Understanding & Using English Grammar 3rd Ed. Vol. A Sb's Text

Description: Understanding and Using English Grammar Student Text, Volume A is a split edition designed for classes meeting fewer times per week and for a shorter number of weeks.



Contents: Chapter 1 OVERVIEW OF VERB TENSES 1-1 The Simple Tenses 1-2 The Progressive Tenses 1-3 The Perfect Tenses 1-4 The Perfect Progressive Tenses 1-5 Summary Chart of Verb Tenses 1-6 Spelling of -ing and -ed Forms Chapter 2 PRESENT AND PAST, SIMPLE AND PROGRESSIVE 2-1 Simple Present 2-2 Present Progressive 2-3 Stative Verbs 2-4 am/is/are being + Adjective 2-5 Regular and Irregular Verbs 2-6 Regular Verbs: Pronunciation of -ed Endings 2-7 Irregular Verbs: An Alphabetical List 2-8 Troublesome Verbs: raise/rise, set/sit, lay/lie 2-9 Simple Past 2-10 Past Progressive 2-11 Using Progressive Verbs with always to Complain 2-12 Using Expressions of Place with Progressive Verbs Chapter 3 PERFECT AND PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSES 3-1 Present Perfect 3-2 Present Perfect Progressive 3-3 Past Perfect 3-4 Past Perfect Progressive Chapter 4 FUTURE TIME 4-1 Simple Future: will and be going to 4-2 will vs. be going to 4-3 Expressing the Future in Time Clauses 4-4 Using the Present Progressive and the Simple Present to Express Future Time 4-5 Future Progressive 4-6 Future Perfect 4-7 Future Perfect Progressive Chapter 5 ADVERB CLAUSES OF TIME AND REVIEW OF VERB TENSES 5-1 Adverb Clauses of Time: Form 5-2 Using Adverb Clauses to Show Time Relationships Chapter 6 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT 6-1 Final -s/-es Use, Pronunciation, and Spelling 6-2 Basic Subject-Verb Agreement 6-3 Subject-Verb Agreement: Using Expressions of Quantity 6-4 Subject-Verb Agreement: Using there + be 6-5 Subject-Verb Agreement: Some Irregularities Chapter 7 NOUNS 7-1 Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns 7-2 Possessive Nouns 7-3 Using Nouns as Modifiers 7-4 Count and Noncount Nouns 7-5 Noncount Nouns 7-6 Some Common Noncount Nouns 7-7 Basic Article Usage 7-8 General Guidelines for Article Usage 7-9 Expressions of Quantity 7-10 Using a few and few; a little and little 7-11 Using of in Expressions of Quantity 7-12 all (of) and both (of) 7-13 Singular Expressions of Quantity: one, each, every Chapter 8 PRONOUNS 8-1 Personal Pronouns 8-2 Personal Pronouns:Agreement With Generic Nouns and Indefinite Pronouns 8-3 Personal Pronouns:Agreement With Collective Nouns 8-4 Reflexive Pronouns 8-5 Using you, one, and they as Impersonal Pronouns 8-6 Forms of OTHER 8-7 Common Expressions with other Chapter 9 MODALS, PART 1 9-1 Introduction 9-2 Polite Questions With I as the Subject 9-3 Polite Questions With you as the Subject 9-4 Polite Requests With would you mind 9-5 Expressing Necessity: must, have to, have got to 9-6 Lack of Necessity and Prohibition: have to and must in the Negative 9-7 Advisability: should, ought to, had better 9-8 The Past Form of should 9-9 Expectations: be supposed to 9-10 Making Suggestions: let's, why don't, shall i/we 9-11 Making Suggestions: could vs. should Chapter 10 MODALS, PART 2 10-1 Degrees of Certainty: Present Time 10-2 Degrees of Certainty: Present Time Negative 10-3 Degrees of Certainty: Past Time 10-4 Degrees of Certainty: Future Time 10-5 Progressive Forms of Modals 10-6 Ability: can and could 10-7 Using would to Express a Repeated Action in the Past 10-8 Expressing Preference: would rather 10-9 Combining Modals with Phrasal Modals 10-10 Summary Chart of Modals and Similar Expressions Chapter 11 THE PASSIVE 11-1 Forming the Passive 11-2 Using the Passive 11-3 Indirect Objects Used as Passive Subjects 11-4 The Passive Form of Modals and Phrasal Modals 11-5 Stative Passive 11-6 Common Stative Passive Verbs + Prepositions 11-7 The Passive with get 11-8 Participial Adjectives APPENDIX SUPPLEMENTARY GRAMMAR UNITS Unit A: BASIC GRAMMAR TERMINOLOGY A-1 Subjects, Verbs, and Objects A-2 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases A-3 Adjectives A-4 Adverbs A-5 The Verb be A-6 Linking Verbs Unit B: QUESTIONS B-1 Forms of Yes/No and Information Questions B-2 Question Words B-3 Shortened Yes/No Questions B-4 Negative Questions B-5 Tag Questions Unit C: CONTRACTIONS Unit D: NEGATIVES D-1 Using not and Other Negative Words D-2 Avoiding Double Negatives D-3 Beginning a Sentence with a Negative Word Unit E: PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS E Preposition Combinations with Adjectives and Verbs Unit F: CONNECTIVES TO GIVE EXAMPLES AND TO CONTINUE AND IDEA F-1 Connectives to Give Examples F-2 Connectives to Continue the Same Idea Unit G: VERB FORM REVIEW EXERCISES INDEX