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Chapter 1: Understanding Grammar
	WORD FUNCTIONS PARTS OF SPEECH
		Verbs Nouns and pronouns Adjectives and adverbs Prepositions and conjunctions
	SENTENCES
		Essential elements in a sentence: the subject and verb Additional elements in a sentence: modifiers and connectors Subjects and objects Analyzing sentences to show the functions of words Practice with analyzing sentences
	REVIEW EXERCISES
		Additional strategies for language learning
Chapter 2: Articles and Nouns
	THE MEANING OF ARTICLES IN ENGLISH COUNT AND NONCOUNT NOUNS
		A count noun indicating no particular one A count noun indicating a particular one Some common noncount nouns Nouns that can be count or noncount Plurals Irregular plurals
	SPECIAL NOUN FORMS
		Compound nouns Collective nouns Nouns formed from adjectives
	ALTERNATIVES TO ARTICLES FINER POINTS REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 3: The Present, Past, and Future Tenses
	VERB FORMS: PRESENT, PAST, AND FUTURE THE SIMPLE PRESENT THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE THE SIMPLE PAST
		Different times in the past Regular past tense forms Pronunciation of past tense forms Practice with irregular past tense forms Repeated actions or situations in the past
	THE PAST PROGRESSIVE THE SIMPLE FUTURE THE FUTURE PROGRESSIVE OTHER WAYS OF EXPRESSING THE FUTURE
		Expressing the future with be going to Expressing the future with the present progressive Expressing the future with the simple present The present tense for future ideas in subordinate clauses
	NONACTION VERBS
		Verbs normally used in the simple form
	QUESTION-WORD QUESTIONS TAG QUESTIONS FINER POINTS
		The present tense for present and future scheduling Using the present in discussions of literary and artistic works
	REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 4: The Perfect Tenses
	THE CONCEPT OF THE PERFECT TENSES FORMS OF VERBS IN THE PERFECT TENSES THE PRESENT PERFECT
		Practice with irregular past participle forms Uses of the present perfect The adjectives past and last
	THE PAST PERFECT TENSE THE FUTURE PERFECT QUESTION-WORD QUESTIONS TAG QUESTIONS REVIEW OF THE ENGLISH VERB TENSE SYSTEM
		Time period represented Focal point in time Action in progress or not in progress
	FINER POINTS REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 5: Other Verb Forms
	THE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF ENGLISH VERBS
		Uses of the first principal part Use of the second principal part Uses of the third principal part
	THE SUBJUNCTIVE
		The present subjunctive The past subjunctive The past perfect subjunctive
	THE CONDITIONAL
		A real condition in the present A real condition in the future An improbable or imaginary condition A past (impossible) condition Alternative conditional forms
	THE IMPERATIVE AND SIMILAR FORMS
		Basic commands First person imperatives Similar forms Polite requests
	EXPRESSING PREFERENCE EXPRESSING PERMISSION THE CAUSATIVE TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS
		Verbs with different transitive and intransitive forms
	REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 6: The Passive
	PASSIVE FORMS THE INDIRECT OBJECT AS SUBJECT IN A PASSIVE SENTENCE THE IMPERSONAL PASSIVE ACTIVE AND PASSIVE FORMS OF PARTICIPLES REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 7: Modal Auxiliaries and Related Forms
	WAYS OF EXPRESSING POSSIBILITY OR CAPABILITY
		Can Could Be able
	WAYS OF EXPRESSING PROBABILITY
		May Might and could May have, might have, could have Should/Ought to
	WAYS OF EXPRESSING DEDUCTION
		Cannot Must Cant have, must have
	WAYS OF EXPRESSING NECESSITY
		Must Have to Should/Ought to Had better
	PASSIVE FORMS WITH MODALS GET WITH MODALS REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 8: Building Sentences
	BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS
		Subject + verb Subject + verb + direct object Subject + verb + indirect object + direct object Subject + verb + subject complement Subject + verb + direct object + object complement
	EXPANDED SENTENCES SENTENCES BEGINNING WITH THERE IT AS THE SUBJECT OF THE SENTENCE SUBORDINATE CLAUSES AS SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS FINER POINTS
		Further use of that Clauses within clauses
	REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 9: Pronouns and Related Forms
	PERSONAL PRONOUNS
		Position of personal pronouns
	FORMS OF ONE
		With count nouns and pronouns: With noncount nouns and pronouns:
	FORMS OF OTHER FORMS OF THIS AND THAT WORDS WITH DIFFERENT SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS
		Few/a few and little/a little A number of/the number of
	WORDS WITH THE SAME SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS OF WITH EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY OTHER INDEFINITE PRONOUNS REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS RELATIVE PRONOUNS
		That Who Whom Which Whose
	ESSENTIAL AND NONESSENTIAL INFORMATION -EVER WORDS POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS AND ADJECTIVES FINER POINTS
		Articles with possessives formed from nouns One and you
	REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 10: Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives
	GERUNDS
		Possessives with gerunds
	PARTICIPLES
		Present participles Past participles
	INFINITIVES
		It + an infinitive Infinitives replacing subordinate clauses In order to
	INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS AFTER VERBS
		Go + gerund
	FINER POINTS
		Need + gerund Infinitives and participles with verbs of perception Gerunds and nouns Participles and adjectives
	REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 11: Adjectives, Adverbs, and Related Modifiers
	ADJECTIVES
		Form Comparison of adjectives Positions in sentences Be and get with adjectives and participles Active and passive modifiers
	ADVERBS
		Form Comparison of adverbs Positions in sentences
	MAKING COMPARISONS OF EQUALITY CONFUSING MODIFIERS
		Confusing forms Be supposed to Enough, very, and too No and not
	FINER POINTS
		Be to Nouns used as adjectives
	REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 12: Connecting Ideas
	PREPOSITIONS CONJUNCTIONS
		Coordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions Adverbial conjunctions
	CONNECTING TIME IDEAS
		Reported speech
	REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 13: Achieving Variety of Expression
	FORMS AND FUNCTIONS
		Naming Making a statement Modifying Connecting
	TRANSITIONS
		Punctuation with transitions
	SENTENCE COMBINING
		Sentence combining to express specific meanings
	REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 14: Word Combinations
	COMMON WORD COMBINATIONS LIST OF COMMON WORD COMBINATIONS
Chapter 15: Correcting Common Errors
	FRAGMENTS (INCOMPLETE SENTENCES)
		Missing subject Missing verb Missing main clause Added information fragment Incomplete subordinate clause
	RUN-TOGETHER SENTENCES
		Using punctuation to make independent statements Using coordinating conjunctions to connect statements Using adverbial conjunctions to connect statements Using subordinating conjunctions to connect main and subordinate clauses
	ERRORS IN PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALIZATION
		End punctuation Commas Colons, dashes, and parentheses Quotation marks Capitalization
	MODIFIER ERRORS AGREEMENT ERRORS SHIFTS IN VERB TENSE SHIFTS IN PERSON ERRORS IN PARALLELISM
Answer Key Appendix
	IRREGULAR VERBS
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