Elements of Success 3 : Grammar for Language Learning (with essential online practice) /
Anne M. Ediger and Linda Lee.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- viii, 456 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
- Elements of Success .
Includes index.
"Elements of Success is a new grammar course which helps students learn the real-world grammar they need to read, communicate, and write effectively. Grammar is clearly presented with highly visual charts and explanations, and extensive four-skills practice helps students apply and remember what they learn. Online Practice Plus takes learning beyond the classroom, with all new practice activities and automatic feedback which not only gives the right answers but explains why the answers are correct." (Book Cover) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Present, Past, and Future Forms Warm-Up 1.1 Useful Things to Remember about Verbs 1.2 The Simple Present 1.3 The Present Progressive 1.4 Non-Action Verbs Usage Note : Present Progressive with "Be" 1.5 The Simple Past 1.6 The Past Progressive 1.7 Talking about the Future with "Be Going To" and "Will" 1.8 Using Present Forms to Talk about the Future 1.9 Using Present Forms in Speaking 1.10 Using Present and Past Forms in Academic Writing Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 1.11 Summary of Present, Past, and Future Forms 2. Perfect Forms Warm-Up 2.1 Overview of the Present Perfect 2.2 The Simple Past vs. the Present Perfect Pronunciation Note : Simple Past or Present Perfect? 2.3 The Present Perfect Progressive vs. the Present Perfect 2.4 The Past Perfect and the Past Perfect Progressive 2.5 The Future Perfect and the Future Perfect Progressive 2.6 Using Perfect Forms in Speaking 2.7 Using Perfect Forms in Academic Writing Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 2.8 Summary of Perfect Forms 3. Modals Warm-Up 3.1 Overview of Simple Modals and Phrasal Modals Usage Note: Simple Modal vs. Phrasal Modal Sentence Patterns 3.2 Willingness and Intent 3.3 Possibility with "Can" and "Could" 3.4 Degrees of Certainty about the Present and Future 3.5 Past Certainty Usage Note: Different Uses of "Could" and "Could Have" 3.6 Advisability with "Should," "Ought to," and "Had Better" Usage Note: Different Uses of "Should" and "Should Have" Pronunciation Note: Modal + Have 3.7 Obligation and Prohibition Usage Note: Other Ways to Express Obligation and Prohibition 3.8 Combining Modals 3.9 Modals with Progressive Verb Forms 3.10 Other Ways to Express Modality 3.11 Using Modals in Speaking: Modals for Social Purposes 3.12 Using Modals in Academic Writing Wrap-Up: Demonstrate Your Knowledge 3.13 Summary of Modals 4. The Passive Warm-Up 4.1 Comparing Active and Passive Sentences Pronunciation Note: Sentence Rhythm 4.2 Using the Passive 4.3 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Usage Note: Understanding Linking Verbs 4.4 The Passive with Modals 4.5 Special Passive Structures 4.6 Passive Form or Be + Adjective? 4.7 Using the Passive in Speaking 4.8 Using the Passive in Academic Writing Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 4.9 Summary of the Passive 5 Adverbs and Adverbials Warm-Up 5.1 Overview of Adverbs and Adverbials 5.2 Using Adverbials to Explain When, Where, How, and Why Usage Note: Because of vs. Because 5.3 Degree and Focusing Adverbials Usage Note: Collocations with Degree Adverbials Usage Note: Adverbials with Multiple Meanings 5.4 Stance Adverbials 5.5 Sentence Patterns with Linking Adverbials 5.6 Linking Adverbials That Signal a Result or Contrast 5.7 Linking Adverbials That Signal Additional Information 5.8 Linking Adverbials in Speaking and Academic Writing Wrap-Up: Demonstrate Your Knowledge 5.10 Summary of Adverbials 6. Adverb Clauses Warm-Up 6.1 Overview of Adverb Clauses 6.2 Adverb Clauses of Time and Reason Usage Note: Since and As 6.3 Adverb Clauses of