Basic English Grammar with Audio CDs and Answer Key, 3e

by Azar, Betty Schrampfer; Hagen, Stacy A.

• ISBN13: 9780131849372
• ISBN10: 0131849379
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-18
• 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 Third Edition	xi
Acknowledgment	xv
Using Be
Noun + is + noun: singular	2	(2)
Noun + are + noun: plural	4	(3)
Pronoun + be + noun	7	(1)
Contractions with be	8	(2)
Negative with be	10	(2)
Be + adjective	12	(6)
Be + a place	18	(3)
Summary: basic sentence patterns with be	21	(3)
Using Be and Have
Yes/no questions with be	24	(1)
Short answers to yes/no questions	25	(3)
Questions with be: using where	28	(2)
Using have and has	30	(3)
Using my, your, his, her, our, their	33	(5)
Using this and that	38	(2)
Using these and those	40	(2)
Asking questions with what and who + be	42	(11)
Using the Simple Present
Form and basic meaning of the simple present tense	53	(3)
Using frequency adverbs: always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, rarely, never	56	(2)
Other frequency expressions	58	(1)
Using frequency adverbs with be	59	(2)
Spelling and pronunciation of final -es	61	(2)
Adding final -s/-es to words that end in -y	63	(1)
Irregular singular verbs: has, does, goes	64	(2)
Spelling and pronunciation of final -s/-es	66	(3)
The simple present: negative	69	(5)
The simple present: yes/no questions	74	(4)
The simple present: asking information questions with where	78	(2)
The simple present: asking information questions with when and what time	80	(2)
Summary: information questions with be and do	82	(10)
Using the Present Progressive
Be + -ing: the present progressive tense	92	(5)
Spelling of -ing	97	(2)
The present progressive: negatives	99	(3)
The present progressive: questions	102	(4)
The simple present vs. the present progressive	106	(5)
Nonaction verbs not used in the present progressive	111	(3)
See, look at, watch, hear, and listen to	114	(3)
Think about and think that	117	(4)
Talking About the Present
Using it to talk about time	121	(2)
Prepositions of time	123	(2)
Using it to talk about the weather	125	(3)
There + be	128	(2)
There + be: yes/no questions	130	(3)
There + be: asking questions with how many	133	(1)
Prepositions of place	134	(1)
Some prepositions of place: a list	135	(8)
Need and want + a noun or an infinitive	143	(3)
Would like	146	(2)
Would like vs. like	148	(10)
Nouns and Pronouns
Nouns: subjects and objects	158	(3)
Adjective + noun	161	(3)
Subject pronouns and object pronouns	164	(4)
Nouns: singular and plural	168	(5)
Nouns: irregular plural forms	173	(8)
Count and Noncount Nouns
Nouns: count and noncount	181	(2)
Using an vs. a	183	(2)
Using a/an vs. some	185	(6)
Measurements with noncount nouns	191	(4)
Using many, much, a few, a little	195	(4)
Using the	199	(4)
Using Ø (no article) to make generalizations	203	(2)
Using some and any	205	(8)
Expressing Past Time, Part 1
Using be: past time	213	(1)
Past of be: negative	214	(2)
Past of be: questions	216	(5)
The simple past tense: using -ed	221	(4)
Past time words: yesterday, last, and ago	225	(2)
The simple past: irregular verbs (Group 1)	227	(4)
The simple past: negative	231	(3)
The simple past: yes/no questions	234	(4)
Irregular verbs (Group 2)	238	(3)
Irregular verbs (Group 3)	241	(3)
Irregular verbs (Group 4)	244	(8)
Expressing Past Time, Part 2
The simple past: using where, when, what time, and why	252	(5)
Questions with what	257	(3)
Questions with who	260	(4)
Irregular verbs (Group 5)	264	(2)
Irregular verbs (Group 6)	266	(3)
Irregular verbs (Group 7)	269	(4)
Before and after in time clauses	273	(3)
When in time clauses	276	(2)
The present progressive and the past progressive	278	(3)
Using while with the past progressive	281	(1)
While vs. when in past time clauses	282	(2)
Simple past vs. past progressive	284	(10)
Expressing Future Time, Part 1
Future time: using be going to	294	(5)
Using the present progressive to express future time	299	(2)
Words used for past time and future time	301	(4)
Using a couple of or a few with ago (past) and in (future)	305	(2)
Using today, tonight, and this + morning, afternoon, evening, week, month, year	307	(3)
Future time: using will	310	(2)
Asking questions with will	312	(4)
Verb summary: present, past, and future	316	(2)
Verb summary: forms of be	318	(7)
Expressing Future Time, Part 2
May/Might vs. will	325	(2)
Maybe (one word) vs. may be (two words)	327	(7)
Future time clauses with before, after, and when	334	(2)
Clauses with if	336	(3)
Expressing habitual present with time clauses and if-clauses	339	(3)
Using what + a form of do	342	(12)
Modals, Part 1: Expressing Ability
Using can	354	(2)
Pronunciation of can and can't	356	(1)
Using can: questions	357	(3)
Using know how to	360	(2)
Using could: past of can	362	(3)
Using be able to	365	(3)
Using very and too + adjective	368	(5)
Using two, too, and to	373	(1)
More about prepositions: at and in for place	374	(5)
Modals, Part 2: Advice, Necessity, Requests, Suggestions
Using should	379	(4)
Using have + infinitive (have to/has to)	383	(4)
Using must	387	(4)
Polite questions: may I, could I, and can I	391	(2)
Polite questions: could you and would you	393	(2)
Imperative sentences	395	(3)
Modal auxiliaries	398	(1)
Summary chart: modal axillaries and similar expressions	399	(3)
Using let's	402	(3)
Nouns and Modifiers
Modifying nouns with adjectives and nouns	405	(5)
Word order of adjectives	410	(5)
Expressions of quantity: all of, most of, some of, almost all of	415	(2)
Expressions of quantity: subject-verb agreement	417	(2)
Expressions of quantity: one of, none of	419	(4)
Indefinite pronouns: nothing and no one	423	(1)
Indefinite pronouns: something, someone, anything, anyone	424	(2)
Using every	426	(2)
Linking verbs + adjectives	428	(3)
Adjectives and adverbs	431	(5)
Possessives
Possessive nouns	436	(3)
Possessive: irregular plural nouns	439	(3)
Possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs	442	(4)
Questions with whose	446	(3)
Making Comparisons
Comparisons: using the same (as), similar (to), and different from	449	(3)
Comparisons: using like and alike	452	(2)
The comparative: using -er and more	454	(7)
The superlative: using -est and most	461	(8)
Using one of + superlative + plural noun	469	(6)
Using but	475	(1)
Using verbs after but	476	(4)
Making comparisons with adverbs	480	(7)
Appendix Irregular Verbs	487	(2)
Listening Script	489	(11)
CD Tracking Script	500	(1)
Answer Key	501
Index