Understanding and Using English Grammar /
Betty Schrampfer Azar, Stacy A. Hagan and Rachel S. Koch.
- 4th ed.
- White Plains, NY : Pearson Longman ; 2009.
- 530 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + Audio CDs.
- Azar-Hagen Grammar .
"The classic text for intermediate through advanced students provides a clear, visual presentation of grammar in terms easily understandable to students. Grammar explanations teach situationally appropriate English, both formal and colloquial and make distinctions between British and American usage. Each presentation is followed by graded activities that promote speaking, listening, and writing skills." - Publisher's presentation CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Overview of Verb Tenses 1-1: The simple tenses 1-2: The progressive tenses 1-3: The perfect tenses 1-4: The perfect progressive tenses 1-5: Summary chart of verb tenses 1-6: Spelling of –ing and –ed forms
Chapter 2: Present and Past; Simple and Progressive 2-1: Simple present 2-2: Present progressive 2-3: Non-progressive verbs 2-4: Regular and irregular verbs 2-5: Irregular verb list 2-6: Regular verbs: pronunciation of –ed endings 2-7: Simple past 2-8: Past progressive 2-9: Using progressive verbs with always 2-10: Using expressions of place with progressive verbs
Chapter 3: Perfect and Perfect Progressive Tenses 3-1: Present perfect 3-2: Have and has in spoken English 3-3: Present perfect vs. simple past 3-4: Present perfect progressive 3-5: Past present 3-6: Had in spoken English 3-7: Past perfect progressive
Chapter 4: Future Time 4-1: Simple future: will and be going to 4-2: Will vs. be going to 4-3: Expressing the future in time clauses 4-4: Using the present progressive and the simple present to express future time 4-5: Future progressive 4-6: Future perfect and future perfect progressive
Chapter 5: Review of Verb Tenses
Chapter 6: Subject-Verb Agreement 6-1: Final –s/-es: use, pronunciation, and spelling 6-2: Basic subject-verb agreement 6-3: Subject-verb agreement: using expressions of quantity 6-4: Subject-verb agreement: using there + be 6-5: Subject-verb agreement: some irregularities
Chapter 7: Nouns 7-1: Regular and irregular plural nouns 7-2: Progressive nouns 7-3: Nouns as adjectives 7-4: Count and noncount nouns 7-5: Noncount nouns 7-6: Some common noncount nouns 7-7: Basic article usage 7-8: General guidelines for article usage 7-9: Expressions of quantity used with count and noncount nouns 7-10: Using a few and few; a little and little 7-11: Singular expressions of quantity: one, each, every 7-12: Using of in expressions of quantity
Chapter 8: Pronouns 8-1: Personal pronouns 8-2: Personal pronouns: agreement with generic nouns and indefinite pronouns 8-3: Personal pronouns: agreement with collective nouns 8-4: Reflexive pronouns 8-5: Using you, one and they as impersonal pronouns 8-6: Forms of other 8-7: Common expressions with other
Chapter 9: Modals, Part 1 9-1: Basic modal introduction 9-2: Polite requests with “I” as the subject 9-3: Polite requests with “you” as the subject 9-4: Polite requests with would you mind 9-5: Expressing necessity: must, have to, have got to 9-6: Lack of necessity and prohibition: have to and must in the negative 9-7: Advisability: should, ought to, had better 9-8: The past form of should 9-9: Obligation: be supposed to 9-10: Unfulfilled intentions: was/were going to 9-11: Making suggestions: let’s, why don’t, shall I/we 9-12: Making suggestions: could vs. should
Chapter 10: Modals, Part 2 10-1: Degrees of certainty: present time 10-2: Degrees of certainty: present time negative 10-3: Degrees of certainty: past time 10-4: Degrees of certainty: future time 10-5: Progressive forms of modals 10-6: Ability: can and could 10-7: Using would to express a repeated action in the past 10-8: Expressing preference: would rather 10-9: Combining modals with phrasal modals 10-10: Summary chart of modals and similar expressions
Chapter 11: The Passive 11-1: Active vs. passive 11-2: Tense forms of the passive 11-3: Using the passive 11-4: The passive form of modals and phrasal modals 11-5: Non-progressive passive 11-6: Common non-progressive passive verbs + prepositions 11-7: The passive with get 11-8: Participial adjective
