"Real Grammar uses the latest corpus research to show how 50 grammatical structures are used in speech and writing. This focus on authentic usage helps students move past traditional grammar texts and use English more like native speakers.
Real Grammar focuses on the appropriate use of the target structures in four different registers (conversation, fiction, newspaper, and academic writing), with special emphasis on conversation vs. academic writing.
Rich activities varying from contextualized exercises to discovery and analysis help learners understand and use the target grammar.
Fifty independent units provide flexibility for both teachers and students. The units can be taught in any order and fit any curriculum.
Speech and writing icons clearly identify the skill focus in each unit and allow teachers and students to focus on individualized teaching and learning goals.
"Be Careful!" points emphasize how to avoid typical errors and help students quickly improve their speaking and writing.

Real Grammar is an essential tool for students to study English as it is used in the real world of conversation, fiction, newspaper, and academic writing." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS

To the Student

To the Teacher

PART I VERB TENSES
Unit 1 Did you want more coffee? -- Simple Past Tense in Polite Offers
Unit 2 He's looking at me... -- Progressive Verbs vs. Simple Verbs
Unit 3 Studies have shown... -- Discovery Verbs and Existence Verbs

PART II SPECIAL USES OF VERBS
Unit 4 I didn't get a chance... -- Meanings of Get Unit 5 Did you have fun today? -- Meaning of Have + Noun Phrase
Unit 6 It really made a difference... -- Meanings of Make + Noun Phrase
Unit 7 Let's take a look at it -- Meanings of Take + Noun Phrase
Unit 8 I feel good about it -- Linking Verbs
Unit 9 Tell me that story -- Verbs with Two Objects
Unit 10 Reports suggest that... -- Action Verbs with Inaimate Subjects

PART III MODALS
Unit 11 I might go to Japan -- Possibility Modals
Unit 12 A compromise must be reached -- Necessity Modals

PART IV MULTI-WORD VERBS
Unit 13 Come on! -- Phrasal Verbs
Unit 14 I can't think of his name now -- Verb + Preposition
Unit 15 I have to get out of here -- Three-Word Phrasal Verbs

PART V THE PASSIVE Unit 16 No significant difference was found -- Passive Voice
Unit 17 The accident was caused by failure of... -- Passives with a By-Phrase
Unit 18 Further details can be found in... -- Passive Verb + Preposition

PART VII NOUNS, ARTICLES, AND PRONOUNS
Unit 19 That's an important thing to know -- The Noun People and Thing
Unit 20 I love fitness and stuff like that -- Imprecise Noun Phrases
Unit 21 The chair of the committee -- Nonsexist Language Choices
Unit 22 The introduction of technology -- The Definite Article
Unit 23 Yeah, that's right! -- The Pronouns This and That

PART VII ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
Unit 24 He did a nice job -- The Adjectives Good and Nice
Unit 25 Do this quick -- Adjective and Adverb Choices
Unit 26 That's pretty weird -- Amplifiers and Downtoners
Unit 27 Women are different from men -- Adjective + Preposition
Unit 28 It looks pretty awful though -- Though and Anyway
Unit 29 Finally, on the negative side... -- Transitions
Unit 30 It would thus appear that... -- Positions of Transitions

PART VIII GERUNDS, INFINITIVES, AND CLAUSES WITH THAT
Unit 31 I don't think it will be a problem -- Verb + Noun Clause for Uncertainty
Unit 32 I think I can find it -- Deletion of That in Noun Clauses
Unit 33 She seemed to like him a lot -- Verb + Infinitive
Unit 34 We couldn't stop laughing -- Verb + Gerund
Unit 35 This is what happens -- Be + Noun Clause
Unit 36 It is possible that... -- That-Clauses or Infinitive Phrases for Attitudes

PART IX REPORTED SPEECH
Unit 37 ...and she goes oh don't worry -- Modifiers in Noun Phrases
Unit 38 The authors argue that... -- Reporting What Somebody Wrote

PART X NOUN MODIFICATION
Unit 39 Evidence for life on Mars -- Modifiers in Noun Phrases
Unit 40 Voters registration procedures -- Adjectives and Nouns to Modify a Noun
Unit 41 A question which is often asked -- Adjective Clauses and Relative Pronoun Choice
Unit 42 That's the way I look at it -- Adjective Clauses with Adverb Meanings
Unit 43 Is there anything I can do? -- Pronouns Modified by Adjective Clauses
Unit 44 I've got a lot to do -- Noun + Infinitive
Unit 45 The approach used in nursing -- Adjective Phrases
Unit 46 A number of reasons -- Prepositional Phrases Modifying Nouns
Unit 47 He saluted me, which I enjoyed -- Adjective Clauses That Modify Sentences

PART XI SPECIAL FEATURES OF CONVERSATION
Unit 48 Well, I better get going -- Discourse Makers

Unit 49 Me too. -- Incomplete Sentences
Unit 50 The stuff I thought you could use -- Complex Grammar in Conversation