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Understanding and Using English Grammar with Essential Online Resources

by Azar, Betty S; Hagen, Stacy A.
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  • Edition: 5th
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  • Copyright: 2016-12-12
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Understanding and Using English Grammar, 5th Edition

ISBN: 9780134268828

Understanding and Using English Grammar, 5th Edition, is a comprehensive textbook designed for students and educators who want to master the intricacies of English grammar. This book has been a trusted resource for nearly forty years, making it a go-to grammar guide for both beginners and advanced learners.

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Primarily, this book is used by students and instructors in English language courses at the high school, college, and university levels. It's also a valuable resource for anyone interested in improving their understanding of English grammar, including language learners, teachers, and professionals looking to enhance their communication skills.

History and Editions

The 5th edition of Understanding and Using English Grammar has been extensively revised to keep pace with advances in theory and practice, particularly from cognitive science. This edition includes a wide range of presentations, activities, and tasks designed to meet the specific needs of diverse classes. The book's comprehensive coverage ensures that it remains relevant and effective for modern language learning.

Author and Other Works

Betty Azar and Stacy Hagen are the authors of Understanding and Using English Grammar. Betty Azar is known for her clear and concise explanations of complex grammatical concepts, making the subject accessible to learners of all levels. Stacy Hagen brings her expertise in language instruction to the text, ensuring that it remains current and practical for both students and teachers.

Key Features

  • Comprehensive Coverage: The book provides detailed explanations and examples of English grammar rules.
  • Interactive Tools: The text is complemented by digital resources such as MyEnglishLab, Pearson English Connect, and Pearson English Portal Practice, which offer extra interactive activities to reinforce the lessons.
  • Adaptability: Each level of the book can be easily adapted to different curricula and course materials, making it a versatile resource for educators.

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  • Workbook: ISBN-13: 9780134275444
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  • Digital Resources: Includes MyEnglishLab, Pearson English Connect, and Pearson English Portal Practice

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  • Language: English

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  • Updated grammar charts reflect current usage and highlight differences between written and spoken English.
  • A new chapter on article usage.
  • A variety of high-interest readings include reviews, articles on current topics, and blogs that focus on student success.
  • Additional incremental practice helps learners better grasp concepts, while thematic exercises and integrated tasks offer more contextualized language use.
  • Step-by-step writing activities are supported by writing tips and pre-writing and editing tasks.

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    Table of Contents

     

    Preface to the Fifth Edition

     

    Acknowledgments

     

    Chapter 1  PRESENT AND PAST; SIMPLE AND PROGRESSIVE

     

    1-1     Simple Present and Present Progressive

    1-2     Simple Present and Present Progressive:  Affirmative, Negative, Question Forms

    1-3     Verbs Not Usually Used in the Progressive (Stative Verbs)

    1-4     Simple Past Tense

    1-5     Simple Past vs. Past Progressive

    1-6     Unfulfilled Intentions:  Was/Were Going To

     

    Chapter 2  PERFECT AND PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSES

     

     2-1    Regular and Irregular Verbs

     2-2    Irregular Verb List

     2-3    Present Perfect:  Since and For

     2-4    Present Perfect:  Unspecified Time and Repeated Events

     2-5    Have and Has in Spoken English

     2-6    Present Perfect vs. Simple Past

     2-7    Present Perfect Progressive

     2-8    Past Perfect

     2-9    Hadin Spoken English

     2-10  Past Perfect Progressive

     

    Chapter 3  FUTURE TIME

     

     3-1    Simple Future:  Forms of Will and Be Going To

     3-2    Will vs. Be Going To

     3-3    Expressing the Future in Time Clauses

     3-4    Using the Present Progressive and the Simple Present to Express Future Time

     3-5    Future Progressive

     3-6    Future Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive 

     

    Chapter 4  REVIEW OF VERB TENSES

     

    Chapter 5 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

     

    5-1     Final -s/-es: Use and Spelling

    5-2     Basic Subject-Verb Agreement

    5-3     Collective Nouns

    5-4     Subject-Verb Agreement: Using Expressions of Quantity

    5-5     Subject-Verb Agreement: Using There + Be

    5-6     Subject-Verb Agreement: Some Irregularities

               

    Chapter 6  NOUNS

     

    6-1     Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns

    6-2     Nouns as Adjectives

    6-3     Possessive Nouns

    6-4     More About Expressing Possession

    6-5     Count and Noncount Nouns

    6-6     Noncount Nouns

    6-7     Some Common Noncount Nouns

    6-8     Expressions of Quantity Used with Count and Noncount Nouns

    6-9     Using A Few and Few; A Little and Little

    6-10   Singular Expressions of Quantity: One, Each, Every

    6-11   Using Of in Expressions of Quantity

     

