INTRODUCTION
PART 1: THE VERB BE: PRESENT AND PAST
The Mystery of Rocky
Unit 1 THE PRESENT AFFIRMATIVE OF BE
A story: Milt's a detective.
Unit 2 THE PRESENT NEGATIVE OF BE
Thoughts:
My work is not easy.
Unit 3 THE PRESENT OF BE: YES / NO QUESTIONS
A conversation:
Are you new here?
Unit 4 THE PAST TENSE OF BE; PAST TIME MARKERS
A thank you note:
You were wonderful.
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
CAPITALIZATION
Writing a postcard
PART II: NOUNS, ADJECTIVES, AND PREPOSITIONS; THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
Wonderful Sons, Lucky Daughters-in-law
Unit 5 COUNT NOUNS; A / AN
A conversation:
My grandson is a chef and an athlete.
Unit 6 DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES
A thank you note:
The cookies are delicious.
Unit 7 PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE
A visit to the eye doctor:
The W is between the Q and the Z.
Unit 8 PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
A telephone conversation:
Pete's doing the laundry.
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
SUBJECTS AND VERBS
Writing about people
PART III: WH- QUESTIONS; POSSESSIVES; PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
The Winston Family
Unit 9 QUESTIONS WITH WHO, WHAT, AND WHERE
A visit:
What's a secret?
Unit 10 POSSESSIVE NOUNS AND POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES;
QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE
A class discussion:
Whose composition is this?
Unit 11 QUESTIONS WITH WHEN AND WHAT + NOUN; PREPOSITIONS; ORDINAL NUMBERS
School holidays:
When is Election Day?
Unit 12 QUESTIONS WITH WHO, WHOM,AND WHY; WH- QUESTIONS AND THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
A telephone conversation:
Why is Lulu watching TV in bed?
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
PUNCTUATION I: The Apostrophe, The Comma, The Period, The Question Mark
I nterviewing and writing about a classmate
PART IV: THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Clothes for a Teenager
Unit 13 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: AFFIRMATIVE AND
NEGATIVE STATEMENTS
A letter to a psychologist:
My son loves clothes.
Unit 14 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: YES / NO QUESTIONS AND
SHORT ANSWERS
A roommate questionnaire:
Do you listen to loud music?
Unit 15 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: WH- QUESTIONS
Night owls and early birds:
What time do you get up?
Unit 16 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE AND THIS / THAT / THESE / THOSE
Cleaning a closet:
This is my favorite sweater.
Unit 17 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE AND ONE / ONES AND IT
Borrowing clothes:
There are two big ones and one small one.
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
TIME WORD CONNECTORS
Writing about a routine
PART V: THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
The Winstons' Thanksgiving Day
Unit 18 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: REGULAR VERBS-AFFIRMATIVE AND
NEGATIVE STATEMENTS
A postcard:
Last night we walked along the SeineRiver.
Unit 19 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS-AFFIRMATIVE AND
NEGATIVE STATEMENTS
A Chinese folktale:
He always said, You never know what will happen.
Unit 20 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: YES / NO AND WH- QUESTIONS
Lost and found:
What did Norma lose?
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
PUNCTUATION II: The Exclamation Point, The Hyphen, Quotation Marks
Writing a story you heard as a child
PART VI: IMPERATIVES; SUGGESTIONS; THERE IS / THERE ARE
Let's stop for pizza.
Unit 21 IMPERATIVES; SUGGESTIONS WITH LET'S, WHY DON'T WE . . .?;
WHY DON'T YOU . . .?
Person in the news: Luigi Paolini:
Why don't we step into my office?
Unit 22 SUBJECT AND OBJECT PRONOUNS; DIRECT AND INDIRECT OBJECTS
A conversation:
It's my yutaka. My mom sent it to me last month.
Unit 23 THERE IS / THERE ARE / IS THERE . . .? / ARE THERE . . .?
Shopping malls:
Is there a mall around here?
Unit 24 NUMBERS, QUANTIFIERS, AND QUESTIONS WITH HOW MANY ...?
Complaints:
How many do you want?
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
SENTENCE COMBINING WITH AND AND BUT
Describing a street
Part VII: REVIEW OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE AND THE
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
Roommate Trouble
Unit 25 PRESENT AND PRESENT PROGRESSIVE;HOW OFTEN . . .?;
ADVERBS AND EXPRESSIONS OF FREQUENCY
Radio talk show psychologist:
How often do you clean your apartment?
Unit 26 NON-ACTION VERBS
Vacation choices:
Bora Borahas perfect weather and white sand beaches.
