Chapter 1 USING BE
1-1 NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR
1-2 NOUN + ARE + NOUN: PLURAL
1-3 PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
1-4 CONTRACTIONS WITH BE
1-5 NEGATIVE WITH BE
1-6 BE + ADJECTIVE
1-7 BE + A PLACE
1-8 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, HIS, HER, 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 USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS: ALWAYS, USUALLY, OFTEN, SOMETIMES, SELDOM, RARELY, NEVER
3-3 OTHER FREQUENCY EXPRESSIONS
3-4 USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS WITH BE
3-5 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -ES
3-6 ADDING FINAL -S/-ES TO WORDS THAT END IN -Y
3-7 IRREGULAR SINGULAR VERBS: HAS, DOES, GOES
3-8 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S / -ES
3-9 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: NEGATIVE
3-10 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: YES/NO QUESTIONS
3-11 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: ASKING INFORMATION QUESTIONS WITH WHERE
3-12 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: ASKING INFORMATION QUESTIONS WITH WHEN AND WHAT TIME
3-13 SUMMARY: INFORMATION QUESTIONS WITH BE AND DO
Chapter 4 USING THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
4-1 BE + -ING: THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE
4-2 SPELLING OF -ING
4-3 THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE: NEGATIVES
4-4 THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE: QUESTIONS
4-5 THE SIMPLE PRESENT vs. THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
4-6 NONACTION 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 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 SOME PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE: A LIST
5-9 NEED AND WANT + A NOUN OR AN INFINITIVE
5-10 WOULD LIKE
5-11 WOULD LIKE vs. LIKE
Chapter 6 NOUNS AND PRONOUNS
6-1 NOUNS: SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS
6-2 ADJECTIVE + NOUN
6-3 SUBJECT PRONOUNS AND OBJECT PRONOUNS
6-4 NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL
6-5 NOUNS: IRREGULAR PLURAL FORMS
Chapter 7 COUNT AND NONCOUNT NOUNS
7-1 NOUNS: COUNT AND NONCOUNT
7-2 USING AN vs. A
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 O (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 PAST OF BE: NEGATIVE
8-3 PAST OF BE: QUESTIONS
8-4 THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE: USING -ED
8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO
8-6 THE SIMPLE PAST: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 1)
8-7 THE SIMPLE PAST: NEGATIVE
8-8 THE SIMPLE PAST: YES/NO QUESTIONS
8-9 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 2)
8-10 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 3)
8-11 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 4)
Chapter 9 EXPRESSING PAST TIME, PART 2
9-1 THE SIMPLE PAST: USING WHERE, WHEN, WHAT TIME, AND WHY
9-2 QUESTIONS WITH WHAT
9-3 QUESTIONS WITH WHO
9-4 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 5)
9-5 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 6)
9-6 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 7)
9-7 BEFORE AND AFTER IN TIME CLAUSES
9-8 WHEN IN TIME CLAUSES
9-9 THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AND THE PAST PROGRESSIVE
9-10 USING WHILE WITH THE PAST PROGRESSIVE
9-11 WHILE vs. WHEN IN PAST TIME CLAUSES
9-12 SIMPLE PAST vs. PAST PROGRESSIVE
Chapter 10 EXPRESSING FUTURE TIME, PART 1
10-1 FUTURE TIME: USING BE GOING TO
10-2 USING THE 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 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
12-8 USING TWO, TOO, AND TO
12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR LOCATIONS
Chapter 13 MODALS, PART 2: ADVICE, NECESSITY, REQUESTS, SUGGESTIONS
13-1 USING SHOULD
13-2 USING HAVE + INFINITIVE (HAVE TO/HAS TO)
13-3 USING MUST
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
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 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ALL OF, MOST OF, SOME OF, ALMOST ALL OF
14-4 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
14-5 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ONE OF, NONE OF
14-6 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: NOTHING AND NO ONE
14-7 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: SOMETHING, SOMEONE, ANYTHING, ANYONE
14-8 USING EVERY
14-9 LINKING VERBS + ADJECTIVES
14-10 ADJECTIVES + ADVERBS
Chapter 15 POSSESSIVES
15-1 POSSESSIVE NOUNS
15-2 POSSESSIVE: IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS
15-3 POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: MINE, YOURS, HIS, HERS, OURS, THEIRS
15-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE
Chapter 16 MAKING COMPARISONS
16-1 COMPARISONS: USING THE SAME (AS), SIMILAR (TO), AND DIFFERENT FROM
16-2 COMPARISONS: USING LIKE AND ALIKE
16-3 THE COMPARATIVE: USING -ER AND MORE
16-4 THE SUPERLATIVE: USING -EST AND MOST
16-5 USING ONE OF + SUPERLATIVE + PLURAL NOUN
16-6 USING BUT
16-7 USING VERBS AFTER BUT
16-8 MAKING COMPARISONS WITH ADVERBS
APPENDIX IRREGULAR VERBS
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