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Understanding and using English grammar- B.Azar-1st edition (489 pages)
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PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION xiii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
Chapter 1 OVERVIEW OF VERB TENSES
1-1 THE SIMPLETENSES 2
1-2 THE PROGRESSIVE TENSES 3
1-3 THE PERFECT TENSES 4
1-4 THE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSES 5
1-5 SUMMARY CHART OFVERBTENSES 6
1-6 SPELLING OF -ING AND -ED FORMS 10
Chapter 2 PRESENT AND PAST, SIMPLE AND PROGRESSIVE
2-1 SIMPLE PRESENT 13
2-2 PRESENT PROGRESSIVE 13
2-3 STATIVEVERBS 15
2-4 AM/IS/ARE BEING + ADJECTIVE 17
2-5 REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS 19
2-6 REGULAR VERBS: PRONUNCIATION OF -ED ENDINGS 20
2-7 IRREGULAR VERBS: AN ALPHABETICAL LIST 22
2-8 TROUBLESOME VERBS: RAISE/RISE, SET/SIT, LAY/LIE 26
2-9 SIMPLE PAST 27
2-10 PAST PROGRESSIVE 28
2-11 USING PROGRESSF/E VERBS WITH ALWAYS TO COMPLAIN 30
2-12 USING EXPRESSIONS OF PLACE WITH PROGRESSIVE VERBS 31
Chapter 3 PERFECT AND PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSES
3-1 PRESENT PERFECT 36
3-2 PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE 42
3-3 PAST PERFECT 45
3-4 PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE 47
Chapter 4 FUTURE TIME
4-1 SIMPLE FUTURE: WILL AND BE GOINGTO 51
4-2 WILL vs. BE GOINGTO 52
4-3 EXPRESSING THE FUTURE INTIME CLAUSES 55
4-4 USING THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AND THE SIMPLE PRESENT
TO EXPRESS FUTURE TIME 57
4-5 FUTURE PROGRESSIVE 60
4-6 FUTURE PERFECT 62
4-7 FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE 62
VII
:;:^co~ : -I . =53 CLAUSES OF TIME AND REVIEW OF VERB TENSES
5-1 ADVERB CLAUSES OFTIME: FORM 70
5-2 USING ADVERB CLAUSES TO SHOWTIME RELATIONSHIPS 72
Chapter 6 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
6-1 FINAL -S/-ES: USE, PRONUNCIATION, AND SPELLING 84
6-2 BASIC SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT 88
6-3 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: USING EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY 89
6-4 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: USING THERE + BE 90
6-5 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: SOME IRREGULARITIES _ . 92
Chapter? NOUNS
7-1 REGULARAND IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS 100
7-2 POSSESSIVE NOUNS 103
7-3 USING NOUNS AS MODIFIERS 105
7-4 COUNT AND NONCOUNT NOUNS 107
7-5 NONCOUNT NOUNS 108
7-6 SOME COMMON NONCOUNT NOUNS 108
7-7 BASIC ARTICLE USAGE 112
7-8 GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR ARTICLE USAGE 115
7-9 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY 119
7-10 USING A FEW AND FEW; A LITTLE AND LITTLE 123
7-11 USING OF IN EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY 125
7-12 ALL (OF) AND BOTH (OF) 126
7-13 SINGULAR EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ONE, EACH, EVERY 128
Chapters PRONOUNS
8-1 PERSONAL PRONOUNS 132
8-2 PERSONAL PRONOUNS: AGREEMENT WITH GENERIC NOUNS AND
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS 134
8-3 PERSONAL PRONOUNS: AGREEMENT WITH COLLECTIVE NOUNS 136
8-4 REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS 138
8-5 USING YOU, ONE, AND THEY AS IMPERSONAL PRONOUNS 140
8-6 FORMS OF OTHER 142
8-7 COMMON EXPRESSIONS WITH OTHER 145
Chapter 9 MODALS, PART 1
9-1 INTRODUCTION 151
9-2 POLITE QUESTIONS WITH /ASTHE SUBJECT 152
9-3 POLITE QUESTIONS WITH YOU ASTHE SUBJECT 152
9-4 POLITE REQUESTS WITH WOULD YOU MIND 153
9-5 EXPRESSING NECESSITY: MUST, HAVE TO, HAVE GOT TO 157
9-6 LACK OF NECESSITY AND PROHIBITION: HAVE TO AND MUST
INTHE NEGATIVE 158
9-7 ADVISABILITY: SHOULD, OUGHTTO, HAD BETTER 160
9-8 THE PAST FORM OF SHOULD 163
9-9 EXPECTATIONS: BE SUPPOSED TO 166
