English grammar in use (1985)

Fifth edition, 2019 The intermediate book that most learners mean when they say "Murphy". It is aimed at B1 to B2, pairs clear explanations with practice exercises, and the edition with answers is built for self-study, so you can work through a weak area and check yourself without a teacher. Its strength is that it stays practical: the explanations are short enough to read before the exercises rather than instead of them. A separate book of 200 supplementary exercises, written to accompany this edition, is there if one round of practice is not enough. This is the British-published edition; learners aiming at American English should look at Grammar in Use Intermediate instead.