Rent 9780131849372 | Basic English Grammar, Student Book with Audio CDs and Answer Key, 3e

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Blending communicative and interactive approaches with tried-and-true grammar teaching, Basic English Grammar, Third Edition, by Betty Schrampfer Azar and Stacy A. Hagen, offers concise, accurate, level-appropriate grammar information with an abundance of exercises, contexts, and classroom activities.

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New features of Basic English Grammar, Third Edition:

Increased speaking practice through interactive pair and group work.
New structure-focused listening exercises.
More activities that provide real communication opportunities.
Added illustrations to help students learn vocabulary, understand contexts, and engage in communicative language tasks.
New Workbook solely devoted to self-study exercises.
New Audio CDs and listening script in the back of the Student Book.

Student Book is available with or without Answer Key.
Student Book and Workbook are available in split versions.

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Preface to the Third Edition

Acknowledgment

Using Be

Noun + is + noun: singular

(2)

Noun + are + noun: plural

(3)

Pronoun + be + noun

(1)

Contractions with be

(2)

Negative with be

(2)

Be + adjective

(6)

Be + a place

(3)

Summary: basic sentence patterns with be

(3)

Using Be and Have

Yes/no questions with be

(1)

Short answers to yes/no questions

(3)

Questions with be: using where

(2)

Using have and has

(3)

Using my, your, his, her, our, their

(5)

Using this and that

(2)

Using these and those

(2)

Asking questions with what and who + be

(11)

Using the Simple Present

Form and basic meaning of the simple present tense

(3)

Using frequency adverbs: always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, rarely, never

(2)

Other frequency expressions

(1)

Using frequency adverbs with be

(2)

Spelling and pronunciation of final -es

(2)

Adding final -s/-es to words that end in -y

(1)

Irregular singular verbs: has, does, goes

(2)

Spelling and pronunciation of final -s/-es

(3)

The simple present: negative

(5)

The simple present: yes/no questions

(4)

The simple present: asking information questions with where

(2)

The simple present: asking information questions with when and what time

(2)

Summary: information questions with be and do

(10)

Using the Present Progressive

Be + -ing: the present progressive tense

(5)

Spelling of -ing

(2)

The present progressive: negatives

(3)

The present progressive: questions

102

(4)

The simple present vs. the present progressive

106

(5)

Nonaction verbs not used in the present progressive

111

(3)

See, look at, watch, hear, and listen to

114

(3)

Think about and think that

117

(4)

Talking About the Present

Using it to talk about time

121

(2)

Prepositions of time

123

(2)

Using it to talk about the weather

125

(3)

There + be

128

(2)

There + be: yes/no questions

130

(3)

There + be: asking questions with how many

133

(1)

Prepositions of place

134

(1)

Some prepositions of place: a list

135

(8)

Need and want + a noun or an infinitive

143

(3)

Would like

146

(2)

Would like vs. like

148

(10)

Nouns and Pronouns

Nouns: subjects and objects

158

(3)

Adjective + noun

161

(3)

Subject pronouns and object pronouns

164

(4)

Nouns: singular and plural

168

(5)

Nouns: irregular plural forms

173

(8)

Count and Noncount Nouns

Nouns: count and noncount

181

(2)

Using an vs. a

183

(2)

Using a/an vs. some

185

(6)

Measurements with noncount nouns

191

(4)

Using many, much, a few, a little

195

(4)

Using the

199

(4)

Using Ø (no article) to make generalizations

203

(2)

Using some and any

205

(8)

Expressing Past Time, Part 1

Using be: past time

213

(1)

Past of be: negative

214

(2)

Past of be: questions

216

(5)

The simple past tense: using -ed

221

(4)

Past time words: yesterday, last, and ago

225

(2)

The simple past: irregular verbs (Group 1)

227

(4)

The simple past: negative

231

(3)

The simple past: yes/no questions

234

(4)

Irregular verbs (Group 2)

238

(3)

Irregular verbs (Group 3)

241

(3)

Irregular verbs (Group 4)

244

(8)

Expressing Past Time, Part 2

The simple past: using where, when, what time, and why

252

(5)

Questions with what

257

(3)

Questions with who

260

(4)

Irregular verbs (Group 5)

264

(2)

Irregular verbs (Group 6)

266

(3)

Irregular verbs (Group 7)

269

(4)

Before and after in time clauses

273

(3)

When in time clauses

276

(2)

The present progressive and the past progressive

278

(3)

Using while with the past progressive

281

(1)

While vs. when in past time clauses

282

(2)

Simple past vs. past progressive

284

(10)

Expressing Future Time, Part 1

Future time: using be going to

294

(5)

Using the present progressive to express future time

299

(2)

Words used for past time and future time

301

(4)

Using a couple of or a few with ago (past) and in (future)

305

(2)

Using today, tonight, and this + morning, afternoon, evening, week, month, year

307

(3)

Future time: using will

310

(2)

Asking questions with will

312

(4)

Verb summary: present, past, and future

316

(2)

Verb summary: forms of be

318

(7)

Expressing Future Time, Part 2

May/Might vs. will

325

(2)

Maybe (one word) vs. may be (two words)

327

(7)

Future time clauses with before, after, and when

334

(2)

Clauses with if

336

(3)

Expressing habitual present with time clauses and if-clauses

339

(3)

Using what + a form of do

342

(12)

Modals, Part 1: Expressing Ability

Using can

354

(2)

Pronunciation of can and can't

356

(1)

Using can: questions

357

(3)

Using know how to

360

(2)

Using could: past of can

362

(3)

Using be able to

365

(3)

Using very and too + adjective

368

(5)

Using two, too, and to

373

(1)

More about prepositions: at and in for place

374

(5)

Modals, Part 2: Advice, Necessity, Requests, Suggestions

Using should

379

(4)

Using have + infinitive (have to/has to)

383

(4)

Using must

387

(4)

Polite questions: may I, could I, and can I

391

(2)

Polite questions: could you and would you

393

(2)

Imperative sentences

395

(3)

Modal auxiliaries

398

(1)

Summary chart: modal axillaries and similar expressions

399

(3)

Using let's

402

(3)

Nouns and Modifiers

Modifying nouns with adjectives and nouns

405

(5)

Word order of adjectives

410

(5)

Expressions of quantity: all of, most of, some of, almost all of

415

(2)

Expressions of quantity: subject-verb agreement

417

(2)

Expressions of quantity: one of, none of

419

(4)

Indefinite pronouns: nothing and no one

423

(1)

Indefinite pronouns: something, someone, anything, anyone

424

(2)

Using every

426

(2)

Linking verbs + adjectives

428

(3)

Adjectives and adverbs

431

(5)

Possessives

Possessive nouns

436

(3)

Possessive: irregular plural nouns

439

(3)

Possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs

442

(4)

Questions with whose

446

(3)

Making Comparisons

Comparisons: using the same (as), similar (to), and different from

449

(3)

Comparisons: using like and alike

452

(2)

The comparative: using -er and more

454

(7)

The superlative: using -est and most

461

(8)

Using one of + superlative + plural noun

469

(6)

Using but

475

(1)

Using verbs after but

476

(4)

Making comparisons with adverbs

480

(7)

Appendix Irregular Verbs

487

(2)

Listening Script

489

(11)

CD Tracking Script

500

(1)

Answer Key

501

Index

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