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Understanding and Using English Grammar Series (Third Edition) Contents:
AZAR GRAMMAR SERIES
Understanding And Using English Grammar,
Third Edition
Contents
Chapter 1
OVERVIEW OF VERB TENSES
1-1
THE SIMPLE TENSES
1-2
THE PROGRESSIVE TENSES
1-3
THE PERFECT TENSES
1-4
THE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSES
1-5
SUMMARY CHART OF VERB TENSES
1-6
SPELLING OF -ING AND -ED FORMS
Chapter 2
PRESENT AND PAST, SIMPLE
AND PROGRESSIVE
2-1
SIMPLE PRESENT
2-2
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
2-3
STATIVE VERBS
2-4
AM/IS/ARE BEING + ADJECTIVE
2-5
REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS
2-6
REGULAR VERBS: PRONUNCIATION OF -ED ENDINGS
2-7
IRREGULAR VERBS: AN ALPHABETICAL LIST
2-8
TROUBLESOME VERBS:
RAISE/RISE, SET/SIT, LAY/LIE
2-9
SIMPLE PAST
2-10
PAST PROGRESSIVE
2-11
USING PROGRESSIVE VERBS WITH
ALWAYS TO COMPLAIN
2-12
USING EXPRESSIONS OF PLACE
WITH PROGRESSIVE VERBS
Chapter 3
PERFECT AND PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSES
3-1
PRESENT PERFECT
3-2
PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
3-3
PAST PERFECT
3-4
PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
Chapter 4
FUTURE TIME
4-1
SIMPLE FUTURE: WILL AND BE GOING TO
4-2
WILL VS. BE GOING TO
4-3
EXPRESSING THE FUTURE IN TIME CLAUSES
4-4
USING THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AND THE SIMPLE PRESENT TO EXPRESS FUTURE TIME
4-5
FUTURE PROGRESSIVE
4-6
FUTURE PERFECT
4-7
FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
Chapter 5
ADVERB CLAUSES OF TIME AND
REVIEW OF VERB TENSES
5-1
ADVERB CLAUSES OF TIME: FORM
5-2
USING ADVERB CLAUSES TO SHOW TIME RELATIONSHIPS
Chapter 6
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
6-1
FINAL -S/-ES USE, PRONUNCIATION, AND SPELLING
6-2
BASIC SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
6-3
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: USING EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY
6-4
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: USING THERE + BE
6-5
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: SOME IRREGULARITIES
Chapter 7
NOUNS
7-1
REGULAR AND IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS
7-2
POSSESSIVE NOUNS
7-3
USING NOUNS AS MODIFIERS
7-4
COUNT AND NONCOUNT NOUNS
7-5
NONCOUNT NOUNS
7-6
SOME COMMON NONCOUNT NOUNS
7-7
BASIC ARTICLE USAGE
7-8
GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR ARTICLE USAGE
7-9
EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY
7-10
USING A FEW AND FEW; A LITTLE AND LITTLE
7-11
USING OF IN EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY
7-12
ALL (OF) AND BOTH (OF)
7-13
SINGULAR EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ONE, EACH, EVERY
Chapter 8
PRONOUNS
8-1
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
8-2
PERSONAL PRONOUNS:
AGREEMENT WITH GENERIC NOUNS
AND INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
8-3
PERSONAL PRONOUNS:
AGREEMENT WITH COLLECTIVE NOUNS
8-4
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
8-5
USING YOU, ONE, AND THEY AS IMPERSONAL PRONOUNS
8-6
FORMS OF OTHER
8-7
COMMON EXPRESSIONS WITH OTHER
Chapter 9
MODALS, PART 1
9-1
INTRODUCTION
9-2
POLITE QUESTIONS WITH I AS THE SUBJECT
9-3
POLITE QUESTIONS WITH YOU AS THE SUBJECT
9-4
POLITE REQUESTS WITH WOULD YOU MIND
9-5
EXPRESSING NECESSITY:
MUST, HAVE TO, HAVE GOT TO
9-6
