 57
Impossible past conditions; mixed conditions; otherwise; providing/provided (that), as long as, on condition (that) ; even if; if+ should; if+ were to; if (it) were/was not for, if it hadn't been for
Grammar 15 Practices 63
Grammar 16 Modals 1 65
Modal verbs; assuming that something is true; being certain that something will happen; being certain about something in the present; being certain about something in the past; possibility and uncertainty; past possibility and uncertainty; expectation; annoyance or shock; assuming something is true about the past; be bound to, be sure to, be certain to
Grammar 17 Modals 2 71
Ability: can, be able, could; obligation: must, have to, be to; obligation or necessity: need, need to; it + be + adjective + that; recommendation: should, ought to, had better
Grammar 18 Practice 6 77
Grammar 19 Articles 1 80
Context; giving examples; ideas; numbers and measurement; people; cities, towns, streets, places; unique objects; exclamations
Grammar 20 Articles 2 87
geography; academic subjects; nationality; calendar; home, school, prison, hospital, work, university; generalized locations and activities; changes of meaning
Grammar 21 Practice 7 93
Grammar 22 Number and quantity 96
countable and uncountable; some and any; how many, how much; too many, too few, very few, few and a few; too much, not much, (only) a little, (very) little; a lot of/lots of, plenty, hardly any, not enough; no, not any, none (of); many, more, less with numbers; enough, hardly enough, just enough; number and amount; measurement words + of
Grammar 23 Making comparisons 103
Comparative forms; comparative + comparative; the + comparative or superlative + of the + number/quantity; present perfect + superlative; the + comparative, the + comparative; modifiers; like and as; enough and too; more, fewer, less, not as/ so much/many, too little, most (of the...); twice, three times etc + as much as/as many as
Grammar 24 Practice 8 109
Grammar 25 Adverbial clauses 1 112
Coordinate clauses; subordinate clauses; time clauses; place clauses; manner clauses
Grammar 26 Adverbial clauses 2 116
Concession clauses; contrast clauses; reason clauses; result clauses; purpose clauses
Grammar 27 Practice 9 121
Grammar 28 Relative clauses 124
denning and non-defining clauses; which and that; leaving out the relative pronoun; who and whom; whose; prepositions and relative pronouns; when, where, why, whereby; reduced relative clauses; anyone who, those who; which; nominal relative clauses
Grammar 29 Participle clauses 130
Two actions at the same time performed by the same subject; one action before another performed by the same subject; time clause with after, before, since, when, while, on; manner, contrast and conditional clauses; it and there clauses; with and without clauses; adjective clauses
Grammar 30 Practice 10 135
Grammar 31 Pronouns and determiners 138
Every and each + noun; each (of), both (of), either, neither; each other, one another, one ... the other; pronouns with some-, any-, and no-; none, none of, one/ones
Grammar 32 Prepositional phrases 143
Prepositions and adverbs; place or position; movement; pairs of adverbs; phrases
Grammar 33 Practice 11 149
Grammar 34 Reporting and hearsay 152
Report verbs; hearsay reports
Grammar 35 Verbs followed by -ing or infinitive 156
Verbs followed by -ing + object; verbs followed by -ing or to-infinitive with change of meaning; verbs followed by -ing or to-infinitive with no change of meaning; verbs followed by to-infinitive or that clause; verbs followed by an object and to-infinitive; verbs followed by infinitive without to; other structures
Grammar 36 Practice 12 161
Grammar 37 Organizing text 1 163
Adding a point; contrast or concession; degree; comparing and contrasting; exceptions and alternatives
Grammar 38 Organizing text 2 169
Sequences; summarizing and explaining; making assertions; giving examples; making clear; making statements less direct; comment and viewpoint
Grammar 39 Organizing text 3 175
Reference words: pronouns; reference words: the former, the latter; emphasis: It clauses; emphasis: What clauses; emphasis: negatives; emphasis: very, all; inversion
Grammar 40 Practice 13 180
Words and phrases
1 Family and relationships, ways of dealing with people; 248
expressions with come, prefixes anti-, post-, pre-, pro-; expressions with in
2 City life; words meaning 'part'; suffixes -ance, -ence, -ment, 251 -ness; expressions with under; expressions with give
3 Groups; expressions with take; time and duration; at work, 253 prefixes Ы-, со-, mono-, semi-; words with a similar meaning
4 Traditional events; expressions with on; groups; prefixes cent-, 256 pan-, multi-, tri-; expressions with put
5 Character traits and emotion; student text types; prefix in-; 258 expressions with make
6 Transport and transportation; priority and order; confusing 260 words; prefix un-; expressions with meet, suffixes -able, -ial, -ive
7 Rubbish and waste; industry; suffixes -ify, -ize; expressions 263 with carry or hold; word formation
8 Crime; confirming and denying; verbs and nouns with the same 265 form; suffix -en; expressions with life/living; modifying
9 Language and communication; importance; relationships and 268 connections; suffixes -hood, -ship
10 Forms of authority and government; processes; suffixes -sion, 270
-tion, -ity; adverbs of degree Grammar answers 272
Vocabulary answers 288
Words and phrases answers 294

This book is designed to revise and consolidate grammar points at the level of Cambridge ESOLIELTS.
Although there is no testing of grammar as such in IELTS, an accurate command of grammar is necessary in order to perform examination tasks successfully. It is assumed that users of this book will have reached a level of at least Council of Europe Common Framework level B2, and many will have reached Cl or C2. The grammar points selected here are those thought to be of most relevance to those planning to take the IELTS exam, and so most worth revising or using for further practice.
Points not included here may be found in the Language Practice series and in Macmillan English Grammar in Context.
Grammar is explained and practised within contexts and topic areas relevant to the exam and which include the use of information in graphs and tables. There are regular practice units which involve reading and interpreting graphs and tables. These range in difficulty material to reflect the different entry levels of students taking the IELTS exam.
The Vocabulary and Words and Phrases sections expose users to topic-based lexis they are likely to encounter in IELTS Reading and Listening tasks. The Vocabulary section also develops the ability to use language appropriate for Writing tasks 1 and 2, often within the context of various model essays. Language that candidates might use in their Speaking test is made apparent through examples of direct speech in exercises.

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