Includes index.

Welcome to the Grammar Form and Function, Second Edition!

To the Instructor

Unit 1 The Present of Be
1A Nouns: Singular
1B Nouns: Plurals
1C Subject: Pronouns
1D Subject Pronouns + Present of Be
1E Negative of Be
1F Be + Adjective
1G Possessive Adjectives
1H Demonstratives: This, That, These, and Those
1I Yes/No Questions with Be
1J Questions with What, Where, and Who
1K Prepositions of Place
Listening Puzzle: Countries
Reading Challenge: Countries
Reading Challenge: Uluru
Writing: Describe Yourself
Self-Test

Unit 2 Be: It, There, and the Simple Past of Be
2A It to Talk about the Weather
2B It to Tell the Time
2C Questions with When, What Day, and What Time
2D Statements with There + Be
2E The Conjunctions And, But, Or
2F Questions with There + Be
2G The Simple Past of Be: Affirmative and Negative Statements
2H The Simple Past of Be: Questions
Listening Puzzles: Cities
Reading Challenge: Hawaii
Writing: Describe a Place
Self-Test

Unit 3 The Simple Present
3A The Simple Present
3B Adverbs of Frequency
3C Spelling and Pronunciation of Final -s and -es
3D Irregular Verbs: Have, Do, and Go
3E The Simple Present: Negative
3F The Simple Present: Yes/No Questions
3G: The Simple Present: Wh-Questions
Listening Puzzles: Sea Animals
Reading Challenge: Camels
Writing: Describe a Person
Self-Test

Unit 4 The Present Progressive

4A The Present Progressive: Affirmative Statements
4B: The Spelling of Verbs Ending in -ing
4C The Present Progressive: Negative Statements
4D The Present Progressive: Wh-Questions
4E The Present Progressive: Yes/No Questions
4F Nonactive or Stative Verbs
4G The Simple Present and the Present Progressive
Listening Puzzle: Holidays

Reading Challenge: Water Festival
Writing: Describe Experiences
Self-Test

Unit 5 Nouns and Pronouns
5A Counts and Noncount Nouns
5B A/An and Some
5C A/An or The
5D Generalizations
5E Some and Any
5F Measurement Words
5G Quantifying Expressions
5H Quantity Questions
5I Whose and Possessive Nouns
Listening Puzzle: Food
Reading Challenge: Penguins
Writing: Describe Objects
Self-Test

Unit 6 The Simple Past
6A The Simple Past: Regular Verbs
6B Past Time Expressions

6C Spelling of Regular Simple Past Verbs
6D Pronunciation of -ed: /t/, /d/, and /id/
6E The Simple Past: Irregular Verbs
6F The Simple Past: Negative
6G The Simple Past: Yes / No Questions
6H The Simple Past: Wh-Questions
6I The Simple Past: Time Clauses with Before and After
Listening Puzzle: Appliances
Reading Challenge: The Terracotta Army
Writing: Narrative Events
Self-Test

Unit 7 The Past Progressive
7A The Past Progressive
7B While and When with Past Time Clauses
7C The Past Progressive and Simple Past
Listening Puzzle: Breakfast Food
Reading Challenge: The Titanic
Writing: Narrative Events
Self-Test

Unit 8 The Future
8A The Future with Be Going To
8B Future Time Expressions
8C The Present Progressive at Future
8D The Future with Will
8E May and Might
8F Future Time Clauses with Before, After, and When
8G Future Conditional Sentences
8H The Simple Present with Time Clauses and If Clauses
Listening Puzzle: Museums
Reading Challenge: Global Warming
Writing: Describing Future Plans
Self-Test

Unit 9 Quantity and Degree Words
9A All of, Almost All Of, Most Of, Some Of, and None Of
9B Every
9C Too Many and Too Much
9D Too+Adjective+Infinitive -- Too + Adjective + For + Noun/Pronoun + Infinitive

9E Too + Adjective + Infinitive -- Too + Adjective + For + Noun/Pronoun + Infinitive
9F Adjective + Enough
9G Enough + Noun

Listening Puzzle: Mountains
Reading Challenge: The Sahara Desert
Writing: Describing a Place
Self-Test

Unit 10 Objects and Pronouns
10A Object Pronouns
10B Indirect Objects
10C Indirect Objects with For
10D Indirect Objects with Certain Verbs
10F Indefinite Pronouns
Listening Puzzle: Inventors
Reading Challenge: Alexander Graham Bell
Writing: Write an Expository Paragraph
Self-Test

Unit 11 Modals
11A Can
11B Questions with Can
11C Could: Past of Can
11D Be Able To
11E Should
11F Must
11G Have To
11H May I, Can I, and Could I
Listening Puzzle: Animals
Reading Challenge: Tornadoes
Writing: Write a Letter of Advice
Self-Test

Unit 12 Special Expressions
12A Let's
12B Would Like
12C Could You and Would You
12D The Imperative
Listening Puzzle: Storms
Reading Challenge: When Lightning Strikes
Writing: Write about a Process
Self-Test

Unit 12 Adjectives and Adverbs
13A Adjectives and Nouns Used as Adjectives
13B Word Order of Adjectives
13C The Same (As), Similar (To), and Different (From)
13D Like and Alike
13E Comparative Forms of Adjectives: -er and More
13F As...as, Not as... as, and Less...than
13H One Of The + Superlative + Pronoun
13I Adjectives and Adverbs
13J Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adverbs
13K As...as with Adverbs
Listening Puzzle: Living Things
Reading Challenge: Humming Birds
Writing: Make a Comparison
Self- Test

Unit 14 The Present Perfect
14A The Present Perfect of Be: for and since
14B The Present Perfect: Regular and Irregular Verbs
14C The Present Perfect: Negative Statements and Questions
14D The Present Perfect: Ever and Never
Listening Puzzle: Plants
Reading Challenge: Everest and Hillary
Writing: Describing Experiences
Self-Test

Appendices
Audio Script
Index
Photo Credits

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