    Chapter 7  ARTICLES

     

    7-1     Articles (A, An, The) with Indefinite and Definite Nouns

    7-2     Articles:  Generic Nouns 

    7-3     Descriptive Information with Definite and Indefinite Nouns

    7-4     General Guidelines for Article Usage

    7-5     Using The or Ø with Titles and Geographic Names                   

     

     

    Chapter 8  PRONOUNS

     

    8-1     Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives

    8-2     Agreement with Generic Nouns and Indefinite Pronouns

    8-3     Personal Pronouns: Agreement with Collective Nouns

    8-4     Reflexive Pronouns

    8-5     Using You, One, and They as Impersonal Pronouns

    8-6     Forms of Other

    8-7     Common Expressions with Other

     

    Chapter 9  MODALS, PART 1

     

    9-1     Basic Modal Introduction

    9-2     Expressing Necessity:  Must, Have To, Have Got To

    9-3     Lack of Necessity (Not Have To) and Prohibition (Must Not)

    9-4     Advisability/Suggestions: Should, Ought To, Had Better, Could

    9-5     Expectation:  Be Supposed To/Should

    9-6     Ability:  Can, Know How To, and Be Able To

    9-7     Possibility:  Can, May, Might

    9-8     Requests and Responses with Modals

    9-9     Polite Requests with Would You Mind

    9-10   Making Suggestions: Let’s, Why Don’t, Shall I /We

     

    Chapter 10 MODALS, PART 2

     

    10-1   Using Would to Express a Repeated Action in the Past

    10-2   Expressing the Past: Necessity, Advice, Expectation

    10-3   Expressing Past Ability

    10-4   Degrees of Certainty: Present Time

    10-5   Degrees of Certainty: Present Time Negative

    10-6   Degrees of Certainty: Past Time

    10-7   Degrees of Certainty: Future Time

    10-8   Progressive Forms of Modals

    10-9   Combining Modals with Phrasal Modals

    10-10 Expressing Preference: Would Rather

    10-11 Summary Chart of Modals and Similar Expressions

     

    Chapter 11  THE PASSIVE

     

    11-1   Active vs. Passive

    11-2   Tense Forms of the Passive

    11-3   Using the Passive

    11-4   The Passive Form of Modals and Phrasal Modals

    11-5   Stative (Non-Progressive) Passive

    11-6   Common Stative (Non-Progressive) Passive Verbs + Prepositions

    11-7   The Passive with Get

    11-8   -ed/-ing Adjectives

     

    Chapter 12  NOUN CLAUSES

     

    12-1   Introduction

    12-2   Noun Clauses with Question Words

    12-3   Noun Clauses with Whether or If

    12-4   Question Words Followed by Infinitives

    12-5   Noun Clauses with That

    12-6   Quoted Speech

    12-7   Reported Speech

    12-8   Reported Speech: Modal Verbs in Noun Clauses

    12-9   The Subjunctive in Noun Clauses

     

    Chapter 13  ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

     

    13-1   Adjective Clause Pronouns Used as the Subject

    13-2   Adjective Clause Pronouns Used as the Object of a Verb

    13-3   Adjective Clause Pronouns Used as the Object of a Preposition

    13-4   Using Whose

    13-5   Using Wherein Adjective Clauses

    13-6   Using Whenin Adjective Clauses

    13-7   Using Adjective Clauses to Modify Pronouns

    13-8   Punctuating Adjective Clauses

    13-9   Using Expressions of Quantity in Adjective Clauses

    13-10 Using Which to Modify a Whole Sentence

    13-11 Reducing Adjective Clauses to Adjective Phrases

     

    Chapter 14  GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES, PART 1

     

    14-1   Gerunds and Infinitives: Introduction

    14-2   Common Verbs Followed by Gerunds

    14-3   Common Verbs Followed by Infinitives

    14-4   Infinitives with Objects

    14-5   Common Verbs Followed by Either Infinitives or Gerunds

    14-6   Using Gerunds as the Objects of Prepositions

    14-7   Go + Gerund

    14-8   Special Expressions Followed by -ing

    14-9   It + Infinitive; Gerunds and Infinitives as Subjects

    14-10 Reference List of Verbs Followed by Infinitives

    14-11 Reference List of Verbs Followed by Gerunds

    14-12 Reference List of Preposition Combinations Followed by Gerunds

     

    Chapter 15  GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES, PART 2

     

