Focus
on Grammar
An Intermediate Course for
Reference and Practice
CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
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| PART
I: |
PRESENT,
PAST, AND FUTURE:
REVIEW AND EXPANSION |
| Unit
1 |
PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE AND
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Magazine article about
cross-cultural communication:
What's Your Cross-Cultural IQ? |
| Unit
2 |
IMPERATIVE
Article from a physical fitness magazine:
The Warrior Workout |
| Unit
3 |
SIMPLE
PAST TENSE
Biography of a 17th-century
Japanese poet: Matsuo Basho |
| Unit
4 |
USED
TO
Fashion column: FAQ about Jeans |
| Unit
5 |
PAST
PROGRESSIVE AND
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Radio mystery play: The Alibi |
| Unit
6 |
FUTURE
Newspaper article about
the car of the future:
Highway to the Future |
| Unit
7 |
FUTURE
TIME CLAUSES
Self-help magazine article about
setting goals: Go for It! |
| Unit
8 |
WH-
QUESTIONS:
SUBJECT AND PREDICATE
Court transcript: questioning a crime
witness |
Review
or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
COMBINING SENTENCES WITH TIME WORDS
Writing a paragraph about an experience
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| PART
II: |
PRONOUNS
AND PHRASAL VERBS |
| Unit
9 |
REFLEXIVE
AND
RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS
Article from a psychology
magazine: Self-Talk |
| Unit
10 |
PHRASAL
VERBS
Biography of a biologist
(Dr. Eloy Rodriguez): Planting Ideas |
Review
or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
USING PRONOUNS FOR COHERENCE
Writing instructions
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| PART
III: |
MODALS
AND RELATED
VERBS AND EXPRESSIONS |
| Unit
11 |
ABILITY:
CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO
Biography of a dancer
(Mary Verdi-Fletcher):
Born to Dance |
| Unit
12 |
PERMISSION:
MAY, COULD,
CAN, DO YOU MIND IF...?
Information booklet
about the TOEFL:
Some Frequently Asked
Questions about the TOEFL® Test |
| Unit
13 |
REQUESTS:
WILL, WOULD,
COULD, CAN, WOULD YOU MIND ... ?
E-mail messages (business and personal) |
| Unit
14 |
ADVICE:
SHOULD, OUGHT TO,
HAD BETTER
Ad for a training school:
Capital Training Institute |
| Unit
15 |
SUGGESTIONS:
LET'S, COULD, WHY
DON'T ... ? WHY NOT ... ? HOW ABOUT. ..?
Travel brochure for International
Youth Hostels: Let's Travel! |
Review
or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
USING APPROPRIATE MODALS
Writing informal notes
|
| PART
IV: |
PRESENT
PERFECT |
| Unit
16 |
PRESENT
PERFECT: SINCE AND FOR
Biography of a tennis player:
Martina Hingis |
| Unit
17 |
PRESENT
PERFECT: ALREADY AND YET
Transcript of a TV interview
with a flu vaccine specialist |
| Unit
18 |
PRESENT
PERFECT: INDEFINITE PAST
Online journal message from a TV
star to fans of his show, "Feldstein" |
| Unit
19 |
PRESENT
PERFECT AND SIMPLE PAST
TENSE
Magazine article about life styles:
Commutes Marriages |
| Unit
20 |
PRESENT
PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
Newspaper article about the
homeless: Living on the Streets |
| Unit
21 |
PRESENT
PERFECT AND PRESENT PERFECT
PROGRESSIVE
Magazine article about elephants:
African Elephants |
Review
or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
THE TOPIC SENTENCE AND PARAGRAPH UNITY
Writing a personal statement for a job application
|
| PART
V: |
ADJECTIVES
AND ADVERBS:
REVIEW AND EXPANSION |
| Unit
22 |
ADJECTIVES
AND ADVERBS
Transcript of a conversation
between a couple visiting an
apartment for rent and its owner |
| Unit
23 |
ADJECTIVES:
COMPARATIVES
AND EQUATIVES
Restaurant review:
Bigger and (Often) Better |
| Unit
24 |
ADJECTIVES:
SUPERLATIVES
Greeting cards (holidays, birthday,
Valentine's Day, etc.) |
