Vince Michael. Advanced Language Practice: With Key

Heinemann ELT, 1994. — 295 p. — ISBN: 1405007621.This text is designed to revise and consolidate grammar points at the level of CAE and Proficiency examinations. As many advanced learners find the use of vocabulary the most challenging feature of advanced study, the book includes practice with many important lexical features, as well as with topic vocabulary, and with the organization of texts.The grammar section includes both basic revision and more advanced points.There are also sections on spelling and punctuation. Units on phrasal verbs, prepositions and text features are also included. The grammatical information provided can be used for reference when needed, or worked through systematically.The vocabulary section includes focus on topic vocabulary, on collocations and on idiomatic phrases. This section also recycles work on prepositions, particles and phrasal verbs.This book can be used as a self-study reference grammar and practice book or as supplementary material in classes preparing for either the CAE or Proficiency examinations. If used for classwork, activities can be done individually or co-operatively in pairs or small groups.There are regular progress tests which include forms of testing commonly used in both CAE and Proficiency. The materials cover a range of difficulty appropriate to both examinations.