Focus on Grammar, Advanced Level

Clear, communicative, and teachable, Focus on Grammar: An Advanced Course for Reference and Practice, by Jay Maurer, 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:      TENSE AND TIME   Unit 1               PRESENT AND FUTURE TIME Magazine article about bargaining while traveling: It's a Bargain   Unit 2               PAST TIME Newspaper article about an unusual marriage: A Marriage Made on the Internet   Unit 3               PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE Newspaper article about new technology and robots: My Friend the Robot   Review or SelfTest   From Grammar to Writing:                         THE SENTENCE     PART II:     MODALS   Unit 4               MODALS: NECESSITY Magazine article about cross-cultural differences: What We Should and Shouldn't Have Done   Unit 5               MODALS: CERTAINTY Essay about everyday mysteries: The Really Important Questions in Life   Review or SelfTest   From Grammar to Writing:                         TOPIC SENTENCES     PART III:    NOUNS   Unit 6               COUNT AND NON-COUNT NOUNS Magazine article about fusion cooking: Time for Fusion   Unit 7               DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES Story about environmental issues: Once upon a Time   Unit 8               MODIFICATION OF NOUNS Magazine article about expectations: I Hope for It, but I Don't Expect It   Unit 9               QUANTIFIERS Magazine article about money and the debut of the Euro: What's Happening to Cash   Review or SelfTest   From Grammar to Writing:                         AGREEMENT     PART IV:    ADJECTIVE CLAUSES   Unit 10             ADJECTIVE CLAUSES: REVIEW AND EXPANSION Magazine article about personality types: What Type Are You?   Unit 11             ADJECTIVE CLAUSES WITH QUANTIFIERS; ADJECTIVE PHRASES Movie Review: Titanic   Review or SelfTest   From Grammar to Writing:                         PUNCTUATION OF ADJECTIVE CLAUSES     PART V:     PASSIVE VOICE   Unit 12             THE PASSIVE: REVIEW AND EXPANSION Newspaper article about an unsolved mystery: Did He Get Away with It?   Unit 13             REPORTING IDEAS AND FACTS WITH PASSIVES Essay about an unusual tribe of people: The Strangest of Peoples   Review or SelfTest   From Grammar to Writing:                         PARALLELISM     PART VI:    AUXILIARIES AND PHRASAL VERBS   Unit 14             AUXILIARIES: CONTRAST AND EMPHASIS Magazine article about birth order: Does It Matter When You Were Born?   Unit 15             PHRASAL VERBS Essay about gift giving cross culturally: Time to Brush up on Gift Giving   Review or SelfTest   From Grammar to Writing:                         UNITY, SUPPORT, AND COHERENCE     PART VII: GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES   Unit 16             GERUNDS Magazine article about unusual hobbies and pastimes: Do You Really Enjoy Being a Couch Potato?   Unit 17             INFINITIVES Story about procrastination: I Meant to Call...   Review or SelfTest   From Grammar to Writing:                         PARALLELISM OF GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES     PART VIII:           ADVERBS   Unit 18             ADVERB CLAUSES Magazine article about extreme sports: Going to Extremes?   Unit 19             ADVERBS: VIEWPOINT, FOCUS, NEGATIVE, SEQUENCE Transcript of a radio talk show discussion about cloning: Time to Sound Off   Unit 20             DISCOURSE CONNECTORS Magazine article about memory: Try to Remember   Unit 21             ADVERB PHRASES Magazine article about organ donation: Compassion   Review or SelfTest   From Grammar to Writing:                         SENTENCES AND FRAGMENTS     PART IX:    NOUN CLAUSES   Unit 22             NOUN CLAUSES: SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS Extended joke: Have You Heard This One?   Unit 23             NOUN CLAUSES AND PHRASES: COMPLEMENTS Magazine article about happiness: Happiness Is...   Review or SelfTest   From Grammar to Writing:                         WRITING DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH     PART X:     UNREAL CONDITIONS   Unit 24             UNREAL CONDITIONALS AND OTHER WAYS TO EXPRESS UNREALITY Story about intuition: Intuition   Unit 25             THE SUBJUNCTIVE; INVERTED AND IMPLIED CONDITIONALS Advice column about assertiveness: Dear Pamela,   Review or SelfTest   From Grammar to Writing:                         AVOIDING RUN-ON SENTENCES AND COMMA SPLICES     APPENDICES 1      Irregular Verbs 2      Common Verbs Usually Used Statively 3      Common Uses of Modals and Modal-like Expressions 4      Irregular Noun Plurals 5      Common Non-Count Nouns 6      Some Common Ways of Making Non-Count Nouns Countable 7      Countries Whose Names Contain the Definite Article 8      Selected Geographical Features Whose Names Contain the Definite Article 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      Verbs Followed by the Gerund or the Infinitive without a Change in Meaning 12      Verbs Followed by the Gerund or the Infinitive with a Change in Meaning 13      Verbs Followed by Object + Infinitive 14      Common Adjectives Followed by the Infinitive 15      Common Adjective + Preposition Expressions 16      Common Inseparable Phrasal Verbs 17      Common Separable Phrasal Verbs 18      Coordinating Conjunctions 19      Common Subordinating Conjunctions: Single Words and Phrases 20      Transitions: Single Words and Phrases 21      Verbs and Expressions Followed by the Subjunctive (Base Form) 22      Expressions That Can Be Followed by Unreal Conditional Forms