Canadian Grammar Spectrum is a series of grammar reference and practice books for ESL students. The books are set up in two-page spreads: a brief grammar explanation followed by exercises. The books are suitable as in-class resources, homework tools, or self-study aids.
Verbs and tenses
Simple Present
Present Progressive
Simple Present or Present Progressive
Simple Past
Simple Past or Past Progressive
Used to
Present Perfect
Simple Past or Present Perfect
Present Perfect: Simple or Progressive
Past Perfect
Will
or be going to
Future
Second Conditional (Unreal Conditional)
Third Conditional (Past Conditional)
Make, do, have, get
Phrasal verbs (1): meanings and types
Phrasal verbs (2): separability
Modals and other verbs
Must, can't, may, might, could
Must/have to,
must not/don't have to
Need, doesn't need, didn't need to
Should, ought to, had better
Had to do/go, should have done/gone
Passive
Passive sentences (1)
Passive sentences (2)
Have something done
Infinitives and -ing forms
Verb + to or verb +
-ing
Purpose: for ...ing
Verb + object (+ to) + infinitive
Questions
What ... like?
Reported speech
Reported speech (1)
Reported speech (2)
Reported questions
Articles
Articles: a/an, the, or no article
There and it
There or
it/they
Adjectives and adverbs
So and such
Adjective + preposition
Position of adverbs in a sentence
Prepositions
Prepositions of place and movement
Other uses of prepositions
Building sentences
Relative clauses (1)
Relative clauses
(2)
Since, as, for
Although, while, however, despite, etc.
Because, in case, so, so that
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Norman Coe has worked in Sweden, Norway and - for the last 30 years - in Barcelona, Spain. He is currently Academic Director of the Virtual Language School for University Students, which uses online material that he coordinates. Over the years he has written material for a variety of British
publishers.
