Fundamentals Of English Grammar

1-1 The simple present and the present progressive Chapter 1 PRESENT TlME

1-2 Forms of the simple present and the present progressive

1-3 Frequencyadverbs

1-4 Final-8

1-5 Spelling of final -81-es

1-6 Non-action verbs

1-7 Present verbs: short answers to yestno questions

Expressing past time: the simple past Chapter 2 PAST TlME

Forms of the simple past: regular verbs

Forms of the simple past: be

Regular verbs: pronunciation of -ed endings

Spelling of -ing and -ed forms

The principal parts of a verb

Irregular verbs: a reference list

The simple past and the past progressive

Forms of the past progressive

Expressing past time: using time clauses

Expressing past habit: used to

Expressing future time: be going to and will Chapter 3 FUTURE TlME

Formswithbsgoingto

FormswithwiU

Sureness about the future

Bsgoingtovs.wil1

Expressing the future in time clauses and $-clauses

Using the present progressive to express future time

Using the simple present to express future time

Immediate future: using be about to

Parallelverbs

4-1 Past participle Chapter 4 THE PRESENT PERFECT AND THE PAST PERFECT .: .+ i; I

4-2 Forms of the present perfect

4-3 Meanings of the present perfect

4-4 Simple past vs present perfect

4-5 U~ing~meandfor ;

4-6 Present perfect progressive

4-7 kesent perfect progressive vs present perfect

4-8 Using already, ~ yet, still, and anymore

49 Pastperfect

Chapter chapter 5 ASKING QUESTIONS

Yedno questions and short answers

Yedno questions and information questions
- Whore. why. when. and what time
- Questions with who. who(m). and what

Spoken and written contractions with question words

Usingwhat + aformofdo

Using what kind of

Usingwhich

Usingwhose

Usinghow

Usinghowofin

Usinghowjkr

Length of time: it + ta&e and how long
- More questions with how

Using how about and what about

Tagquestions

6-1 Pronunciation of final -s/-es NOUNS AND PRONOUNS

6-2 Plural forms of nouns

6-3 Subjects. verbs. and objects

6-4 Objects of prepositions

6-5 Prepositions of time

6-6 Word order: place and time

6-7 Subject-verb agreement

6-8 Using adjectives to describe nouns

6-9 Using nouns as adjectives

6-10 Personal pronouns: subjects and objects

6-1 1 Possessive nouns

6- 12 Possessive pronouns and adjectives

6-13 Reflexivepmnouns

6-14 Singular forms of other: another vs the other

6-15 Plural forms of other: other(s) vs the other(s)

6-16 Summary of forms of other
- 7-1 The form of modal auxiliaries Chapter 7 MODAL AUXILIARIES
- 7-2 Expressing ability: can and could
  - Expressing permission: may and can 7-3 Expressing possibility: may and might
- 7-4 Using could to express possibility
- 7-5 Polite questions: may I. could I. can I
- 7-6 Polite questions: wouldyou. couldyou. willyou. can you
- 7-7 Expressing advice: should and ought to
- 7-8 Expressing advice: had better
- 7-9 Expressing necessity: have to. haw got to. must
  - Expressing prohibition: must not 7-10 Expressing lack of necessity: do not haw to
- 7-11 Making logical conclusions: must
  - 7-12 Giving instructions: imperative sentences

,I.' ~ 7-1 3 Making suggestions: let's and why don't

7-14 Stating preferences: prefer. lliko better. would rather
- 8-1 Connecting ideas with and Chapter 8 CONNECTING IDEAS
- ?? 8-2 Connecting ideas with but and or
  - 8-3 Connecting ideas with so
  - 8-4 Using auxiliary verbs after but and and
- 8-5 Using and + too. so. either. noifher

XI* 8-6 Connecting ideas with because

7: 8-7 Connecting ideas with men thoughlalthough
- 9-1 Making comparisons with as as Chapter 9 COMPARISONS
- 9-2 Comparative and superlative

i: 9-3 Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs

9-4 Completing a comparative

9-5 Modifying comparatives

9-6 Comparisons with less than and not as as

1. 9-7 Unclear comparisons

9-8 Using more with nouns
- , 9-9 Repeating a comparative

..kit 9-10 Using double comparatives
- [PC. 9-1 1 Using superlatives
  - .< 9-1 2 Using the same. similar. d#-t. like. alike
    - 10-1 Active sentences and passive sentences! !I I - , ,
      - 10-2 Form of the passive
      - 10-3 Transitive and intransitive verbs
      - 10-4 Using the by-phrase
      - 10-5 The passive forms of the present and past progressive
    - 10-6 Passive modal auxiliaries
- I>. 10-7 Using past participles as adjectives (stative passive)
  - 10-8 Participial adjectives: -ed vs -ing
  - 10-9 Get + adjective;get + past participle
  - 10-10 Using be usedlaccustomedto and get usedlaccustomed to
  - 10-11 Usedtovs .bousedto
  - 10-12Usingbear~edto
  - 11-1 Avs.an Chapter 11 COUNTINONCOUNT NOUNS AND ARTICLES
  - .,? 11-2 Countandnoncountnouns
    - 11-3 Noncountnouns
    - 11-4 Morenoncountnouns
    - 11-5 Using several, a lot of, manylmuch, and afowla little
    - 11-6 Nouns that can be count or noncount

- 11-7 Using units of measure with noncount nouns
  - ; 11-8 Guidelines for article usage
    - 11-9 Using the or 0 with names
    - 11-10 Capitalization
      - 12-1 Adjective clauses: introduction Chapter 12 ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
      - 12-2 Using who and whom in adjective clauses
      - 12-3 Using who. who(m). and that in adjective clauses
      - 12-4 Using which and that in adjective clauses
      - 12-5 Singular and plural verbs in adjective clauses
      - 12-6 Using prepositions in adjective clauses
      - 12-7 Using whose in adjective clauses

Chapter

13-1 Verb + gerund GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

13-2 Go+-ing

13-3 Verb+infinitive

13-4 Verb + gerund or infinitive

13-5 Preposition + gerund

13-6 Using by and with to express how something is done

13-7 Using gerunds as subjects; using it + infinitive

13-8 It + infinitive: usingjor (someone)

13-9 Expressing purpose with in order to and for

13-1 0 Using infinj.tLvej.*& too and enough ...............A!,.........

NOUN CLAUSES ...; 7 4.1 1:: j...

14-1 Noun clauses: introduction

14-2 Noun clauses that begin with a question word

14-3 Noun clauses with who. what. whose + be

14-4 Noun clauses that begin with ifor whether

14-5 Noun clauses that begin with that

14-6 Other uses of that-clauses

14-7 Substituting so for a that-clause in conversational responses

14-8 Quoted speech ;

14-9 Quoted speech vs reported speech

14-10 Verb forms in reported speech

141 1 Common reporting verbs: tell, ask. answsrlrepZy.

Al-1 Phrasal verbs: introduction APPENDIX 1 PHRASALVERBS

A1-2 Phrasal verbs: intransitive

A1-3 Three-word phrasal verbs
- A1-4 Phrasal verbs: a reference list

A2-1 Preposition combiiations: introduction APPENDIX 2 PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS

A2-2 Preposition combinations: a reference list

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