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Making Intermediate Grammar Work

Grammar in Context for ESL Students

Chapter 1: Understanding Basic Grammar
	WORD FUNCTIONS PARTS OF SPEECH
		Verbs Nouns and pronouns Adjectives and adverbs Prepositions and conjunctions
	SENTENCES
		Essential elements: the subject and the verb Additional elements: modifiers and connectors Subjects and objects
	REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 2: Articles and Nouns
	ARTICLES: A, AN, AND THE COUNT AND NONCOUNT NOUNS
		Some common noncount nouns
	PLURALS
		Irregular plurals
	REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 3: The Present Tense
	PRESENT TENSE FORMS THE SIMPLE PRESENT THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE NONACTION VERBS QUESTION WORD QUESTIONS TAG QUESTIONS REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 4: The Past Tense
	PAST TENSE FORMS THE SIMPLE PAST
		Pronunciation of past tense forms Practice with irregular past tense forms
	THE PAST PROGRESSIVE TAG QUESTIONS REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 5: The Future Tense
	FUTURE TENSE FORMS 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
	THE PRESENT TENSE FOR FUTURE IDEAS IN SUBORDINATE CLAUSES TAG QUESTIONS REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 6: The Perfect Tenses
	FORMS OF VERBS IN THE PERFECT TENSES THE PRESENT PERFECT
		Practice with irregular past participle forms
	THE PAST PERFECT THE FUTURE PERFECT TAG QUESTIONS 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 Should and ought to
	WAYS OF EXPRESSING DEDUCTION
		Cannot Must
	WAYS OF EXPRESSING NECESSITY
		Must Have to Should/ought to Had better
	TAG QUESTIONS REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 8: Building Sentences
	BASIC SENTENCES EXPANDED SENTENCES IT AS THE SUBJECT OF THE SENTENCE SENTENCES BEGINNING WITH THERE SENTENCES WITH THE CONDITIONAL
		Real conditions Improbable and imaginary conditions Past conditions
	REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 9: Pronouns and Related Forms
	FORMS OF ONE FORMS OF OTHER FORMS OF THIS AND THAT POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS AND ADJECTIVES WORDS WITH DIFFERENT SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS WORDS WITH THE SAME SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS OTHER INDEFINITE PRONOUNS REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS RELATIVE PRONOUNS
		Nonessential information
	REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 10: Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives
	GERUNDS PARTICIPLES
		Present participles Past participles
	INFINITIVES INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS AFTER VERBS REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 11: Adjectives and Adverbs
	ADJECTIVES
		Form Comparison of adjectives Positions in sentences Active and passive modifiers
	ADVERBS
		Form Comparison of adverbs Positions in sentences
	REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 12: Connecting Ideas
	PREPOSITIONS CONJUNCTIONS
		Coordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions Adverbial conjunctions
	SENTENCE COMBINING
		Combining to show addition Combining to show contrast Combining to show cause Combining to show effect Combining to show purpose Combining to give examples
	REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 13: The Passive
	PASSIVE FORMS THE INDIRECT OBJECT AS SUBJECT IN A PASSIVE SENTENCE REVIEW EXERCISES
Chapter 14: Word Combinations
	COMMON WORD COMBINATIONS LIST OF COMMON WORD COMBINATIONS PRACTICING WITH WORD COMBINATIONS REVIEW EXERCISES
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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Grammar in Context for ESL Students

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