TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,P.Charles
AU  - Plosker,Dennis
TI  - Guide to Grammar Basics
SN  - 0176056173 (Student Book)
U1  - 428.2/4 21
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Toronto, ON
PB  - ITP Nelson
KW  - English language
KW  - Textbooks for second language learners
KW  - Grammar
KW  - Problems, exercises, etc
N1  - Includes index; 1. Basic Grammar Terminology
; 1.1 Subjects, Verbs, Objects -- 1.2 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases -- 1.3 Adjectives -- 1.4 Adverbs -- 1.5 Personal Pronouns; 2. The Verb Be
; 2.1 Forms of Be -- 2.2 Sentence Patterns with Be -- 2.3 Be - Negative Forms -- 2.4 Yes/No Questions -- 2.5 Information Questions with Who, What, When, and Where -- 2.6 Be - Past Tense -- 2.7 It + Be -- 2.8 There + Be -- 2.9 Yes/No Questions with There + Be -- 2.10 Information Questions with How Many; 3. Verbs and Verb Tenses: Simple Present; 3.1 Meaning and Forms -- 3.2 Simple Present: Negative Form -- 3.3 Frequency Adverbs -- 3.4 Yes/No Questions and Answers -- 3.5 Information Questions ad Answers; 4. Verbs and Verb Tenses: Present Progressive; 4.1 Present Progressive: Meaning and Forms -- 4.2 Spelling of -ing Verb Forms -- 4.3 Frequency Adverbs -- 3.4 Yes/No Questions -- 4.5 Nonprogressive Verbs; 5. Verbs and Verb Tenses: Past Tenses; 5.1 Simple Past - Meaning -- 5.2 Regular Verbs -- 5.3 Irregular Verbs - Form -- 5.4 Negative Forms -- 5.5 Yes/No Questions -- 5.6 Information Questions -- 5.7 Past Progressive - Meaning and Form; 6. Verbs and Verb Tenses: Future Time; 6.1  Simple Future / Be Going To -- 6.2 Be Going To - Meaning and Forms -- 6.3 Will - Meaning and Forms; 7. Nouns; 7.1 Singular and Plural; 7.2 Irregular Plural Forms
; 7.3 Count and Noncount Nouns; 7.4 A, An, The, and Some; 7.5 Demonstratives: This, That, These and Those; 7.6 Some and Any; 7.7 Expression of Quantity; 7.8 Information Questions with How Many and How Much; 7.9 Subject-Verb Agreement
; 7.10 Possessive Nouns; 7.11 Information Questions with Whose; 8. Pronouns
; 8.1 Chart of Personal Pronouns
; 8.2 Subject and Object Pronouns; 8.3 Indirect Objects; 8.4 Possessive Adjectives; 8.5 Indefinite Pronouns: Someone, Anyone, Something, Anything, No One, Nothing; 9. Comparisons
; 9.1 Comparative; 9.2 Comparative Adjectives: -er and More; 9.3 Comparative Adverbs: -er and More; 9.4 Comparaison with As...As, Not As...As, and Less; 9.5 The Same, Similar, and Different
; 9.6 Like and Alike; 9.7 Superlative; 9.8 Using Superlative; 10. Modal Auxiliaries
; 10.1  Modal Auxiliaries; 10.2 Polite Requests: May I, Could I, Can I; 10.3 Polite Requests: Could You, Would You, Can You; 10.4 Using Imperative Sentences to Make Polite Requests; 10.5 Making Suggestions: Let's; 10.6 Advisability: Should; 10.7 Expressing Necessity: Must, Have To; 10.8 Present and Future Possibility: May and Might; 10.9 Ability: Can and Be Able To; 10.10 Past Ability: Could; 10.11 If...: True in Present and Future; 11. Trouble Spots; 11.1 A/An
; 11.2 Advice/Advise; 11.3 Affect/Effect
; 11.4 Dead/Death/Die
; 11.5 Fall/Feel
; 11.6 Hear/Listen
; 11.7 Its/It's
; 11.8 Live/Leave; 11.9 Lose/Loose; 11.10 Make/Do
; 11.11 Quit/Quiet; 11.12 Say/Tell; 11.13 Say/Tell; 11.14 Take/Bring; 11.15 There/Their/They're; 11.16 To/Too; 11.17 Too/Very; 11.18 Who/What (Information Questions); 11.19 Who's/Whose; 11.20 You're/Your; 11.21 Prepositions of Time; Appendix 1: Irregular Past-Tense Verb Chart -- Appendix 2: Numbers -- Appendix 3: Time and Dates -- Appendix 4: Capital Letters and Punctuation



; Index
N2  - "ITP Nelson Guide to Grammar Basics seeks to meet the needs of beginner-level students of English. Not all structures of the English language are covered, but the most necessary grammatical structures are introduced to help you cope with daily routines. This guide can be used as a stand-alone workbook/reference text or it can supplement other beginner-level reading and/or listening texts. Each unit is organized around a structure or a group of related structures. For the most part, grammatical concepts are presented in chart form followed by an explanation and examples. The examples are intended to be self-explanatory and are presented with a minimum of terminology. Each grammar concept is accompanied by two or more exercises that can be done either orally or in writing." (Introduction)
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