Grammar Review Guide booklet is enclosed with the Grammar skills book.

Includes appendices and an index.

"Avenues 2: English Skills, Second Edition is an integrated skills book for students of English as a second language at the intermediate level. Written by Lynne Gaetz, Avenues 2 maps out a clear and structured path to success. With a high proportion of new content, this edition provides students with level-appropriate reading and listening practice based on a wide range of texts and high-interest audio and video segments. Revising and editing practice, vocabulary boosts, pronunciation practice and guided writing and speaking tasks help students improve their production skills. This second edition also features Quick Chat activities that introduce student to the chapter names, and a Reading Strategies section." (Book Cover)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1. The Happiness Factor (What things and activities make you happy? This chapter looks at some of the simple pleasures of life.)
START UP: Cultural Concepts
READING: Identify main idea and supporting details -- Read a personal essay, an advice essay, and a newspaper article -- READING 1.1: "Finding Meaning in Other Cultural Traditions" -- READING 1.2: "Advice for My Younger Self" -- READING 1.3: "Act Happy"
WRITING: Use the simple present (third-person singular) -- Write paragraphs about personal habits, passions, and values -- Write a topic sentence -- Edit a paragraph
LISTENING/WATCHING: Listen for silent letters -- Listen for pronunciation of gh -- Listen to an interview on awesome things -- LISTENING: Awesome Things -- Watch videos on aging gracefully and happiness -- WATCHING 1.1: How to Age Gracefully -- WATCHING 1.2: Are We Happy?
SPEAKING: Simple Pleasures -- Emotional Well Being -- Discuss opinions -- Share information on cultural celebrations -- Interview a partner -- Pronounce silent letters -- Present oral topics
VOCABULARY: Learn idiomatic expressions -- Vocabulary Boost: fun, funny, humour, mood, moody
GRAMMAR: Form imperatives -- Use third-person singular subjects -- Form plurals -- Use the simple present -- Identify noun and determiner errors
TAKE ACTION!
REVISING AND EDITING: Revise for main idea -- Edit for nouns and determiners

CHAPTER 2. On The Road (Why do people travel? What are some cultural differences travellers should be aware of? In this chapter, you will reflect on life on the road.)
START UP: Around the World
READING: Identify main and supporting ideas -- Use context clues -- Read a narrative essay, an informative essay, an interview, and an audio transcript -- READING 2.1: "Why I Travel Solo" -- READING 2.2: "Cultural Minefields" -- READING 2.3: "Record-Breaking Travel Adventure" -- READING 2.4: "Tourism Marketing"
WRITING: Brainstorm ideas -- Write a structured paragraph and essay -- Use present and past tenses -- Write interview questions -- Edit a paragraph
LISTENING/WATCHING: Listen to verbs ending in -s or -es -- Listen for main ideas and details -- Listen to a travel discussion -- LISTENING: Travel Respectfully -- Watch a lion whisperer video -- WATCHING: The Lion Whisperer
SPEAKING: Wildlife Tourism -- Body Language -- Travel Interview -- Practise using question words -- Discuss wildlife tourism -- Interview a partner -- Pronounce -s verb endings -- Present oral topics
VOCABULARY: Learn about country names and nationalities -- Vocabulary Boost: vivid expressions; travel terms -- Learn the meaning of gestures
GRAMMAR: Use question words -- Use the simple present and present progressive -- Notice capitalization -- Identify present tense and word choice errors
TAKE ACTION!
REVISING AND EDITING: Revise for supporting details -- Edit for present tense verbs and word choice

CHAPTER 3. The Digital Age (Our world is in the midst of a dramatic shift. This chapter examines our lives in the age of digital technology.)
START UP: Living Online
READING: Identify main and supporting ideas -- Recognize context clues -- Read three informative articles -- Use critical thinking skills -- READING 3.1: "Are We Sharing Too Much Online?" -- READING 3.2: "Unplugged" -- READING 3.3: "The Price of Public Shaming in the Internet Age"
WRITING: Write questions and definitions -- Write an introduction -- Write interview questions -- Write an argument or cause and effect essay
LISTENING/WATCHING: Listen for main ideas and details -- Listen to an interview on peep culture -- LISTENING: The Peep Diaries -- Watch videos on "oversharing" and Facebook -- WATCHING 3.1: The Curse of "Oversharing" -- WATCHING 3.2: Facebook: The World's Front Page?
SPEAKING: Addictions -- Digital Age Advice -- Discuss technology -- Debate issues -- Speak about addictions and public shaming -- Present oral topics
VOCABULARY: Pronounce past tense verbs -- Vocabulary Boost: tech terms -- Identify simple past and past progressive verbs
GRAMMAR: Use should -- Form questions -- Use the simple past and past progressive -- Identify errors in past tense verbs
TAKE ACTION!
REVISING AND EDITING: Revise for an introduction -- Edit for verb tense

