Making Basic Grammar Work

Grammar in Context for ESL Students

CHAPTER 1: UNDERSTANDING BASIC GRAMMAR
	UNDERSTANDING WORDS IN SENTENCES
	UNDERSTANDING PARTS OF SPEECH
		Nouns and pronouns
		Verbs
		Adjectives and adverbs
		Prepositions and conjunctions
	SENTENCES
		Subjects and verbs
	SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS
		Subject and object forms of pronouns
	LIST OF COMMON PREPOSITIONS
CHAPTER 2: ARTICLES AND NOUNS
	UNDERSTANDING ARTICLES AND NOUNS
	A AND AN
	THE
	COUNT NOUNS
	NONCOUNT NOUNS
		Some common noncount nouns
	NOUNS THAT CAN BE COUNT OR NONCOUNT
	PLURALS
		Irregular plurals
CHAPTER 3: VERBS: THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
	PRESENT TIME
	PERSON
	NEGATIVE FORMS
	QUESTION FORMS
	FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT
	IRREGULAR VERBS
CHAPTER 4: VERBS: THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE
	FORMS OF THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
	USE OF THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
	NONACTION VERBS
	QUESTION-WORD QUESTIONS
	CONTRACTIONS
	SHORT ANSWERS
	TAG QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 5: ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
	ADJECTIVES
		Form
		Comparisons with adjectives
	ADVERBS
		Comparisons with adverbs
		Positions of adverbs in sentences
CHAPTER 6: PRONOUNS AND RELATED FORMS
	ONE AND OTHER
		Forms of one and 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
CHAPTER 7: VERBS: THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
	PAST TIME
	FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PAST
	PRONUNCIATION OF PAST TENSE FORMS
		Syllables
		Voicing
		Syllables and voicing in past tense forms
	USE OF THE SIMPLE PAST
	IRREGULAR VERBS
		Practice with irregular past tense forms
	CONTRACTIONS
	SHORT ANSWERS
	TAG QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 8: VERBS: THE PAST PROGRESSIVE
	FORMS OF THE PAST PROGRESSIVE
	CONTRACTIONS
	SHORT ANSWERS
	TAG QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 9: VERBS: THE FUTURE TENSE
	FORMS OF THE FUTURE
		Forms of the simple future
		Forms of the future progressive
	USE OF THE SIMPLE FUTURE
	USE OF THE FUTURE PROGRESSIVE
	OTHER WAYS OF EXPRESSING THE FUTURE
	CLAUSES
	THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE FOR THE FUTURE IN SUBORDINATE CLAUSES
	CONTRACTIONS
	SHORT ANSWERS
	TAG QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 10: VERBS: THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
	FORMS OF THE PRESENT PERFECT
		Forms of the simple present perfect
		Forms of the present perfect progressive
	USES OF THE PRESENT PERFECT
		To express how much time something has been going on
		To express how many times something has happened
		To show that someone or something has (not) done something.
		To show that something has (not) happened
	PRACTICE WITH IRREGULAR VERBS
	IT AS THE SUBJECT OF THE SENTENCE
	SENTENCES BEGINNING WITH THERE
CHAPTER 11: MODAL AUXILIARIES AND RELATED FORMS
	WAYS OF EXPRESSING POSSIBILITY OR CAPABILITY
		Can
		Be able
		Could
	WAYS OF EXPRESSING PROBABILITY
		May
	WAYS OF EXPRESSING NECESSITY
		Have to
		Must
		Had better
		Should
CHAPTER 12: WORD COMBINATIONS
	LIST OF COMMON WORD COMBINATIONS
	PRACTICING WITH WORD COMBINATIONS
ANSWER KEY
APPENDIX
INDEX

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