Basic English Grammar is a classic developmental skills text for beginning students of English as a second or foreign language. The Workbook consists of self-study exercises, with answers included, providing students with the opportunity to explore and practice grammar independently. It is keyed to the explanatory grammar charts in the Student Book. Volume A of the Workbook includes Chapters 1-8 plus the Appendices. New to this edition: more contextualized exercises micro-practice new readings with targeted grammar practice updated real-world vocabulary
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- Utgivningsdatum2014-03-03
- Mått100 x 100 x 100 mm
- Vikt100 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- Upplaga4
- FörlagPearson Education (US)
- ISBN9780132942263
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- Preface to the Fourth Edition NOTE: The titles listed below, for example, Singular pronouns + be, refer to section names, not practice titles. In general, one section has multiple exercises.The chart numbers refer to the grammar explanations in the Basic English Grammar Student Book. Volume A Contents Chapter 1 USING BESingular pronouns + be (Chart 1-1)Plural pronouns + be (Chart 1-2)Singular nouns: a/an (Chart 1-3)Plural nouns + be (Chart 1-4)Contractions with be (Chart 1-5)Negative with be (Chart 1-6)Be + adjective (Chart 1-7)Be + a place (Chart 1-8)Summary: Basic sentence patterns with be (Chart 1-9) Chapter 2 USING BE AND HAVEYes/no questions with be (Chart 2-1)Short answers to yes/no questions (Chart 2-2)Questions with be: using where (Chart 2-3)Have and has (Chart 2-4)Possessive adjectives: my, your, her, his, our, their (Chart 2-5)This or that (Chart 2-6)These or those (Chart 2-7)Questions with what/who + be (Chart 2-8) Review Chapter 3 USING THE SIMPLE PRESENTForm of the simple present tense (Chart 3-1)Frequency adverbs (Chart 3-2)Position of frequency adverbs (Chart 3-3)Final s/—es (Chart 3-4)Spelling of verbs ending in —y (Chart 3-5)Irregular singular verbs: has, does, goes (Chart 3-6)Want to, need to, like to (Chart 3-7)Simple present tense: negative (Chart 3-8)Yes/no questions (Chart 3-9)Questions with where and what (Chart 3-10)Questions with when and what time (Chart 3-11)Review Chapter 4 USING THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVEBe + -ing: the present progressive (Chart 4-1)Spelling of -ing (Chart 4-2)Present progressive: negatives (Chart 4-3)Present progressive: questions (Chart 4-4)Simple present vs. the present progressive (Chart 4-5)Non-action verbs not used in the present progressive (Chart 4-6)See, look at, watch, hear, and listen to (Chart 4-7)Think about and think that (Chart 4-8)Review Chapter 5 TALKING ABOUT THE PRESENTUsing it to talk about time and dates (Chart 5-1)Prepositions of time (Chart 5-2)Talking about the weather (Chart 5-3)There + be (Chart 5-4)There + be: yes/no questions (Chart 5-5)There + be: questions with how many (Chart 5-6)Prepositions of place (Chart 5-7)More prepositions of place: a list (Chart 5-8)Would like (Chart 5-9)Would like vs. like (Chart 5-10)Review Chapter 6 NOUNS AND PRONOUNSIdentifying nouns: subjects, and objects (Chart 6-1)Nouns as objects of prepositions (Chart 6-2)Adjectives with nouns (Chart 6-3)Subject and object pronouns (Chart 6-4)Singular and plural nouns (Chart 6-5)Irregular singular and plural nouns (Chart 6-6)Possessive pronouns and adjectives (Chart 6-7)Possessive nouns (Chart 6-8)Whose and who’s (Chart 6-9)Regular and irregular possessive nouns (Chart 6-10)Review Chapter 7 COUNT AND NONCOUNT NOUNSNouns: singular/plural; count/noncount (Chart 7-1)A vs. an (Chart 7-2)A/an vs. some (Chart 7-3)Units of measure with noncount nouns (Chart 7-4)Many, much, a few, a little (Chart 7-5)The: first mention vs. second mention (Chart 7-6)Using Ø (no article) to make generalizations (Chart 7-7)Some and any (Chart 7-8)Review Chapter 8 EXPRESSING PAST TIME, PART 1Be: past forms (Chart 8-1)Simple past tense of be: negative (Chart 8-2)Past of be: questions (Chart 8-3)Simple past tense: —ed (Chart 8-4)Spelling Rules: —ed verbsYesterday, last, and ago (Chart 8-5)Irregular verbs: Group 1 (Chart 8-6)Simple past tense: negative (Chart 8-7)Simple past tense: yes/no questions (Chart 8-8)Irregular verbs: Group 2 (Chart 8-9)Irregular verbs: Group 3 (Chart 8-10)Irregular verbs: Group 4 (Chart 8-11)Review Appendix 1 Irregular VerbsAppendix 2 English HandwritingAppendix 3 NumbersAppendix 4 Days/Months/SeasonsAppendix 5 Two-Syllable Verbs: Spelling of -ed and —ingIndexAnswer Key