Grammar Express Basic, with Answer Key

by Fuchs, Marjorie; Schoenberg, Irene E.; Bonner, Margo

• ISBN13: 9780130496676
• ISBN10: 0130496677
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-03
• Publisher: Pearson Education ESL

Summary

Now there's a Grammar Expressdesigned just for beginning and low-intermediate students! Appropriate for self-study or classroom use, Grammar Express Basicuses highly controlled vocabulary, abundant illustrations, and slower pacing to quickly bring students up to speed. The program's concise, four-page units present and practice grammar points in context, using topics of interest and relevance to learners.

Table of Contents

About the Book	xi
Part I: The Present (1)
The Present of Be: Statements (I am tall. I am not a good dancer.)	2	(4)
The Present of Be: Questions (Are you OK? Yes, I am.)	6	(4)
The Present Progressive: Statements (She is talking. She is not sleeping.)	10	(4)
The Present Progressive: Questions (Are you sleeping? No, I'm not.)	14	(6)
SelfTest I	18	(2)
Part II: The Present (2)
The Simple Present: Statements (She usually drinks tea.)	20	(4)
The Simple Present: Questions (Do you laugh a lot? Yes, we do.)	24	(4)
Non-Action Verbs (I see the moon.)	28	(4)
Present Progressive and Simple Present (They're watching TV. / They watch TV every day.)	32	(4)
The Imperative (Open the door! Don't touch the plate!)	36	(6)
SelfTest II	40	(2)
Part III: The Past
The Past of Be (Were you there yesterday? Yes, I was.)	42	(4)
The Simple Past of Regular Verbs: Statements (He painted a picture yesterday.)	46	(4)
The Simple Past of Irregular Verbs: Statements (We saw the movie last night.)	50	(4)
The Simple Past: Questions (Did they come alone? Yes, they did.)	54	(6)
SelfTest III	58	(2)
Part IV: The Future
The Future with Be going to (They are going to change soon.)	60	(4)
The Future with Will (He will leave at 5:00. He won't stay.)	64	(6)
SelfTest IV	68	(2)
Part V: Word Order
Word Order: Statements (They read the book to their children.)	70	(4)
Word Order: Wh- Questions (Who did you ask? / Who asked you?)	74	(6)
SelfTest V	78	(2)
Part VI: Nouns, Articles, and Quantifiers
Nouns: Common/Proper, Singular/Plural (Harrods sells pianos from Japan.)	80	(4)
Nouns: Count/Non-Count (Cream? Sugar? One teaspoon? Two teaspoons?)	84	(4)
Articles: A/An and The (It's not a closet. It's the kitchen!)	88	(4)
No article (Ø) or The (I love music. The music here is great!)	92	(4)
Quantifiers: Some and Any (Did you buy any clothes?)	96	(4)
Quantifiers: Many, Much, A few, A little, A lot of (He has a lot of things, but not much space.)	100	(4)
There is, There are (There's a fly in my soup!)	104	(6)
SelfTest VI	108	(2)
Part VII: Pronouns and Possessives
Pronouns: Subject and Object (He gave her a gift. She thanked him.)	110	(4)
Possessives (Is this Amber's book? It isn't mine.)	114	(4)
This, That, These, Those (This isn't my bag. That's my bag.)	118	(4)
One, Ones (The white ones or the black ones?)	122	(6)
SelfTest VII	126	(2)
Part VIII: Adjectives and Adverbs
Adjectives (The dog is nice. It's a nice dog.)	128	(4)
Comparisons: As...as (Ryoko is as short as Anne.)	132	(4)
Comparative Adjectives (He's older than me.)	136	(4)
Superlative Adjectives (It's the longest noodle in the world.)	140	(4)
Adjectives with Very, Too, and Enough (Is it big enough? It's too small.)	144	(4)
