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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Simple Present and Present Progressive
Warm-Up 1.1 Using the Simple Present 1.2. Simple Present Statements
Spelling Note: Third-Person Singular Verbs
Pronunciation Note: Third-Person Singular Verbs 1.3 Questions with the Simple Present
Pronunciation Note: Question Intonation
Pronunciation Note: Reduced Words 1.4 Simple Present of the verb "Be"
Usage Note: How Questions 1.5 Using Time Expressions with the Simple Present
1.6 Present Progressive Statements
Spelling Note: -ing Verbs 1.7 Questions with the Present Progressive
Pronunciation Note: Contractions with Wh- Words 1.8 Comparing the Simple Present and Present Progressive
Usage Notes: Verbs with Active and Non-Active Meanings 1.9 Imperatives 1.10 Using the Present in Speaking 1.11 Using the Present in Writing
Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 1.12 Summary of the Simple Present and Present Progressive

2. Simple Past and Past Progressive
Warm-Up 2.1 Using the Simple Past
2.2 Simple Past Statements with Regular and Irregular Verbs
Pronunciation Note: -ed Verb Endings
Spelling Note: Simple Past of Regular Verbs 2.3 Simple Past Negative Statements and Questions 2.4 Simple Past of the Verb "Be" 2.5 Using "And/But/So" with the Simple Past 2.6 Time Clauses with the Simple Past 2.7 Using the Past Progressive 2.8 Using Past Forms in Speaking 2.9 Using Past Forms in Writing
Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 2.10 Summary of the Simple Past and Past Progressive

3. Nouns and Articles
Warm-Up
3.1 Overview of Nouns
Usage Note: Prepositional Phrases
3.2 Proper Nouns and Common Nouns 3.3 Singular Nouns and Plural Nouns
Pronunciation Note: -s and -es Endings
Spelling Note: -s and -es Endings 3.4 Count Nouns and Noncount Nouns 3.5 Subject-Verb Agreement 3.6 Noun Suffixes
Spelling Note: Noun Suffixes 3.7 Using "A/An" and "Some" 3.8 Using "The" 3.9 Using No Article 3.10 Using Nouns and Articles in Speaking 3.11 Using Nouns and Articles in Writing
Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 3.12 Summary of Nouns and Articles

4. Pronouns and Determiners
Warm-Up
4.1 Subject Pronouns 4.2 Subject Pronouns vs. Object Pronouns; "One" and "Ones" 4.3 Reflexive Pronouns
Pronunciation Note: Reflexive Pronouns 4.4 "Each Other" and "One Another" 4.5 Indefinite Pronouns
Pronunciation Note: Indefinite Pronouns
Usage Note: Some- vs. Any- 4.6 Demonstratives 4.7 Showing Possession
Pronunciation Note: Possessive -'s 4.8 Overview of Quantifiers 4.9 Quantifiers with Plural and Noncount Nouns 4.10 Quantifiers with Singular Nouns 4.11 Measure Words 4.12 Quantifiers for Comparing Amounts 4.13 Using Pronouns and Determiners in Speaking 4.14 Using Pronouns and Determiners in Writing
Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 4.15 Summary of Pronouns and Determiners

5. Future Forms
Warm-Up 5.1 Statements about the Future with "Be Going To"
5.2 Questions with "Be Going To"
Usage Note: Future Time Expressions
Pronunciation Note: "Gonna" 5.3 The Future with Will 5.4 Be Going To vs. Will 5.5 Using Present Forms to Talk about the Future 5.6 Time Clauses with the Future 5.7 Using Future Forms in Speaking 5.8 Using Future Forms in Writing
Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 5.9 Summary of Future Forms

6. Modals 6.1 Overview of Modals; Statements with Modals
6.2 Questions with Modals 6.3 Permission with Can and Could
Pronunciation Note: Can/Can't/Could 6.4 Offers with Can, Could, May, and 'll
Usage Note: Using Several Responses 6.5 Requests with Can/Could/Will/Would and Would You Mind
Pronunciation Note: Would You/Could You 6.6 Desires and Offers with Would Like 6.7 Preferences with Would Rather and (Would) Prefer 6.8 Advice with Should, Ought To, and Had Better 6.9 Suggestions with May/Might/Could and other Expressions 6.10 Obligation with Must, Have To, Had To, and Have Got To
Pronunciation Note: Got To 6.11 Using Modals and Related Forms in Speaking 6.12 Contrasting Modals in Speaking and Writing
Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 6.13 Summary of Modals I

7. Gerunds and To- Infinitives
Warm-Up 7.1 Verb + Gerund
Usage Note: Go + Gerund
7.2 Preposition + Gerund 7.3 Verb + To- Infinitive
Pronunciation Note: To 7.4 Verb + Gerund or To- Infinitive 7.5 Infinitives of Purpose 7.6 Gerunds and To- Infinitives as Subjects 7.7 Using Gerunds and To- Infinitives in Speaking 7.8 Using Gerunds and To- Infinitives in Writing
Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 7.9 Summary of Gerunds and To- Infinitives

