"Includes Access Code for Online Practice and audio download"--Cover.

Includes index, appendices and a glossary of grammar terms.

"Grammar Sense Second Edition provides sensible solutions for:



Grammar Instruction - Engaging reading texts, comprehensive grammar instruction and extensive grammar practice give learners a true understanding of how grammar is used in authentic contexts.
Writing - New Writing section guides the application of grammatical knowledge to compositions.
Critical Thinking - Think Critically activities build leaner awareness of grammar.
Technology - Online Practice provides new content and practice activities.
Assessment - Part Tests at the end of every section provide ongoing assessment." (Book Cover)

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

PART 1: THE PRESENT

Chapter 1: The Simple Present
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: Mysterious Island
B. FORM: The Simple Present
C. MEANING AND USE: The Simple Present
WRITING: Write a Factual Paragraph

Chapter 2: Imperatives
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: Dos and Don'ts with Bears
B. FORM: Imperatives
C. MEANING AND USE: Imperatives
WRITING: Write a Recipe

Chapter 3: The Present Continuous
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: Long-Distance Voyager
B. FORM: The Present Continuous
C. MEANING AND USE: The Present Continuous WRITING: Write a Description of Your Current Activities
Part 1 Test

PART 2: THE PAST

Chapter 4: The Simple Past
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: The Decade That Made a Difference
B. FORM: Used To
C. MEANING AND USE 2: The Habitual Past with Used To
WRITING: Write a Post For a History Class Blog

Chapter 5: The Past Continuous and Past Time Clauses
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: Galveston's Killer Hurricane
B. FORM 1: The Past Continuous
C. MEANING AND USE 1: The Past Continuous
D. FORM 2: Past Time Clauses
C. MEANING AND USE 2: Past Time Clauses
WRITING: Write about a Natural Disaster

Chapter 6: The Present Perfect
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: The World's Most-Traveled Man
B. FORM: The Present Perfect
C. MEANING AND USE 1: Continuing Time Up To Now
D. MEANING AND USE 2: Indefinite Past Time
WRITING: Write About Someone You Admire
Part 2 Test

PART 3: THE FUTURE

Chapter 7: Future Time: Be Going To, Will, and the Present Continuous
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: The Election B. FORM 1: The Future with Be Going To and the Present Continuous
C. MEANING AND USE 1: Be Going To and the Present Continuous as Future
D. FORM 2: The Future with Will
E. MEANING AND USE 2: Will vs. Be Going To
WRITING: Write an Email to Post to Your School's Website

Chapter 8: Future Time Clauses and If Clauses
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: What Will Happen in the Future?
B. FORM: Future Time Clauses and If Clauses
C. MEANING AND USE 1: Using Future Time Clauses for Events in Sequence
D. MEANING AND USE 2: Expressing Future Possibility with If Clauses
WRITING: Write a Campaign Flyer
Part 3 Test

PART 4: MODALS

Chapter 9: Modals of Ability and Possibility
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: Two Amazing People
B. FORM 1: Can and Could; Be Able To
C. MEANING AND USE 1: Past, Present, and Future Ability
D. FORM 2: Modals of Future Possibility
E. MEANING AND USE 2: Future Possibility
WRITING: Write an Email About Your Future After College

Chapter 10: Modals and Phrases of Request, Permission, Desire, and Preference
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: How Not to Ask for a Raise
B. FORM 1: Modals of Request; Modals of Permission; Would Like, Would Prefer, and Would Rather
C. MEANING AND USE 1: Modals of Request
D. MEANING AND USE 2: Modals of Permission
E. MEANING AND USE 3: Would Like, Would Prefer, and Would Rather
WRITING: Write a Conversation Involving a Request

