This document is the table of contents for an English grammar textbook titled "English Grammar in Use" by Raymond Murphy. It lists 166 units covering various topics in English grammar, including verbs, nouns, pronouns, determiners, clauses, adjectives, adverbs, word order, connectors, prepositions, and phrasal verbs. It also includes 7 appendices with additional information on irregular verbs, tenses, modal verbs, spelling, American English, exercises, and an index.

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2. English
Grammar
in Use
A self-study
reference
and practice
book for
intermediate
students of
English
with answers
THIRD
EDITION
Raymond Murphy
~ CAM B R ID G E
~ Ul"IVERS ITY P R ESS

3. C A M RRI I>G F. UNIVE RS ITY r RE S S
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Contents
T h. mks -ji
To the student viii
To rhe reac her x
Present .m d p,,1 $[
I Present con tin uous 1 am doing '
.l Present simple (I do :
3 Present continuou s and present simple 1 il am doin g an d I do l
4 Present conn nuo us and presen t simple J (I am doin g and J do l
5 P J, S[ simple II did)
6 Past co n rin uo u-, (I was doing I
Present perfe,-f ,,111,1 p.1St
- Pre-sen t perfect I II hav e do ne )
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Present pe t ie..:t .2 II have do ne}
Present perfect con tinu ou s II han: been doingl
Present perfect co ntinu ous an d simple II have been doin g and I have do ne)
How lon g ha ve ~ ou . been t ... :
For and since When ... ? and How long ... ? .
13 Present perfect JnJ
r .hl
I d hone done and I did ,
14 Present pe rfect and r .ht .! II have d on e an d I d id t
15 Past pe rfect U had done!
16 P.lSI perfect con tinuous il had been doing t
17 H ave gO I a nd have
t S Use d to (d o)
Futu re
19 Present tenses tl am doing I I do l fur the fut ure
20 rl'mt goi ng to (dol
11 " i ll/sha ll 1
" WilllshJ.1I 1
1 3 I will a nd I' m goi ng 0
1 ~ 'ill be doing ,U1J wi ll ha ve do ne
2. 5 W hen I d o I When I' ve d o ne
When an d if
.lo.l.lls
2. 6 Can, co uld and rbet abl e 10
Could (d ol an d co uld ha ve tdo net
2. 8 ." ust and ca n't
2 9 . 1.1 ~' a nd might I
30 ." .l ~' a nd rnig ht 1
3 1 Ha ve w a nd mu vt
31 . l ust mu stn't n...edn't
33 Should I
34 Sho uld 2.
3 5 Had bener
It's time ,. ,
36 Would
J- Can'Could'Wo uld ~ou .. . ? esc. (Req uests. offers. permissio n and invirarionst
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IF 'IOU ARE NOT SURE WHICH UNITS 'IOU NEED TO STUDY. USE THE STUDY GUIDE ON PAGE 326.
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5. If ami wish
.l8 If I do •..•md If I did ...
39 If I knew,., I w ish I knew ...
40 If I had known ..• I wish I had kn own ...
4 1 Vi"h
Passire
42 Passin ' I (is done I was done ]
43 Passin ' 2. (be done I be don e ! being don e )
en
44 Pas sive 3
45 It is sa id that •.• H e is said to • .•
46 H ave som ething don e
H e is suppo sed to ...
Reported speech
47 Reported speech 1 j He said th at .••)
48 Reported speech 2.
Q ltestioflS •
.md .1lIxiliJry ('n bs
4 9 Quest ions 1
50 Questions 2. (Do ) 'O U kn ow w here ... ? I He asked me wh ere •.• )
5 1 Auxili'lr}· verbs Iha ve/dozca n erc. j I think so I I hope so etc.
52 Q uest ion ta gs (do you ? isn't it ? ere.I
-bIg
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.md the i,,{illiti('e
Verb + -ing (en jo y doing ! stop doing ere.I
Verb + to ••. (decide to . .. ! forget to .•• ere. I
Verb (+ o bject) + to ... (I want ) 'O U to ••• etc. I
Verb + -in g or to
1 (remember/regret etc. ]
Verb + -ing o r to
2. (try/needlh e1p l
Verb + -ing or to
3 (like I wou ld like erc. l
Prefer a nd wou ld ra ther
Preposition (in/for/about ere. I + -ing
Be/get used to someth ing (I'm used to ... )
Verh + preposi tion + -ing (succeed in -ing I accuse som ebod y o f -ing ctc.]
