Lessons 1—15 1
Lesson 1 1
LESSON FOCUS The Simple Present Tense;Frequency Words 1
READING: Pets 2
1.1 Be—Forms 3
1.2 Be—Uses 5
1.3 Questions with Be 6
1.4 The Simple Present Tense—Forms 9
1.5 Negative Statements with the Simple Present Tense 10
1.6 Questions with the Simple Present Tense 12
1.7 Wh-Questions with a Preposition 13
1.8 Questions about Meaning,Spelling,and Cost 15
READING: Letter About American Customs 17
1.9 Simple Present Tense—Uses 18
1.10 Frequency Words 19
1.11 Position of Frequency Words 21
1.12 Questions with Ever 23
1.13 Frequency Expressions and Questions with How Often 24
Summary 25
Editing Advice 26
Test/Review 28
Expansion Activities 32
LESSON FOCUS The Present Continuous Tense;The Future Tense 37
Lesson 2 37
READING: Sunday Afternoon in the Park 38
2.1 The Present Continuous Tense—Forms 39
2.2 Uses of the Present Continuous Tense 41
2.3 Questions with the Present Continuous Tense 42
2.4 Contrasting the Simple Present and the Present Continuous 45
2.5 Nonaction Verbs 47
2.6 Think,Have,and the Sense Perception Verbs 48
2.7 Questions with the Simple Present and the Present Continuous 50
READING: The Graying of America 53
2.8 The Future Tense with Will 54
2.9 The Future Tense with Be Going To 57
2.10 Will vs.Be Going To 59
2.11 The Future Tense+Time/If Clause 62
Summary 66
Editing Advice 67
Test/Review 68
Expansion Activities 72
Lesson 3 75
LESSON FOCUS The Simple Past Tense;Habitual Past with Used To 75
READING: Martin Luther King,Jr. 76
3.1 Past of Be 77
3.2 Simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs 79
3.3 Simple Past Tense of Irregular Verbs 80
3.4 Negatives and Questions with the Simple Past Tense 82
READING: Discrimination and Segregation 90
3.5 Habitual Past with Used To 90
Summary 93
Editing Advice 93
Test/Review 94
Expansion Activities 97
Lesson 4 101
LESSON FOCUS Subject and Object Pronouns;Possessive Forms;Reflexive Pronouns 101
READING: An American Wedding 102
4.1 Subject and Object Pronouns 103
4.2 Say and Tell 104
4.3 Possessive Forms of Nouns 105
4.4 Possessive Adjectives 107
4.5 Questions with Whose 108
4.6 Possessive Pronouns 109
4.7 Questions About the Subject 112
READING: His Story/Her Story 117
4.8 Reflexive Pronouns—Forms 117
4.9 Using Reflexive Pronouns 118
Summary 121
Editing Advice 122
Test/Review 124
Expansion Activities 128
Lesson 5 131
LESSON FOCUS Singular and Plural;Noncount Nouns;There+Be;Quantity Words 131
READING: Pilgrims,American Indians,and Thanksgiving 132
5.1 Noun Plurals 133
5.2 Using the Singular and Plural for Generalizations 136
5.3 Noncount Nouns 137
5.4 Quantities with Count and Noncount Nouns 140
READING: Taking the Land from the Native Americans 141
5.5 There+A Form of Be 142
5.6 Quantity Expressions—Overview 144
5.7 Some,Any,A,No 145
5.8 A Lot Of,Much,Many 147
5.9 A Lot Of vs.Too Much/Too Many 148
5.10 A Few,Several,A Little 150
5.11 A Few vs.Few;A Little vs.Little 151
Summary 155
Editing Advice 156
Test/Review 157
Expansion Activities 161
Lesson 6 163
LESSON FOCUS Adjectives;Noun Modifiers;Adverbs;Too and Enough 163
READING: Exercise,Diet,and Weight 164
6．1Adjectives 165
6．2 Noun Modifiers 167
6．3Adverbs of Manner 168
6．4 Adjective vs．Adverb 170
READING: Overweight Children 172
6．5 Too and Enough 173
6．6 Too and Very 176
Editing Advice 177
Summary 177
Test/Review 179
Expansion Activities 181
Lesson 7 185
LESSON FOCUS Time Words and Time Clauses;The Past Continuous Tense 185
7．1 When,While,Until 186
READING:Ellis Island 186
7．2 When and Whenever 188
7．3 For,In,During,By,Ago 190
7．4 The Past Continuous Tense 192
READING:Albert Einstein 192
7．5 The Past Continuous Tense一Forms 193
7．6 The Past Continuous Tense-Uses 194
7．7 Was/Were Going To 199
7．8 Simple Past vs． Past Continuous with While and When 200
7．9 Time with Present Participles 201
Summary 202
Editing Advice 203
Test/Review 203
Expansion Activities 206
Lesson 8 209
LESSON FOCUS Modals;Related Expressions 209
8．1 Overview of Modals and Related Expressions 210
READING: An Apartment Lease 210
8．2 Statements and Questions with Modals 211
8．3 Must, Have To, Have Got To, Be Supposed To 212
8．4 Can,Could,May,Be Able To,Be Permitted To,Be Allowed To 216
READING:Tenants Rights 219
8．5 Should;Had Better 220
8．6 Negatives of Modals and Related Expressions 222
READING:The New Neighbors 226
8．7 Must for Conclusions 227
8．8 Will and May/Might 229
READING：At A Garage Sale 232
8．9 Using Modals for Politeness 232
