A Proficiency Course in English with key F. V. Bywater, M.A. Nelson Contents Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd Nelson House Mayfield Road Walton-on-Thames Surrey KT12 5PL UK 51 York Place Edinburgh EH13JD UK Thomas Nelson (Hong Kong) Ltd Toppan Building 10/F 22A Westlands Road Quarry Bay Hong Kong @ F. V. Bywater 1982 First published by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd. 1982 ISBN 0 340 286288. Reprinted eighteen times. This edition published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd 1990 ISBN 0 17 556 193 1 N P N 9 8 7 6 5 AU rights reserved. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, WIP 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. I Printed in Hong Kong [ntroduction 1. Theconstructionswith basic verbsA-C 2. Pattern of verb tenses(excludingconditionals) 14 3. Notes on the uses of basic tenses 20 4. Theconstructionswith basic verbs D-G 5. Conditionals 6. Theconstructionswith basic verbs H-I 7. Pointstoremember about usingthe passivein English 8. Theconstructionswith basic verbsK-N 9. Thesubjunctive 10. Theconstructionswith