Murphy - English Grammar in Use

A self-study reference and
practice book for intermediate
learners of English

Fi h Edition

A self-study reference and
practice book for intermediate
learners of English

Fifth Edition

University Printing House, Cambridge CB2 8BS, United Kingdom
One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10006, USA
477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia
314321, 3rd Floor, Plot 3, Splendor Forum, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi 110025, India 79 Anson Road, #06-04/06, Singapore 079906

Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge.
It furthers the Universitys mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence.
www.cambridge.org
Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9781108457651
Cambridge University Press 1985, 1994, 2004, 2012, 2019

This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception
and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements,
no reproduction of any part may take place without the written
permission of Cambridge University Press.

First published 1985
Second edition 1994
Third edition 2004
Fourth edition 2012
Fifth edition 2019

20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
Printed in Malaysia by Vivar Printing
A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library

ISBN 978-1-108-45765-1 Students Book with answers
ISBN 978-1-108-58662-7 Students Book with answers and ebook
ISBN 978-1-108-45768-2 Students Book without answers
ISBN 978-1-108-45771-2 Interactive ebook
ISBN 978-1-108-45773-6 Supplementary Exercises

Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Information regarding prices, travel timetables, and other factual information given in this work is correct at the time of first printing but Cambridge University Press does not guarantee the accuracy of such information thereafter.

Thanks vii
To the student viii To the teacher x

Present and past
1 Present continuous (I am doing )
2 Present simple (I do )
3 Present continuous and present simple 1 (I am doing and I do )
4 Present continuous and present simple 2 (I am doing and I do )
5 Past simple (I did )
6 Past continuous (I was doing )

Present perfect and past
7 Present perfect 1 (I have done )
8 Present perfect 2 (I have done )
9 Present perfect continuous (I have been doing )
10 Present perfect continuous and simple (I have been doing and I have done ) 11 how long have you (been ) ?
12 for and since when ? and how long ?
13 Present perfect and past 1 (I have done and I did )
14 Present perfect and past 2 (I have done and I did )
15 Past perfect (I had done )
16 Past perfect continuous (I had been doing )
17 have and have got
18 used to (do )

Future
19 Present tenses (I am doing / I do ) for the future
20 Im going to (do )
21 will and shall 1
22 will and shall 2
23 I will and Im going to
24 will be doing and will have done
25 when I do and when Ive done if and when

Modals
26 can , could and (be ) able to
27 could do ) and could have (done )
28 must and cant
29 may and might 1
30 may and might 2
31 have to and must
32 must mustnt neednt
33 should
34 should
35 Id better its time
36 would
37 can /could /would you ? etc. (Requests, offers, permission and invitations)

IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHICH UNITS YOU NEED TO STUDY, USE THE STUDY GUIDE ON PAGE 326. iii facebook.com/LinguaLIB

if and wish
38 if I do and if I did
39 if I knew I wish I knew
40 if I had known I wish I had known
41 wish

Passive
42 Passive 1 (is done / was done )
43 Passive 2 (be done / been done / being done )
44 Passive 3
45 it is said that he is said to he is supposed to
46 have something done

Reported speech
47 Reported speech 1 (he said that )
48 Reported speech 2

Questions and auxiliary verbs
49 Questions 1
50 Questions 2 (do you know where ? / he asked me where )
51 Auxiliary verbs (have /do /can etc.) I think so / I hope so etc.
52 Question tags (do you ? isnt it ? etc.)

-ing and to
53 Verb + ing (enjoy doing / stop doing etc.)
54 Verb + to (decide to / forget to etc.)

55 Verb (+ object) + to (I want you to )
56 Verb + ing or to 1 (remember , regret etc.)
57 Verb + ing or to 2 (try , need , help )
58 Verb + ing or to 3 (like / would like etc.)
59 prefer and would rather
60 Preposition (in /for /about etc.) + ing
61 be /get used to (Im used to )
62 Verb + preposition + ing (succeed in -ing / insist on -ing etc.)
63 theres no point in -ing , its worth -ing etc.
64 to , for and so that
65 Adjective + to
66 to (afraid to do ) and preposition + ing (afraid ofing )
67 see somebody do and see somebody doing
68 -ing clauses (He hurt his knee playing football .)

Articles and nouns
69 Countable and uncountable 1
70 Countable and uncountable 2
71 Countable nouns with a /an and some
72 a /an and the
73 the
74 the 2 (school / the school etc.)
75 the (children / the children )
76 the 4 (the giraffe / the telephone / the old etc.)
77 Names with and without the 1

facebook.com/LinguaLIB

78 Names with and without the 2
79 Singular and plural
80 Noun + noun (a bus driver / a headache )
81 -s (your sisters name) and of (the name of the book )

Pronouns and determiners
82 myself /yourself /themselves etc.
83 a friend of mine my own house on my own / by myself
84 there and it
85 some and any
86 no /none /any nothing /nobody etc.
87 much , many , little , few , a lot , plenty
88 all all of most / most of no / none of etc.
89 both both of neither / neither of either / either of
90 all every whole
91