Summary 236
Editing Advice 238
Test/Review 239
Expansion Activities 241
Lesson 9 245
LESSON FOCUS Present Perfect Tense;Present Perfect Continuous Tense 245
READING:Genealogy 246
9．1 The Present Perfect Tense一Overview 247
9．2 The Present Perfect Tense一Statements and Questions 250
9．3 Uses of the Present Perfect一Overview 252
9．4 Continuation from Past to Present 253
9．5 The Simple Present vs．The Present Perfect 256
READING：Garol s Search for Her Roots 258
9．6 The Present Perfect Continuous 259
9．7 The Present Perfect with Repetition from Past to Present 262
9．8 The Simple Past vs． The Present Perfect with Repetition 265
9．9 The Present Perfect with Indefinite Past Time 267
9．10 Answering a Present Perfect Tense Question 269
Summary 271
Editing Advice 272
Test/Review 274
Expansion Activities 276
LESSON FOCUS Gerunds;Infinitives 279
Lesson10 279
10．1 Gerunds一Overview 280
READING：Finding a Job 280
10．2 Gerund as Subject 281
10．3 Gerund after Verb 282
10．4 Gerund after Preposition 284
10．5 Gerund in Adverbial Phrase 287
10．6 Infinitives一Overview 289
READING：Tips on Writing a Résumé 291
10．7 Infinitive as Subject 291
10．8 Infinitive after Adjective 294
10．9 Infinitive after Verb 295
10．10 Gerund or Infinitive after Verb 296
10．11 Object Before Infinitive 298
10．12 Infinitive to Show Purpose 300
READING：Alexander s Story 302
10．13 Used To versus Be Used To 302
Summary 306
Editing Advice 307
Test/Review 308
Expansion Activities 311
Lesson 11 315
LESSON FOCUS Adjective Clauses 315
READING：Personal Ads 316
11．1 Adjective Clauses一Overview 317
11．2 Relative Pronoun as Subject 317
11．3 Relative Pronoun as Object 319
READING：Senior Singles 323
11．4 Whose+Noun 324
Editing Advice 329
Summary 329
Test/Review 330
Expansion Activities 332
Lesson 12 335
LESSON FOCUS Superlatives；Comparatives；Equality； Similarity 335
READING：Michael Jordan 336
12．1 Comparative and Superlative Forms 336
12．2 Superlatives 338
12．3 Superlatives and Word Order 343
READING：Americans Attitude Toward Soccer 344
12．4 Comparisons 345
12．5 Comparatives and Word Order 347
12．6 As...As 349
12．7 As Many/Much As 351
12．8 The Same...As 354
12．9 Equality with Nouns or Adjectives 355
READING：Dennis Rodman and Michael Jordan 356
12．10 Similarity with Like and Alike 357
12．11 Be Like 359
12．12 Same or Different 360
Summary 363
Editing Advice 364
Test/Review 365
Expansion Activities 367
Lesson 13 371
LESSON FOCUS Passive Voice 371
READING：Jury Duty 372
13．1 The Passive Voice一Overview 372
13．2 The Passive Voice一Forms and Tenses 374
13．3 Using the Passive Voice without a Performer 377
13．4 Using the Passive Voice with a Performer 379
13．5 Using the Active Voice Only 383
Summary 384
Editing Advice 385
Test/Review 386
Expansion Activities 388
Lesson 14 391
LESSON FOCUS Articles；Other/Another；Indefinite Pronouns 391
READING：Automatic Teller Machines 392
14．1 The Indefinite Article一Classifying or Identifying the Subject 393
14．2 The Indefinite Article一Introducing a Noun 394
14．3 The Definite Article 395
14．4 Making Generalizations 398
14．5 General or Specific with Quantity Words 401
READING：Changing the American Dollar 403
14．6 Another and Other 404
READING：Kids and Money 407
14．7 Indefinite Pronouns:One，Some，Any 408
Summary 411
Editing Advice 412
Test/Review 413
Expansion Activities 416
LESSON FOCUS Review of Verb Tenses；Sentence Structure and Word Order 419
Lesson 15 419
READING：Letter of Complaint 420
15．1 The Present Tenses 421
15．2 The Future 423
15．3 The Past Tenses 427
15．4 The Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous 429
15．5 Be 433
15．6 Infinitives 436
15．7 Modals 438
15．8 Review of Question Formation 440
15．9 Sentence Structure and Word Order 446
Expansion Activities 449
Appendices A—N 451
A．Spelling and Pronunciation of Verbs 451
B．Spelling of Short Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs 454
C．Spelling Rules for Adverbs Ending in-ly 454
D．Metric Conversion Chart 455
E．The Verb Get 457
F．Make and Do 460
G．Nouns That Can Be Both Count and Noncount 460
H．Verbs and Adjectives Followed by a Preposition 461
I．Direct and Indirect Objects 461
J．Capitalization Rules 463
K．Glossary of Grammatical Terms 464
L．Special Uses of Articles 468
M．Alphabetical List of Irregular Verb Forms 470
N．My Wrod Bank 472
Answer key 483
Answer Key 483
Map of the United States of America 523
Map of The United States of America 523
Map of North America 524
Map of North America 524
Index 525
Index 525