English Grammar Exercises [antikvár]

FOREWORD The given grammar manual "English Grammar Exercises" (Tenses in the Active Voice) is designed for first and second year students of English at Foreign Language Institutes, Pedagogical Institutes and Universities. In the learning of any foreign language the verb undoubtedly presents a major problem: it is difficult to remember when the verb behaviour in the foreign language differs from the verb behaviour in one's native language. The book includes exercises key to exercises for students to check up their own work and grammar notes on the usage of verb-forms in English. The exercises are arranged in a way that will promote the retention of theoretical points and facilitate the development of speech habits and skills in the usage of the English verb-forms. The manual comprises a number of various exercises that will give the learner practice in the recognition and explanation of verb-forms in English. It alsó includes comparative exercises on the English verb-forms which will provide a more profound comprehension of specific grammar points. Practical knowledge of a language requires the mastery of certain conversational structures. With this idea in view it has appeared essential and practical to include exercises on disjunctive questions, responses of surprise, doubt and confirmation that are supposed to form a quick reaction in the learner to English utterances. The task of back-translation (translate and re-translate) provides the student with the opportunity of