TY  - GEN
AU  - Azar,Betty Schrampfer
AU  - Hagen,Stacy A.
TI  - Fundamentals of English Grammar
SN  - 9780132315128 (International Ed; Student Book with Audio CDs)
PY  - 2011///
CY  - White Plains, NY
PB  - Pearson Education
KW  - English language
KW  - Textbooks for foreign speakers
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Foreign speakers
KW  - Grammar
KW  - Problems, exercises, etc
KW  - Academic development
KW  - ESL0120
N1  - "International ed.--not for sale in the U.S.A"-- Front Cover; Includes Listening Script, Index and Audio CD Tracking List; "A classic developmental skills text for lower-intermediate and intermediate English language learners, Fundamentals of English Grammar is a comprehensive reference grammar as well as a stimulating and teachable classroom text; While keeping the same basic approach and material as in earlier editions, the fourth edition more fully develops communicative and interactive language-learning activities. Some of the new features are
; Innovative Warm-Up exercises that precede the grammar charts and introduce points to be taught
; Structure-based listening exercises ranging from casual speech to more academic content
; A wide selection of readings that highlight the target grammar structures
; Greatly expanded speaking practice with extensive pair, group, and class work
; Writing activities with models for students to follow
; Corpus-informed  syllabus that reflects the discourse patterns of spoken and written English
; Audio CDs and Listening Script in the back of the Student Book." (Book Jacket); CONTENTS; Ch. 1: PRESENT TIME
; 1-1 Simple present and present progressive
; 1-2 Forms of the simple present and the present progressive
; 1-3 Frequency adverbs
; 1-4 Singular/plural
; 1-5 Spelling of final –s/-es
; 1-6 Non-action verbs
; 1-7 Present verbs: short answers to yes/no questions; Ch. 2: PAST TIME
; 2-1 Expressing past time: the simple past
; 2-2 Spelling of –ing and –ed forms
; 2-3 The principal parts of a verb
; 2-4 Common irregular verbs: a reference list
; 2-5 Regular verbs: pronunciation of –ed endings
; 2-6 Simple past and past progressive
; 2-7 Expressing past time: using time clauses
; 2-8 Expressing past habit: used to; Ch. 3: FUTURE TIME
; 3-1 Expressing future time: be going to and will
; 3-2 Forms with be going to
; 3-3 Forms with will
; 3-4 Certainty about the future
; 3-5 Be going to vs. will
; 3-6 Expressing the future in time clauses and if-clauses
; 3-7 Using the present progressive to express future time
; 3-8 Using the simple present to express future time
; 3-9 Immediate future: using be about to
; 3-10 Parallel verbs; Ch. 4: PRESENT PERFECT AND PAST PERFECT
; 4-1 Past participle
; 4-2 Present perfect with since and for
; 4-3 Negative, question, and short-answer forms
; 4-4 Present perfect with unspecified time
; 4-5 Simple past vs. present perfect
; 4-6 Present perfect progressive
; 4-7 Present perfect progressive vs. present perfect
; 4-8 Past perfect; Ch. 5: ASKING QUESTIONS
; 5-1 Yes/no questions and short answers
; 5-2 Yes/no questions and information questions
; 5-3 Where, why, when, what time, how come, what…for
; 5-4 Questions with who, who(m), and what
; 5-5 Using what + a form of do
; 5-6 Using which and what kind of
; 5-7 Using whose
; 5-8 Using how
; 5-9 Using how often
; 5-10 Using how far
; 5-11 Length of time: it + take and how long
; 5-12 Spoken and written contractions with question words
; 5-13 More questions with how
; 5-14 Using how about and what about
; 5-15 Tag questions; Ch. 6: NOUNS AND PRONOUNS
; 6-1 Plural forms of nouns
; 6-2 Pronunciation of final –s/-es
; 6-3 Subjects, verbs, and objects
; 6-4 Objects of prepositions
; 6-5 Prepositions of time
; 6-6 Word order: place and time
; 6-7 Subject-verb agreement
; 6-8 Using adjectives to describe nouns
; 6-9 Using nouns as adjectives
; 6-10 Personal pronouns: subjects and objects
; 6-11 Possessive nouns
; 6-12 Possessive pronouns and adjectives
; 6-13 Reflexive pronouns
; 6-14 Singular forms of other: another vs. the other
; 6-15 Plural forms of other: other(s) vs. the other(s)
; 6-16 Summary of forms of other; Ch. 7: MODAL AUXILIARIES
; 7-1 The form of modal auxiliaries
