Focus on Grammar : A High-Intermediate Course for Reference and Practice

by Fuchs, Marjorie; Bonner, Margaret

• ISBN13: 9780201383010
• ISBN10: 0201383012
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson ESL

Summary

Focus on Grammar, Second Edition, is a four-level grammar series written by practicing professionals. The series focuses on English grammar through lively listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. In order to learn the formal rules of a language, students need to practice new structures in a variety of contexts to help them internalize and master them. To This end, Focus On Grammar provides an abundance of both controlled and communicative exercises so students can bridge the gap between knowing grammatical structures and using them. The many communicative activities in each unit enable students to personalize what they have learned.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
PART I Present and Past: Review and Expansion
Simple Present Tense and Present Progressive	2	(7)
Simple Past Tense and Past Progressive	9	(10)
Present Perfect, Present Perfect Progressive, and Simple Past Tense	19	(9)
Past Perfect and Past Perfect Progressive	28	(24)
Review or Selftest	42	(5)
From Grammar to Writing: Editing for Verb Tenses	47	(5)
PART II Future: Review and Expansion
Future and Future Progressive	52	(14)
Future Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive	66	(22)
Review or Selftest	79	(4)
From Grammar to Writing: Avoiding Sentence Fragments	83	(5)
PART III Negative Questions and Tag Questions, Additions and Responses
Negative Yes/No Questions and Tag Questions	88	(13)
Additions and Responses with So, Too, Neither, Not Either, and But	101	(21)
Review or Selftest	114	(4)
From Grammar To Writing: Avoiding Repetition by using Sentence Additions	118	(4)
PART IV Gerunds and Infinitives
Gerunds and Infinitives: Review and Expansion	122	(14)
Make, Have, Let, Help, and Get	136	(20)
Review or Selftest	146	(5)
From Grammar to Writing: Parallelism of Gerunds and Infinitives	151	(5)
PART V Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal Verbs: Review	156	(11)
Phrasal Verbs: Separable and Inseparable	167	(23)
Review or Selftest	181	(5)
From Grammar to Writing: Using the Appropriate Degree of Formality	186	(4)
PART VI Adjective Clauses
Adjective Clauses with Subject Relative Pronouns	190	(14)
Adjective Clauses with Object Relative Pronouns or When And Where	204	(22)
Review or Selftest	218	(4)
From Grammar to Writing: Adding Details with Adjective Clauses	222	(4)
PART VII Modals: Review and Expansion
Modals and Modal-Like Verbs: Review	226	(13)
Advisability and Obligation in the Past	239	(10)
Speculations and Conclusions About the Past	249	(21)
Review or Selftest	261	(4)
From Grammar to Writing: Organizing Ideas from Free Writing	265	(5)
PART VIII The Passive
The Passive: Overview	270	(15)
The Passive with Modals and Modal-Like Expressions	285	(11)
The Passive Causative	296	(18)
Review or Selftest	305	(4)
From Grammar to Writing: Changing the Focus with Passive Verbs	309	(5)
PART IX Conditionals
Factual Conditionals: Present	314	(12)
Factual Conditionals: Future	326	(10)
Unreal Conditionals: Present	336	(12)
Unreal Conditionals: Past	348	(20)
Review or Selftest	359	(5)
From Grammar to Writing: Showing Cause and Effect	364	(4)
PART X Indirect Speech and Embedded Questions
Direct and Indirect Speech	368	(10)
Indirect Speech: Tense Changes	378	(12)
Indirect Instructions, Commands, Requests, and Invitations	390	(9)
Indirect Questions	399	(12)
Embedded Questions	411
Review or Selftest	424
From Grammar to Writing: Using Direct and Indirect Speech	429