Grammar in Context Book 3

by Elbaum, Sandra N.

• ISBN13: 9781413007480
• ISBN10: 1413007481
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-04
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Students learn more, remember more, and use grammar more effectively when they learn language in context. GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT presents grammar in interesting, informative readings and then recycles the language and context throughout every activity. Learners gain knowledge and skills in both the grammar structures and topic areas.

Table of Contents

Lesson 1	1	(56)
Grammar The Present Perfect; The Present Perfect Continuous
Context Jobs
An Overview	2	(1)
Reading Job Resume and Cover Letter	2	(17)
The Present Perfect Tense---Forms	5	(1)
The Past Participle	6	(3)
The Present Perfect---Contractions	9	(1)
The Present Perfect---Question Formation	10	(1)
Uses of the Present Perfect Tense---An Overview	11	(2)
The Present Perfect with Continuation from Past to Present	13	(2)
Negative Statements with Since, For, and In	15	(1)
The Present Perfect vs. the Simple Present	16	(3)
Reading Where Have All the Jobs Gone?	19	(13)
The Present Perfect Continuous	20	(5)
The Present Perfect vs. the Simple Past	25	(2)
The Present Perfect with Repetition from Past to Present	27	(3)
The Present Perfect vs. the Simple Past with Repetition	30	(2)
Reading The Occupational Outlook Handbook	32	(25)
The Present Perfect with Indefinite Past Time---An Overview	33	(1)
Questions with Ever	34	(4)
Yet, Already	38	(3)
Questions with Lately and Recently	41	(2)
The Present Perfect Continuous with Ongoing Activities	43	(1)
The Present Perfect with No Time Mentioned	44	(2)
The Present Perfect vs. the Present Perfect Continuous with No Time Mentioned	46	(3)
Summary	49	(1)
Editing Advice	50	(2)
Test/Review	52	(2)
Expansion Activities	54	(3)
Lesson 2	57	(40)
Grammar Passive Voice; Participles Used as Adjectives; Get + Participles and Adjectives
Context Hollywood
Passive Voice---An Overview	58	(1)
Reading The Oscars	58	(10)
The Passive Voice---Form	59	(3)
The Passive and Active Voice---Uses	62	(1)
The Passive Voice without an Agent	63	(2)
The Passive Voice with an Agent	65	(2)
Verbs with Two Objects	67	(1)
Reading The History of Animation	68	(9)
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs	71	(4)
The Passive with Get	75	(1)
Participles Used as Adjectives	76	(1)
Reading Charlie Chaplin	77	(7)
Participles Used as Adjectives to Show Feelings	78	(4)
Other Past Participles Used as Adjectives	82	(2)
Reading Being Famous	84	(13)
Past Participles and Other Adjectives with Get	86	(2)
Summary	88	(1)
Editing Advice	89	(2)
Test/Review	91	(3)
Expansion Activities	94	(3)
Lesson 3	97	(40)
Grammar The Past Continuous; The Past Perfect; The Past Perfect Continuous; Comparison of Past Tenses
Context Disasters and Tragedies
Overview of Past Tenses	98	(1)
Reading The Columbia Tragedy	98	(10)
The Past Continuous---Forms	100	(2)
The Past Continuous Tense---Uses	102	(2)
The Past Continuous or the Simple Past	104	(4)
Reading The Titanic	108	(10)
The Past Perfect Tense---Forms	110	(2)
The Past Perfect---Use	112	(3)
When with the Simple Past or the Past Perfect	115	(3)
Reading Wildfires in Southern California	118	(7)
The Past Perfect Continuous---Forms	118	(2)
The Past Perfect Continuous---Uses	120	(3)
The Past Perfect (Continuous) or the Present Perfect (Continuous)	123	(2)
Reading Survivors of the Titanic	125	(12)
Comparison of Past Tenses	126	(4)
Summary	130	(1)
Editing Advice	131	(1)
Test/Review	132	(3)
Expansion Activities	135	(2)
Lesson 4	137	(46)
Grammar Modals---Present and Future; Related Expressions
Context Consumer Warnings
Overview of Modals and Related Expressions	138	(1)
Reading Sweepstakes or Scam?	139	(11)
Possibilities---May, Might, Could	140	(2)
Necessity and Urgency with Must, Have To, Have Got To	142	(2)
Obligation with Must or Be Supposed To	144	(2)
Advice with Should, Ought To, and Had Better	146	(4)
Reading Telemarketing	150	(12)
Permission and Prohibition	151	(3)
Comparing Negative Modals	154	(6)
Making Suggestions	160	(2)
Reading Infomercials	162	(4)
Expectations with Be Supposed To	163	(3)
Reading My Elderly Neighbor	166	(17)
Logical Conclusions	167	(4)
Probability vs. Possibility in the Present	171	(1)
Modals with Continuous Verbs	172	(3)
Summary	175	(1)
Editing Advice	176	(1)
Test/Review	177	(4)
Expansion Activities	181	(2)
Lesson 5	183	(40)
Grammar Modals in the Past
Context The Kennedys and History in the Making
Overview of Modals in the Past	184	(1)
Reading The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy	184	(8)
Past Probability (Deduction, Conclusion)	186	(3)
Past Possibility	189	(3)
Reading The Cuban Missile Crisis	192	(5)
Past Direction Not Taken	193	(4)