Unit 27 VERBS PLUS NOUNS, GERUNDS, AND INFINITIVES
Career choices:
What do you enjoy doing?
Unit 28 POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES AND POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
An apology:
I think that's mine.
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
ORGANIZATION: TIME MARKERS
Describing a day in the life of a friend or relative
PART VIII: REVIEW OF THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE; NEGATIVE QUESTIONS; THE FUTURE
Is Love Blind?
Unit 29 REVIEW OF THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE; NEGATIVE QUESTIONS
A May-December romance:
Isn't that an engagement ring?
Unit 30 WH- QUESTIONS IN THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
A quiz show:
Who painted The Night Watch?
Unit 31 BE GOING TO FOR THE FUTURE; FUTURE AND PAST TIME MARKERS
A telephone conversation:
I'm going to see the ear, nose, and throat doctor.
Unit 32 WILL FOR THE FUTURE
TV news report about lottery winners:
I'll probably travel.
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
TIME CLAUSES WITH WHEN
Writing about your life
PART IX: NOUNS, ARTICLES, AND QUANTIFIERS; MODALS I
Carol and Yoko Have a Party
Unit 33 COUNT AND NON-COUNT NOUNS AND QUANTIFIERS
A recipe for vegetable soup:
There's one zucchini, a few carrots, and some yams.
Unit 34 QUESTIONS WITH ANY / SOME / HOW MUCH / HOW MANY;
QUANTIFIERS; CONTAINERS
Health and Fitness Magazine survey:
Are you getting enough exercise?
Unit 35 CAN AND COULD FOR ABILITY AND POSSIBILITY; MAY I, CAN I, AND COULD I FOR POLITE REQUESTS
A con artist:
In three weeks you can look like him.
Unit 36 MAY OR MIGHT FOR POSSIBILITY
A weather report:
By Thursday we might see the sun.
Unit 37 DESIRES, INVITATIONS, REQUESTS: WOULD LIKE, WOULD YOU LIKE . . .? WOULD YOU PLEASE . . .?
A modern matchmaker's questionnaire:
I'd like my spouse to be generous.
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
A BUSINESS LETTER
Writing a letter to a university
PART X: COMPARISONS; THE PAST PROGRESSIVE
You Can Win More Bears with Honey
Unit 38 COMPARATIVE FORM OF ADJECTIVES
Leaving a job:
He's much happier and much more relaxed.
Unit 39 ADVERBS OF MANNER AND COMPARATIVE FORMS OF ADVERBS
An essay about public speaking:
Speak briefly, slowly, and clearly.
Unit 40 ADJECTIVE + ENOUGH; TOO / VERY; AS + ADJECTIVE / ADVERB + AS
A perfectionist:
It's way too small.
Unit 41 THE PAST PROGRESSIVE
An embarrassing situation:
We thought they were having a party.
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
THE ORDER OF ADJECTIVES BEFORE NOUNS
Finishing a story, I was walking down the street when . . .
PART XI: MODALS II; THE SUPERLATIVE
Carol's News
Unit 42 SHOULD, SHOULDN'T, OUGHT TO, HAD BETTER, AND HAD BETTER NOT
White lies:
What should I say?
Unit 43 HAVE TO, DON'T HAVE TO, MUST, MUSTN'T
How people learn languages:
I don't have to learn everything perfectly.
Unit 44 SUPERLATIVE FORM OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
Interviews:
What are the best years of your life?
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
EXPRESSING AND SUPPORTING AN OPINION
Responding to an e-mail
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
REVIEW OF VERB TENSES AND MODALS
Teenagers and their parents
REVIEW OF VERB TENSES AND COMPARISONS
Comparing a big city and a small town
REVIEW OF VERB TENSES, NOUNS AND QUANTIFIERS
Weddings
APPENDICES
1 Map of the World
2 Map of the United States and Canada
3 Numbers, Temperature, Months, Days, Seasons, Titles
4 Time
5 Parts of the Body; Medical Problems
6 Holidays in the United States and Canada
7 Plural Nouns: Spelling and Pronunciation Rules
8 Possessive Nouns
9 Non-count Nouns and Names of Containers
10 The Definite Article
11 Verb Tenses
12 Base Forms and Past-Tense Forms of Common Irregular Verbs
13 The Present Progressive: Spelling Rules
14 The Simple Present Tense: Spelling and Pronunciation Rules
15 The Simple Past Tense: Spelling and Pronunciation Rules
16 Comparisons with Adjectives and Adverbs
17 Models
18 Pronunciation Table