Exp ressio ns + -in g
To ••• • for .. . a nd so t hat •.. (pur pose )
Adjective + to .. .
To ••• (a fraid to do l a nd preposition + -ing (afraid of -ing t
See so mebody do a nd sec so mebody doin g
-ing clauses (Feeling tired, I went to bed e;Hly. f
A rticles JIII/ nouns
69 Cou nta ble and uncountable 1
70 Co unta ble and uncountable 2
7 1 Counta ble nouns with ala n an d som e
72 Alan and the
73 The 1
74 The 2. (schoo l! t he school ere. I
75 The 3 (children I the children !
76 The 4 Ithe giraffe I the teleph on e ! th e piano etc.• the
77 Na mes with a nd wit ho ut the 1
78 Na mes with an d with out th e 2
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ad iecnve t
IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHICH UNITS YOU NEED TO STUDY, USE THE STUDY GUIDE ON PAGE 326.

6. 79 S in ~u lJr and plur.ll
80 X oun ... no un (a tenni s ball f .l headache:
8 1 - rvour sisler nam e! and o f ... (rhe na me o f the book t
Pronouns .l lId det erminers
82. :l y sdf/~' ours elfJth em seh' es ere.
83 .- friend of mine
.l y own home
On my own f by myself
84 Ther e ... • Od it .. .
1
S5 Some a nd .lny
86 X o/non c/a nv
X othing/nobodv etc.
87 :I uch. man v.H n le. few. a lot. plentv
SS All / .1.11 o f m O1 / movr o f no / non e of etc
89 Both f both o f
neither f neither o f
either f either of
90 : 11. every J.nJ whole
9 1 Each and c u'~
Relati re clauses
92. Relanve cla uses I: clauses with who/t hat/w hich
93 ReI.HiH' cla uses 2.: cla uses with an d without who/ tha t/which
94 Rela nve clauses 3: whose/wh om/wh er e
95 Relative clauses 4: exrra mformanon daus~ ( I I
96 Rela tive cla uses 5: e xtra info rmation clau ses l2.1
9 - -mg an d -ed cla uses rrhe woman talking 10 Tom. [he ~()y injured in the accident '
A J ;ecfU '('S JI1,I .I,/I"
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100
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Adle..nves endin,!: in -ing and -ed (bo ring/bo red ere
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Adj ective s: a nice new house. you loo k tired
Adiecnves and adve rbs I {quick/quickly}
Adiec rives .1OJ adve rbs 2. (H·llJf,H tIl. Cc. ha rd/hardly}
1
102. So an d such
10.3 Eno ugh and too
104 Q Uill". prcnv. ra ther .1nJ
105
106
10;
10 8
fa i rl ~"
Co m p.mson I (cheaper. more expensive etc. t
Com pa rison 2. tmc ch bcncr / a n j better / berrcr a nd better / Ihe sooner th e better)
Com pa rison 3 ' 0< •• • 0< I than !
Superlatives uh c longest. the mo st enjoy able erc.!
109 '('ord o rder I: ver b + ubject: place and time
110 X'ord order 2. : ad verbs with the verb
I I I Still. ~'e l an d alr eady
112. h en
.-ny more f any lo nger I no longer
COll lllll~· t i()ll$
11.3
IH
115
116
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.lIt.l prepositions
Althou gh I tho ugh I even though In spite of f despite
In C,1 ~e
Unless
As lon g as
Provided/p rovidi ng
As (: s I wall ed along the st reet .•. / As I wa s hungr y ... J
Like a nd a ~
.- ~ if / .1 th ough / likc
IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHIOl UNITS YOU NEED TO STUDY, USE THE STUDY GUIDE ON PAGE 326.
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7. I 19 Fo r. during a nd whil e
120 By a nd unt il
By th e time ...
