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| jimmyy Newbie Belgium Joined 4267 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: English | Message 1 of 6 24 March 2014 at 5:38pm | IP Logged |
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Hi,
I think I'm level C1 - C2 in English, but I still have to fully clarify the usage of tenses. Do you know any complicated exercises/tests on tenses? I'm searching the most complicated ones, and combined for all tenses. I'm currently reviewing the grammar, and in Murphy's and Hewings grammar books it is quite easy, because you have the rule and then the exercise to apply it which makes it fairly intuitive. If you know any website, book... I've tried exam simulations such as Cambridge, but they have limited questions on tenses. Many thanks 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4082 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes  Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 2 of 6 25 March 2014 at 7:20am | IP Logged |
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Preview the pages in the following book (use surprise me repeatedly) to see if its
advanced enough for you. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Advanced-Grammar-Use-Book-Answers/dp /1107697387 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| jimmyy Newbie Belgium Joined 4267 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: English | Message 3 of 6 26 March 2014 at 8:12am | IP Logged |
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Thank you Gemuse,
I have that book at home, and I'm searching for extra exercises because that book, the Advanced Grammar in Use has a lesson and then the exercises, and then it's almost mechanical that you apply the rules in the lesson to the exercises, whereas if you were not given the exact rule to apply and you would have to find it yourself it would make it more complicated, but then you would know that you can apply it even without having given the rule upfront. I'm searching for exercises where I have to choose the rules to be applied. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4082 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 4 of 6 26 March 2014 at 6:42pm | IP Logged |
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My bad.
BTW, if you know of any, or come across grammar practice book more advanced than that one, could you post it here/PM me? Not just for tenses, but in general. I am also looking to improve my English. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5016 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 5 of 6 26 March 2014 at 8:51pm | IP Logged |
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There is a Supplementary Exercise Book for Murphy's Grammar in Use. There is a similar book for the one by Hewings. These books are chock-full of exercises and are great for practice.
But, I think you want questions that do not tell you which rule to use. Maybe you could download last year's CPE paper and try to work through the grammar portion. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6703 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 6 26 March 2014 at 9:31pm | IP Logged |
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Or take a novel or essay collection and work your way through it, while you ask yourself why each tense was chosen by the author and what would happen if you changed it into some other form.
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