Adjectives and Adverbs (The music is nice. They skate nicely.)	148	(6)
SelfTest VIII	152	(2)
Part IX: Modals (1)
Ability: Can, Could (He can run, but he can't fly.)	154	(4)
Suggestions: Why don't, Let's, How about (Let's go to the cafeteria.)	158	(4)
Requests: Will, Would, Can, Could (Could you open the door for me?)	162	(4)
Permission: May, Can, Could (Can we swim here? No, you can't!)	166	(6)
SelfTest IX	170	(2)
Part X: Modals (2)
Desires: Would like, Would rather (Would you like fruit? I'd rather have cake.)	172	(4)
Possibility: May, Might, Could (The wind could be dangerous.)	176	(4)
Advice: Should, Ought to (Should I shake her hand?)	180	(4)
Necessity: Have to, Must, Don't have to, Must not (You have to wear a tie.)	184	(6)
SelfTest X	188	(2)
Part XI: Gerunds and Infinitives
Gerunds and Infinitives (She enjoys exercising. / She wants to exercise.)	190	(4)
Infinitives of Purpose (I use it to send e-mail.)	194	(6)
SelfTest XI	198	(2)
Part XII: Prepositions, Two-Word Verbs, Connectors
Prepositions of Time (We'll arrive on Monday at 8:00 A.M.)	200	(4)
Prepositions of Place (It's in the living room, on the table.)	204	(4)
Prepositions of Movement (Go across the bridge. Walk along the river.)	208	(4)
Two-Word Verbs: Inseparable (Let's dress up and eat out.)	212	(4)
Two-Word Verbs: Separable (Turn off the alarm clock. / Turn it off.)	216	(4)
Sentence Connectors: and, but, or, so, because (He buys the paper because he likes the cartoons.)	220	(25)
SelfTest XII	224	(5)
Appendices
Appendix 1 Irregular Verbs	229	(1)
Appendix 2 Common Non-Action Verbs	230	(1)
Appendix 3 Common Verbs Followed by the Gerund (Base Form of Verb + -ing)	230	(1)
Appendix 4 Common Verbs Followed by the Infinitive (To + Base Form of Verb)	230	(1)
Appendix 5 Common Verbs Followed by the Gerund or the Infinitive	230	(1)
Appendix 6 Some Verbs that Can Have Two Objects	231	(1)
Appendix 7 Some Common Two-Word Verbs	231	(1)
Appendix 8 Some Common Nouns with Irregular Plural Forms	232	(1)
Appendix 9 Some Common Non-Count Nouns	233	(1)
Appendix 10 Proper Nouns	234	(1)
Appendix 11 Irregular Comparisons of Adjectives and Quantifiers	234	(1)
Appendix 12 Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers	235	(1)
Appendix 13 Some Common Measure Words	235	(1)
Appendix 14 Some Common Abbreviations	236	(1)
Appendix 15 Some Common Prepositions	236	(2)
Appendix 16 Contractions with Verb Forms	238	(1)
Appendix 17 Spelling Rules for Base Form of Verb + -ing (Present Progressive and Gerund)	239	(1)
Appendix 18 Spelling Rules for the Simple Present: Third-Person Singular (he, she, it)	240	(1)
Appendix 19 Spelling Rules for the Simple Past of Regular Verbs	240	(1)
Appendix 20 Spelling Rules for Regular Plural Nouns	241	(1)
Appendix 21 Spelling Rules for the Comparative (-er) and Superlative (-est) of Adjectives	241	(1)
Appendix 22 Spelling Rules for Adverbs Ending in -ly	241	(1)
Appendix 23 Some Capitalization and Punctuation Rules	242	(1)
Appendix 24 Pronunciation Table	242	(1)
Appendix 25 Pronunciation Rules for the Simple Present: Third-Person Singular (he, she, it)	243	(1)
Appendix 26 Pronunciation Rules for the Simple Past of Regular Verbs	243	(1)
Appendix 27 Pronunciation Rules for Regular Plural Nouns	244	(1)
Glossary	245	(4)
Index	249	(5)
Answer Key	254