8. Present Perfect and Past Perfect
Warm-Up 8.1 Using the Present Perfect (I); Statements
Usage Note
: For and Since
8.2 Using the Present Perfect (II); Yes/No Questions
Usage Note: Irregular Past Participles
Usage Note: Just, Recently, and Finally
Usage Note: Ever and Never
Usage: Yet and Already 8.3. Wh- Questions with the Present Perfect 8.4 The Simple Past vs. the Present Perfect 8.5 The Past Perfect 8.6 Using the Present Perfect in Speaking 8.7 Using the Present Perfect and Past Perfect in Writing
Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 8.8 Summary of the Present Present and Past Perfect

9. Modals II
Warm-Up 9.1 Present and Future Ability with Can
Pronunciation Note: Can and Can't
9.2 Present and Future Ability with Be Able To 9.3 Past Ability with Could and Was/Were Able To 9.4 Strong Certainty about the Present 9.5 Weaker Certainty about the Present and Future 9.6 Expectations about the Present and Future with Should 9.7 Expressing Certainty with Linking Verbs 9.8 Expressing Certainty with Adverbs 9.9 Used To for Past Habits and States
Pronunciation Note: Used To/Use To 9.10 Using Modals in Speaking 9.11 Using Modals in Speaking 9.11 Using Modals in Writing
Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 9.12 Summary of Modals II

10. Adjectives and Other Forms that Describe Nouns
Warm-Up 10.1 Overview of Adjectives and Other Forms that Describe Nouns
10.2 Using Adjectives and Noun + Noun Combinations
Usage Note: Placement of Adjectives 10.3 Using a Series of Adjectives 10.4 Adjective Suffixes and Prefixes
Spelling Note: The Prefix In- 10.5 Introduction to -ing and -ed Adjectives 10.6 Multi-Word Adjectives 10.7 Prepositional Phrases That Describe Nouns
Usage Note: Learning Noun + Preposition Combinations 10.8 Introduction to Adjective Clauses
Usage Note: Choosing Who or That 10.9 Using Adjectives and Other Forms That Describe Nouns in
Speaking 10.10 Using Adjectives and Other Forms That Describe Nouns in Writing
Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 10.11 Summary of Adjectives and Other Forms That Describe
Nouns

11. Adverbs and Prepositional Phrases
Warm-Up 11.1 What Is an Adverb?
Usage Note: Adjective or Adverb?
11.2 Explaining When and How Often
Usage Note: Using Noun Phrases like Adverbs 11.3 Explaining Where
Usage Note: Using Place, Time, and Frequency Together 11.4 Explaining How
Spelling Note: Spelling -ly Adverbs
Usage Note: By/Without + Gerund 11.5 Explaining Why 11.6 Explaining To What Degree
Usage Note: Placement of Adverbs of Degree
Usage Note: Too and Enough 11.7 Other Uses of Adverbs 11.8 Using Adverbs in Speaking 11.9 Using Adverbs and Prepositional Phrases in Writing
Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge

12.8 Summary of Adverb Clauses

13. Comparisons
Warm-Up 13.1 Showing Similarities and Differences
13.2 Using (Not) As...As with Adjectives, Adverbs, and Nouns
Usage Note: Making (Not) As...As Stronger or Softer
Usage Note: As Possible and As...Can
Usage Note: (Not) As...As to Compare Times 13.3 Using -er/More/Less with Adjectives and Adverbs
Spelling Note: -er Adjectives and Adverbs
Usage Note: Making -er/More/Less Forms Stronger or Softer 13.4 Using More/Less/Fewer with Nouns and Verbs 13.5 Repeated Comparison and Double Comparisons 13.6 Other Ways of Comparing
Usage Note: Making The Same, Similar, and Different Stronger or
Softer
Usage Note: Making Like and Alike Stronger or Softer 13.7 Using the + -est/Most/Least Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs
Spelling Note: -est Adjectives and Adverbs
Usage Note: -est/Most/Least vs. -er/More/Less 13.8 Using the + Most/Least/Fewest with Nouns and Verbs 13.9 Using Comparisons in Speaking 13.10 Using Comparisons in Writing
Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 13.11 Summary of Comparisons

14. Sentence Patterns
Warm-Up 14.1 Sentences, Clauses, and Phrases
14.2 Transitive Verbs 14.3 Intransitive Verbs 14.4 Linking Verbs 14.5 Questions
Usage Note: Answering Negative Questions 14.6 Tag Questions
Pronunciation Note: Tag Questions 14.7 Multi-Word Verbs 14.8 Compound and Complex Sentences
Usage Note: Using Commas 14.9 Introduction to the Passive 14.10 Using Clauses and Phrases in Speaking 14.11 Using Linking Expressions and Sentence Variety in Writing
Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 14.12 Summary of Sentence Patterns