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

by Fuchs, Marjorie; Bonner, Margaret

• ISBN13: 9780201656893
• ISBN10: 0201656892
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

Clear, communicative, and teachable, "Focus on Grammar: A High-Intermediate Course for Reference and Practice" provides enough context, practice, and interaction to make any classroom come alive. "Focus on Grammar" features: Clear visual presentation of grammar Concise grammar explanations Fully contextualized grammar presentation and practice in all four skills Controlled and communicative practice Comprehensive review tests including TOEFL Test-style questions From Grammar to Writing sections included in all levels New information gap activities throughout each book The "Focus on Grammar" series is a five-level course, Introductory through Advanced.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
PART I Present and Past	1	(53)
Review and Integration: Present, Past, Present Perfect	2	(30)
Past Perfect	32	(9)
Past Perfect Progressive	41	(13)
Review or SelfTest	50	(4)
PART II Future	54	(23)
Future Progressive	55	(9)
Future Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive	64	(13)
Review or SelfTest	74	(3)
PART III Tag Questions, Additions, and Responses	77	(26)
Tag Questions	78	(10)
Additions and Responses with So, Too, Neither, Not either, and But	88	(15)
Review or SelfTest	100	(3)
PART IV Gerunds and Infinitives	103	(27)
Gerunds and Infinitives: Review and Expansion	104	(11)
Verbs Followed by Objects and the Base Form: Make, Have, Let, Help	115	(15)
Review or SelfTest	125	(5)
PART V Passive	130	(35)
The Passive: Overview	131	(13)
The Passive with Modals	144	(10)
Passive Causatives	154	(11)
Review or SelfTest	162	(3)
PART VI Modals	165	(26)
Advisability and Obligation in the Past: Should have, Ought to have, Could have, Might have	166	(9)
Speculations and Conclusions about the Past: May have, Might have, Could have, Must have, Had to have	175	(16)
Review or SelfTest	188	(3)
PART VII Conditionals	191	(47)
Factual Conditionals: Present	192	(12)
Factual Conditionals: Future	204	(7)
Unreal Conditionals; Present	211	(11)
Unreal Conditionals: Past	222	(16)
Review or SelfTest	232	(6)
PART VIII Adjective Clauses	238	(30)
Adjective Clauses with Subject Relative Pronouns,	239	(14)
Adjective Clauses with Object Relative Pronouns, When, and Where	253	(15)
Review or SelfTest	265	(3)
PART IX Indirect Speech and Embedded Questions	268	(60)
Direct and Indirect Speech	269	(11)
Indirect Speech: Tense Changes	280	(11)
Indirect Instructions, Commands, Requests, and Invitations	291	(9)
Indirect Questions	300	(12)
Embedded Questions	312	(16)
Review or SelfTest	324	(4)
PART X Pronouns and Phrasal Verbs	328	(1)
Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns	329	(9)
Phrasal Verbs	338	(14)
Review or SelfTest	352
Information Gaps	IG1
Appendices
Appendix 1 Irregular Verbs	A1
Appendix 2 Verbs that Are Commonly Used as Non-action (Stative) Verbs	A4
Appendix 3 Common Verbs Followed by the Gerund (Base Form of Verb + ing)	A4
Appendix 4 Common Verbs Followed by the Infinitive (To + Base Form of Verb)	A5
Appendix 5 Verbs Followed by Objects and the Infinitive	A5
Appendix 6 Common Verbs Followed by the Gerund or the Infinitive	A5
Appendix 7 Common Verbs + Preposition Combinations	A6
Appendix 8 Common Adjective + Preposition Expressions	A6
Appendix 9 Common Adjectives that Can Be Followed by the Infinitive	A6
Appendix 10 Irregular Comparisons of Adjectives and Adverbs	A7
Appendix 11 Common Participial Adjectives	A7
Appendix 12 Some Adjectives that Form the Comparative and Superlative in Two Ways	A8
Appendix 13 Common Reporting Verbs	A8
Appendix 14 Verbs and Expressions Commonly Used Reflexively	A9
Appendix 15 Some Common Transitive Phrasal Verbs	A9
Appendix 16 Some Common Intransitive Phrasal Verbs	A11
Appendix 17 Spelling Rules for the Present Progressive	A12
Appendix 18 Spelling Rules for the Simple Present Tense: Third-Person Singular (he, she, it)	A13
Appendix 19 Spelling Rules for the Simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs	A14
Appendix 20 Spelling Rules for the Comparative (-er) and Superlative (-est) of Adjectives	A15
Appendix 21 Spelling Rules for Adverbs Ending in-ly	A15
Appendix 22 Punctuation Rules for Direct Speech	A16
Appendix 23 Pronunciation Table	A17
Appendix 24 Pronunciation Rules for the Simple Present Tense: Third-Person Singular (he, she, it)	A18
Appendix 25 Pronunciation Rules for the simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs	A19
Answer Key	AK1
Index	I1