| Grammar
Express |
| Contents |
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| Part I:
Present and Imperative |
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Unit
1: |
Present
Progressive
(I am studying.) |
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Unit
2: |
Simple
Present Tense
(I study.) |
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Unit
3: |
Non-Action
Verbs
(I understand.) |
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Unit
4: |
Present
Progressive and Simple Present Tense
(I am studying. / I study.) |
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Unit
5: |
Imperative
(Study! / Don't Study!) |
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SelfTest
I |
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| Part II:
Past |
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Unit
6: |
Simple
Past Tense: Affirmative Statements
(I studied.) |
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Unit
7: |
Simple
Past Tense: Negative Statements and Questions
(I didn't study. / Did you study?) |
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Unit
8: |
Used to
(I used to study.) |
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Unit
9: |
Past Progressive
(I was studying.) |
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Unit
10: |
Past Progressive
and Simple Past Tense
(I was studying. / I studied.) |
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SelfTest
II |
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| Part III:
Present Perfect and Past Perfect |
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Unit
11: |
Present
Perfect: Since and For
(I have studied since May. / I have studied for a month.) |
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Unit
12: |
Present
Perfect: Already and Yet
(I have already studied. / I haven't studied yet.) |
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Unit
13: |
Present
Perfect: Indefinite Past
(I have studied.) |
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Unit
14: |
Present
Perfect and Simple Past Tense
(I have studied. / I studied.) |
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Unit
15: |
Present
Perfect Progressive
(I have been studying.) |
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Unit
16: |
Present
Perfect and Present Perfect Progressive
(I have studied. / I have been studying.) |
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Unit
17: |
Past Perfect
(I had studied.) |
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Unit
18: |
Past Perfect
Progressive
(I had been studying.) |
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SelfTest
III |
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| Part IV:
Future and Future Perfect |
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Unit
19: |
Future:
Be going to and Will
(I am going to study. / I will study.) |
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Unit
20: |
Future:
Contrast
Be going to, Will, Simple Present Tense, Present Progressive |
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Unit
21: |
Future
Time Clauses
(I will call you after I study.) |
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Unit
22: |
Future
Progressive
(I will be studying.) |
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Unit
23: |
Future
Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive
(I will have studied. / I will have been studying.) |
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SelfTest
IV |
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| Part V: Wh-
Questions, Tag Questions, Additions |
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Unit
24: |
Wh-
Questions: Subject and Predicate
(Who studied? / Who did you study?) |
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Unit
25: |
Tag Questions
(You studied, didn't you? / You didn't study, did you?) |
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Unit
26: |
Additions
with So, Too, Neither and Not either
(I studied, and so did he. / I didn't study, and neither
did she.) |
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SelfTest
V |
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| Part VI:
Modals (I) |
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Unit
27: |
Ability:
Can, Could, Be able to
(I can study for hours.) |
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Unit
28: |
Permission:
May, Can, Could, Do you mind if . . . ?
(May I study on my own?) |
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Unit
29: |
Requests:
Will, Can, Would, Could, Would you
mind . . . ?
(Will you study with me?) |
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Unit
30: |
Advice:
Should, Ought to, Had better
(You should study English.) |
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Unit
31: |
Suggestions:
Could, Why don't . . . ?, Why not . . . ?, Let's,
How about . . . ?
(Why not study English?) |
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Unit
32: |
Preferences:
Prefer, Would prefer, Would rather
(I would prefer studying Spanish.) |
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SelfTest
VI |
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| Part VII:
Modals (II) |
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Unit
33: |
Necessity:
Have (got) to and Must
(I've got to study harder. / I must study harder.) |
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Unit
34: |
Choice:
Don't have to; No Choice: Must not and Can't
(I don't have to leave. / I must not leave.) |
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Unit
35: |
Expectations:
Be supposed to
(I'm supposed to study.) |
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Unit
36: |
Future
Possibility: May, Might, Could
(I may study there next year.) |
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Unit
37: |
Assumptions:
May, Might, Could, Must, Have (got)
to, Can't
(She must be a good student.) |
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Unit
38: |
Advisability
in the Past: Should have, Ought to have, Could
have, Might have
(I should have studied harder when I was young.) |
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Unit
39: |
Speculations
about the Past: May have, Might have, Can't have,
Could have, Must have, Had to have
(He may have been a good student in his youth.) |
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SelfTest
VII |
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| Part VIII:
Adjectives and Adverbs |
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Unit 40: |
Adjectives
and Adverbs
(quick / quickly) |
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Unit 41: |
Participial
Adjectives
(interesting / interested) |
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Unit 42: |
Adjectives
and Adverbs: Equatives
(as quick as / as quickly as) |
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Unit 43: |
Adjectives:
Comparatives
(quicker than) |
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Unit 44: |
Adjectives:
Superlatives
(the quickest) |
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Unit 45: |
Adverbs:
Comparatives and Superlatives
(more quickly than / the most quickly) |
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SelfTest
VIII |
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| Part IX:
Gerunds and Infinitives |
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Unit
46: |
Gerunds:
Subject and Object
(Studying is important. / I enjoy studying.) |
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Unit
47: |
Gerunds
after Prepositions
(interested in studying / tired of studying) |
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Unit
48: |
Infinitives
after Certain Verbs
(I want to study.) |
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Unit
49: |
Infinitives
after Certain Adjectives and Certain Nouns
(easy to study / time to study) |
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Unit