Prepositione
12 1 Allon /in (ti me)
122 On time a nd in time
123 In/a t/on (position) I
124 Inla llon [pos ition! 2
125 In/a llon (pos itio n! 3
126
127
128
129
130
13 1
132
133
134
135
136
ToI:nlinlinto
In/a llo n (o ther uses)
By
N oun + preposit io n (reaso n for . ca use of ere. I
Adjecnv e + pr eposit ion 1
Adjecrive + p repos itio n 2
Verh + prepo sition I to a nd a t
V + preposit io n 2 aboullfor/oflafter
erb
Ver h + prepo sit io n 3 about a nd o f
Verb + preposition 4 ofI fo r/from/an
Verb + preposition 5 inli ntol withltolon
Pb rasal rerbs
137 Phra sal ve rb s 1
138 Phr a sal ve rb s 2
139 Phr a sal verbs 3
140 Phrasa l ver bs 4
14 1 Phr asal verbs 5
142 Phrasal verbs 6
143 Phrasa l ver bs 7
144 Ph ra sa l ver bs 8
145 Phra sa l ve rbs 9
Appendix 1
Append ix 2
Appe ndix 3
Appe nd ix 4
Append ix 5
Append ix 6
Append ix 7
Study guide
Int roduct ion
in/o ut
o ut
on/off ( Il
on/off (2l
Up/do wn
up ( I)
up (2)
aw ay/back
Regu lar a nd irregular verbs 292
Present a nd past tenses 294
T ht' futu re 29 5
Modal ve rbs (ca nJco uldJwillJwo uld erc.) 296
Sho rr form s (I'm I yo u've J didn't etc. I 297
Spelling 29 8
Amer ican English 300
Addit io na l exerc ises
302
326
Key to Exercises 33 6
Key to Ad ditional e xercises
Key to Stud y gu ide 372
Inde x
At the end an d in th e end
368
373
IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHICH UNITS YOU NEED TO STUDY. USE THE STUOY GUIDE ON PAGE 326.

8. Thanks
I wrote the o riginal ed itio n o f English Grammar in Use when J was 3 reacher at the Swan
Schoo l o f English. O xford. I would like to repeat my tha nks to my co lleag ues an d students at
the school for their help. encou ragement and interest at tha t time.
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.vt ore recentl y I woul d like to than k all the teachers and students I met and who o ffered their
thoughts on the previous edition. It was tun to meet you all and extremely helpful for me.
Rega rding t he prod uctio n of t his th ird edition . I am grate ful [ 0 Alison Sha rpe, Liz Driscoll.
jane t.J irs and Kamae Design. I would also like to thank Cambridge University Press for
permission to access the Cambridge Intern ation al Co rpus.
Thank you also to the follow ing illustra tors: Paul Fellow s. Gillian b n io. Roger Penwill.
Lisa Smith and Simon '('iIIiams.
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9. To the student
T his book is fo r students who want help with English gra mmar, It i~ wri tt en tor you to woe
without ,1 reacher,
T he hoo k will be useful for yo u if you are not sure of the answers to q uest ions like t hese:
o What is the difference between J did and I JJJI·c JOlle?
o When do we use u 'ill for the futu re:
o "'hat is the str ucture after 1 w isb?
o "" hen do we S3 }' used to do a nd when do we say me.' to doing:
o When do we use the?
o What is the difference between like and .IS:
Th ese and many other poi nts o f English grammar are explained in the boo k and the re are
exercises on each po int .
l evel
Th e hook is intended mainly for intermediate students tsrudenrs wh o hav e alr ead y stu d ied t he
basic gram ma r of English), It concentrates on those str uctures wh ich inte rmedia te srudeo rs want
to use. bur whic h often cause difficuhv, Some advanced stude nts who have prob lems wit h
grammar will also find the boo k useful.
Th e hook is
110 1
suitable fur elementary learn ers.
How th e book is organ ised
There are 145 units in the hook . Each unit concent rates on a particula r mint of gra mmar. Some
probl ems (for example, the present perfect or the usc of tbl'l arc covered in mo rt' than o ne unit.
For a list of units. sec the Co ntents at the beginning of rhe book .
Each unit con sists of two feeing pages. O n rhe left there ar e explanat ion s and examples; on the
right there are exercises. At the back of the rook there is a l':ey for you to check yo ur answers
to t he exercises (page 33 6l .