Chapter 11: Modals and Phrasal Modals of Advice, Necessity, and Prohibition
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: Tips on Being a Good Dinner Guest
B. FORM: Modals and Phrasal Modals of Advice, Necessity, and Prohibition
C. MEANING AND USE 1: Modals and Phrasal Modals of Advice
D. MEANING AND USE 2: Modals of Necessity and Prohibition
WRITING: Write a Memo on Office Rules
Part 4 Test

PART 5: TAG QUESTIONS AND OTHER ADDITIONS

Chapter 12: Tag Questions
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: Women's Language and Men's Language
B. FORM: Tag Questions
C. MEANING AND USE: Tag Questions
WRITING: Write a Conversation With Tag Questions

Chapter 13: Additions with Conjunctions
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: Josh's Travel Blog
B. FORM 1: Additions with And...Too, And...Either, and But...
C. FORM 2: Additions with And So and And Neither
D. MEANING AND USE 2: Expressing Similarities and Differences
WRITING: Write a Paragraph Describing Two People or Things
Part 5 Test

PART 6: NOUNS, QUANTITY EXPRESSIONS, AND ARTICLES

Chapter 14: Nouns and Quantity Expressions
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: Mood Foods
B. FORM: Nouns and Quantity Expressions
C. MEANING AND USE 1: General Quantity Expressions
D. MEANING AND USE 2: Specific Quantity Expressions
WRITING: Writing a Request for Advice

Chapter 15: Indefinite and Definite Articles
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: Meat-Eating Plants
B. FORM: Indefinite and Definite Articles
C. MEANING AND USE 1: Indefinite and Definite Articles
E. MEANING AND USE 2: Nouns in General Statements
WRITING: Write a Summary of a Story
Part 6 Test

PART 7: ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Chapter 16: Adjectives
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: Unusual Gifts for Unusual People
B. FORM: Adjectives
C. MEANING AND USE: Describing with Adjectives
WRITING: Write an Advertisement

Chapter 17: Adverbs
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: The Personality Compass
B. FORM 1: Adverbs of Manner, Possibility, Time, and Opinion
C. MEANING AND USE 1: Adverbs of Manner, Possibility, Time, and Opinion
D. FORM 2: Adverbs of Degree
E. MEANING AND USE 2: Adverbs of Degree
F. FORM 3: Too and Enough
G. MEANING AND USE 3: Contrasting Too and Enough
WRITING: Write About a Sporting Event
Part 7 Test

PART 8: COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Chapter 18: Comparatives
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: Early to Rise Makes Teens... Less Attentive?
B. FORM 1: Comparatives
C. MEANING AND USE 1: Making Comparisons
D. FORM 2: As... As with Adjectives, Adverbs, and Nouns
MEANING AND USE 2: As... As with Adjectives, Adverbs, and Nouns
WRITING: Write a Paragraph Comparing Teenagers in Two Countries

Chapter 19: Superlatives
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: Strange but True
B. FORM: Superlatives
C. MEANING AND USE: Superlatives
WRITING: Write a Thank-you Email
Part 8 Test

PART 9: GERUNDS, INFINITIVES, AND PHRASAL VERBS

Chapter 20: Gerunds
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: 10 Easy Ways to Start Saving Money
B. FORM 1: Gerunds as Subjects and Objects
C. FORM 2: Gerunds After Prepositions
D. MEANING AND USE: Gerunds
WRITING: Write an Application Essay About Your Plans

Chapter 21: Infinitives
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: The Twenty-One Quiz Show Scandal
B. FORM: Infinitives
C. MEANING AND USE 1: Infinitives
D. MEANING AND USE 2: Contrasting Gerunds and Infinitives
WRITING: Write Your Online Profile

Chapter 22: Phrasal Verbs
A. GRAMMAR IN DISCOURSE: "Eggstraordinary" Breakfasts Are Easy!
B. FORM: Phrasal Verbs
C. MEANING AND USE: Phrasal Verbs
WRITING: Write Instructions on How to Do Something
Part 9 Test

Appendices

Glossary of Grammar Terms

Index