50: |
Infinitives
with Too and Enough
(too late to study / early enough to study) |
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Unit
51: |
Infinitives
of Purpose
(go home to study) |
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Unit
52: |
Gerunds
and Infinitives
(stop studying / stop to study) |
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Unit
53: |
Make,
Have, Let, Help, and Get
(make him study / get him to study) |
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SelfTest
IX |
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| Part X: Phrasal
Verbs |
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Unit
54: |
Phrasal
Verbs: Inseparable
(run into a classmate) |
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Unit
55: |
Phrasal
Verbs: Separable
(look a word up) |
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SelfTest
X |
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| Part XI:
Nouns, Quantifiers, Articles, Reflexive and Reciprocal Nouns |
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Unit
56: |
Nouns
(college, Boston College, chalk, students)
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Unit
57: |
Quantifiers
(a lot of, a few, little) |
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Unit
58: |
Articles:
Indefinite and Definite
(a / the) |
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Unit
59: |
Ø (No Article)
and The
(students / the students) |
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Unit
60: |
Reflexive
Pronouns and Reciprocal Pronouns
(ourselves / each other) |
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SelfTest
XI |
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| Part XII:
The Passive |
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Unit
61: |
The Passive:
Overview
(is done / was done / has been done) |
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Unit
62: |
The Passive
with Modals
(must be done) |
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Unit
63: |
The Passive
Causative
(have something done) |
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SelfTest
XII |
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| Part XIII:
The Conditional |
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Unit
64: |
Factual
Conditionals: Present
(If I study, I get good grades.) |
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Unit
65: |
Factual
Conditionals: Future
(If I study, I will get good grades.) |
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Unit
66: |
Unreal
Conditionals: Present
(If I studied, I would get good grades.) |
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Unit
67: |
Unreal
Conditionals: Future
(If I had studied, I would have gotten good grades.) |
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Unit
68: |
Wish:
Present and Past
(I wish I studied here. / I wish I had studied here.)
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SelfTest
XIII |
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| Part XIV:
Adjective Clauses |
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Unit 69: |
Adjective
Clauses with Subject Relative Pronouns
(someone who studies) |
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Unit 70: |
Adjective
Clauses with Object Relative Pronouns
(something that I study / the school where I study)
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Unit 71: |
Adjective
Clauses: Identifying and Non-Identifying
(I have a friend who studies here. / My best friend, who
knows you, studies here.) |
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SelfTest
XIV |
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| Part XV:
Indirect Speech |
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Unit
72: |
Direct
and Indirect Speech: Imperatives
("Study!" / She told me to study.) |
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Unit
73: |
Indirect
Speech: Statements (1)
(She said that she was going to study.) |
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Unit
74: |
Indirect
Speech: Statements (2)
(She said she had studied.) |
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Unit
75: |
Indirect
Questions
(She asked me if I was studying.) |
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Unit
76: |
Embedded
Questions
(She wanted to know what I studied.) |
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SelfTest
XV |
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| Appendices |
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Appendix
1: |
Irregular
Verbs |
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Appendix
2: |
Common Non-action
(Stative) Verbs |
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Appendix
3: |
Common Verbs
Followed by the Gerund (Base Form of Verb + -ing) |
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Appendix
4: |
Common Verbs
Followed by the Infinitive (To + Base Form of Verb) |
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Appendix
5: |
Verbs Followed
by Objects and the Infinitive |
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Appendix
6: |
Common
Verbs Followed by the Gerund or the Infinitive |
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Appendix
7: |
Common Verb
+ Preposition Combinations |
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Appendix
8: |
Common Adjective
+ Preposition Combinations |
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Appendix
9: |
Common Adjectives
that Can Be Followed by the Infinitive |
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Appendix
10: |
Irregular
Comparisons of Adjectives, Adverbs, and Quantifiers |
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Appendix
11: |
Common Participial
Adjectives |
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Appendix
12: |
Some Adjectives
that Form the Comparative and Superlative in Two Ways |
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Appendix
13: |
Common Reporting
Verbs |
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Appendix
14: |
Common Time
Word Changes in Indirect Speech |
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Appendix
15: |
Common Phrases
Introducing Embedded Questions |
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Appendix
16: |
Verbs and
Expressions Commonly Used Reflexively |
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Appendix
17: |
Some Common
Phrasal Verbs |
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Appendix
18: |
Some Common
Irregular Plural Nouns |
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Appendix
19: |
Spelling Rules
for the Present Progressive |
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Appendix
20: |
Spelling Rules
for the Simple Present Tense: Third-Person Singular
(he, she, it) |
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Appendix
21: |
Spelling Rules
for the Simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs |
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Appendix
22: |
Spelling Rules
for the Comparative (-er) and Superlative (-est) of
Adjectives |
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Appendix
23: |
Spelling Rules
for Adverbs Ending in -ly |
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Appendix
24: |
Contractions
with Verb Forms |
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Appendix
25: |
Punctuation
Rules for Direct Speech |
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Appendix
26: |
Pronunciation
Table |
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Appendix
27: |
Pronunciation
Rules for the Simple Present Tense: Third-Person Singular (he,
she, it) |
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Appendix
28: |
Pronunciation
Rules for the Simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs |
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Index |
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