Reading John Kennedy, Jr.	197	(6)
Past Mistakes	198	(4)
Be Supposed To in the Past	202	(1)
Reading The Media and Presidential Elections	203	(20)
Must Have vs. Had To	205	(2)
Could + Base Form vs. Could Have + Past Participle	207	(2)
More on Couldn't Have	209	(3)
Continuous Forms of Past Modals	212	(1)
Summary	213	(3)
Editing Advice	216	(1)
Test/Review	216	(5)
Expansion Activities	221	(2)
Lesson 6	223	(50)
Grammar Adjective Clauses; Descriptive Phrases
Context Computers and the Internet
Adjective Clauses---An Overview	224	(1)
Reading Spam	224	(12)
Relative Pronoun as Subject	226	(3)
Relative Pronoun as Object	229	(1)
Comparing Pronoun as Subject and Object	230	(3)
Relative Pronoun as Object of Preposition	233	(3)
Reading eBay	236	(5)
Where and When in Adjective Clauses	237	(2)
Where, When, That, or Which in Adjective Clauses	239	(2)
Reading Handwritten Letters or E-mail?	241	(9)
Whose + Noun in an Adjective Clause	243	(2)
Adjective Clauses After Indefinite Pronouns	245	(5)
Reading Creating the World Wide Web	250	(23)
Nonessential Adjectives Clauses	252	(2)
Essential vs. Nonessential Adjective Clauses	254	(4)
Descriptive Phrases	258	(5)
Summary	263	(1)
Editing Advice	264	(1)
Test/Review	265	(4)
Expansion Activities	269	(4)
Lesson 7	273	(54)
Grammar Infinitives; Gerunds
Context Helping Others
Infinitives---An Overview	274	(1)
Reading Andrew Carnegie, Philanthropist	274	(7)
Verbs Followed by an Infinitive	276	(3)
Object Before Infinitive	279	(2)
Reading Charity and Volunteering	281	(6)
Causative Verbs	283	(2)
Adjective Plus Infinitive	285	(2)
Reading Bicycling to Raise Money for AIDS	287	(8)
Using the Infinitive to Show Purpose	288	(2)
Infinitive as Subject	290	(3)
Infinitive with Too and Enough	293	(2)
Gerunds---An Overview	295	(1)
Reading Helping Others Get an Education	295	(14)
Gerund as Subject	296	(2)
Gerund After Prepositions and Nouns	298	(1)
Using the Correct Preposition	299	(3)
Verbs Followed by Gerunds	302	(2)
Verbs Followed by Gerund or Infinitive	304	(1)
Infinitive and Gerund as Subject	305	(1)
Gerund or Infinitive After a Verb: Differences in Meaning	306	(3)
Reading Mimi's Bike Ride	309	(4)
Used To / Be Used To / Get Used To	310	(3)
Reading Global Volunteers	313	(14)
Sense Perception Verbs	314	(3)
Summary	317	(2)
Editing Advice	319	(2)
Test/Review	321	(3)
Expansion Activities	324	(3)
Lesson 8	327	(44)
Grammar Adverbial Clauses and Phrases; Sentence Connectors; So / Such . . . That
Context Coming to America
Adverbial Clauses---An Overview	328	(1)
Reading A Nation of Immigrants	328	(6)
Reason and Purpose	330	(4)
Reading New Immigrants: The Lost Boys of Sudan	334	(7)
Time Expressions	336	(4)
Using the --ing Form After Time Words	340	(1)
Reading Slavery---An American Paradox	341	(3)
Contrast	342	(2)
Reading The Changing Face of America	344	(6)
Condition	346	(4)
Reading Adopting a Baby from Abroad	350	(21)
Sentence Connectors	352	(4)
So . . . That / Such . . . That	356	(3)
Summary	359	(2)
Editing Advice	361	(1)
Test/Review	362	(5)
Expansion Activities	367	(4)
Lesson 9	371	(52)
Grammar Noun Clauses After Verbs and Adjectives; Noun Clauses as Included Questions; Noun Clauses as Direct Quotes; Noun Clauses in Reported Speech
Context Caring for Children
Noun Clauses---An Overview	372	(1)
Reading Bringing Up Baby	372	(5)
Noun Clauses After Verbs and Adjectives	374	(3)
Reading Pediatricians' Recommendations	377	(2)
Noun Clauses After Expressions of Importance	378	(1)
Reading Day Care	379	(11)
Noun Clauses as Included Questions	381	(6)
Question Words Followed by an Infinitive	387	(3)
Reading Dr. Benjamin Spock	390	(2)
Noun Clauses as Exact Quotes of Notable Words	391	(1)
Reading A Folk Tale	392	(12)
Exact Quotes in Telling a Story	393	(1)
Noun Clauses as Reported Speech	394	(1)
The Rule of Sequence of Tenses	395	(2)
Say vs. Tell	397	(3)
Exceptions to the Rule of Sequence of Tenses	400	(1)
Reporting an Imperative	401	(3)
Reading Being an Au Pair	404	(19)
Noun Clauses as Reported Questions	406	(4)
Noun Clauses After other Past Tense Verbs	410	(4)
Summary	414	(1)
Editing Advice	415	(1)
Test/Review	416	(4)
Expansion Activities	420	(3)
Lesson 10	423	(42)
Grammar Unreal Conditions---Present; Real Conditions vs. Unreal Conditions; Unreal Conditions---Past; Wishes
Context Science or Science Fiction?
Reading Time Travel	424	(12)
Unreal Conditions---Present	426	(9)
Implied Conditions	435	(1)
Reading Traveling to Mars	436	(5)
Real Conditions vs. Unreal Conditions	438	(3)
Reading Life 100 Years Ago	441	(7)
Unreal Conditions---Past	442	(2)
Mixed Tenses in Condition Statements	444	(4)
Reading Science or Wishful Thinking?	448	(17)
Wishes	450	(4)
Wishing for a Desired Change	454	(5)
Summary	459	(1)
Editing Advice	460	(1)
Test/Review	461	(4)
Expansion Activities	465