Clear Grammar 1

Clear Grammaris a four-level grammar series that features a unique combination of useful grammar information written inclearlanguage with activities that promote more accurate and fluent vocabulary usage, writing, speaking, and reading. Important features of all four new editions ofClear Grammarinclude: More user-friendly charts to accompany grammar explanations High-frequency, corpus-based vocabulary related to each grammar point Grammar discovery tasks using students' inductive learning skills A greater variety and increased number of activities, including more practice online More activities at the sentence level and at the longer discourse level The addition of reading practice, a short reading at the beginning of the unit and a longer one at the end, as well a critical reading task More writing practice, including one on editing student writing and another for original student writing Two vocabulary practice activities, including a focus on collocations, in each unit, as well as many one-minute mini lessons showing the connection between grammar and vocabulary More speaking practice, with activities that require students to speak and listen to each other while using the target grammar Support for teachers in the form of indicators that reference how to teach the grammar points in theClear Grammarseries fromKeys to Teaching Grammar for English Language Learnersby Keith S. Folse(978-0-472-03220-4). Clear Grammar 1offers students and teachers a solid introduction to beginning-level grammar. Clear Grammar 1, 2nd Ed., includes Present tense ofbeand regular verbsPossessive adjectives and demonstrative wordsDescriptive adjectivesPast tense ofbe,regular, and irregular verbsWh-questionsPresent progressive tenseCount vs. non-count nounsPrepositionsBe going to+ VerbReview of Verb Tenses