    15-1   Infinitive of Purpose: In Order To

    15-2   Adjectives Followed by Infinitives

    15-3   Using Infinitives with Too and Enough

    15-4   Passive Infinitives and Gerunds:  Present

    15-5   Past Forms of Infinitives and Gerunds

    15-6   Using Gerunds or Passive Infinitives Following Need

    15-7   Using Verbs of Perception

    15-8   Using the Simple Form After Let and Help

    15-9   Using Causative Verbs: Make, Have, Get

    15-10 Using a Possessive to Modify a Gerund

     

    Chapter 16  COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

     

    16-1   Parallel Structure

    16-2   Parallel Structure: Using Commas

    16-3   Punctuation for Independent Clauses; Connecting Them with And and But

    16-4   Paired Conjunctions: Both . . . And; Not Only . . . But Also; Either . . . Or; Neither . . . Nor

     

    Chapter 17  ADVERB CLAUSES

     

    17-1   Introduction

    17-2   Using Adverb Clauses to Show Time Relationships

    17-3   Using Adverb Clauses to Show Cause and Effect

    17-4   Expressing Contrast (Unexpected Result): Using Even Though

    17-5   Showing Direct Contrast: While

    17-6   Expressing Conditions in Adverb Clauses: If-Clauses

    17-7   Shortened If-Clauses

    17-8   Adverb Clauses of Condition: Using Whether or Not and Even If

    17-9   Adverb Clauses of Condition: Using In Case

    17-10 Adverb Clauses of Condition: Using Unless

    17-11 Adverb Clauses of Condition: Using Only If

     

    Chapter 18  REDUCTION OF ADVERB CLAUSES TO MODIFYING ADVERBIAL PHRASES

     

    18-1   Introduction

    18-2   Changing Time Clauses to Modifying Adverbial Phrases

    18-3   Expressing the Idea of “During the Same Time” in Modifying Adverbial Phrases

    18-4   Expressing Cause and Effect in Modifying Adverbial Phrases

    18-5   Using Upon + -ing in Modifying Adverbial Phrases


     

    Chapter 19  CONNECTIVES THAT EXPRESS CAUSE AND EFFECT, CONTRAST, AND CONDITION

     

    19-1   Introduction

    19-2     Using Because Of and Due To

    19-3   Cause and Effect: Using Therefore, Consequently, and So

    19-4   Summary of Patterns and Punctuation

    19-5   Other Ways of Expressing Cause and Effect: Such . . . That and So . . . That

    19-6   Expressing Purpose: Using So That

    19-7   Showing Contrast (Unexpected Result)

    19-8   Showing Direct Contrast

    19-9   Expressing Conditions: Using Otherwise and Or (Else)

     

    Chapter 20  CONDITIONAL SENTENCES AND WISHES


    20-1   Overview of Basic Verb Forms Used in Conditional Sentences

    20-2   Expressing Real Conditions in the Present or Future

    20-3   Unreal (Contrary to Fact) in the Present or Future

    20-4   Unreal (Contrary to Fact) in the Past

    20-5   Using Progressive Verb Forms in Conditional Sentences

    20-6   Using “Mixed Time” in Conditional Sentences

    20-7   Omitting If

    20-8   Implied Conditions

    20-9   Wishes About thePresent and Past

    20-10 Wishes About the Future; Use of Wish + Would

     

     

    Appendix         SUPPLEMENTARY GRAMMAR CHARTS           

     

    Unit A: Basic Grammar Terminology

    A-1     Subjects, Verbs, and Objects

    A-2     Adjectives

    A-3     Adverbs

    A-4     Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

    A-5     Preposition Combinations with Adjectives and Adverbs

     

    Unit B: Questions

    B-1     Forms of Yes /No and Information Questions

    B-2     Question Words

    B-3     Shortened Yes/No Questions

    B-4     Negative Questions

    B-5     Tag Questions

     

    Unit C: Contractions

     

    Unit D: Negatives

    D-1     Using Not and Other Negative Words

    D-2     Avoiding Double Negatives

    D-3     Beginning a Sentence with a Negative Word

     

    Unit E:  Verbs

    E-1     The Verb Be

    E-2     Spelling of -ing and -ed Verb Forms

    E-3     Overview of Verb Tenses

    E-4     Summary of Verb Tenses

    E-5     Regular Verbs:  Pronunciation of -ed Endings

    E-6     Pronunciation of Final -s in Verbs and Nouns

    E-7     Linking Verbs

    E-8      Troublesome Verbs: Raise/Rise, Set/Sit, Lay/Lie

    E-9     Irregular Verbs:  An Alphabetical Reference List

     

    Listening Script

    Index

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