Azar Grammar Series
Fundamentals of English Grammar, Third Edition
Worksheets for Charts

(Adapted from the Grammar Packets published
by Edmonds Community College. Used in this website with
permission of Edmonds Community College.)

CHAPTER 1

PRESENT TIME

Chart

1-1

THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2

1-2

FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
Worksheet

1-3

FREQUENCY ADVERBS

1-4

FINAL -S

1-5

SPELLING OFFINAL -S/-ES

1-6

NON-ACTION VERBS

1-7

PRESENT VERBS: SHORT ANSWERS TO YES/NO
QUESTIONS

CHAPTER 2

PAST TIME

2-1

EXPRESSING PAST TIME: THE SIMPLE PAST
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2

2-2

FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PAST: REGULAR VERBS

2-3

FORMS OF THE SIMPLE: BE

2-4

REGULAR VERBS: PRONUNCIATION OF -ED ENDINGS

2-5

SPELLING OF -ING AND -ED FORMS

2-6

THE PRINCIPLE PARTS OF A VERB

2-7

IRREGULAR VERBS: A REFERENCE LIST

2-8

THE SIMPLE PAST AND THE PAST PROGRESSIVE
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2
Worksheet 3

2-9

FORMS OF THE PAST PROGRESSIVE
Worksheet

2-10

EXPRESSING PAST TIME: USING TIME CLAUSES
Worksheet

2-11

 EXPRESSING PAST HABIT: USED TO

CHAPTER 3

FUTURE TIME

3-1

EXPRESSING FUTURE TIME:BE GOING TO AND WILL
Worksheet

3-2

FORMS WITH BE GOING TO
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2

3-3

FORMS WITH WILL

3-4

SURENESS ABOUT THE FUTURE

3-5

BE GOING TO VS. WILL

3-6

EXPRESSING FUTURE TIME IN TIME CLAUSES AND IF-CLAUSES

3-7

USING THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TO EXPRESS FUTURE TIME

3-8

USING THE SIMPLE PRESENT
TO EXPRESS FUTURE TIME

3-9

IMMEDIATE FUTURE: USING BE ABOUT TO

3-10

PARALLEL VERBS

CHAPTER 4

THE PRESENT PERFECT AND THE PAST PERFECT

4-1

PAST PARTICIPLE

4-2

FORMS OF THE PRESENT PERFECT
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2
Worksheet 3

4-3

MEANINGS OF THE PRESENT PERFECT
Worksheet

4-4

SIMPLE PAST VS. PRESENT PERFECT
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2
Worksheet 3

4-5

USING SINCE AND FOR
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2
Worksheet 3

4-6

PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2

4-7

PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE VS. PRESENT PERFECT
Worksheet

4-8

USING ALREADY, YET, STILL, AND ANYMORE

4-9

PAST PERFECT
Worksheet

CHAPTER 5

ASKING QUESTIONS

5-1

YES/NO QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS

5-2

YES/NO QUESTIONS AND INFORMATION QUESTIONS
Worksheet

5-3

QUESTIONS WITH WHO, WHO(M), AND WHAT
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2

5-4

USING COULD TO EXPRESS POSSIBILITY

5-5

SPOKEN AND WRITTEN CONTRACTIONS WITH QUESTION WORDS

5-6

USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO

5-7

USING WHAT KIND OF

5-8

USING WHICH

5-9

USING WHOSE

5-10

USING HOW

5-11

USING HOW OFTEN

5-12

USING HOW FAR

5-13

LENGTH OF TIME: IT + TAKE AND HOW LONG

5-14

MORE QUESTIONS WITH HOW

5-15

USING HOW ABOUT AND WHAT ABOUT

5-16

TAG QUESTIONS

CHAPTER 6

NOUNS AND PRONOUNS

6-1

PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S/-ES

6-2

PLURAL FORMS AND NOUNS
Review Table

6-3

SUBJECTS, VERBS, AND OBJECTS

6-4

OBJECTS OF PREPOSITIONS
Worksheet

6-5

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

6-6

WORD ORDER: PLACE AND TIME

6-7

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

6-8

USING ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE NOUNS

6-9

USING NOUNS AS ADJECTIVES

6-10

PERSONAL PRONOUNS: SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS

6-11

POSSESSIVE NOUNS

6-12

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS AND ADJECTIVES

6-13

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

6-14

SINGULAR FORMS OF OTHER: ANOTHER VS. THE OTHER

6-15

PLURAL FORMS OF OTHER: OTHER(S) VS. THE OTHER(S)

