INTRODUCING YOURSELF: The First Day of Class UNIT 1 The Present of Be: Statements     A magazine article:   David Beckham is a soccer player.   UNIT 2 The Present of Be: Yes/No Questions     A conversation:   Am I late for class? UNIT 3 The Past of Be     Telephone messages: .   The party was great   FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING       Capitalization     Writing a postcard REVIEW TEST     UNIT 4 Count Nouns; Proper Nouns     Photo captions:   This is a photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson. UNIT 5 Descriptive Adjectives     An article about cave homes:   It is an unusual place. UNIT 6 Prepositions of Place     Making an appointment and seeing a doctor:   That's between Madison and Fifth Avenues. UNIT 7 Wh- Questions     A college art history class:   Why is this painting unusual?   FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING   Connectors And and But     Story about a change in life     REVIEW TEST   UNIT 8 The Simple Present: Affirmative and Negative Statements     A magazine article about teens and clothes:     Yumi and her friends buy the same things.   UNIT 9 The Simple Present: Yes/No Questions and Short Answers     A roommate questionnaire:     Do you study with the TV on?   UNIT 10 The Simple Present: Wh-Questions     A radio talk show about dreams:     What does that mean?         FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING     Time Word Connectors: First, Next, After that, Then, Finally     Writing about a routine     REVIEW TEST         UNIT 11 When, What + Noun; Prepositions of Time; Ordinal Numbers A conversation about school holidays:   When is Election Day?   UNIT 12 Possessive Nouns and Possessive Adjectives; Questions with Whose A class discussion: Whose composition is this?   UNIT 13 This / That / These / Those; Questions with or A conversation about a trip:   These are my best photos.       UNIT 14 One / Ones / It Conversations of a shopper and salespeople:   This one has pockets and that one has a hood.       FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING   Punctuation I: The Apostrophe, The Comma, The Period, The Question Mark An invitation to a classmate   REVIEW TEST       UNIT 15 The Present Progressive, Affirmative and Negative Statements     Events through the years:       Yukiko and Hiro Suzuki are visiting Mexico.       UNIT 16 The Present Progressive: Yes/No and Wh- Questions     A conversation about a TV show:         What are you watching?       UNIT 17 The Imperative     A magazine contest rules:       Don't write more than 100 words.       UNIT 18 Can/Could     An internet article about an amazing bird:       He can say almost 1,000 words.       UNIT 19 Suggestions and Responses, Let's / Why don't we…Why don't you…     A conversation among friends:       Let's spend the afternoon at the beach.         FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING       Subjects and Verbs         Writing about people         REVIEW TEST         UNIT 20 The Simple Past: Regular Verbs—Affirmative and Negative Statements     A postcard from Rio:       In the afternoon we climbed Sugarloaf.       UNIT 21 The Simple Past: Irregular Verbs—Affirmative and Negative Statements     A Chinese folktale:       Two days later the horse ran away.       UNIT 22 The Simple Past: Yes/No and Wh- Questions     Questions and Answers about J.R.R.Tolkien   What did he like to do as a child?         FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING       Punctuation II: The Exclamation Point, The Hyphen, Quotation Marks     Writing a story from your childhood         REVIEW TEST       UNIT 23 There Is /There are? / Is There…? / Are There…?     An advertisement:       There are more than 800 stores in the mall.   UNIT 24 Subject and Object Pronouns; Direct and Indirect Objects     A conversation:       I'm teaching her Japanese and she's teaching me Portuguese.   UNIT 25 Count/Non-count Nouns; Articles     Restaurant reviews:       Some desserts were unexciting, but the apple pie was excellent.     FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING       Noun-noun constructions         Describing a street         REVIEW TEST         UNIT 26 The Simple Present and Present Progressive; How often…?     Adverbs and Expressions of Frequency         A radio talk show psychologist:       How often do you clean your apartment?       UNIT 27 Non-Action Verbs     A conversation about Bora Bora:       It looks like paradise.       UNIT 28 Gerunds and Infinitives       Careers for different personalities:       I like to learn.       UNIT 29 Review of the Simple Past     Fifteen minutes of fame:       You pushed a button and it landed on one of several squares.     FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING       Time Markers         Describing a day in the life of a friend or relative     REVIEW TEST         UNIT 30 Be Going to for the Future; Future Time Markers     Letters to the Editor:       This fitness center is going to cost a lot of money.   UNIT 31 Will for the Future     Predictions for 2050:       More people will be vegetarians.       UNIT 32 May or Might for Possibility     Weather Report:       By Thursday the weather may become milder. We might even see some sun.     FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING       Time Clauses with When         Writing about your life         REVIEW TEST       UNIT 33 Questions with Any / Some / How much / How many; Quantity Expressions     Health and Fitness magazine survey:     How much time do you exercise each day? UNIT 34 Too Much / Too Many / Too + Adjective     Magazine article about the best place to live:   It gets too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter. There's too much snow. UNIT 35 Possessives     Conversation:     Mine has a basket in the front.     FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING     A Business Letter       Writing a letter to a university     REVIEW TEST   UNIT 36 Can or May for Permission     Different Diets:       You can eat any food, but you may not eat more than a certain number of points each day. UNIT 37 Requests, Desires, and Offers: Would You Please…?, I'd like…, Would you like…?     Letter to a psychologist:       Could you water my plants and walk my dog? UNIT 38 Advice: Should, Shouldn't, Ought to, Had Better, Had Better Not     Advice for Business Travelers:       You ought to greet and shake hands with everyone.     UNIT 39 Necessity: Have to, Don't Have to, Must, Mustn't     A college history class:       You have to hand it in by the last day of class.   FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING       Expressing and Supporting an Opinion     Responding to an e-mail       REVIEW TEST     UNIT 40 Comparatives     Two U.S. Cities:       Portland, Oregon is a little farther from the ocean. UNIT 41 Adverbs of Manner     Advice for Public Speaking:       In my next speech I spoke slowly and clearly. UNIT 42 Enough; Too / Very; As…As; Same / Different     A Perfectionist:       That one's way too small.     UNIT 43 The Superlative     Article about Penguins:       The penguin is one of the funniest birds and one of the easiest birds to recognize.   FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING       The Order of Adjectives Before Nouns         Completing a story       REVIEW TEST     APPENDICES   1 Map of the World 2 Map of the ed States and Canada 3 Numbers, Temperature, Months, Days, Seasons, Titles 4 Time 5 Parts of the Body; Medical Problems 6 Holidays in the United States and Canada 7 Base Forms and Past-Tense Forms of Common Irregular Verbs 8 Verb Tenses 9 Plural Nouns; Spelling and Pronunciation Rules 10 Possessive Nouns 11 Non-count Nouns and Names of Containers 12 The Definite Article 13 Phrasal Verbs (Two-Word Verbs) 14 Direct and Indirect Objects 15 The Present Progressive: Spelling Rules 16 The Simple Present: Spelling and Pronunciation Rules 17 The Simple Past of Regular Verbs: Spelling and Pronunciation Rules 18 Comparisons with Adjectives and Spelling Rules for Comparative and Superlative Adjectives 19 Modals 20 Pronunciation Table