LACK OF NECESSITY AND PROHIBITION:
HAVE TO AND MUST IN THE NEGATIVE
9-7
ADVISABILITY: SHOULD, OUGHT TO, HAD BETTER
9-8
THE PAST FORM OF SHOULD
9-9
EXPECTATIONS: BE SUPPOSED TO
9-10
MAKING SUGGESTIONS:
LET'S, WHY DON'T, SHALL I/WE
9-11
MAKING SUGGESTIONS: COULD VS. SHOULD
Chapter 10
MODALS, PART 2
10-1
DEGREES OF CERTAINTY: PRESENT TIME
10-2
DEGREES OF CERTAINTY: PRESENT TIME NEGATIVE
10-3
DEGREES OF CERTAINTY: PAST TIME
10-4
DEGREES OF CERTAINTY: FUTURE TIME
10-5
PROGRESSIVE FORMS OF MODALS
10-6
ABILITY: CAN AND COULD
10-7
USING WOULD TO EXPRESS A REPEATED
ACTION IN THE PAST
10-8
EXPRESSING PREFERENCE: WOULD RATHER
10-9
COMBINING MODALS WITH PHRASAL MODALS
10-10
SUMMARY CHART OF MODALS AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS
Chapter 11
THE PASSIVE
11-1
FORMING THE PASSIVE
11-2
USING THE PASSIVE
11-3
INDIRECT OBJECTS USED AS PASSIVE SUBJECTS
11-4
THE PASSIVE FORM OF MODALS
AND PHRASAL MODALS
11-5
STATIVE PASSIVE
11-6
COMMON STATIVE PASSIVE VERBS + PREPOSITIONS
11-7
THE PASSIVE WITH GET
11-8
PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES
Chapter 12
NOUN CLAUSES
12-1
INTRODUCTION
12-2
NOUN CLAUSES BEGINNING WITH A QUESTION WORD
12-3
NOUN CLAUSES BEGINNING WITH WHETHER OR IF
12-4
QUESTION WORDS FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVES
12-5
NOUN CLAUSES BEGINNING WITH THAT
12-6
QUOTED SPEECH
12-7
REPORTED SPEECH: VERB FORMS IN NOUN CLAUSES
12-8
USING THE SUBJUNCTIVE IN NOUN CLAUSES
12-9
USING -EVER WORDS
Chapter 13
ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
13-1
INTRODUCTION
13-2
ADJECTIVE CLAUSE PRONOUNS USED AS THE SUBJECT
13-3
ADJECTIVE CLAUSE PRONOUNS USED AS THE OBJECT OF A VERB
13-4
ADJECTIVE CLAUSE PRONOUNS USED AS THE OBJECT OF A PREPOSITION
13-5
USUAL PATTERNS OF ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
13-6
USING WHOSE
13-7
USING WHERE IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
13-8
USING WHEN IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
13-9
USING ADJECTIVE CLAUSES TO MODIFY PRONOUNS
13-10
PUNCTUATING ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
13-11
USING EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
13-12
USING NOUN + OF WHICH
13-13
USING WHICH TO MODIFY A WHOLE SENTENCE
13-14
REDUCING ADJECTIVE CLAUSES TO ADJECTIVE PHRASES: INTRODUCTION
13-15
CHANGING AN ADJECTIVE CLAUSE TO AN ADJECTIVE PHRASE
Chapter 14
GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES, PART 1
14-1
GERUNDS: INTRODUCTION
14-2
USING GERUNDS AS THE OBJECTS OF PREPOSITIONS
14-3
COMMON PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS FOLLOWED BY GERUNDS
14-4
COMMON VERBS FOLLOWED BY GERUNDS
14-5
GO + GERUND
14-6
SPECIAL EXPRESSIONS FOLLOWED BY -ING
14-7
COMMON VERBS FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVES
14-8
COMMON VERBS FOLLOWED BY EITHER INFINITIVES OR GERUNDS
14-9
REFERENCE LIST OF VERBS FOLLOWED BY GERUNDS
14-10
REFERENCE LIST OF VERBS FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVES
14-11
IT + INFINITIVE; GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES AS SUBJECTS
Chapter 15
GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES, PART 2
15-1
INFINITIVE OF PURPOSE: IN ORDER TO
15-2
ADJECTIVES FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVES
15-3
USING INFINITIVES WITH TOO AND ENOUGH
15-4
PASSIVE AND PAST FORMS OF INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS
15-5
USING GERUNDS OR PASSIVE INFINITIVES FOLLOWING NEED