6-16

SUMMARY OF FORMS OF OTHER

CHAPTER 7

MODAL AUXILIARIES

7-1

THE FORM OF MODAL AUXILIARIES
Worksheet

7-2

EXPRESSING ABILITY: CAN AND COULD
Worksheet

7-3

EXPRESSING POSSIBILITY: MAY AND MIGHT
EXPRESSING PERMISSION: MAY AND CAN

7-4

USING COULD TO EXPRESS POSSIBILITY

7-5

POLITE QUESTIONS: MAY I, COULD I, CAN I

7-6

POLITE QUESTIONS: WOULD YOU, COULD YOU, WILL YOU, CAN YOU

7-7

EXPRESSING ADVICE: SHOULD AND OUGHT TO

7-8

EXPRESSING ADVICE: HAD BETTER

7-9

EXPRESSING NECESSITY: HAVE TO, HAVE GOT TO, MUST
Worksheet

7-10

EXPRESSING LACK OF NECESSITY: DO NOT HAVE TO
EXPRESSING PROHIBITION: MUST NOT

7-11

MAKING LOGICAL CONCLUSIONS: MUST

7-12

GIVING INSTRUCTIONS: IMPERATIVE SENTENCES

7-13

MAKING SUGGESTIONS: LET’S AND WHY DON’T

7-14

STATING PREFERENCES: PREFER, LIKE…BETTER, WOULD RATHER

CHAPTER 8

CONNECTING IDEAS

8-1

CONNECTING IDEAS WITH AND

8-2

CONNECTING IDEAS WITH BUT AND OR

8-3

CONNECTING IDEAS WITH SO

8-4

USING AUXILIARY VERBS AFTER BUT AND AND

8-5

USING AND + TOO, SO, EITHER, NEITHER

8-6

CONNECTING IDEAS WITH BECAUSE

8-7

CONNECTING IDEAS WITH EVEN THOUGH / ALTHOUGH

CHAPTER 9

COMPARISONS

9-1

MAKING COMPARISONS WITH AS … AS

9-2

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

9-3

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORMS OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

9-4

COMPLETING A COMPARATIVE

9-5

MODIFYING COMPARATIVES

9-6

COMPARISONS WITH LESS … THAN AND NOT AS … AS

9-7

UNCLEAR COMPARISONS

9-8

USING MORE WITH NOUNS

9-9

REPEATING A COMPARISON

9-10

USING DOUBLE COMPARATIVES

9-11

USING SUPERLATIVES

9-12

USING THE SAME, SIMILAR, DIFFERENT, LIKE, AND ALIKE

CHAPTER 10

THE PASSIVE

10-1

ACTIVE SENTENCES AND PASSIVE SENTENCES
Worksheet

10-2

FORM OF THE PASSIVE
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2
Worksheet 3
Worksheet 4
Worksheet 5
Worksheet 6
Worksheet 7

10-3

TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS
Verb Review
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2

10-4

USING THE BY-PHRASE
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2

10-5

THE PASSIVE FORMS OF THE PRESENT AND PAST PROGRESSIVE

10-6

THE PASSIVE MODAL AUXILIARIES

10-7

USING PAST PARTICIPLES AS ADJECTIVES (STATIVE PASSIVE)
Worksheet

10-8

PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES: -ED VS. -ING
Worksheet

10-9

GET + ADJECTIVE; GET + PAST PARTICIPLE

10-10

USING BE USED / ACCUSTOMED TO AND GET USED / GET ACCUSTOMED TO

10-11

USED TO VS. BE USED TO

10-12

USING BE SUPPOSED TO

CHAPTER 11

PASSIVE SENTENCES

11-1

A VS. AN

11-2

COUNT AND NONCOUNT NOUNS

11-3

NONCOUNT NOUNS
Worksheet

11-4

MORE NONCOUNT NOUNS
Review Sheet

11-5

USING SEVERAL, A LOT OF, MANY / MUCH, AND A FEW / A LITTLE

11-6

NOUNS THAT CAN BE COUNT OR NONCOUNT

11-7

USING UNITS OF MEASURE WITH NONCOUNT NOUNS

11-8

GUIDELINES FOR ARTICLE USAGE

11-9

USING THE OR Ø WITH NAMES

11-10

CAPITALIZATION

CHAPTER 12

ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

12-1

ADJECTIVE CLAUSES: INTRODUCTION

12-2

USING WHO AND WHOM IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

12-3

USING WHO, WHO(M), AND THAT IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

12-4

USING WHICH AND THAT IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

12-5

SINGULAR AND PLURAL IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

12-6

USING PREPOSITIONS IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

12-7

USING WHOSE IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

CHAPTER 13

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

13-1

VERB + GERUND

13-2

GO + -ING

13-3

VERB + INFINITIVE

13-4

VERB + GERUND OR INFINITIVE

13-5

PREPOSITION + GERUND

13-6

USING BY AND WITH TO EXPRESS HOW SOMETHING IS DONE

13-7

USING GERUNDS AS SUBJECTS; USING IT + INFINITIVE

13-8

IT + INFINITIVE: USING FOR (SOMEONE)

13-9

EXPRESSING PURPOSE WITH IN ORDER TO AND FOR

13-10

USING INFINITIVES WITH TOO AND ENOUGH

CHAPTER 14

NOUN CLAUSES

14-1

NOUN CLAUSES: INTRODUCTION

14-2

NOUN CLAUSES THAT BEGIN WITH A QUESTION WORD

14-3

NOUN CLAUSES WITH WHO, WHAT, WHOSE + BE

14-4

NOUN CLAUSES THAT BEGIN WITH IF OR WHETHER

14-5

NOUN CLAUSES THAT BEGIN WITH THAT

14-6

OTHER USES OF THAT-CLAUSES

14-7

SUBSTITUTING SO FOR A THAT-CLAUSE IN CONVERSATIONAL RESPONSES

14-8

QUOTED SPEECH

14-9

QUOTED SPEECH VS. REPORTED SPEECH

14-10

VERB FORMS IN REPORTED SPEECH

14-11

COMMON REPORTING VERBS: TELL, ASK, ANSWER/REPLY

Appendix 1

PHRASAL VERBS

A1-1

PHRASAL VERBS: INTRODUCTION

A1-2

PHRASAL VERBS: INTRANSITIVE

A1-3

THREE-WORD PHRASAL VERBS

A1-4

PHRASAL VERBS: A REFERENCE LIST

Appendix 2

PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS

A2-1

PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS: INTRODUCTION

A2-2

PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS: A REFERENCE LIST