Product Description

This book of grammar exercises accompanies the second edition of Essential Grammar in Use.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #466244 in Books
• Published on: 1997-01-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

Review
'Never heard of Murphy? Well, then it is high time you rush to the nearest book shop and buy it. It is still the best grammar book and has been so for the last 12 years.' ETAS, Switzerland, 1997

'Never heard of Murphy? Well, then it is high time you rush to the nearest book shop and buy it. It is still the best grammar book and has been so for the last 12 years … The explanations – always one page – of any grammar item are clear and illustrated not only with good examples but also motivating pictures. On the page facing these explanations you are offered a good selection of exercises. They are easy to understand and also illustrated with pictures.' 'If you feel your students need and also want more of them, there is the volume with the Supplementary Exercises. This means no work for you, you do not have to make up your own examples – it is all there.' ETAS, Switzerland, 1997

Customer Reviews

Very Handy
Murphy is a classic in TEFL. The students like the way grammar is broken into pieces and made accessible. I have had many students who despised ‘grammar’ but loved ‘Murphy’. This book has more exercises for the grammar points introduced in the book. I use this when a new point of grammar seems hard to sink in, or when revising it after a while. I also had some students who have done all the exercises in the Murphy grammar book, so this book was very handy to keep them busy.

On its own, this book does not mean much. In conjunction with the Murphy grammar book, this is very handy to have.

A good book for those with an initial grasp of English
A very useful book for anyone teaching or learning English as a foreign language. Some of the exercises are repetitive and tedious but provide a sound grounding in most aspects of English grammar.

Good book let down by an error in the first exercise
I bought this book because I needed something handy for testing my students. I used it as soon as I received it and imagine my surprise when I discovered a mistake in the first exercise:
"Complete the sentences. Use the words in the box" (am, is, are, etc)
"11: .......this is the right bus for the city centre?"
The answer, according to the author, is "Is this is the right bus for the city centre?"

I hope that this is not the general case with this book. I haven't been through all the exercises yet, but where was the proofreader?