Basic English Grammar W/ CD&W/O Ans Key Dom

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• ISBN13: 9780131849402
• ISBN10: 0131849409
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-14
• Publisher: Pearson Education ESL

Summary

Blending communicative and interactive approaches with tried-and-true grammar teaching, "Basic English Grammar, " Third Edition, by Betty Schrampfer Azar and Stacy A. Hagen, offers concise, accurate, level-appropriate grammar information with an abundance of exercises, contexts, and classroom activities. New features of "Basic English Grammar," Third Edition: Increased speaking practice through interactive pair and group work. New structure-focused listening exercises. More activities that provide real communication opportunities. Added illustrations to help students learn vocabulary, understand contexts, and engage in communicative language tasks. New Workbook solely devoted to self-study exercises. New Audio CDs and listening script in the back of the Student Book. Student Book is available with or without Answer Key. Student Book and Workbook are available in split versions.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

Using Be and Have

Noun + is + Noun: Singular

Noun + are + Noun: Plural

Pronoun + be + Noun

Contractions with be

Negative with be

Be + Adjective

Be + a Location

Summary: Sentence Patterns with be

Yes/No Questions with be

Questions with be: Using where

Using have and has

Using my, your, his, her, our, their

Using this and that

Using these and those

Asking Questions with what and who + be

Expressing Present Time (Part 1)

Form and Basic Meaning of the Simple Present Tense

Using Frequency Adverbs: always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, rarely, never

Using Frequency Adverbs with be

Pronunciation of Final -s: /z/ and /s/

Spelling and Pronunciation of Final -es

Adding Final -s/-es to Words that End in -y

Irregular Singular Verbs: has, does, goes

Summary: Spelling and Pronunciation of -s and -es

The Simple Present: Negative

The Simple Present: Yes/No Questions

The Simple Present: Asking information Questions with Where

The Simple Present: Asking information Questions with when and what time

Summary: information Questions with be and do

Using it to Talk about Time

Prepositions of Time

Using it to Talk about the Weather

Expressing Present Time (Part 2)

be + -ing: The Present Progressive Tense

Spelling of -ing

The Present Progressive: Questions

The Simple Present vs. the Present Progressive

Nonaction Verbs not used in the Present Progressive

See, look at, watch, hear, and listen to

Need and want + a Noun or an Infinitive

Would like

Would like vs. like

Think about and think that

There + be

There + be: Yes/No Questions

There + be: Asking Questions with how many

Prepositions of Location

Nouns and Pronouns

Nouns: Subjects and objects

Adjective + Noun

Subject Pronouns and object Pronouns

Nouns: Singular and Plural

Nouns: Irregular Plural Forms

Nouns: Count and Noncount

Using an vs. a

Using a / an vs. some

Measurements with Noncount Nouns

Using the

Using ø (No Article) to Make Generalizations

Using some and any

Indefinite Pronouns: something, someone, anything, anyone

Indefinite Pronouns: nothing and no one

Expressing Past Time

Using be: Past Time

Past of be: Negative

Past of be: Questions

The Simple Past Tense: Using -ed

Past Time Words: yesterday, last, and ago

Pronunciation of -ed: /t/, /d/, and /Yd/

Spelling of -ed: Verbs

Spelling of -ed: and ing: Two-Syllable Verbs

The Simple Past: Irregular Verbs

The Simple Past: Negative

The Simple Past: Yes/No Questions

More Irregular Verbs

The Simple Past: Using where, when, what time, and why

Questions with what

Questions with who

Asking about the Meaning of a Word

More Irregular Verbs

Before and after in Time Clauses

When in Time Clauses

The English Alphabet

Numbers

Days of the Week and Months of the Year

Ways of Saying the Time

Irregular Verbs

Index

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