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 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

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