Oxford_Guide_to_English_Grammar

INDEX

wash

get washed 107(2) not reflexive 186(2e) wash up 232(3)

verb and noun 87(2,4), 287(1) waste

waste money/time + participle 140(3) passive pattern 110(2)

watch

action verb 62(7) Note b watch you do/doing 140(1) watch out 232(3)

watch outfor 235(2) way

in a... way 207(2) way of 237(2f)

the way (that) 253(2) we 184(1), 184(2)

people in general 185(3) with short form 55(2b) weak form 55(1b)

weak form 55

weak: the weak 204(1b)

weaken with/without object 8(3) wear

wear out 232(2) wear thin 9(1)

weather: uncountable 144(4b) weekly 207(6), 211(4)

weigh

action/state 62(3) passive 104(6b)

weight 196(3) welcome to 236(4) well 207(7)

comparison 218(2b), 219(2) position of adjective 200(2), 305(1)

Well,... 53(1b) went (past of go) 300 were84(2)

agreement 151(3) subjunctive 242(3), 258(2, 3) weak form 55(1b)

wet (verb) 287(4) wh-clause 260

after phrasal/prepositional verb

231(4a) Note b

in reported question 269(1a) after say/tell 269(3)

wh-question 24(2), 25 intonation 54(2b)

wh-word: see question word what

agreement 153(4)

pattern for emphasis 51(4)

in exclamation 20(1), 35(1) Note a

what kind of 28(1), 144(3e), 198(1) Note a what... like 26(4) Note, 198(1) Note a

in negative question 30(1d) in question phrase 28(1)

question word 26(1,2), 27, 35(1) Note a relative pronoun 280

with short form 55 (2b) + to-infinitive 125 and which 26(2)

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what about 28(2)

+gerund 132(8a) what if 259(5)

+present/past 241 (3b) whatever

in emphatic question 26(6c) = no matter what 254(1) relative 281

what's more 244(2) whatsoever 17(6b) Note b when

+adjective 199 (5c) conjunction 250 and if 259(1)

+participle 139(3)

+present 77

question word 27 relative adverb 279 when's 55(2b)

whenever conjunction 250(4b)

= no matter when 254(1) + participle 139(3)

where

conjunction 253(1) question word 27 relative adverb 279 where's55(2b)

whereas 246(5) wherever 254(1) whether

in noun clause 33, 261(1), 262(3) Note whether... or 259(8)

whether or not 269(1b) Note in reported question 269(1b) + to-infinitive 125(1) Note b

which

agreement 153(4)

in negative question 30(1d) pronoun relating to clause 278 question word 26(1,2), 27

relative pronoun 273(1), 274(2), 278 and what 26(2)

and who (relative) 273(1) whichever

= no matter which 254(1) relative 281

while

= but 246(5) conjunction 250(1) and during 227(4c)

+ participle 139(3)

with past continuous 66(2b) + present 77

whisper: verb of reporting 265(2) who

agreement 153(4)

in negative question 30(1d) question word 26(2), 27 relative pronoun 273(1), 274(2) with short form 55 (2b)

as subject/object 25(2)

and which (relative) 156(2), 273(1) and whom 26(3)

whoever

in emphatic question 26(6c) = no matter who 254(1) relative 281

whole 178(3) whom

question word 26(3)

relative pronoun 273(3b, 4b), 274(2) whose

question word 26(1), 27 relative pronoun 274(2), 275

why

in negative question 30(1b, 1c) without question form 26(5) question word 27, 251(1) Note b relative adverb 279

wife, wives 296(2) will

and be going to 74 certainty 95

in conditionals 257(3) future 71

habits 100(1)

indirect speech 268(3c) passive 105(1d)

weak form 55(1b) will be able to 98(2c) will be doing 75

will have been doing79 Note c will have done 79

willing

comparison 218(4b) + noun clause 262(6a)

with to-infinitive 123(5), 126(2)

+subjunctive 242(1) willingness: will 71(5), 257(3d) willingness + to-infinitive 124(1a) win with/without object 8(2) wipe out 232(2)

wise: comparison 218(4a) wish

wishfor 233(2), 237(2g)

+noun clause 262(1c)

state verb 62(1)

+to-infinitive 121(1), 124(1a)

+object + to-infinitive 122 (2c) verb and noun 287(1)

verb after wish 241(2), 242(3)

with 228(2) agreement 152(4)

along/together with 244(3) and between 237(2c)

and by 228(5) condition 259(4) Note c

+ gerund 132(8a)

in participle clause 139(4c) possession 85(1) Note b

within

place 225(1) Note b time 227(3) Note b

without

do/go without 233(2) + gerund 132(8a)

negative meaning 17(4) Note b woman as suffix 285(3e) Note b

women 296(1) wolf,wolves296(2) wonder

countable noun 144(5e)

+ noun clause 262(1c), 262(5) Note not reflexive 186(2d)

verb of reporting 265(2), 269(1) wonder what to do 125(2)

wonderful with to-infinitive 123(1), 126(2) won't71(1)

word: have a word 87(2) word-building 282 word classes 3

word endings 6(1), 289 word formation 282 word order

order of adjectives 202 position of adjectives 199-201 adverbials 208

emphatic pronoun 186(3) front position 49

and information 47 overview of inversion 49(4)

main and sub clause 249(2, 3) position of not 17(2, 3)

in noun phrase 143(2d) two objects 10

with participle 137(2)

participle clause of time 139(1c) Note phrasal verbs 231(3)

preposition at end 25(3), 117(2), 273(4) in reported question 269(2)

with verb of reporting 265(4) in sub clause 239(2b) subject-verb 6(2), 12(2)

in verb phrase 60 work

without article 168(4) countable/uncountable noun

144(4b) Note d do some work 87(2)

work of + gerund 132(7) work on 232(2)

work out 232(2)

work out what to do 125(2) works (noun) 154(3) worried about

+gerund 132(4)

+noun clause 262(5) Note worry

worry about+ gerund 132(2, 7)

+noun clause 262(1)

not reflexive 186(2d) worse, worst218(2b), 219(2)

fear the worst 204(2b)

worth + gerund 131 (2a) Note b would

in conditionals 257(4, 6), 257(5b) indirect speech 268(3c)

past habits 100(1)

past of will 80(2), 95(5), 100(1) short form 55(2b)

unreal situation 99 weak form 55(1b) after wish 241(2a)