9-10 MAKING SUGGESTIONS: LET'S, WHY DON'T, SHALL I/WE 169
9-11 MAKING SUGGESTIONS: COULDvs. SHOULD 171
Vlii CONTENTS
Chapter 10 MODALS, PART 2
10-1 DEGREES OF CERTAINTY: PRESENTTIME 176
10-2 DEGREES OF CERTAINTY: PRESENTTIME NEGATIVE 178
10-3 DEGREES OF CERTAINTY: PASTTIME , 181
10-4 DEGREES OF CERTAINTY: FUTURETIME 184
10-5 PROGRESSIVE FORMS OF MODALS 188
10-6 ABILITY: CAN AND COULD 193
10-7 USING WOULDTO EXPRESS A REPEATED ACTION IN THE PAST 195
10-8 EXPRESSING PREFERENCE: WOULD RATHER 197
10-9 COMBINING MODALS WITH PHRASAL MODALS 198
10-10 SUMMARY CHART OF MODALS AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS 199
Chapter 11 THE PASSIVE
11-1 FORMINGTHE PASSIVE 208
11-2 USING THE PASSIVE 211
11-3 INDIRECT OBJECTS USED AS PASSIVE SUBJECTS 213
11-4 THE PASSIVE FORM OF MODALS AND PHRASAL MODALS 218
11-5 STATIVE PASSIVE 225
11-6 COMMON STATIVp PASSIVE VERBS + PREPOSITIONS 228
11-7 THE PASSIVE WITH GET 232
11-8 PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES 235
Chapter 12 NOUN CLAUSES
12-1 INTRODUCTION 239
12-2 NOUN CLAUSES BEGINNING WITH A QUESTION WORD 240
12-3 NOUN CLAUSES BEGINNING WITH WHETHER OR IF 245
12-4 QUESTION WORDS FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVES 247
12-5 NOUN CLAUSES'BEGINNING WITH THAT 248
12-6 QUOTED SPEECH 251
12-7 REPORTED SPEECH: VERB FORMS IN NOUN CLAUSES 254
12-8 USING THE SUBJUNCTIVE IN NOUN CLAUSES 263
12-9 USING -EVER WORDS 265
Chapter 13 ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
13-1 INTRODUCTION 267
13-2 ADJECTIVE CLAUSE PRONOUNS USED AS THE SUBJECT 268
13-3 ADJECTIVE CLAUSE PRONOUNS USED AS THE OBJECT OF A VERB 268
13-4 ADJECTIVE CLAUSE PRONOUNS USED AS THE OBJECT OF
A PREPOSITION 269
13-5 USUAL PATTERNS OF ADJECTIVE CLAUSES 270
13-6 USING WHOSE 274
13-7 USING WHERE IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES 277
13-8 USING WHEN IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES 277
13-9 USING ADJECTIVE CLAUSES TO MODIFY PRONOUNS 280
13-10 PUNCTUATING ADJECTIVE CLAUSES 281
13-11 USING EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES 285
13-12 USING NOUN + OFWHICH 286
13-13 USING WHICH TO MODIFY AWHOLE SENTENCE 286
13-14 REDUCING ADJECTIVE CLAUSES TO ADJECTIVE
PHRASES: INTRODUCTION 290
13-15 CHANGING AN ADJECTIVE CLAUSE TO AN ADJECTIVE PHRASE 290
CONTENTS JX
Chapter 14 GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES, PART 1
14-1 GERUNDS: INTRODUCTION 297
14-2 USING GERUNDS AS THE OBJECTS OF PREPOSITIONS 298
14-3 COMMON PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS FOLLOWED BY GERUNDS 299
14-4 COMMONVERBS FOLLOWED BY GERUNDS 302
14-5 GO + GERUND 303
14-6 SPECIAL EXPRESSIONS FOLLOWED BY -ING 304
14-7 COMMONVERBS FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVES 307
14-8 COMMONVERBS FOLLOWED BY EITHER INFINITIVES OR GERUNDS 311
14-9 REFERENCE LIST OF VERBS FOLLOWED BY GERUNDS 318
14-10 REFERENCE LIST OF VERBS FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVES 319
14-11 IT + INFINITIVE; GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES AS SUBJECTS 323
Chapter 15 GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES, PART 2
15-1 INFINITIVE OF PURPOSE: IN ORDER TO 326
15-2 ADJECTIVES FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVES 328
15-3 USING INFINITIVES WITH TOO AND ENOUGH 330
15-4 PASSIVE AND PAST FORMS OF INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS 331
15-5 USING GERUNDS OR PASSIVE INFINITIVES FOLLOWING NEED 333
15-6 USING A POSSESSIVE TO MODIFY A GERUND 334
15-7 USING VERBS OF PERCEPTION 336
J5-8 USING THE SIMPLE FORM AFTER LFTAND HELP 338
15-9 USING CAUSATIVE VERBS: MAKE, HAVE, GET 339
Chapter 16 COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
16-1 PARALLEL STRUCTURE 348
16-2 USING PAIRED CONJUNCTIONS: BOTH . AND; NOT ONLY .
