American Headway 2 Workbook

by Soars, Liz; Soars, John

• ISBN13: 9780194353809
• ISBN10: 019435380X
• Edition: Workbook
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Builds on the firm foundation laid in a href="http://www.oup.co.uk/elt/global/isbn/3580/"American Headway 1/a.

Table of Contents

UNIT 1
Tenses
Recognizing tenses	1	(1)
Choosing the correct form	2	(1)
Correcting mistakes	2	(1)
Question forms
Making questions with auxiliaries	2	(1)
Making questions with do/does/did	2	(1)
Question words	3	(1)
Word order	3	(1)
Which question word?	3	(1)
What + noun, How + adjective or adverb	4	(1)
Replying with a question	4	(1)
Vocabulary
Jobs	4	(1)
Writing
Writing an informal letter	5	(1)
UNIT 2
Present Simple
Making negatives	6	(1)
Making questions	6	(1)
Short answers	7	(1)
Third person singular	7	(1)
Adverbs of frequency	7	(1)
Present Simple or Continuous?
Spelling of the present participle	8	(1)
Choosing the correct form	8	(1)
What does she do? or What is she doing?	8	(1)
have/don't have
Making statements and negatives	9	(1)
Short answers	9	(1)
Vocabulary
Things in the house	10	(1)
Writing
Linking words---but, however, so, because, and	10	(1)
Describing a person	11	(1)
UNIT 3
Past Simple
Choosing the right verb	12	(1)
Making negatives	13	(1)
Making questions	13	(1)
Short answers	13	(1)
Past Simple forms	13	(1)
Past time expressions	14	(1)
Past Continuous
Forming the Past Continuous	14	(1)
Newspaper stories	15	(1)
Past Simple or Continuous?
Choosing the correct form	15	(1)
Vocabulary
have + noun = activity	16	(1)
Writing
Linking words---while, during, and for	16	(1)
Writing a story 1	17	(1)
UNIT 4
Count and noncount nouns
a or some?	18	(1)
chocolate or a chocolate?	18	(1)
Expressions of quantity
some or any?	19	(1)
How much . . .? or How many . . .?	19	(1)
much, many, or a lot of...?	19	(1)
a few or a little?	20	(1)
Articles
a, an, or the?	20	(1)
No articles	20	(1)
a, the, or nothing?	21	(1)
Vocabulary
Spelling of plural nouns	21	(1)
Clothes	21	(1)
Writing
Filling out forms	22	(1)
UNIT 5
Verb patterns
Hopes and ambitions	23	(1)
Infinitive or -ing?	24	(1)
Asking questions	24	(1)
would like (to do) or like (doing)?
Would you . . . ? or Do you . . . ?	24	(1)
Choosing the correct form	25	(1)
would like or like?	25	(1)
will and going to
Offers and decisions	25	(1)
What's going to happen?	26	(1)
Choosing the correct form	26	(1)
Vocabulary
Words that go together	27	(1)
Writing
Writing a postcard	28	(1)
UNIT 6
What . . . like?
What is/are . . . like?	29	(1)
What was/were . . . like?	29	(1)
Comparatives and superlatives
Forming comparatives and superlatives	30	(1)
How old am I?	30	(1)
Opposite adjectives	31	(1)
as or than?	31	(1)
as . . . as/not as . . . as	31	(1)
Making sentences about you	31	(1)
Vocabulary
Adjective formation	32	(1)
Writing---Relative clauses
who/that/which/where	33	(1)
Describing a place	33	(1)
UNIT 7
Present Perfect
Using the Present Perfect	34	(1)
Making affirmative and negative sentences	34	(1)
Making questions	35	(1)
Short answers	35	(1)
Past participles	35	(1)
for or since?	36	(1)
Tense review
Using the correct tense	36	(1)
Asking questions	36	(1)
Vocabulary
Men and women	37	(1)
Writing---Relative clauses
Relative clauses	37	(1)
Writing a biography	38	(1)
UNIT 8
have (got) to
have got to	39	(1)
have to	39	(1)
Making questions	39	(1)
Short answers	40	(1)
Making affirmative and negative sentences	40	(1)
should
Giving advice	41	(1)
Asking for advice	41	(1)
have to or should?
Using the correct form	42	(1)
must
must for strong obligation	42	(1)
Vocabulary
Job descriptions	42	(1)
Writing
Writing a formal letter	43	(1)
UNIT 9
Present Simple or will
Choosing the correct form	44	(1)
Conditional clauses
First Conditional	44	(1)
Making questions	45	(1)
Making negatives	45	(1)
if or when?	45	(1)
Time clauses
Present tense or future?	46	(1)
Joining sentences	46	(1)
Choosing the correct conjunction	46	(1)
Tenses and time expressions	47	(1)
Vocabulary
Preposition + word	47	(1)
Writing
Discussing ideas	48	(1)
UNIT 10
Verb patterns
Infinitive or -ing?	49	(1)
Choosing the correct form	49	(1)
Infinitive or -ing?	50	(1)
Asking questions	50	(1)
used to
Matching	50	(1)
Things used to be different	51	(1)
Infinitives
Infinitives after adjectives	51	(1)
Infinitives of purpose	51	(1)
How to do it/something to eat	52	(1)
Vocabulary
-ed or -ing adjectives?	52	(1)
Rhymes	52	(1)
Writing
Formal and informal letters 1	53	(1)
UNIT 11
The passive
Forming the passive	54	(1)
Making questions	55	(1)
Making negatives	55	(1)
Short answers	55	(1)
Newspaper stories	56	(1)
Active and passive
Notices	57	(1)
Active or passive?	57	(1)
Vocabulary
Words with more than one meaning	58	(1)
Writing
Writing a review of a book or a movie	59	(1)
UNIT 12
Second Conditional
Jimmy's dreams	60	(1)
Making questions	60	(1)
Laura's dreams	61	(1)
Short answers	62	(1)
If . . .	62	(1)
might
might = will + perhaps	62	(1)
Choosing the correct form	62	(1)
Worries	63	(1)
Trying to decide	63	(1)
Vocabulary
Phrasal verbs	63	(1)
Writing
Adverbs	64	(1)
Writing a story 2	64	(2)
UNIT 13
Present Perfect Simple
What's new?	66	(1)
yet and already	67	(1)
Questions and short answers	67	(1)
been or gone?	67	(1)
Present Perfect Continuous
What has Ann been doing?	68	(1)
Making questions	68	(1)
Tense review
Choosing the correct tense	69	(1)
Forming the correct tense	69	(1)
A conversation between old friends	69	(1)
Vocabulary
Words that sound the same	70	(1)
Writing
Expressions in letter writing	70	(1)
Formal and informal letters 2	71	(1)
UNIT 14
Past Perfect
Matching	72	(1)
What happened first?	72	(1)
Past Simple or Past Perfect?	73	(1)
Joining sentences	73	(1)
Reported statements
What did she say?	73	(1)
Reported to direct speech	74	(1)
Vocabulary
say and tell	74	(1)
Words that are often confused	75	(1)
Writing
Writing a story 3	76