Natural Grammar. The key words of English and how they work

From word to phrase to sentence, this lexical approach to grammar builds natural idiomatic English.
Natural Grammar takes one hundred high-frequency English keywords (such as thing, but and get) and shows you how they work, the phrases they generate and the links they make. It expands learners' language and natural fluency.

• 100 double-page spreads with explanations and exercises.
• Reference area with four clear sections: definitions, grammar patterns, collocations, and set phrases.
• Examples of real language from corpus research.
• Varied exercises which practise and expand language.
• Idioms and natural phrases.
• Language notes on usage.

This book provides an innovative approach to grammar, showing how one hundred important English keywords like work, the phrases they generate, and the links they make.