15-6
USING A POSSESSIVE TO MODIFY A GERUND
15-7
USING VERBS OF PERCEPTION
15-8
USING THE SIMPLE FORM AFTER LET AND HELP
15-9
USING CAUSATIVE VERBS: MAKE, HAVE, GET
Chapter 16
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
16-1
PARALLEL STRUCTURE
16-2
USING PAIRED CONJUNCTIONS: BOTH . . . AND; NOT ONLY... BUT ALSO; EITHER . . . OR; NEITHER . . . NOR
16-3
COMBINING INDEPENDENT CLAUSES WITH COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
Chapter 17
ADVERB CLAUSES
17-1
INTRODUCTION
17-2
USING ADVERB CLAUSES TO SHOW CAUSE AND EFFECT
17-3
EXPRESSING CONTRAST (UNEXPECTED RESULT): USING EVEN THOUGH
17-4
SHOWING DIRECT CONTRAST: WHILE AND WHEREAS
17-5
EXPRESSING CONDITIONS IN ADVERB CLAUSES: IF-CLAUSES
17-6
ADVERB CLAUSES OF CONDITION: USING WHETHER OR NOT AND EVEN IF
17-7
ADVERB CLAUSES OF CONDITION: USING IN CASE AND IN THE EVENT THAT
17-8
ADVERB CLAUSES OF CONDITION: USING UNLESS
17-9
ADVERB CLAUSES OF CONDITION: USING ONLY IF
Chapter 18
REDUCTION OF ADVERB CLAUSES TO MODIFYING ADVERBIAL PHRASES
18-1
INTRODUCTION
18-2
CHANGING TIME CLAUSES TO MODIFYING ADVERBIAL PHRASES
18-3
EXPRESSING THE IDEA OF "DURING THE SAME TIME" IN MODIFYING ADVERBIAL PHRASES
18-4
EXPRESSING CAUSE AND EFFECT IN MODIFYING ADVERBIAL PHRASES
18-5
USING UPON + -ING IN MODIFYING ADVERBIAL PHRASES
Chapter 19
CONNECTIVES THAT EXPRESS CAUSE AND EFFECT, CONTRAST, AND CONDITION
19-1
USING BECAUSE OF AND DUE TO
19-2
USING TRANSITIONS TO SHOW CAUSE AND EFFECT: THEREFORE AND CONSEQUENTLY
19-3
SUMMARY OF PATTERNS AND PUNCTUATION
19-4
OTHER WAYS OF EXPRESSING CAUSE AND EFFECT: SUCH . . . THAT AND SO . . . THAT
19-5
EXPRESSING PURPOSE: USING SO THAT
19-6
SHOWING CONTRAST (UNEXPECTED RESULT)
19-7
SHOWING DIRECT CONTRAST
19-8
EXPRESSING CONDITIONS: USING OTHERWISE AND OR (ELSE)
19-9
SUMMARY OF CONNECTIVES: CAUSE AND EFFECT, CONTRAST, CONDITION
Chapter 20
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES AND WISHES
20-1
OVERVIEW OF BASIC VERB FORMS USED IN CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
20-2
TRUE IN THE PRESENT OR FUTURE
20-3
UNTRUE (CONTRARY TO FACT) IN THE PRESENT OR FUTURE
20-4
UNTRUE (CONTRARY TO FACT) IN THE PAST
20-5
USING PROGRESSIVE VERB FORMS IN CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
20-6
USING "MIXED TIME" IN CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
20-7
OMITTING IF
20-8
IMPLIED CONDITIONS
20-9
USING AS IF/AS THOUGH
20-10
VERB FORMS FOLLOWING WISH
20-11
USING WOULD TO MAKE WISHES ABOUT THE FUTURE
APPENDIX
SUPPLEMENTARY GRAMMAR UNITS
Unit A:
BASIC GRAMMAR TERMINOLOGY
A-1
SUBJECTS, VERBS, AND OBJECTS
A-2
PREPOSITIONS AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
A-3
ADJECTIVES
A-4
ADVERBS
A-5
THE VERB BE
A-6
LINKING VERBS
Unit B:
QUESTIONS
B-1
FORMS OF YES/NO AND INFORMATION QUESTIONS
B-2
QUESTION WORDS
B-3
SHORTENED YES/NO QUESTIONS
B-4
NEGATIVE QUESTIONS
B-5
TAG QUESTIONS
Unit C:
CONTRACTIONS
Unit D:
NEGATIVES
D-1
USING NOT AND OTHER NEGATIVE WORDS
D-2
AVOIDING DOUBLE NEGATIVES
D-3
BEGINNING A SENTENCE WITH A NEGATIVE WORD
Unit E:
PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS
E
PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS WITH
ADJECTIVES AND VERBS
Unit F:
CONNECTIVES TO GIVE EXAMPLES AND TO CONTINUE AN IDEA
F-1
CONNECTIVES TO GIVE EXAMPLES
F-2
CONNECTIVES TO CONTINUE THE SAME IDEA
Unit G:
VERB FORM REVIEW EXERCISES
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