The Verbals

Учебное пособие для старшеклассников и студентов неязыковых ВУЗов с услубленным изучением английского языка. Пособие знакомит со сложными глагольными формами: герундием, инфинитивом и причастием. Книга содержит раздел The Keys – ответы на задания.

The Book includes three chapters: The Gerund, The Infinitive, The Participle and also Appendices and Answer Keys. The Book has been designed so that the difficulty of the tasks is growing up while reading it through. The tasks within the book marked with capital letters are aimed at Beginners (A), Intermediate students (B) and Advanced learners (C).

could be used NOT only by Russian speakers

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