There are also seven Appendices at the back of the hook tpagcs 191- 30 1I. These includ e
irregula r verbs. summaries of verb forms, spelling and America n English.
Finall y. there is a deta iled Index at rhe back o f rhe honk tpage 3731.
How to use the book
T he units arc not in ord er of d ifficulrv, so it is /l 0 1 intended th at you wo rk th rou gh the book
from beginnin g to end. Every learner h .1S different problems an d you shou ld usc th is hook TO
help rou with the gramm ar that )'011 find difficult.
It is suggested rha r you work in t his way:
Use the Ccm /('lIts and/or index to find whic h unit deals with the point vonare interested in.
If you arc not sure whic h units you need to study. usc the Sf/,.i)' gll ;.I.· on page 316.
o Study rhe ex plan anons an d exa mples on the.' Iefr-h.md p.lge (If rhe unit ~'nu h.r ve chosen.
a Do the exerci ses on the right -hand page.
D C heck you r an swers with the Key,
D If your an swers are not correct, study the left-ha nd page again to see what went wrong.
a
a
You can of co urse usc the book simply as a reference hook without doin g the exercises.
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To the teacher
English Grammar in Use wa s writt en as a self-stu dy gra mmar book , hut teachers may also lind
it useful as additional course mat erial in cases w here further work on grammar is nece ss<uy.
T he hook will probably be most useful at midd le- and uppe r- inter mediate levels (where all o r
nearly a ll of the material will be relevan n. and can serve borh as a ba sis for revisio n and as a
mean s fo r practising new sn ucrures. Ir w ill also he useful fo r some more ad vanced stu dents w ho
ha ve pro blems wit h gra mma r an d need a book for referen ce and pr.rcric-e. The book is nor
intended to he used by elementary lea rners.
Th e units arc orga nised in grammatical catego ries lPresm r .m d past, Articles .111.1 nOlllts.
Prepositions ere.I. They a re nor ordered according to level of difficu lty, so (he hoo k should nor
be wor ked throu gh fro m beginning to end. Irs bo uld be used selecnvelv a nd tle xiblv in
acc ordance with the gra mmar sylla bus bei ng used and the d itticulries srude nrs are ha ving.
The book ca n be used for immediate con solidat ion o r for later revisio n or remed ia l work . It
migh t be used by the whole class or by individ ual stu dents needing extr a help. The lett- han d
pagt"i (explanatio ns and exa mples) are w ritten for the stu de nt to use indi vid uall y, nut they may
of cou rse be used by the teacher as a sou rce of ideas and informa tion on w hich to base a lesson.
The st udent then has rhe left-hand page as a record of whar has bee n ta ught an d can refer to it
in the futu re, The exe rcises ca n be done ind ividuall y, in clJ SS or as homework. Ah e m anvelv
land additionally], individua l st udents can be directed to st udy cert ain units of the book b~"
themselves if t he)' have particular difficulti es nor shared ll)' o ther stude nts in their class. Don 't
forget the Additio"..,1exercises at t he hack o f the nook {see To the srcd en n.
The ht){)k is sold wit h or witho ut a C D Rom. Thi s co ntai ns furt her exercises on all t he units in
the noo k. as well as a bank o f 1.700 test qu estion s from which users ca n select to co mpi le their
own resrs. T he C D Ro m is also availabl e sepa ratel y.
An editi on o f r."glish Gramma r ill Use wit hout the
prefer this for use wit h their students,
10:'-')'
is also available. Some reach ers may
English Grammar in Use Third Edition
T his is a new ed itio n o f b tglish Grammar ill USI'. The differences between this ed ition
and rhe seco nd edition are:
o Th ere Me eight new units on ph rasal verbs (Units 138- 145 1. There i.. a lso
.1 new unit
on w ish (Unit 41 ), Units 42-81 and 83- 137 all have different numbers from the
second edition.
o So me of the ma ter ial has been revised o r reor gani sed. and in mo..( u n irv there are
minor chang es in the exam ples, evplana nons an d exerci..e...
o T he Add itional exercises ha ve been extended . Th e new exerci-esa re 14- 16, 25. 30-3 1.
and .17- 4 1.
o T he book has been redesigned wit h new co lour illuvrranons.
o T here is a new CD Ro m with further exe rcises to accom pany the book.
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