Business Grammar Builder - For class and self study - Includes Audio CD

Sep 20, 2026

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Business Grammar Builder for class and self study systematically trains core English grammar for business communication. The contents cover verb tenses across present, past, and future, including time expressions, state verbs, and continuous/perfect distinctions. It also teaches passives, modal verbs and related functions, question forms, conditionals, and verb patterns with -ing or infinitive. Additional chapters expand to reported speech, phrasal verbs, relative clauses, nouns and articles, adjectives and adverbs, and linking words and phrases.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages274

Reading Time11 h 30 min

AccessFree to download

LIST OF GRAMMAR TERMS

VERB TENSES

Present time 1: present simple, present continuous, time expressions

Present time 2: present simple or continuous?, present continuous or present perfect continuous?

Past time 1: past simple, past continuous, time expressions

Past time 2: past perfect, time expressions, past perfect continuous

Past and present 1: present perfect, time expressions, been (to) and gone (to)

Past and present 2: past simple or present perfect?, present simple or present perfect?, present perfect continuous

Future 1: will, going to, present continuous, will or going to?, going to or present continuous?

Future 2: time expressions, present simple/continuous, future continuous, future perfect

PASSIVES

Passive 1: form, focus on important information, systems and processes

Passive 2: linking to previous information, being formal/impersonal

MODALS AND RELATED VERBS

Modals and related verbs 1: form, ability, will and willingness

Modals and related verbs 2: necessity, no necessity, permission, prohibition

Modals and related verbs 3: probability, certainty and deduction

Modals and related verbs 4: direct/indirect language, requests, permission, offers and invitations

QUESTIONS

Questions 1: yes/no questions and answers, question word questions

Questions 2: question tags, reply questions, indirect questions

CONDITIONALS

Conditionals 1: conditions and results, unless

Conditionals 2: if we sold..., if we had sold..., conditionals without if

REPORTED SPEECH

Reported speech 1: tense changes

Reported speech 2: say or tell, reporting verbs, reporting questions

PHRASAL VERBS

Phrasal verbs 1: understanding phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs 2: phrasal verbs + preposition

OTHER VERB CONSTRUCTIONS

Verbs and objects

The -ing form

make, do, get, have: uses of four common verbs

RELATIVE CLAUSES

Relative clauses 1

Relative clauses 2

NOUNS, PRONOUNS AND ARTICLES

Countable and uncountable nouns

Pronouns

Determiners

Possessives and compound nouns

Articles 1

Articles 2

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Adjectives and adverbs

Comparing 1

Comparing 2

Adverbs of degree

Time adverbs

LINKING WORDS AND PHRASES

Linking words 1

Linking words 2

Business Grammar Builder For class and self study INCLUDES AUDIO CD MACMILLAN e èaa au ei æåi à aoói iié vk.com/create_your_english Business Paul EmmersonGrammarBuilder 4 Contents 8 LIST OF GRAMMAR TERMS VERB TENSES 10 1 Present time 1:present simple,present continuous,time expressions 2 Present time 2:present simple or continuous?,present continuous or present perfect14continuous?,other uses of present tenses,state verbs 18 3 Past time 1:past simple,past continuous,time expressions,past simple or continuous 4 Past time 2:past perfect,time expressions,past perfect continuous,used to/would22+infinitive 26 5 Past and present 1:present perfect,time expressions,been (to)and gone(to) 6 Past and present 2:past simple or present perfect?,present simple or present perfect?,30present perfect continuous,time expressions,present perfect or present perfect continuous? 7 Future 1:will,going to,present continuous,will or going to?,going to or present34continuous?,time expressions 8 Future 2:time expressions,present simple/continuous,future continuous,future perfect,38was going to,other ways to talk about the future PASSIVES 9 Passive 1:form,focus on important information,systems and processes,saying who does42the action,transitive and intransitive verbs 10 Passive 2:linking to previous information,being formal/impersonal,passive +infinitive,46verbs with two objects,have something done,to be born MODALS AND RELATED VERBS 50 11 Modals and related verbs 1:form,ability,will and willingness 12 Modals and related verbs 2:necessity,no necessity,permission,prohibition,opinions54and advice,past criticism,need to 13 Modals and related verbs 3:probability,certainty and deduction,expectation,uncertainty,58possibility 14 Modals and related verbs 4:direct/indirect language,requests,permission,offers and62invitations,suggestions QUESTIONS 15 Questions 1:yes/no questions and answers,question word questions,question phrases,66question words as the subject,negative questions 16 Questions 2:question tags,reply questions,indirect questions,prepositions in questions,70what is it for and what was it like CONDITIONALS 17 Conditionals 1:conditions and results,If we sell….If we sold ….unless,other modals 74 18 Conditionals 2:If we sold .….,If we had sold ...,conditionals without if,wish,modal verbs78in conditionals,If I were you.. VERBS FOLLOWED BY-ING OR INFINITIVE 19 Verb+-ing or infinitive 1:verb+-ing;verb+to+infinitive,verb+object+to+infinitive,82make and let,verb +that clause 20 Verb+-ing or infinitive 2:verb+-ing or infinitive,verbs of perception,passive forms: 86 -ing or infinitive REPORTED SPEECH 21 Reported speech 1:reported speech;tense changes,no tense change,people,places,90times and things 22 Reported speech 2:say or tell,other reporting verbs,It+passive of a reporting verb,94reporting questions,reporting commands and requests PHRASAL VERBS 23 Phrasal verbs 1:understanding phrasal verbs,separable phrasal verbs,inseparable98phrasal verbs 24 Phrasal verbs 2:phrasal verbs+preposition,three-part phrasal verbs,particle meanings 102 OTHER VERB CONSTRUCTIONS 25 Verbs and objects:transitive verbs,intransitive verbs,verb+two objects,verb+twoobjects using for106 26 The -ing form:as a noun,as an adjective,after prepositions,used to begin a clause 110 27 make,do,get,have:uses of four common verbs 114 RELATIVE CLAUSES 28 Relative clauses 1:relative clauses,relative pronouns,leaving out the relative pronoun in118a defining relative clause,non-defining relative clauses,relative pronouns and prepositions 29 Relative clauses 2:combining sentences,structure of combined sentences,use of122what,use of where,when and why,relative clauses with a participle(-ing/-ed) NOUNS,PRONOUNS AND ARTICLES 30 Countable and uncountable nouns:countable nouns,uncountable nouns,singular or126plural?,a/an/a lot of,any/some,many/much,few,litle specific and general meanin

FAQs

这本书如何安排英语语法学习内容？

按照语法主题分章节，从时态、被动语态、情态动词、疑问句和条件句开始，逐步覆盖动词结构、从句与虚拟语气相关表达，最后到名词/冠词、形容词/副词以及连接词短语。

书中“Verb Tenses（时态）”主要包含哪些学习点？

涵盖一般现在、现在进行、现在完成（以及现在完成进行）之间的区别；同样包含过去简单/进行、过去完成及其用法；还包括将来表达方式（will、going to、现在进行等）与配套时间表达。

被动语态与情态动词如何在目录中展开？

被动语态分为两部分：一部分讲形式与信息重点，另一部分讲如何衔接前文与正式/客观表达；情态动词相关内容按能力与意愿、必要性/许可与建议、可能性与推测、以及直接/间接引语与请求邀请等类别细分。

Sep 20, 2026

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