Clear, communicative, and teachable, Focus on Grammar: An Intermediate Course for Reference and Practice, by Marjorie Fuchs, Margaret Bonner, and Miriam Westheimer, provides enough context, practice, and interaction to make any classroom come alive. Focus on Grammar features clear visual presentation of grammar, concise grammar explanations, and fully contextualized grammar presentation and practice in all four skills. The Focus on Grammar series is a five-level course, Introductory through Advanced.
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
PART V: ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS: REVIEW AND EXPANSION
Unit 22 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
Transcript of a conversation between a couple visiting an apartment for rent and its owner
Unit 23 ADJECTIVES: COMPARATIVES AND EQUATIVES
Restaurant review:
Bigger and (Often) Better
Unit 24 ADJECTIVES: SUPERLATIVES
Greeting cards (holidays, birthday, Valentine's Day, etc.)
Unit 25 ADVERBS: EQUATIVES, COMPARATIVES, SUPERLATIVES
Transcript of a TV halftime report: two sportscasters discussing a basketball game
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
USING DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES
Writing a descriptive paragraph
PART VI: GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES
Unit 26 GERUNDS: SUBJECT AND OBJECT
Online bulletin board about smoking:
Can't Stand Seeing Those Signs!
Unit 27 GERUNDS AFTER PREPOSITIONS
School bulletin board (different types of notices)
Unit 28 INFINITIVES AFTER CERTAIN VERBS
Advice column: Ask Annie
Unit 29 INFINITIVES OF PURPOSE
Ad for an electronic pocket organizer: Datalator
Unit 30 INFINITIVES WITH TOO AND ENOUGH
Transcript of a radio talk show about voting rights for people under age eighteen
Unit 31 GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES
Self-help magazine article about remembering names: Stop Forgetting
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
COMBINING SENTENCES WITH AND, BUT, SO, OR
Writing a personal letter
PART VII: MORE MODALS AND RELATED VERBS AND EXPRESSIONS
Unit 32 PREFERENCES: PREFER, WOULD PREFER, WOULD RATHER
Questionnaire about preferences:
Leisure Time Activities
Unit 33 NECESSITY: HAVE (GOT) TO, DON'T HAVE TO, MUST, MUST NOT, CAN'T
Introduction to a driver's manual: Becoming a Safe Driver
Unit 34 EXPECTATIONS: BE SUPPOSED TO
Excerpt from an etiquette book: Wedding Wisdom
Unit 35 FUTURE POSSIBILITY: MAY, MIGHT, COULD
Transcript of a TV weather report
Unit 36 ASSUMPTIONS: MUST, HAVE (GOT) TO, MAY, MIGHT, COULD, CAN'T
Excerpt from a Sherlock Holmes story:
The Red-Headed League
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
COMBINING SENTENCES WITH BECAUSE, ALTHOUGH, EVEN THOUGH
Writing a business letter
PART VIII: NOUNS AND ARTICLES
Unit 37 NOUNS AND QUANTIFIERS
History text about modern explorer Thor Heyerdahl:
Who Really Discovered America?
Unit 38 ARTICLES:
INDEFINITE AND DEFINITE
Ad for a video game: Space Defender
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
THE FORM OF AN ESSAY:
Writing a three-paragraph essay
APPENDICES
1 Irregular Verbs
2 Common Non-action (Stative) Verbs
3 Verbs and Expressions Commonly Used Reflexivel
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
