Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION
PART I: PRESENT, PAST, AND FUTURE: REVIEW AND EXPANSION
Unit 1 PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AND SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Magazine article about cross-cultural communication:
What's Your Cross-Cultural IQ?
Unit 2 IMPERATIVE
Article from a physical fitness magazine:
The Warrior Workout
Unit 3 SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Biography of a 17th-century Japanese poet:
Matsuo Basho
Unit 4 USED TO
Fashion column:
FAQ about Jeans
Unit 5 PAST PROGRESSIVE AND SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Radio mystery play:
The Alibi
Unit 6 FUTURE
Newspaper article about the car of the future:
Highway to the Future
Unit 7 FUTURE TIME CLAUSES
Self-help magazine article about setting goals:
Go for It!
Unit 8 WH- QUESTIONS: SUBJECT AND PREDICATE
Court transcript: questioning a crime witness
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
COMBINING SENTENCES WITH TIME WORDS
Writing a paragraph about an experience
PART II: PRONOUNS AND PHRASAL VERBS
Unit 9 REFLEXIVE AND RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS
Article from a psychology magazine:
Self-Talk
Unit 10 PHRASAL VERBS
Biography of a biologist (Dr. Eloy Rodriguez):
Planting Ideas
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
USING PRONOUNS FOR COHERENCE
Writing instructions
PART III: MODALS AND RELATED VERBS AND EXPRESSIONS
Unit 11 ABILITY: CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO
Biography of a dancer (Mary Verdi-Fletcher):
Born to Dance
Unit 12 PERMISSION: MAY, COULD, CAN, DO YOU MIND IF...?
Information booklet about the TOEFL:
Some Frequently Asked Questions about the TOEFL® Test
Unit 13 REQUESTS: WILL, WOULD, COULD, CAN, WOULD YOU MIND ... ?
E-mail messages (business and personal)
Unit 14 ADVICE: SHOULD, OUGHT TO, HAD BETTER
Ad for a training school:
Capital Training Institute
Unit 15 SUGGESTIONS: LET'S, COULD, WHY DON'T ... ? WHY NOT ... ? HOW ABOUT. ..?
Travel brochure for International Youth Hostels:
Let's Travel!
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
USING APPROPRIATE MODALS
Writing informal notes
PART IV: PRESENT PERFECT
Unit 16 PRESENT PERFECT: SINCE AND FOR
Biography of a tennis player:
Martina Hingis
Unit 17 PRESENT PERFECT: ALREADY AND YET
Transcript of a TV interview with a flu vaccine specialist
Unit 18 PRESENT PERFECT: INDEFINITE PAST
Online journal message from a TV star to fans of his show, "Feldstein"
Unit 19 PRESENT PERFECT AND SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Magazine article about life styles:
Commutes Marriages
Unit 20 PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
Newspaper article about the homeless: Living on the Streets
Unit 21 PRESENT PERFECT AND PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
Magazine article about elephants:
African Elephants
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
THE TOPIC SENTENCE AND PARAGRAPH UNITY
Writing a personal statement for a job application
APPENDICES
1 Irregular Verbs
2 Common Non-action (Stative) Verbs
3 Verbs and Expressions Commonly Used Reflexively
4 Some Common Transitive Separable Phrasal Verbs
5 Some Common Intransitive Phrasal Verbs
6 Common Participial Adjectives
7 Irregular Comparisons of Adjectives, Adverbs, and Quantifiers
8 Some Adjectives that Form the Comparative and Superlative in Two Ways
9 Common Verbs Followed by the Gerund (Base Form of Verb + -ing)
10 Common Verbs Followed by the Infinitive (To + Base Form of Verb)
11 Common Verbs Followed by the Gerund or the Infinitive
12 Verbs Followed by Objects and the Infinitive
13 Common Adjective + Preposition Expressions
14 Common Verb + Preposition Combinations
15 Spelling Rules for the Present Progressive
16 Spelling Rules for the Simple Present Tense: Third-Person Singular (he, she, it)
17 Spelling Rules for the Simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs
18 Spelling Rules for the Comparative (-er) and Superlative (-est) Forms of Adjectives
19 Spelling Rules for Adverbs Ending in -ly
20 Contractions with Verb Forms
21 Pronunciation Table
22 Pronunciation Rules for the Simple Present Tense. Third-Person Singular (he, she, it)
23 Pronunciation Rules for the Simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs
Index