Contrast Usage Note: While Pronunciation Note: Contrasting Information 6.4 Adverb Clauses of Manner 6.5 Adverb Clauses of Purpose and Result 6.6 Reduced Adverb Clauses of Time and Contrast 6.7 Conditional Adverb Clauses (Real Conditionals) Usage Note: Unless 6.8 Conditional Adverb Clauses (Unreal Conditionals) Usage Note: Contrasting Real and Unreal Conditionals Usage Note: As If and As Though 6.9 Using Adverb Clauses in Speaking 6.10 Using Adverb Clauses in Academic Writing Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 6.11 Summary of Adverb Clauses 7. Nouns and Pronouns Warm-Up 7.1 Overview of Nouns 7.2 Personal Pronouns and Possessive Determiners Pronunciation Note: Reduced Words Pronunciation Note: Possessive Pronouns 7.3 Indefinite Pronouns 7.4 Noun-Pronoun Agreement 7.5 It, One, Some, Any, Other, You, and They 7.6 Compound Nouns Pronunciation Note: Compound Nouns 7.7 Forming Nouns Using Suffixes 7.8 Using This and That to Refer Back 7.9 Using Nouns and Pronouns in Speaking 7.10 Using Nouns and Pronouns in Academic Writing Usage Note: Repeating Nouns Wrap-Up: Demonstrate Your Knowledge 7.11 Summary of Nouns and Pronouns 8. Determiners Warm-Up 8.1 What are Determiners? 8.2 Articles with Singular Count Nouns 8.3 Articles with Plural Count Nouns and Noncount Nouns 8.4 Articles in Generic Statements 8.5 Possessives 8.6 Quantifiers 8.7 Quantifiers with Of 8.8 Using Determiners in Speaking and Academic Writing Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 8.9 Summary of Determiners 9. Nouns Phrases Warm-Up 9.1 What are Noun Phrases? 9.2 Adding Information to a Main Noun 9.3 Adjectives 9.4 Noun + Noun 9.5 Appositives 9.6 Prepositional Phrases 9.7 Using "Of" to Show Possession 9.8 Recognizing Adjective Clauses 9.9 Subject-Verb Agreement with Long Noun Phrases 9.10 Using Noun Phrases in Speaking and Academic Writing Language Note: Main Nouns Wrap-Up: Demonstrate Your Knowledge 9.11 Summary of Noun Phrases 10. Adjective Clauses Warm-Up 10.1 Overview of Adjective Clauses 10.2 Describing People and Things with Adjective Clauses 10.3 Subjects and Objects in Adjective Clauses 10.4 Adjective Clauses Describing Pronouns 10.5 Reduced Adjective Clauses 10.6 Defining and Non-defining Adjective Clauses Usage Note: Giving Background Information 10.7 Adjective Clauses with "Whose" 10.8 Adjective Clauses with Prepositions 10.9 Using Adjective Clauses in Speaking 10.10 Using Adjective Clauses in Academic Writing Wrap-Up: Demonstrate Your Knowledge 10.11 Summary of Adjective Clauses 11. Gerunds and To- Infinitives Warm-Up 11.1 Overview of -ing Forms 11.2 Gerunds and Subjects; Be + Gerund 11.3 Gerunds as Objects of Verbs and Prepositions Usage Note: Common Preposition Combinations 11.4 Passive Gerunds 11.5 Overview of To- Infinitives 11.6 To- Infinitives as Subjects; Linking Verb + To- Infinitives 11.7 To- Infinitives as Objects 11.8 Verb + Gerund or To- Infinitive 11.9 Bare Infinitives as Objects 11.10 Other Uses of To- Inifinitives 11.11 Progressive Perfect and Passive Forms of To- Infinitives 11.12 Using Gerunds and To- Infinitives in Speaking 11.13 Using Gerunds and To- Infinitives in Academic Writing Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 11.14 Summary of Gerunds and To- Infinitives 12. Noun Clauses and Related Forms Warm-Up 12.1 Overview of Noun Clauses Usage Note: That 12.2 That Clauses as Subjects 12.3 That Clauses as Complements 12.4 That Clauses as Objects (Verb + That Clause) 12.5 Using the Base Form of a Verb in That Clauses 12.6 Wh- Noun Clauses 12.7 Noun Clauses with If or Whether 12.8 Noun Clauses in Indirect Speech Usage Note: Changing Other Forms in Indirect Speech 12.9 Using Say, Tell, and Other Reporting Verbs 12.10 Using Noun Clauses in Speaking 12.11 Using Nouns Clauses in Academic Writing Wrap-Up Demonstrate Your Knowledge 12.12 Summary of Noun Clauses
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