Grammar Express Basic, with Answer Key

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

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ISBN: 9780130496676 | 0130496677
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Copyright: 2/3/2004

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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.

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Part I: The Present (1)

The Present of Be: Statements (I am tall. I am not a good dancer.)

(4)

The Present of Be: Questions (Are you OK? Yes, I am.)

(4)

The Present Progressive: Statements (She is talking. She is not sleeping.)

(4)

The Present Progressive: Questions (Are you sleeping? No, I'm not.)

(6)

SelfTest I

(2)

Part II: The Present (2)

The Simple Present: Statements (She usually drinks tea.)

(4)

The Simple Present: Questions (Do you laugh a lot? Yes, we do.)

(4)

Non-Action Verbs (I see the moon.)

(4)

Present Progressive and Simple Present (They're watching TV. / They watch TV every day.)

(4)

The Imperative (Open the door! Don't touch the plate!)

(6)

SelfTest II

(2)

Part III: The Past

The Past of Be (Were you there yesterday? Yes, I was.)

(4)

The Simple Past of Regular Verbs: Statements (He painted a picture yesterday.)

(4)

The Simple Past of Irregular Verbs: Statements (We saw the movie last night.)

(4)

The Simple Past: Questions (Did they come alone? Yes, they did.)

(6)

SelfTest III

(2)

Part IV: The Future

The Future with Be going to (They are going to change soon.)

(4)

The Future with Will (He will leave at 5:00. He won't stay.)

(6)

SelfTest IV

(2)

Part V: Word Order

Word Order: Statements (They read the book to their children.)

(4)

Word Order: Wh- Questions (Who did you ask? / Who asked you?)

(6)

SelfTest V

(2)

Part VI: Nouns, Articles, and Quantifiers

Nouns: Common/Proper, Singular/Plural (Harrods sells pianos from Japan.)

(4)

Nouns: Count/Non-Count (Cream? Sugar? One teaspoon? Two teaspoons?)

(4)

Articles: A/An and The (It's not a closet. It's the kitchen!)

(4)

No article (Ø) or The (I love music. The music here is great!)

(4)

Quantifiers: Some and Any (Did you buy any clothes?)

(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

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