Basic English Grammar | Fourth Edition | By Pearson

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Features: • Clear charts with examples and easy-to-understand explanations and minimal terminology. • Direct, in-depth grammar practice with a variety of exercise types and immediate application of grammar forms and meanings. • Comprehensive corpus-informed syllabus that reflects current usage and highlights the differences between written and spoken English in formal and informal contexts. • Mapped to the Global Scale of English Table of Contents: Chapter 1 USING BE 1-1 Singular pronouns + be 1-2 Plural pronouns + be 1-3 Singular nouns + b 1-4 Plural nouns + be 1-5 Contractions with be 1-6 Negative with be 1-7 Be + adjective 1-8 Be + a place 1-9 Summary: basic sentence patterns with be Chapter 2 USING BE AND HAVE 2-1 Yes/no questions with be 2-2 Short answers to yes/no questions 2-3 Questions with be: using where 2-4 Using have and has 2-5 Using my, your, her, his, our, their 2-6 Using this and that 2-7 Using these and those 2-8 Asking questions with what and who + be Chapter 3 USING THE SIMPLE PRESENT 3-1 Form and basic meaning of the simple present tense 3-2 Frequency adverbs 3-3 Position of frequency adverbs 3-4 Spelling and pronunciation of final -es 3-5 Adding final -s/-es to words that end in -y 3-6 Irregular singular verbs: has, does, goes 3-7 Like to, want to, need to 3-8 Simple present tense: negative 3-9 Simple present tense: yes/no questions 3-10 Simple present tense: asking information questions with where and what 3-11 Simple present tense: asking information questions with when and what time Chapter 4 USING THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE 4-1 Be + -ing: the present progressive 4-2 Spelling of -ing 4-3 Present progressive: negatives 4-4 Present progressive: questions 4-5 Simple present tense vs. the present progressive 4-6 Non-action verbs not used in the present progressive 4-7 See, look at, watch, hear, and listen to 4-8 Think about and think that Chapter 5 TALKING ABOUT THE PRESENT 5-1 Using it to talk about time 5-2 Prepositions of time 5-3 Using it and what to talk about the weather 5-4 There + be 5-5 There + be: yes/no questions 5-6 There + be: asking questions with how many 5-7 Prepositions of place 5-8 More prepositions of place: a list 5-9 Would like 5-10 Would like vs. like Chapter 6 NOUNS AND PRONOUNS 6-1 Nouns: subjects and objects 6-2 Nouns as objects of prepositions 6-3 Adjectives with nouns 6-4 Subject pronouns and object pronouns 6-5 Nouns: singular and plural forms 6-6 Nouns: irregular plural forms 6-7 Possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs 6-8 Possessive nouns 6-9 Questions with whose 6-10 Possessive: irregular plural nouns Chapter 7 COUNT AND NONCOUNT NOUNS 7-1 Nouns: count and noncount 7-2 Using a vs. an 7-3 Using a/an vs. some 7-4 Measurements with noncount nouns 7-5 Using many, much, a few, a little 7-6 Using the 7-7 Using Ø (no article) to make generalizations 7-8 Using some and any Chapter 8 EXPRESSING PAST TIME, PART 1 8-1 Using be: past time 8-2 Simple past tense of be: negative 8-3 Past of be: questions 8-4 Simple past tense: using –ed 8-5 Past time words: yesterday, last, and ago 8-6 Simple past tense: irregular verbs (Group 1) 8-7 Simple past tense: negative 8-8 Simple past tense: yes/no questions 8-9 Simple past tense: irregular verbs (Group 2) 8-10 Simple past tense: irregular verbs (Group 3) 8-11 Simple past tense: irregular verbs (Group 4) Chapter 9 EXPRESSING PAST TIME, PART 2 9-1 Simple past tense: using where, why, when, and what time 9-2 Questions with what 9-3 Questions with who and whom 9-4 Simple past tense: irregular verbs (Group 5) 9-5 Simple past tense: irregular verbs (Group 6) 9-6 Simple past tense: irregular verbs (Group 7) 9-7 Before and after in time clauses 9-8 When in time clauses 9-9 Present progressive and past progressive 9-10 Using while with past progressive 9-11 Simple past tense vs. past progressive Chapter 10 EXPRESSING FUTURE TIME, PART 1 10-1 Future time: using be going to 10-2 Using present progressive to express future time 10-3 Words used for past time and future time 10-4 Using a couple of or a few with ago (past) and in (future) 10-5 Using today, tonight, and this + morning, afternoon, evening, week, month, year 10-6 Future time: using will 10-7 Asking questions with will 10-8 Verb summary: present, past, and future 10-9 Verb summary: forms of be Chapter 11 EXPRESSING FUTURE TIME, PART 2 11-1 May/might vs. will 11-2 Maybe (one word) vs. may be (two words) 11-3 Future time clauses with before, after, and when 11-4 Clauses with if 11-5 Expressing future and habitual present with time clauses and if-clauses 11-6 Using what + a form of do Chapter 12 MODALS, PART 1: EXPRESSING ABILITY 12-1 Using can 12-2 Pronunciation of can and can’t 12-3 Using can: questions 12-4 Using know how to 12-5 Using could: past of can 12-6 Using be able to 12-7 Using very and too + adjective Chapter 13 MODALS, PART 2: ADVICE, NECESSITY, REQUESTS, SUGGESTIONS 13-1 Using should 13-2 Using have + infinitive (have to/has to/had to) 13-3 Using must, have to/has to, and should 13-4 Polite questions: may I, could I, and can I 13-5 Polite questions: could you and would you 13-6 Imperative sentences 13-7 Modal auxiliaries 13-8 Summary chart: modal auxiliaries and similar expressions 13-9 Using let’s Chapter 14 NOUNS AND MODIFIERS 14-1 Modifying nouns with adjectives and nouns 14-2 Word order of adjectives 14-3 Linking verbs + adjectives 14-4 Adjectives and adverbs 14-5 Expressions of quantity: all of, most of, some of, almost all of 14-6 Expressions of quantity: subject-verb agreement 14-7 Using every, everyone, everybody, everything 14-8 Indefinite pronouns: something, someone, somebody, anything, anyone, anybody Chapter 15 MAKING COMPARISONS 15-1 The comparative: using -er and more 15-2 The superlative: using -est and most 15-3 Using one of + superlative + plural noun 15-4 Making comparisons with adverbs 15-5 Comparisons: using the same (as), similar (to), and different (from) 15-6 Comparisons: using like and alike 15-7 Using but 15-8 Using verbs after but Appendix 1 English Handwriting Appendix 2 Numbers Appendix 3 Ways of Saying Time Appendix 4 Days/Months/Seasons Appendix 5 Supplementary Charts A5-1 Basic capitalization rules A5-2 Voiceless and voiced sounds for -s endings on verbs A5-3 Final -ed pronunciation for simple past verbs