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Welcome to Grammar Form and Function, Second Edition!

To the Instructor

UNIT 1 The Present
1A The Simple Present: Statements
1B Adverbs of Frequency
1C The Present Progressive: Statements
1D The Simple Present OR The Present Progressive
1E Nonaction or Stative Verbs
1F See, Look At, Watch, Hear, and Listen To
1G Yes/No Questions and Short Answers; Wh-Questions
Listening Puzzle: Fruits
Reading Challenge: The Sense of Taste
Writing: Describe a Person
Self-Test

Unit 2 The Past
2A The Simple Past
2B Irregular Verbs
2C The Past Progressive
2D The Simple Past OR The Past Progressive
2E Past Time Clauses
2F Used to
Listening Puzzles: Palaces
Reading Challenge: The Maya
Writing: Describe a Time in the Past
Self-Test

Unit 3 The Future
3A Be Going To
3B Will
3C Be Going To OR Will
3D The Present Progressive to Express Future Time
3E The Simple Present to Express Future Time
3F The Future Conditional
3G Future Time Clauses
Listening Puzzle: Cold Places
Reading Challenge: Insect Ministry
Writing: Describe a Future City
Self-Test

Unit 4 Nouns, Articles, and Quantity
4A Singular and Plural Nouns
4B Nouns as Subjects, Objects, and Objects of Prepositions
4C Count Nouns and Noncount Nouns
4D A, An, and Some
4E Some, Any, Much, Many, Little, A Few and A Lot Of
4F Few, A Few, Little, A Little
4G Units of Measure with Nouns
4H A, An, or The
4J Generalizations
Listening Puzzle: Boats
Reading Challenge: The Inuit
Writing: Write a Friendly Letter
Self-Test

Unit 5 Pronouns
5A Subjects and Object Pronouns
5B Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns
5C Reflexive Pronouns
5D Another, The Other, Others, Other, and The Others
5E One and Ones
5F Infinite Pronouns
Listening Puzzle: Extreme Sports
Reading Challenge: George Washington Carver
Writing: Write a Personal Description
Self-Test

Unit 6 The Present and Past Perfect
6A The Present Perfect
6B For and Since
6C Ever and Never
6D Already, Yet, and Just
6E The Simple Past OR The Present Perfect
6F The Present Perfect Progressive
6G The Present Perfect OR The Present Perfect Progressive
6H The Past Perfect
6I The Past Perfect Progressive
Listening Puzzle: Races
Reading Challenge: Penicillin
Writing: Write a Friendly Email
Self-Test

Unit 7 Questions and Phrasal Verbs
7A Yes/No Questions and Short Answers
7B Questions with Wh-Words
7C Questions with Who and What as the Subject
7D Questions with Which and What
7E Questions with How
7F Tag Questions
7G Phrasal Verbs
7H Intrasitive Phrasal Verbs
7I Transitive Phrasal Verbs: Separable
7J Transitive Phrasal Verbs: Inseparable
Listening Puzzle: Mysterious Places
Reading Challenge: What Is Happening to the Rainforests in the World?
Writing: Write a Questionnaire
Self-Test

Unit 8 Modal Auxiliaries and Related Forms
8A Can, Could, and Be Able To to Express Ability
8B May I, Could I, and Can I to Ask for Permission
8C Can, Could, and Would to Make Requests
8D May, Might, and Could to Express Possibility

8E Maybe or May Be
8F Let's and Why Don't We to Make Suggestions; Why Don't You to Give Advice
8G Should, Ought To, and Had Better to Give Advice
8H Prefer..To, Like..Better Than, and Would Rather to Express Preference
8I Have To, Have Got To, and Must to Express Necessity
8J Must Not to Forbid and Not Have To to Express Lack of Necessity
8K Must to Make Delusions
8L Imperatives
Listening Puzzles: Arctic Animals
Reading Challenge: The Pony Express
Writing: Write a Friendly Letter
Self-Test

Unit 9 Gerunds and Infinitives
9A Gerunds as Subject and Object
9B Verb + Gerunds
9C Verb + Infinitive
9D Verb + Gerund or Infinitive
9E Preposition + Gerund
9F Infinitive of Purpose
9G Adjective + Infinitive
9H Enough and Too with Adjectives and Adverbs; Enough and Too with Infinitives; Enough with Nouns
9I Be Used To + Gerund and Be Accustomed To + Gerund
9J Be Supposed + Infinitive
Listening Puzzle: Traveling Homes
Reading Challenge: The Tomato
Writing: Describe Personal Qualities
Self-Test

Unit 10 Comparative and Superlative Forms
10A Adjectives and Adverbs
10B Participles as Adjectives
10C Adjectives after Verbs
10D As + Adjectives + As; As + Adverbs +As
10E Comparative Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs
10F Superlative Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs
10G Comparative and Superlative Forms of Nouns
10H The Double Comparative
10I The Same As, Similar To, Different From, Like and Alike
Listening Puzzle: Wilderness Environments
Reading Challenge: Animals That Live the Longest
Writing: Write a Comparative Paragraph
Self-Test

Unit 11 The Passive Voice
11A Active and Passive Voice Verbs: Simple Present, Simple Past, Present Perfect, Past Perfect, and Future
11B The By Phrase
11C The Passive Form of the Present Progressive and Past Progressive
11D The Passive Form of Modals
11E Have Something Done
Listening Puzzle: Grains
Reading Challenge: The Pyramid of Giza
Writing: Describe a Place
Self-Test

Unit 12 Conjunctions and Noun Clauses
12A The Conjunctions And, But, and Or
12B The Conjunction So
12C Too, So, Either, and Neither
12D Noun Clauses Beginning with Wh-Words
12E Noun Clauses Beginning with If or Whether
12F Noun Clauses Beginning with That
12G Expressions That Introduce Noun Clauses with That
Listening Puzzle: Planets
Reading Challenge: The Bermuda Triangle
Writing: Describe an Event
Self-Test

Unit 13 Adjective and Adverb Clauses
13A Adjective Clauses with Who, Whom, and That Referring to People
13B Adjective Clauses with That and Which Referring to Things
13C Omission of Who, That, and Which
13D Adjective Clauses with Whose
13E Adjective Clauses with Prepositional Phrases
13F Adverbs Clauses with Because
13G Adverb Clauses with Although and Even Though
Listening Puzzle: Trees
Reading Challenge: Leonardo da Vinci
Writing: Writing a Description
Self-Test

Unit 14 Reported Speech and Conditional Clauses
14A Quoted Speech
14B Reported Speech
14C Say or Tell
14D Reported Questions
14E Reported Commands, Requests, Advice, and Suggestions
14F Wishes about the Present or Future
14G Wishes about the Past
14H Present Real Conditional and Future Conditional Sentences
14I Present Unreal Conditional Sentences
14J Past Unreal Conditional Sentences
Listening Puzzle: Waterfalls
Reading Challenge: Albert Einstein
Writing: Writing a Personal Narrative
Self-Test

Appendices

Appendix 1 Audio Script
Appendix 2 Index
Appendix 3 Photo Credits

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