A classic developmental skills text for intermediate to advanced students of English, Understanding and Using English Grammar is a comprehensive reference grammar as well as a stimulating and teachable classroom text. 

While keeping the same basic approach and material as in earlier editions, the Fourth Edition more fully develops communicative and interactive language-learning activities. Some of the new features are: 

• Innovative warm-up exercises that precede the grammar charts and introduce points to be taught 
• Structure-based listening exercises ranging from casual speech to academic content 
• Academic readings that highlight the targeted grammar structures 
• Greatly expanded speaking practice with extensive pair, group and class work 
• Corpus-informed syllabus that reflects the discourse patterns of spoken and written English 
• Audio CDs and listening script in the back of the Student Book 

The program components include the Student Book (Full Edition and Volume A and Volume B), Workbook (Full Edition and Volume A and Volume B), Chartbook, Teacher's Guide, and Test Bank.