Understanding and using English grammar : workbook Volume A / Betty S. Azar, Stacy A. Hagen, Geneva Tesh, Rachel Spack Koch. [print]

Chapter 1: Present and Past; Simple and Progressive

Simple Present and Present Progressive -- Simple Present and Present Progressive: Affirmative, Negative, Question Forms -- Verbs Not Usually Used in the Progressive (Stative Verbs) -- Simple Past Tense -- Simple Past vs. Past Progressive -- Unfulfilled Intention: Was/Were Going To.

Chapter 2: Perfect and Perfect Progressive Tenses

Regular and Irregular Verbs -- Irregular Verb List -- Present Perfect: Since and For -- Present Perfect: Unspecified Time and Repeated Events -- Have and Has in Spoken English -- Present Perfect vs. Simple Past -- Present Perfect Progressive -- Past Perfect -- Past Perfect Progressive.

Chapter 3: Future Time

Simple Future: Forms of Will and Be Going To -- Will vs. Be Going To -- Expressing the Future in Time Clauses -- Using the Present Progressive and the Simple Present to Express Future Time -- Future Progressive -- Future Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive.

Chapter 4: Review of Verb Tenses

Chapter 5: Subject-Verb Agreement

Final -s/-es: Use and Spelling -- Basic Subject-Verb Agreement -- Collective Nouns -- Subject-Verb Agreement: Using Expressions of Quantity -- Subject-Verb Agreement: Using There + Be -- Subject-Verb Agreement: Some Irregularities.

Chapter 6: Nouns

Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns -- Nouns as Adjectives -- Possessive Nouns -- More About Expressing Possession -- Count and Noncount Nouns -- Noncount Nouns -- Some Common Noncount Nouns -- Expressions of Quantity Used with Count and Noncount Nouns -- Using A Few and Few; A Little and Little -- Singular Expressions of Quantity: One, Each, Every -- Using Of in Expressions of Quantity.

Chapter 7: Articles

Articles (A, An, The) with Indefinite and Definite Nouns -- Articles: Generic Nouns -- Descriptive Information with Definite and Indefinite Nouns -- General Guidelines for Article Usage -- Using The or O with Titles and Geographic Names.

Chapter 8: Pronouns

Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives -- Agreement with Generic Nouns and Indefinite Pronouns -- Personal Pronouns: Agreement with Collective Nouns -- Reflexive Pronouns -- Using You, One, and They as Impersonal Pronouns -- Forms of Other -- Common Expressions with Other.

Chapter 9: Modals, Part 1

Basic Modal Introduction -- Expressing Necessity: Must, Have To, Have Got To -- Lack of Necessity (Not Have To) and Prohibition (Must Not) -- Advisability/Suggestions: Should, Ought To, Had Better, Could -- Expectation: Be Supposed To/Should -- Ability: Can, Know How To, and Be Able To -- Possibility: Can, May Might -- Requests and Responses with Modals -- Polite Requests with Would You Mind -- Making Suggestions: Let's, Why Don't, Shall I/We.

Chapter 10: Modals, Part 2

Using Would to Express a Repeated Action in the Past -- Expressing the Past: Necessity, Advice, Expectation -- Expressing Past Ability -- Degrees of Certainty: Present Time -- Degrees of Certainty: Present Time Negative -- Degrees of Certainty: Past Time -- Degrees of Certainty: Future Time -- Progressive Forms of Modals -- Combining Modals with Phrasal Modals -- Expressing Preference: Would Rather.

Chapter 11: The Passive

Active vs. Passive -- Tense Forms of the Passive -- Using the Passive -- The Passive Form of Modals and Phrasal Modals -- Stative (Non-Progressive) Passive -- Common Stative (Non-Progressive) Passive Verbs + Prepositions -- The Passive with Get -- -ed/-ing Adjectives.

Appendix Supplementary Grammar Charts

Unit A: Basic Grammar Terminology -- Subjects, Verbs, and Objects -- Adjectives -- Adverbs -- Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases -- Preposition Combinations with Adjetives and Adverbs.

Unit B: Questions -- Forms of Yes/No and Information Questions -- Question Words -- Shortened Yes/No Questions -- Negative Questions -- Tag Questions.

Unit C: Contractions.

Unit D: Negatives -- Using Not and Other Negative Words -- Avoiding Double Negatives -- Beginning a Sentence with a Negative Word.

Unit E: Verbs -- Spelling of -ing and -ed Verb Forms -- Overview of Verb Tenses -- Summary of Verb Tenses -- Linking Verbs -- Raise/Rise, Set/Sit, Lay/Lie.

Understanding and Using English Grammar is a classic developmental skills text for intermediate to advanced English learners. It combines a grammar-based approach with carefully sequenced practice to promote the development of all language skills. This Workbook consists of self-study exercises, with the answer key included, providing students with the opportunity to explore and practice grammar independently. It is keyed to the explanatory grammar charts in both the Student Book and the Chartbook.

COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission: