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LEVEL 1
With answers

Fiona Davis and Wayne Rimmer

Series editor: Penny Ur

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Introduction

What is Active Grammar?

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How are the books organised?

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Contents

Introduction 3 19 Be going to 48
?c]e_d]jeki[cW]_Y$
1 Word class and word order 6 R4 Review: the future 50
?dj^[mehbZjeZWo
Modal verbs
Present
20 Modal verbs: can, could, be able to 52
2 Be 8 >emYWdZe]i^[bfki5
7h[oekcoied5
21 Modals for requests: can, could, may 54
3 Present simple 1: statements 10 9ekbZm[]eedWiW\Wh_5
CWoX[oekadem^[h$
22 Must, have to and cant 56
4 Present simple 2: negatives and questions 12 ?^Wl[jeijWo^[h[$
:eoekb_a[peei5
23 Should, ought to 58
5 Present continuous 14 Oeki^ekbZjWa[eoekhi^e[i$
I^[im[Wh_d]WXh_]^jo[bbemZh[ii$
24 Modals of possibility: may, might 60
6 Present continuous and present simple 16 M[cWod[l[hadem
?cmWba_d]?Zedj^Wl[WYWh$
R5 Review: modals 62
7 Imperatives 18
IjWoYWbc Questions and answers
R1 Review: present simple and present continuous 20 25 Yes / no questions and short answers 64
7h[X[[jb[i_cfehjWdj5O[i"j^[oWh[
Past
26 Question words: Where? When? Why? 66
8 Past simple 1: was / were 22 How? Whose?
>[mWiWfefkbWh^[he$ >emZ_Z^[Z_[5
9 Past simple 2: regular past forms 24 27 Object and subject questions 68
I^[b_l[Z_dWjh[[$ M^eijkZ_[ZWj>e]mWhji5
10 Past simple 3: irregular past forms 26 28 Be like and look like 70
J^[oifea[9[bj_YbWd]kW][i$ M^WjZe[iMebl[h_d[beeab_a[5
11 Past continuous 28 29 What? and Which? 72
;l[hoed[mWijWba_d]WXekjj^[Wbb_]Wjehi$ M^_Y^e\j^[c_ij^[gk[[dX[[5
R2 Review: past simple and past continuous 30 30 How ? questions 74
12 Present perfect 1 32 >emYebZ_ij^[9^Wdd[b5
J^[ol[Wbh[WZo_dl[dj[Z_j 31 So and neither 76
13 Present perfect 2 34 D[_j^[hZe?$
>Wl[oek[l[hjh_[ZckijWhZ_Y[Yh[Wc5 32 Question tags 78
14 Present perfect 3 36 9^eYebWj[_iXWZ\ehoek"_idj_j5
J^[o^Wl[b_l[Zj^[h[\ehY[djkh_[i$ R6 Review: questions and answers 80
15 Present perfect or past simple? 38 Verbs
J^[YecfWdo^Wi_dl[dj[Zj^[CWYWdZj^[_FeZ$
33 Have and have got 82
16 Used to 40 >Wl[oek]ejW\Wlekh_j[YheYeZ_b[5
I_Yaf[efb[e\j[dki[Zjeib[[f_dj[cfb[i$
34 Make, do and get 84
R3 Review: present perfect and used to 42 :eoek][jWd]ho5
The future 35 Prepositional verbs 86
17 Will, shall, wont 44 J^_daWXekj_j
?^ef[oekbb[d`eooe]W$ 36 Phrasal verbs 88
18 Present continuous with future meaning 46 7\h_[dZjej_Zokfoekhheec$
I^[io_d]je=bWi]emjecehhem$

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37 Verbs with two objects 90 60 Adverbs of frequency 142

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38 Verb + -ing or verb + to-infinitive; like and 92 R10 Review: adjectives and adverbs 144
would like
Prepositions
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61 Prepositions of place 146
39 State verbs 94
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62 Prepositions of time: at, in, on 148
R7 Review: verb structures 96
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Articles, nouns, pronouns, etc. 63 Prepositions of movement 150
40 Countable and uncountable nouns 98 =[jej^[XeWjWdZim_cjej^[_ibWdZ$
M^[h[Ze[iiWdZYec[\hec5 R11 Review: prepositions 152
41 Plural nouns 100
The passive
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64 Passive: present and past simple 154
42 Articles 1 102
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:eoekademj^[Wdim[h5
43 Articles 2 104 Conditionals
FbWocki_YWdZmWjY^j^[X_hZi$ 65 Zero and first conditionals 156
R8 Review: nouns and articles 106 ?\oekijkZoY^[c_ijho"oekbbd[l[hijefb[Whd_d]$
44 This, that, these, those 108 66 Second conditional 158
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45 Some, any, no, none 110 R12 Review: the passive; conditionals 160
J^[h[Wh[dejhW_diehXki[i$ Reported speech
46 Something, everywhere, nobody, anyone 112 67 Reported speech 162
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47 Much, many, a lot of, a little, a few 114 68 Say and tell 164
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48 Subject and object pronouns 116
Relative clauses
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69 Defining relative clauses 166
49 Possessive s 118
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R13 Review: reported speech; say / tell;
50 Whose?, my, mine 120
relative clauses 168
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51 There and it 122 Linking words and sentences
?jiWl[hokdkikWbXeea$ 70 Linking words: and, but, or, so, because 170
R9 Review: pronouns; possessives; quantifiers 124 M^Wj_i"acbed]WdZcWZ[e\ijed[5
71 Time and sequence adverbs: first, then, afterwards 172
Adjectives and adverbs
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52 Adjectives 126
72 Both, either, neither 174
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53 Order of adjectives 128
73 Word order 176
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54 Comparatives 130
R14 Review: linking words and word order 178
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55 Superlatives 132
Appendices
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56 Adverbs of manner 134
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57 Comparative and superlative adverbs 136 If[bb_d]0l[hXi '.(

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58 -ed and -ing adjectives 138 =beiiWho '.*
?i_j[nY_j_d]5 =hWccWh_dZ[n '.,
59 Too and enough 140 Answer key '.-
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