Chapter 12: Noun Clauses 12-1: Introduction 12-2: Noun clauses beginning with a question word 12-3: Noun clauses beginning with whether or if 12-4: Question words followed by infinitives 12-5: Noun clauses beginning with that 12-6: Quoted speech 12-7: Reported speech: verb forms in noun clauses 12-8: Using –ever words
Chapter 13: Adjective Clauses 13-1: Adjective clause pronouns used as the subject 13-2: Adjective clause pronouns used as the object of a verb 13-3: Adjective clause pronouns used as the object of a preposition 13-4: Using whose 13-5: Using where in adjective clauses 13-6: Using when in adjective clauses 13-7: Using adjective clauses to modify pronouns 13-8: Punctuating adjective clauses 13-9: Using expressions of quantity in adjective clauses 13-10: Using which to modify a whole sentence 13-11: Reducing adjective clauses to adjective phrases
Chapter 14: Gerunds and Infinitives, Part 1 14-1: Gerunds: introduction 14-2: Using gerunds as the object of preposition 14-3: Common verbs followed by gerunds 14-4: Go + gerunds 14-5: Special expressions followed by –ing 14-6: Common verbs followed by infinitives 14-7: Common verbs followed by either infinitives or gerunds 14-8: It + infinitives; gerunds and infinitives as subjects 14-9: Reference list of verbs followed by gerunds 14-10: Reference list of verbs followed by infinitives
Chapter 15: Gerunds and Infinitives, Part 2 15-1: Infinitives of purpose: in order to 15-2: Adjectives followed by infinitives 15-3: Using infinitives with too and enough 15-4: Passive infinitives and gerunds 15-5: Using gerunds or passive infinitives following need 15-6: Using verbs of perception 15-7: Using the simple forms after let and help 15-8: Using causative verbs: make, have, get
Chapter 16: Coordinating Conjunctions 16-1: Parallel structure 16-2: Parallel structure: using commas 16-3: Paired conjunctions: both … and, not only … but also: either … or, neither … nor 16-4: Separating independent clauses with periods; connecting with and and but
Chapter 17: Adverb Clauses 17-1: Introduction 17-2: Using adverb clauses to show time relationships 17-3: Using adverb clauses to show cause and effect 17-4: Expressing contract (unexpected results): using even though 17-5: Showing direct contrast: while 17-6: Expressing conditions in adverb clauses: if-clause 17-7: Shortened if-clause 17-8: Adverb clauses of condition: using whether or not and ever if 17-9: Adverb clauses of condition: using in case 17-10: Adverb clauses of condition: using unless 17-11: Adverb clauses of condition: using only if
Chapter 18: Reduction of Adverb Clauses to Modifying Adverbial Phrases 18-1: Introduction 18-2: Changing time clauses to modifying adverbial phrases 18-3: Expressing the idea of “during the same time” in modifying adverbial phrases 18-4: Expressing causes and effect in modifying adverbial phrases 18-5: Using upon + -ing in modifying adverbial phrases
Chapter 19: Connection that Express Cause and Effect, Contrast, and Condition 19-1: Using because of and due to 19-2: Cause and effect: using therefore, consequently, and so 19-3: Summary of patterns and punctuation 19-4: Other ways of expressing cause and effect: such … that and so … that 19-5: Expressing purpose: using so that 19-6: Showing contrast (unexpected results) 19-7: Showing direct contrast 19-8: Expressing conditions: using otherwise and or (else) 19-9: Summary of connectives: cause and effect, contrast, and condition
Chapter 20: Conditional Sentences and Wishes 20-1: Overview of basic verb forms used in conditional sentences 20-2: True in the present or future 20-3: Untrue (contrary to fact) in the present or future 20-4: Untrue (contrary to fact) in the fast 20-5: Using progressive verb forms in conditional sentences 20-6: Using “mixed time” in conditional sentences 20-7: Omitting if 20-8: Implied conditions 20-9: Verb forms following wish 20-10: Using would to makes wishes about the future
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