Chris Barker Gilay Kirathi EN NGLISH TIME Mee Nas ee sae UE nm Prta-teeePearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate Harlow Essex CM20 2JE England and Associated Companies throughout the World. Visit our website at wwwlongman-elt.com © Pearson Education Limited 2000 ‘The right of Chris Barker and Giilay Kirath to be identified as authors of this Work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in.a retrieval system, or transmitted in any’ form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior written permission of the Publishers. First published 2000 Set in Rotis Printed aind bound in The Lebanon by Librairie du Liban ISBN 0-582-40080-5 Prepared for the publishers by AMR TMlustrations by Celia Mart and Bill Piggins Cover design by Jim Weaver Project managed by Julia NewsomeIntroduction Welcome to Progress in English Grammar, Book 1. Progress in English Grammar is a series of three books which give students practice in English grammar. Book 1 is for beginners, You can use it in the classroom, for homework or for self-study. Progress in English Grammar is designed to supplement your course book. The order of the sections follows the most common order of grammar presentation in major course books. However, you may not want to work straight through the book. You may want to practise only some sections, or you may want to study them in a different order from the way the book is laid out. The Contents list at the front and the Index at the back will help you to find specific grammar points. Each of the sections has a short presentation box to remind | you of a particular grammar point. This is followed by graded exercises which begin by helping you to recognise the item of grammar and to practise it on its own. Then there are exercises practising the item in other forms or with other items. For example, you will practise the present continuous tense first in the positive, then in the negative, then in question forms. Then all forms are practised together, and finally the tense is contrasted with the present simple. in this way both the form and the meaning of each grammar point become familiar in easy steps. At the end of the book there is a series of exercises covering areas of grammar where you may need extra practice. This section {s called Mixed Practice. The grammar items in each exercise are given at the top of each page. L For the teacher there are answer keys and progress tests available separately.