; 7-2 Expressing ability: can and could
; 7-3 Expressing possibility: may, might, and maybe; Expressing permission: may and can
; 7-4 Using could to express possibility
; 7-5 Polite questions: may I, could I, can I
; 7-6 Polite questions: would you, could you, will you, can you
; 7-7 Expressing advice: should and ought to
; 7-8 Expressing advice: had better
; 7-9 Expressing necessity: have to, have got to, must
; 7-10 Expressing lack of necessity: do not have to; Expressing prohibition: must not
; 7-11 Making logical conclusions: must
; 7-12 Tag questions with modal auxiliaries
; 7-13 Giving instructions: imperative sentences
; 7-14 Making suggestions: let’s and why don’t
; 7-15 Stating preferences: prefer, like… better, would rather; Ch. 8: CONNECTING IDEAS
; 8-1 Connecting ideas with and
; 8-2 Connecting ideas with but and or
; 8-3 Connecting ideas with so
; 8-4 Using auxiliary verbs after but
; 8-5 Using and + too, so, either, neither
; 8-6 Connecting ideas with because
; 8-7 Connecting ideas with even though/although; Ch. 9: COMPARISON
; 9-1 Making comparisons with as… as
; 9-2 Comparative and superlative
; 9-3 Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs
; 9-4 Completing a comparative
; 9-5 Modifying comparatives
; 9-6 Comparisons with less… than and not as… as
; 9-7 Using more with nouns
; 9-8 Repeating a comparative
; 9-9 Using double comparatives
; 9-10 Using superlatives
; 9-11 Using the same, similar, different, like, alike; Ch. 10: THE PASSIVE; 10-1 Active sentences and passive sentences
; 10-2 Form of the passive
; 10-3 Transitive and intransitive verbs
; 10-4 Using the by-phrase
; 10-5 Passive modal auxiliaries
; 10-6 Using past participles as adjectives (non-progressive passive)
; 10-7 Participial adjectives: -ed vs. –ing
; 10-8 Get + adjective; get + past participle
; 10-9 Using be used/accustomed to and get used/accustomed to
; 10-10 Used to vs. be used to
; 10-11 Using be supposed to; Ch. 11: COUNT/NONCOUNT NOUNS AND ARTICLES
; 11-1 A vs. an
; 11-2 Count and noncount nouns
; 11-3 Noncount nouns
; 11-4 More noncount nouns
; 11-5 using several, a lot of, many/much, and a few/a little
; 11-6 Nouns that can be count or noncount
; 11-7 Using units of measure with noncount nouns
; 11-8 Guidelines for article usage
; 11-9 Using the or Ø with names
; 11-10 Capitalization; Ch. 12: ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
; 12-1 Adjective clauses: introduction
; 12-2 Using who and that in adjective clauses to describe people
; 12-3 using object pronouns in adjective clauses to describe people
; 12-4 Using pronouns in adjective clauses to describe things
; 12-5 Singular and plural verbs in adjective clauses
; 12-6 Using prepositions in adjective clauses
; 12-7 Using whose in adjective clauses; Ch. 13: GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES
; 13-1 Verb + gerund
; 13-2 Go + -ing
; 13-3 Verb + infinitive
; 13-4 Verb + gerund or infinitive
; 13-5 Preposition + gerund
; 13-6 Using by and with to express how something is done
; 13-7 Using gerunds as subjects; using it + infinitive
; 13-8 It + infinitive: using for (someone)
; 13-9 Expressing purpose with in order to and for
; 13-10 Using infinitives with to and enough; Ch. 14: NOUN CLAUSES
; 14-1 Nouns clauses: introduction
; 14-2 Noun clauses that begin with a question word
; 14-3 Noun clauses that begin with if or whether
; 14-4 Nouns clauses that begin with that
; 14-5 Other uses of that-clauses
; 14-6 Substituting so for a that-clause in conversational responses
; 14-7 Quoted speech
; 14-8 Quoted speech vs. reported speech
; 14-9 Verb forms in reported speech
; 14-10 Common reporting verbs: tell, ask, answer/reply; Appendix: SUPPLEMENTARY GRAMMAR CHARTS; Unit A
; A-1 The present perfect vs. the past perfect
; A-2 The past progressive vs. the past perfect
; A-3 Still vs. anymore; A-4 Additional verbs followed by that-clauses
; A-5 Additional expressions with be + that-clauses
; Unit B
; B-1 Phrasal verbs
; B-2 Phrasal verbs: a reference list; Unit C
; C-1 Preposition combinations: introduction
; C-2 Preposition combinations: a reference list; Lower-intermediate to intermediate language learners
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