"The Finishing Touch" is both a comprehensive reference book and a challenging and interesting activity book designed for the advanced learner. It is ideal for learners preparing for the University of Michigan ECPE, but it also provides support to learners preparing for any advanced-level examination (TOEFL,TOEIC, CPE,etc.).

Each unit has the following components:
- Warm-up activities (identification activities, error- correction, rephrasal, etc.)
- Reference section with comprehensive explanations and carefully chosen examples
- A wide variety of activities that help learners fully consolidate their understanding of grammar with a focus on form, function and meaning
- Exam-oriented practice in the form of twenty multiple-choice grammar problems and ten-item cloze passages

There are Review Units throughout the book as well as a series of extensive Supplementary Tests at the end of the Student's Book.The Teacher's Book provides answers for all the activities and further examples and explanations.