| Unit
25 |
ADVERBS:
EQUATIVES,
COMPARATIVES, SUPERLATIVES
Transcript of a TV halftime
report: two sportscasters
discussing a basketball game |
Review
or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
USING DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES
Writing a descriptive paragraph
|
| PART
VI: |
GERUNDS
AND INFINITIVES |
| Unit
26 |
GERUNDS:
SUBJECT AND OBJECT
Online bulletin board about smoking:
Can't Stand Seeing Those Signs! |
| Unit
27 |
GERUNDS
AFTER PREPOSITIONS
School bulletin board
(different types of notices) |
| Unit
28 |
INFINITIVES
AFTER CERTAIN VERBS
Advice column: Ask Annie |
| Unit
29 |
INFINITIVES
OF PURPOSE
Ad for an electronic
pocket organizer: Datalator |
| Unit
30 |
INFINITIVES
WITH TOO AND ENOUGH
Transcript of a radio talk show about
voting rights for people under age eighteen |
| Unit
31 |
GERUNDS
AND INFINITIVES
Self-help magazine article about
remembering names: Stop Forgetting |
Review
or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
COMBINING SENTENCES
WITH AND, BUT, SO, OR
Writing a personal letter
|
| PART
VII: |
MORE
MODALS AND RELATED
VERBS AND EXPRESSIONS |
| Unit
32 |
PREFERENCES:
PREFER, WOULD
PREFER, WOULD RATHER
Questionnaire about preferences:
Leisure Time Activities |
| Unit
33 |
NECESSITY:
HAVE (GOT) TO,
DON'T HAVE TO, MUST,
MUST NOT, CAN'T
Introduction to a driver's
manual: Becoming a Safe Driver |
| Unit
34 |
EXPECTATIONS:
BE SUPPOSED TO
Excerpt from an etiquette
book: Wedding Wisdom |
| Unit
35 |
FUTURE
POSSIBILITY:
MAY, MIGHT, COULD
Transcript of a TV weather report |
| Unit
36 |
ASSUMPTIONS:
MUST,
HAVE (GOT) TO, MAY,
MIGHT, COULD, CAN'T
Excerpt from a Sherlock
Holmes story:
The Red-Headed League |
Review
or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
COMBINING SENTENCES WITH
BECAUSE, ALTHOUGH, EVEN THOUGH
Writing a business letter
|
| PART
VIII: |
NOUNS
AND ARTICLES |
| Unit
37 |
NOUNS
AND QUANTIFIERS
History text about modern
explorer, Thor Heyerdahl:
Who Really Discovered America? |
| Unit
38 |
ARTICLES:
INDEFINITE AND DEFINITE
Ad for a video game:
Space Defender |
Review
or SelfTest
From Grammar
to Writing:
THE FORM OF AN ESSAY
Writing a three-paragraph essay
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APPENDICES |
| 1 |
Irregular
Verbs |
| 2 |
Common
Non-action (Stative) Verbs |
| 3 |
Verbs
and Expressions
Commonly Used Reflexively |
| 4 |
Some
Common Transitive
Separable Phrasal Verbs |
| 5 |
Some
Common Intransitive Phrasal Verbs |
| 6 |
Common
Participial Adjectives |
| 7 |
Irregular
Comparisons of Adjectives,
Adverbs, and Quantifiers |
| 8 |
Some
Adjectives that Form the Comparative
and Superlative in Two Ways |
| 9 |
Common
Verbs Followed by the
Gerund (Base Form of Verb + -ing) |
| 10 |
Common
Verbs Followed by the
Infinitive (To + Base Form of Verb) |
| 11 |
Common
Verbs Followed by the
Gerund or the Infinitive |
| 12 |
Verbs
Followed by
Objects and the Infinitive |
| 13 |
Common
Adjective +
Preposition Expressions |
| 14 |
Common
Verb +
Preposition Combinations |
| 15 |
Spelling
Rules for the Present Progressive |
| 16 |
Spelling
Rules for the Simple Present
Tense: Third-Person Singular (he, she, it) |
| 17 |
Spelling
Rules for the Simple
Past Tense of Regular Verbs |
| 18 |
Spelling
Rules for the Comparative (-er)
and Superlative (-est) Forms of Adjectives |
| 19 |
Spelling
Rules for Adverbs Ending in -ly |
| 20 |
Contractions
with Verb Forms |
| 21 |
Pronunciation
Table |
| 22 |
Pronunciation
Rules for the Simple Present
Tense. Third-Person Singular (he, she, it) |
| 23 |
Pronunciation
Rules for the
Simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs
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INDEX
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