Fundamentals of English Grammar, Volume B

Fundamentals of English Grammar, Volume B

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A classic developmental skills text for lower-intermediate and intermediate English language learners, Fundamentals of English Grammar is a comprehensive reference grammar as well as a stimulating and teachable classroom text. (Volume B contains Chapters 8-14.)

While keeping the same basic approach and material as in earlier editions, the fourth edition more fully develops communicative and interactive language-learning activities. Some of the new features are:

Innovative Warm-Up exercises that precede the grammar charts and introduce points to be taught

Structure-based listening exercises ranging from casual speech to more academic content

A wide selection of readings that highlight the target grammar structures

Greatly expanded speaking practice with extensive pair, group, and class work

Writing activities with models for students to follow

Corpus-informed syllabus that reflects the discourse patterns of spoken and written English

Audio CDs and Listening Script in the back of the Student Book

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A classic developmental skills text for lower-intermediate and intermediate English language learners, Fundamentals of English Grammar is a comprehensive reference grammar as well as a stimulating and teachable classroom text. (Volume B contains Chapters 8-14.)

While keeping the same basic approach and material as in earlier editions, the fourth edition more fully develops communicative and interactive language-learning activities. Some of the new features are:

Innovative Warm-Up exercises that precede the grammar charts and introduce points to be taught

Structure-based listening exercises ranging from casual speech to more academic content

A wide selection of readings that highlight the target grammar structures

Greatly expanded speaking practice with extensive pair, group, and class work

Writing activities with models for students to follow

Corpus-informed syllabus that reflects the discourse patterns of spoken and written English

Audio CDs and Listening Script in the back of the Student Book

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A classic developmental skills text for lower-intermediate and intermediate English language learners, Fundamentals of English Grammar is a comprehensive reference grammar as well as a stimulating and teachable classroom text. (Volume B contains Chapters 8-14.)

While keeping the same basic approach and material as in earlier editions, the fourth edition more fully develops communicative and interactive language-learning activities. Some of the new features are:

Innovative Warm-Up exercises that precede the grammar charts and introduce points to be taught

Structure-based listening exercises ranging from casual speech to more academic content

A wide selection of readings that highlight the target grammar structures

Greatly expanded speaking practice with extensive pair, group, and class work

Writing activities with models for students to follow

Corpus-informed syllabus that reflects the discourse patterns of spoken and written English

Audio CDs and Listening Script in the back of the Student Book

Chapter 8 Connecting Ideas

8-1 Connecting ideas with and

8-2 Connecting ideas with but and or

8-3 Connecting ideas with so

8-4 Using auxiliary verbs with but

8-5 Using and + too, so, either, neither

8-6 Connecting ideas with because

8-7 Connecting ideas with even though/although

Chapter 9 Comparisons

9-1 Making comparisons with as . as

9-2 Comparative and superlative

9-3 Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs

9-4 Completing a comparative

9-5 Modifying a comparative

9-6 Comparisons with less . than and not as . as

9-7 Using more with nouns

9-8 Repeating a comparative

9-9 Using double comparatives

9-10 Using superlatives

9-11 Using the same, similar, different, like, alike

Chapter 10 The Passive

10-1 Active sentences and passive sentences

10-2 Forms of the passive

10-3 Transitive and intransitive verbs

10-4 Using the by-phrase

10-5 Passive modal auxiliaries

10-6 Using past participles as adjectives (non-progressive passive)

10-7 Participial adjectives: -ed vs. -ing

10-8 Get + adjective; get + past participle

10-9 Usingbe used/accustomed to and get used/accustomed to

10-10 Used to vs. be used to

10-11 Using be supposed to

Chapter 11 Count/Noncount Nouns and Articles

11-1 A vs. an

11-2 Count and noncount nouns

11-3 Noncount nouns

11-4 More noncount nouns

11-5 Using several, a lot of, many/much, and a few/a little

11-6 Nouns that can be count or noncount

11-7 Using units of measure with noncount nouns

11-8 Guidelines for article usage

11-9 Using the or Ø with names

11-10 Capitalization

Chapter 12 Adjective Clauses

12-1 Adjective clauses: introduction

12-2 Using who or that in adjective clauses to describe people

12-3 Using object pronouns in adjective clauses to describe people

12-4 Using pronouns in adjective clauses to describe things

12-5 Singular and plural verbs in adjective clauses

12-6 Using prepositions in adjective clauses

12-7 Using whose in adjective clauses

Chapter 13 Gerunds and Infinitives

13-1 Verb + gerund

13-2 Go + -ing

13-3 Verb + infinitive

13-4 Verb + gerund or infinitive

13-5 Preposition + gerund

13-6 Using by and with to express how something is done

13-7 Using gerunds as subjects; using it + infinitive

13-8 It + infinitive: using for (someone)

13-9 Expressing purpose with in order to and for

13-10 Using infinitives with too and enough

Chapter 14 Noun Clauses

14-1 Noun clauses: introduction

14-2 Noun clauses that begin with a question word

14-3 Noun clauses that begin with if or whether

14-4 Noun clauses that begin with that

14-5 Other uses of that-clauses

14-6 Substituting so for a that-clause in conversational responses

14-7 Quoted speech

14-8 Quote speech vs. reported speech

14-9 Verb forms in reported speech

14-10 Common reporting verbs: tell, ask, answer/reply

Appendix Supplementary Grammar Charts

Unit A: A-1 The present perfect vs. the past perfect

A-2 The past progressive vs. the past perfect

A-3 Still vs. anymore

A-4 Additional verbs followed by that-clauses

A-5 Additional expressions with be + that-clauses

Unit B: B-1 Phrasal verbs

B-2 Phrasal verbs: a reference list

Unit C: C-1 Preposition combinations: introduction

C-2 Preposition combinations: a reference list

Listening Script

Trivia Answers

Index

Audio CD Tracking List