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