CHAPTER 4. That's Entertainment (In our celebrity culture, we elevate those in the music, film, and sports industries. Also, the rise of the Internet has created new categories of online stars. In this chapter, you will learn about personalities and issues in the entertainment industry.)
START UP: Celebrity Culture
READING: Identify the thesis and topic sentences -- Read three informative articles -- READING 4.1: "Social Media Stardom" -- READING 4.2: "Bad Guy Heroes" -- READING 4.3: "Broken Noses, Broken Lives" -- Use critical thinking skills
WRITING: Write about celebrities -- Write present and past questions -- Write about a partner's responses -- Write survey questions -- Write supporting details -- Edit a paragraph
LISTENING/WATCHING: Watch videos on quitting Instagram, an unlikely music star, and football violence -- WATCHING 4.1: Instagram Star Deletes Account -- WATCHING 4.2: Rodriguez: The Rock Icon Who Didn't Know It -- WATCHING 4.3: Football and the Brain -- Listen for t and th sounds -- Listen for main and supporting ideas
SPEAKING: The Name Game -- Entertainment Survey -- Speak about celebrity culture -- Play the name game -- Pronounce h, t, and th -- Conduct an entertainment survey -- Present oral topics
VOCABULARY: Describe celebrities -- Vocabulary Boost: idiomatic expressions
GRAMMAR: Use the present perfect -- Form present, past, and present perfect questions -- Use past modals -- Identify errors in tense shifts
TAKE ACTION!
REVISING AND EDITING: Revise for transitional expressions -- Edit for verb tense shifts

CHAPTER 5. Consumer Choices (Every day, we see advertisements that tempt us with a multitude of choices. In this chapter, you will learn about marketing techniques and gender pricing.)
START UP: Spending Personalities
READING: Identify the thesis and topic sentences -- Read three informative articles -- READING 5.1: "Online Marketing Manipulation" -- READING 5.2: "How to Beat the 'Pink Tax''" -- READING 5.3: "Why eBay Works" -- Use critical thinking skills
WRITING: Write an introduction -- Write questions and definitions -- Write an opinion essay -- Write about marketing -- Write about a partner's responses -- Edit an essay
LISTENING/WATCHING: Listen for numbers -- Listen for past and present perfect verbs -- Listen to an interview about online sharing and piracy -- LISTENING: Sharing Community on Online Piracy -- Watch a video about gender pricing -- WATCHING 5.1: Who Pays More: Mer or Women? -- Watch Dragon's Den -- WATCHING 5.2: Dragon's Den: Snow Jeans
SPEAKING: Gender and Marketing Stereotypes -- Popular Products -- Speak about spending -- Ask questions in a variety of tenses -- Discuss gender and marketing stereotypes -- Discuss popular products
VOCABULARY: Identify large numbers -- Learn idiomatic expressions -- Vocabulary Boost: spending terms
GRAMMAR: Form possessives -- Practise present, past, and future tenses -- Use possessive adjectives -- Identify pronoun and adjective errors
TAKE ACTION!
REVISING AND EDITING: Revise for sentence variety -- Edit for pronouns and possessive adjectives

CHAPTER 6. Law and Order (What are some of the problems with today's criminal justice system? This chapter examines issues surrounding crime and punishment.)

START UP: Crime
READING: Identify the message -- Understand main idea and details -- Read a narrative and informative articles -- READING 6.1: "Locked Up" -- READING 6.2: "The Real Reason Crime is Falling" -- READING 6.3: "Planting False Memories" -- Use critical thinking skills
WRITING: Write descriptions and definitions -- Write about crime -- Write analytical responses -- Write supporting ideas -- Edit an essay
LISTENING/WATCHING: Listen for syllable stress and word stress in sentences -- Listen to an interview about injustice -- LISTENING: Police Reports -- LISTENING: Injustice on Remand -- Watch videos about video game violence and eyewitness testimony -- WATCHING 6.1: Video Games and Violence -- WATCHING 6.2: Eyewitness Testimony
SPEAKING: Alibi -- You Be the Judge -- Solve mysteries -- Play an alibi game -- Discuss crimes and punishment -- Discuss ethics -- Present oral topics
VOCABULARY: Use action verbs and adjectives -- Vocabulary Boost: vivid verbs, legal terms -- Learn body and clothing vocabulary
GRAMMAR: Use the passive voice -- Form modals -- Use modals to give advice -- Make comparisons -- Identify modal and verb tense errors
TAKE ACTION!
REVISING AND EDITING: Revise fo adequate support -- Edit for modals and verb tense

CHAPTER 7. Social Responsibility (What are the main problems facing our world? This chapter discusses our social responsibility.)
START UP: Issues of the Day
READING: Respond to a text -- Read an interview, an essay, and a classic short story -- Identify short story parts -- READING 7.1: "Making a Difference" -- READING 7.2: "Of Rags and Riches - and Social Responsibility" -- READING 7.3: "The Cop and the Anthem" -- Use critical thinking skills
WRITING: Write about world issues -- Write using comparisons -- Write about problems and solutions -- Write a conclusion -- Edit an essay
LISTENING/WATCHING: Listen for contractions in verbs and modals -- Listen to an interview about littering -- LISTENING: Littering -- Watch a video about a homeless man -- WATCHING: Ask Me Anything: I'm Homeless
SPEAKING: Public Service Announcement -- Discuss world issues -- Discuss problems and solutions -- Analyze a short story -- Present oral topics
VOCABULARY: Use descriptive vocabulary -- Use comparative forms of adjectives -- Vocabulary Boost: action verbs
GRAMMAR: Use all tenses -- Ask and answer questions -- Use modals -- Summarize information -- Make comparisons -- Identify errors
TAKE ACTION!
REVISING AND EDITING: Revise for a conclusion -- Edit for mixed errors

Reading Strategies

WRITING WORKSHOPS:
WRITING WORKSHOP 1: Writing a Paragraph
WRITING WORKSHOP 2: Writing an Essay
WRITING WORKSHOP 3: Improving Your Essay
WRITING WORKSHOP 4: Writing an Argument Essay

APPENDICES:
APPENDIX 1: Oral Presentations
APPENDIX 2: Idioms and Expressions
APPENDIX 3: Pronunciation

Index

Intermediate ESL students.