INTRODUCTION
PART I: TENSE AND TIME
Unit 1 PRESENT AND FUTURE TIME
Magazine article about bargaining while traveling:
It's a Bargain
Unit 2 PAST TIME
Newspaper article about an unusual marriage:
A Marriage Made on the Internet
Unit 3 PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
Newspaper article about new technology and robots:
My Friend the Robot
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
THE SENTENCE
PART II: MODALS
Unit 4 MODALS: NECESSITY
Magazine article about cross-cultural differences:
What We Should and Shouldn't Have Done
Unit 5 MODALS: CERTAINTY
Essay about everyday mysteries:
The Really Important Questions in Life
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
TOPIC SENTENCES
PART III: NOUNS
Unit 6 COUNT AND NON-COUNT NOUNS
Magazine article about fusion cooking:
Time for Fusion
Unit 7 DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES
Story about environmental issues:
Once upon a Time
Unit 8 MODIFICATION OF NOUNS
Magazine article about expectations:
I Hope for It, but I Don't Expect It
Unit 9 QUANTIFIERS
Magazine article about money and the debut of the Euro:
What's Happening to Cash
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
AGREEMENT
PART IV: ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
Unit 10 ADJECTIVE CLAUSES: REVIEW AND EXPANSION
Magazine article about personality types:
What Type Are You?
Unit 11 ADJECTIVE CLAUSES WITH QUANTIFIERS; ADJECTIVE PHRASES
Movie Review: Titanic
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
PUNCTUATION OF ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
PART V: PASSIVE VOICE
Unit 12 THE PASSIVE: REVIEW AND EXPANSION
Newspaper article about an unsolved mystery:
Did He Get Away with It?
Unit 13 REPORTING IDEAS AND FACTS WITH PASSIVES
Essay about an unusual tribe of people:
The Strangest of Peoples
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
PARALLELISM
PART VI: AUXILIARIES AND PHRASAL VERBS
Unit 14 AUXILIARIES: CONTRAST AND EMPHASIS
Magazine article about birth order:
Does It Matter When You Were Born?
Unit 15 PHRASAL VERBS
Essay about gift giving cross culturally:
Time to Brush up on Gift Giving
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
UNITY, SUPPORT, AND COHERENCE
PART VII: GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES
Unit 16 GERUNDS
Magazine article about unusual hobbies and pastimes:
Do You Really Enjoy Being a Couch Potato?
Unit 17 INFINITIVES
Story about procrastination:
I Meant to Call...
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
PARALLELISM OF GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES
PART VIII: ADVERBS
Unit 18 ADVERB CLAUSES
Magazine article about extreme sports:
Going to Extremes?
Unit 19 ADVERBS: VIEWPOINT, FOCUS, NEGATIVE, SEQUENCE
Transcript of a radio talk show discussion about cloning:
Time to Sound Off
Unit 20 DISCOURSE CONNECTORS
Magazine article about memory:
Try to Remember
Unit 21 ADVERB PHRASES
Magazine article about organ donation:
Compassion
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
SENTENCES AND FRAGMENTS
PART IX: NOUN CLAUSES
Unit 22 NOUN CLAUSES: SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS
Extended joke:
Have You Heard This One?
Unit 23 NOUN CLAUSES AND PHRASES: COMPLEMENTS
Magazine article about happiness:
Happiness Is...
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
WRITING DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH
PART X: UNREAL CONDITIONS
Unit 24 UNREAL CONDITIONALS AND OTHER WAYS TO EXPRESS UNREALITY
Story about intuition:
Intuition
Unit 25 THE SUBJUNCTIVE; INVERTED AND IMPLIED CONDITIONALS
Advice column about assertiveness:
Dear Pamela,
Review or SelfTest
From Grammar to Writing:
AVOIDING RUN-ON SENTENCES AND COMMA SPLICES
APPENDICES
1 Irregular Verbs
2 Common Verbs Usually Used Statively
3 Common Uses of Modals and Modal-like Expressions
4 Irregular Noun Plurals
5 Common Non-Count Nouns
6 Some Common Ways of Making Non-Count Nouns Countable
7 Countries Whose Names Contain the Definite Article
8 Selected Geographical Features Whose Names Contain the Definite Article
9 Common Verbs Followed by the Gerund (Base Form of Verb + -ing)
10 Common Verbs Followed by the Infinitive (To + Base Form of Verb)
11 Verbs Followed by the Gerund or the Infinitive without a Change in Meaning
12 Verbs Followed by the Gerund or the Infinitive with a Change in Meaning
13 Verbs Followed by Object + Infinitive
14 Common Adjectives Followed by the Infinitive
15 Common Adjective + Preposition Expressions
16 Common Inseparable Phrasal Verbs
17 Common Separable Phrasal Verbs
18 Coordinating Conjunctions
19 Common Subordinating Conjunctions: Single Words and Phrases
20 Transitions: Single Words and Phrases
21 Verbs and Expressions Followed by the Subjunctive (Base Form)
22 Expressions That Can Be Followed by Unreal Conditional Forms
