Oxford Practice — Grammar Upper Intermediate

Three weeks later, she took the second diagnostic test in the back of the book. The same 50 questions. This time, she got only three wrong. She laughed out loud.

“This,” Mr. Davison said, tapping the cover, “is not a book you just read. It’s a book you do . Start at the diagnostic test. Be honest with your answers.” oxford practice grammar upper intermediate

The book was structured like a university for two. Each of the 153 units was a short, focused lesson on a single point: one for “used to do” vs. “be used to doing,” one for “prepositions after adjectives,” another for “comment adverbs” (Interestingly, she learned, they are different from manner adverbs). On the left page: clear, almost elegant explanations with colour-coded examples. On the right page: 15 to 20 exercises—fill-in-the-blanks, sentence rewrites, error correction, and dialogues. Three weeks later, she took the second diagnostic