Practice makes perfect: basic English 9780071771702, 0071771700, 9780071597623, 007159762X

Table of contents :
Introduction
1. To Be: Present Tense
2. To Be: Present Tense, Negative Form
3. To Be: Present Tense, Question Form
4. To Be: Past Tense
5. To Be: Past Tense, Negative Form
6. To Be: Past Tense, Question Form
7. Exceptional Uses with the Verb To Be
8. Adjectives
9. To Have: Present Tense
10. To Have: Present Tense, Negative Form
11. To Have: Present Tense, Question Form
12. The Simple Present Tense
13: The Simple Present Tense, Negative Form
14. The Simple Present Tense, Question Form
15. Possessive Pronouns
16. The Simple Past Tense
17. The Simple Past Tense with Irregular Verbs, 1
18. The Simple Past Tense with Irregular Verbs, 2
19. The Simple Past Tense with Irregular Verbs, 3
20. The Simple Past Tense, Negative Form
21. The Simple Past Tense, Question Form
22. Prepositions In and On
23. There Is and There Are: Present Tense
24. There Is and There Are: Present Tense, Negative Form
25. There Is and There Are: Present Tense, Question Form
26. There Is and There Are: Past Tense
27. There Is and There Are: Past Tense, Negative Form
28. There Is and There Are: Past Tense, Question Form
29. Prepositions To and At
30. The Present Progressive Tense
31. The Present Progressive Tense, Negative Form
32. The Present Progressive Tense, Question Form
33. The Past Progressive Tense
34. The Past Progressive Tense, Negative Form
35. The Past Progressive Tense, Question Form
36. Prepositions From and Of
37. Will: Future Tense
38. Will: Future Tense, Negative Form
39. Will: Future Tense, Question Form
40. Be Going To: Future Tense
41. Be Going To: Future Tense, Negative Form
42. Be Going To: Future Tense, Question Form
43. The Indefinite Articles A and An
44. Irregular Verbs Table
45. The Present Perfect Tense
46. The Present Perfect Tense, Negative Form
47. The Present Perfect Tense, Question Form
48. The Past Perfect Tense
49. The Past Perfect Tense, Negative Form
50. The Past Perfect Tense, Question Form
Answer Key

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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

Basic English Julie Lachance

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