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Essential Grammar in Use is a grammar reference and practice book for elementary learners. Modelled on Raymond Murphy's highly successful intermediate level English Grammar in Use, it concentrates on areas of grammar normally taught at elementary level.
Adopting an easy-to-use approach, on each left-hand page a grammar point is explained and on the facing pages there are exercises to check understanding. Grammar for elementary learners is explained in simple language. The contents list and index of grammatical items make it easy for learners to select the units they need. Additional exercises offer extra practice of key grammar points, and appendices deal with tenses, irregular verbs, short forms, spelling and phrasal verbs.

Let's have a closer look at one of the units. On the left page everything is explained in detail like this:



On the opposite page there are exercises dealing with what you have just learned:


Essential Grammar In Use is a grammar reference and practice book for elementary learners.

1. Easy to use: on each left-hand page a grammar point is explained and on the facing page there are exercises to check understanding.
2. Clear explanations: grammar for elementary learners is explained in simple language with many examples and attractive illustrations.
3. Accessible: the clear contents list and index of grammatical items make it easy for learners to select the units they need to study.
4. Additional exercises: these offer extra practice of grammar points from different units.
5. Appendices: these useful references deal with tenses, irregular verbs, short forms, spelling and phrasal verbs.
6. Self-study: the book can be used by learners working independently or as supplementary course material.
7. Key: this contains the answers to all exercises.

Here is what people who have bought Essential Grammar In Use say about it:

• Javier Romo Garcia from Peru

Teaching English as a Second Language is challenging. I have used this book many times and my students find it easy to study and use. The format with explanations on one side and the exercises on the other is helpful and attractive. For beginners, this is great.

• David Kees from Guangzhou, China

I teach business English in China. Murphey's book is a great tool for teachers. I especially like the diagnostic tests in the back of the book. You can use these to determine what exactly your student needs. Then you can just give the student the exact lessons the student needs. The lessons are laid out so there is one lesson on a page and a quiz on the opposite page. Excellent tool and a must have for teachers.

• A reader from Germany

I teach English to foreign students. They all rate this book very highly and I have no hesitation in recommending it to students and teachers alike. It is very well laid out with lots of examples and exercises to test knowledge.

• A reader from Wiesbaden, Germany

Was mich immer wieder an diesem Grammatikbuch begeistert ist die Art und Weise wie es aufgebaut ist und wie alle Regeln erklärt werden. Unterstützt mit anschaulichen Bildern ist alles viel verständlicher, als wenn man nur Text lesen muss. Schön ist auch, das Übungen dabei sind, um alles zu festigen. Dieses Buch ist sehr zu empfehlen, für Erwachsene und für Schüler. Endlich versteht man, was manche Lehrer nie schafften zu erklären.

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Essential Grammar in Use 3rd Edition: Essential Grammar in Use. English Edition with answers and CD-ROM: A self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English
Essential Grammar in Use, German Edition with Answers: Lern- und Übungsgrammatik. Mit Schlüssel und Übersetzungsübungen (Grammar in Use)