Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English Workbook – Douglas Biber

Description

• There is a difference between knowing English grammar and using English grammar with complete, confident accuracy across every situation you encounter — academic writing, professional correspondence, formal reports, conversational speech, and the specific registers that each context demands. The Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English Workbook is the practical exercise companion that closes that gap — providing the structured, corpus-based grammar practice that transforms understanding into mastery.

  Longman — one of the world’s most respected publishers of English language learning materials — developed this workbook alongside the landmark Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English; the most rigorously researched descriptive grammar of English ever produced. The workbook brings that research-grounded understanding of how English actually works into practical exercise format — giving students and professionals the hands-on practice that turns grammatical knowledge into grammatical instinct.

  Available now on Cliffmatt Books for only Ksh 100.

  What This Workbook Delivers:

  Grammar Across Registers — The Distinctive Approach:

  • Why the distinction between spoken and written grammar is one of the most important and most consistently overlooked dimensions of English language mastery — the specific ways that grammatical choices that are correct in writing differ from those that are natural in speech, and vice versa
  • Corpus-based grammar — how the Longman Grammar series is built on analysis of hundreds of millions of words of real English across conversation, fiction, newspapers, and academic writing; why this corpus foundation makes the grammar descriptions more accurate and more useful than traditional prescriptive grammars
  • Register awareness — the specific grammatical features that characterise academic writing versus conversational speech; why knowing which grammar belongs in which context is as important as knowing the grammar itself
  • For Kenyan students: the specific challenge of navigating between formal academic English (required for university assignments and professional reports) and natural conversational English (required for daily communication) — the workbook’s register-focused approach addresses exactly that challenge

  The Workbook Structure:

  • Exercises matched to every major grammatical structure — from noun phrases and verb phrases to clauses, sentences, and the specific grammatical features of connected discourse
  • The practice progression — how the workbook builds from recognition exercises (identifying grammatical structures) through controlled practice (manipulating structures in guided contexts) to production exercises (using structures independently in real writing and speaking contexts)
  • The corpus data integration — how exercises regularly ask students to examine real examples from the corpus; the specific learning value of seeing how grammatical structures are actually used in authentic texts rather than constructed examples
  • Self-study accessibility — the workbook format designed for independent use with answer keys; allowing Kenyan students and professionals to use it effectively without classroom instruction

  Key Grammar Areas Covered:

  • Noun phrases — the full complexity of English noun phrase structure; how academic and conversational English build noun phrases differently; the specific patterns that mark sophisticated written English
  • Verbs and verb phrases — tense, aspect, modality, and voice; the specific grammatical choices that distinguish competent from expert English use
  • Adjectives and adverbs — their positions, their functions, and the specific ways that skilled English users deploy them across different registers
  • Clauses — the full range of English clause types; how subordination and coordination work in both spoken and written English; the specific clause patterns most important for academic writing
  • Sentences and discourse — how grammatical choices at the sentence level connect to organisation and coherence at the discourse level; the grammar of connected text
  • Specific register features — the grammatical patterns most characteristic of academic prose, newspaper writing, fiction, and conversation; how to identify your target register and deploy its grammatical features appropriately

  Applications for Kenyan Learners:

  • University essay and dissertation writing — the specific grammatical features of academic English that Kenyan university students most commonly get wrong; and the targeted practice that builds the grammatical accuracy their examiners expect
  • Professional writing — reports, proposals, correspondence, and the specific formal written English that Kenyan corporate and institutional environments require
  • IELTS and professional English certification — the grammar component of IELTS Writing and Speaking tests; how workbook practice directly builds the grammatical accuracy and range that examiner scoring criteria reward
  • Research and academic writing — the specific grammatical features of research writing that Kenyan postgraduate students and researchers need to master to publish in international academic contexts
  • Teaching English — Kenyan English teachers who want the most rigorously grounded understanding of English grammar to inform and improve their own teaching

  Why This Workbook Is Essential for Kenyan English Learners:

  Kenya’s educational system produces strong English readers and adequate English writers — but the specific gap between competent English and genuinely sophisticated, register-appropriate English is one that most Kenyan students and professionals feel acutely when they encounter the highest levels of academic, professional, or international communication. The Longman Student Grammar Workbook fills exactly that gap — with the most rigorously researched, most practically structured grammar practice available at any price.

  Who This Book Is For:

  • Kenyan university students who want to move their academic writing from competent to genuinely sophisticated — the grammar practice that makes the difference in first-class essay writing
  • Professionals who write formal reports, proposals, and correspondence and who want the grammatical accuracy and range that marks genuinely excellent professional English
  • IELTS candidates who want the most rigorous grammar practice to support their examination preparation — particularly for Writing Task 1 and Task 2 and the grammar accuracy component of the Speaking test
  • Kenyan English teachers who want the most research-grounded grammar reference and practice resource available to inform and improve their teaching
  • Readers of English Grammar Workbook for Adults and 101 Conversations in Simple English (Richards) who want the most academically rigorous grammar practice to complete a comprehensive English language development library

  📖 Authors: Susan Conrad, Douglas Biber, Geoffrey Leech 📄 Format: PDF eBook (instant download via WhatsApp or email) 💰 Price: Ksh 100 only 🚀 Delivery: Instant after M-Pesa payment confirmation 👉 Order now on cliffmatt.co.ke — Pay via M-Pesa, receive your PDF instantly.