BUT ALSO; EITHER .,. QR; NEITHER . NOR 353
16-3 COMBINING INDEPENDENT CLAUSES WITH COORDINATING
CONJUNCTIONS 355
Chapter 17 ADVERB CLAUSES
17-1 INTRODUCTION 359
17-2 USING ADVERB CLAUSES TO SHOW CAUSE AND EFFECT 362
17-3 EXPRESSING CONTRAST (UNEXPECTED RESULT):
USING EVENTHOUGH 363
17-4 SHOWING DIRECT CONTRAST: WHILE AND WHEREAS 366
17-5 EXPRESSING CONDITIONS IN ADVERB CLAUSES: /F-CLAUSES 367
17-6 ADVERB CLAUSES OF CONDITION: USING WHETHER OR NOT
AND EVEN IF 368
17-7 ADVERB CLAUSES OF CONDITION: USING IN CASE AND
INTHE EVENTTHAT 369
17-8 ADVERB CLAUSES OF CONDITION: USING UNLESS 370
17-9 ADVERB CLAUSES OF CONDITION: USING ONLY IF 371
Chapter 18 REDUCTION OF ADVERB CLAUSES TO MODIFYING
ADVERBIAL PHRASES
18-1 INTRODUCTION 374
18-2 CHANGING TIME CLAUSES TO MODIFYING ADVpRBIAL PHRASES 375
18-3 EXPRESSING THE IDEA OF "DURING THE SAME TIME"
IN MODIFYING ADVERBIAL PHRASES 376
18-4 EXPRESSING CAUSE AND EFFECT IN MODIFYING
ADVERBIAL PHRASES 376
18-5 USING UPON + -ING IN MODIFYING ADVERBIAL PHRASES 380
X CONTENTS
I - a Dter 19 CONNECTIVES THAT EXPRESS CAUSE AND EFFECT,
CONTRAST, AND CONDITION
19-1 USING BECAUSE OF AND DUETO 385
19-2 USING TRANSITIONS TO SHOW CAUSE AND EFFECT:
THEREFORE AND CONSEQUENTLY 387
19-3 SUMMARY OF PATTERNS AND PUNCTUATION 389
19-4 OTHER WAYS OF EXPRESSING CAUSE AND EFFECT:
SUCH . THAT AND SO . THAT 391
19-5 EXPRESSING PURPOSE: USING SO THAT. 393
19-6 SHOWING CONTRAST (UNEXPECTED RESULT) 395
19-7 SHOWING DIRECT CONTRAST 398
19-8 EXPRESSING CONDITIONS: USING OTHERWISE AND OR (ELSE) 401
19-9 SUMMARY OF CONNECTIVES: CAUSE AND EFFECT, CONTRAST,
CONDITION 402
:napter 20 CONDITIONAL SENTENCES AND WISHES
20-1 OVERVIEW OF BASIC VERB FORMS USED IN
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES 413
20-2 TRUE INTHE PRESENT OR FUTURE 414
20-3 UNTRUE (CONTRARYTO FACT) INTHE PRESENT OR FUTURE 415
20-4 UNTRUE (CONTRARYTO FACT) INTHE PAST 418
20-5 USING PROGRESSIVE VERB FORMS IN CONDITIONAL SENTENCES . 423
20-6 USING "MIXED TIME" IN CONDITIONAL SENTENCES 424
20-7 OMITTING IF 424
20-8 IMPLIED CONDITIONS 425
20-9 USING AS IF/AS THOUGH 430
20-10 VERB FORMS FOLLOWING WISH 432
20-11 USING WOULDTO MAKE WISHES ABOUTTHE FUTURE 434
Appendix SUPPLEMENTARY GRAMMAR UNITS
Unit A: BASIC GRAMMAR TERMINOLOGY
A-l SUBJECTS, VERBS, AND OBJECTS Al
A-2 PREPOSITIONS AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES A3
A-3 ADJECTIVES A4
A-4 ADVERBS A4
A-5 THEVERB BE A6
A-6 LINKING VERBS A6
Unit B: QUESTIONS
B-l FORMS OF YES/NO AND INFORMATION QUESTIONS A8
B-2 QUESTION WORDS A9
B-3 SHORTENED YES/NO QUESTIONS A12
B-4 NEGATIVE QUESTIONS A13
B-5 TAG QUESTIONS A15
Unit C: CONTRACTIONS A17
UnitD: NEGATIVES
D-l USING NOT AND OTHER NEGATWE WORDS A18
D-2 AVOIDING DOUBLE NEGATIVES A20
D-3 BEGINNING A SENTENCE WITH A NEGATIVE WORD A20
Unit E: PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS
E PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS WITH ADJECTIVES AND VERBS A21
Unit F: CONNECTIVES TO GIVE EXAMPLES AND TO CONTINUE AN IDEA
F-l CONNECTIVESTO GIVE EXAMPLES A24
F-2 CONNECTIVESTO CONTINUETHE SAME IDEA A26
Unit G: VERB FORM REVIEW EXERCISES A26
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