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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


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780201346824
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson Education (US)
  • Height: 276 mm
  • No of Pages: 415
  • Weight: 887 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0201346826
  • Publisher Date: 31 May 2000
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 17 mm
  • Width: 211 mm


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