Short description:

This book is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English grammar. 

The exercises include the following areas:

• active vs passive, use of we
• articles (a/an, the, zero) and quantifiers (some, any, few etc.)
• conditionals and modals
• countable and uncountable nouns
• genitive
• infinitive vs -ing form
• numbers, acronyms, abbreviations
• relative clauses and which vs that
• tenses (e.g. simple present, simple past, present perfect)
• word order

This new edition includes exercises on using Large Language Models for generating and correcting emails, plus a separate chapter on using automatic translation.

English for Academic Research: Grammar Exercises is designed for self-study and there is a key to all exercises. Most exercises require no actual writing but simply choosing between various options, thus facilitating e-reading and rapid progress.

The exercises can also be integrated into English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and English for Special Purposes (ESP) courses at universities and research institutes.

English for Research: Usage, Style, and Grammar
English for Writing Research Papers
English for Academic Correspondence and Socializing

Adrian Wallwork edits scientific papers and teaches English for Academic Purposes (EAP) to PhD students. In addition to his many books for Springer, he has written course books for Oxford University Press and discussion books for Cambridge University Press. 

Long description:

This book is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English grammar. 

The exercises include the following areas:

• active vs passive, use of we


• articles (a/an, the, zero) and quantifiers (some, any, few etc.)


• conditionals and modals


• countable and uncountable nouns


• genitive


• infinitive vs -ing form


• numbers, acronyms, abbreviations


• relative clauses and which vs that


• tenses (e.g. simple present, simple past, present perfect)


• word order

This new edition includes exercises on using Large Language Models for generating and correcting emails, plus a separate chapter on using automatic translation.

English for Academic Research: Grammar Exercises is designed for self-study and there is a key to all exercises. Most exercises require no actual writing but simply choosing between various options, thus facilitating e-reading and rapid progress.

The exercises can also be integrated into English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and English for Special Purposes (ESP) courses at universities and research institutes.

The book can be used in conjunction with the other exercise books in the series and is cross-referenced to:

English for Research: Usage, Style, and Grammar

English for Writing Research Papers

English for Academic Correspondence and Socializing

Adrian Wallwork edits scientific papers and teaches English for Academic Purposes (EAP) to PhD students. In addition to his many books for Springer, he has written course books for Oxford University Press and discussion books for Cambridge University Press.

Table of Contents:

1. Nouns: plurals, countable versus uncountable, etc.- 2. Genitive: the possessive form of nouns.- 3. Indefinite article (a / an), definite article (the), and zero article (?).- 4. Quantifiers: some, any, little, few, a lot of, lots, much, many.- 5. Relative pronouns: that, which, who, whose, what.- 6. Present tenses.- 7. Past tenses.- 8. Future tenses.- 9. Conditional forms: zero, first, second, third, mixed.- 10. Passive versus active: impersonal versus personal forms.- 11. Infinitive, -ing form (gerund), suggest, recommend.- 12. Modal verbs.- 13. Phrasal verbs.- 14. Word order.- 15. Comparative and superlative forms.- 16. Numbers.- 17. Acronyms and abbreviations.- 18. Titles.- 19. Abstracts.- 20. Introduction and review of the literature.- 21. Materials and methods.- 22 Result.- 23. Discussion.- 24. Conclusions.- 25. Abstract contrasted with conclusions.- 26. Acknowledgements.- 27. Mini tests.- 28. Grammar in context.- 29. Using Large Language Models to improve, correct and generate your emails.- 30. Using Machine Translation.- About this book.- Index.