Overview

Now in its second edition, this book helps English learners gain an excellent foundation in English grammar through numerous exercises and discussion topics. KEY TOPICS: Uses discussion topics such as pollution, politics, and cultural differences to present grammar structures and oral and written exercises. MARKET: For advanced ESL learners.

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Author:   Carroll Pollock ,  Samuela Eckstut
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson Education (US)
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.90cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.470kg
ISBN:  

9780135201077

ISBN 10:   0135201071
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   28 May 1997
Audience:   ELT/ESL ,  ELT General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface PART 1: TENSE REVIEW Lesson One 1-1 Present Time 1-2 Non-continuous Verbs 1-3 Past Time to Present Time 1-4 Past Time 1-5 Future Time 1-6 Adverbial Time Expressions Lesson Two 2-1 Past Perfect 2-2 Past Perfect Continuous Lesson Three 3-1 Future Continuous 3-2 Future Perfect and Future Perfect continuous Practice Exam PART 2: COORDINATION Lesson Four 4-1 Coordinating Conjunctions and Parallel Structure 4-2 Connecting Complete Sentences 4-3 Connecting more Than Two Sentences Lesson Five 5-1 Correlative Conjunctions: Either ... Or 5-2 Correlative Conjunctions: Neither ... Nor 5-3 Correlative Conjunctions: Not only ... But also 5-4 Correlative Conjunctions: Both ... And Lesson Six 6-1 Conjunctive Adverbs 6-2 Position and Punctuation of Conjunctive Adverbs Practice Exam Part 3: INDIRECT SPEECH Lesson Seven 7-1 Basics of Indirect Speech 7-2 Reporting Statements 7-3 Reporting Questions and Answers 7-4 Reporting Commands and Requests 7-5 Reporting Exclamations Practice Exam PART 4: SUBORDINATION Lesson Eight 8-1 Adverbial Clauses 8-2 Sequence of Tenses 8-3 Building Sentences with Adverb Clauses 8-4 Reduction of Adverb Clauses Practice Exam Lesson Nine 9-1 Adjective Clauses 9-2 Necessary vs. Unnecessary Adjective Clauses 9-3 Grammatical Functions of Relative Pronouns 9-4 Unnecessary Adjective Clauses That Refer to Complete Sentences 9-5 Reduction of Adjective Clauses Practice Exam Lesson Ten 10-1 Noun Clauses 10-2 -Ever Words in Noun Clauses 10-3 Noun Clauses Beginning with That 10-4 Subjunctive form of the Verb in Noun Clauses Practice Exam PART 5: PASSIVE VOICE Lesson Eleven 11-1 Forming the Passive 11-2 Using the Pressure 11-3 Indirect Objects and Direct Objects as Passive Subjects PART 6: Modal Auxiliaries Lesson Twelve 12-1 Advisability vs. Necessity 12-2 Past Regrets and Criticisms: Should, Ought to 12-3 Logical Conclusion vs. Expectation 12-4 Suggestions: Could 1205 Possibilities: May, Might, Could 12-6 Possibilities and Impossibilities 12-7 Degrees of Certainty Practice Elam PART 7: CONDITIONAL SENTENCES Lesson Thirteen 13-1 Future Real vs. Present/Future Unreal 13-2 Past Unreal 13-3 Replacing If 13-4 Mixed Conditional Sentences Practice Exam PART 8: VERBALS Lesson Fourteen 14-1 Simple Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases 14-2 Phrase Functioning as Subject and Subject Combined 14-3 Infinitive/Infinitive Phrase Functioning as Direct Object 14-4 Infinitive/Infinitive Phrase Functioning as Adjective and Adjective Complement 14-5 Infinitive/Infinitive Phrase Functioning as Adverb 14-6 Reduction with Infinitive Phrases 14-7 Infinitive/Infinitive Phrase with Enough and Too Practice Exam Lesson Fifteen 15-1 Gerunds 15-2 Gerund/Gerund Phrase Functioning as Subject and Subject Complement 15-3 Gerund/Gerund Phrase Functioning as Direct Order 15-4 Gerund as Direct Object vs. Infinitive as Direct Object 15-5 Gerund/Gerund Phrase Functioning as Object of a preposition Practice Exam Appendix 1: Irregular Verbs Appendix 2 Modal Auxiliaries Appendix 3: Verbs Followed by infinitives Appendix 4: Verbs Followed by Gerunds Appendix 5: Verbs Followed by Gerunds or Infinitives Index

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