Part One(第一部分)Using Words Correctly(正确用词) 1
Ⅰ.VERBS(动词) 1
1.Tenses of Verbs(动词时态) 1
The Simple Present Tense(一般现在时) 2
The Present Continuous Tense(现在进行时) 2
The Present Perfect Tense(现在完成时) 2
The Simple Past Tense(一般过去时) 4
The Past Continuous Tense(过去进行时) 4
The Past Perfect Tense(过去完成时) 4
The Simple Future Tense(一般将来时) 7
The Future in the Past(过去将来时) 7
2.Voices of Verbs(动词语态) 12
3.The Modal Verb(情态动词) 17
4.Non-finite Verbs(非谓语动词) 21
The Infinitive(动词不定式) 21
The Participle(分词) 27
The Gerund(动名词) 30
Ⅱ.PREPOSITIONS(介词) 34
1.Some Common Prepositions(常用介词) 34
2.The Same Preposition with Different Meanings(同一介词的不同意义) 37
Ⅲ.NOUNS AND PRONOUNS(名词和代词) 46
1.Countable Nouns(可数名词) 46
2.Uncountable Nouns(不可数名词) 47
3.Indefinite Pronouns(不定代词) 50
Ⅳ.ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS(形容词和副词) 56
1.The Difference Between Adjectives and Adverbs(形容词和副词的区别) 56
2.Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs(形容词和副词的比较) 57
Ⅴ.NUMERALS(数词) 64
1.The Different Uses of Cardinal and Ordinal Numerals(基数词和序数词的不同用法) 64
2.Dates and Time(日期、钟点的表达法) 64
Ⅵ.WORDS OFTEN CONFUSED(一些词的辨义) 68
Ⅶ.THE SAME WORD WITH DIFFERENT MEANINGS(一词多义) 70
Ⅷ.WORD BUILDING(词的构成) 75
Part Two(第二部分)Making Sentences Correctly(正确造句) 77
Ⅰ.THE SIMPLE SENTENCE(简单句) 77
1.Kinds of Sentence(句子种类) 77
2.Declarative Sentences(陈述句) 78
3.Interrogative Sentences(疑问句) 80
YES-NO questions(一般疑问句) 80
WH-questions(特殊疑问句) 81
OR-questions(选择疑问句) 84
TAG questions(反意疑问句) 87
4.Imperative Sentences(祈使句) 90
5.Exclamatory Sentences(感叹句) 92
6.Members of the Sentence(句子成分) 94
The Subject(主语) 94
The Predicate(谓语) 95
The Object(宾语) 98
The Object Complement(宾语补足语) 99
The Attribute(定语) 101
Position of the Attribute(定语的位置) 102
Possessive Pronouns as Attribute and Predicative(物主代词用作定语和表语) 103
The Adverbial(状语) 104
Position of Adverbials(状语的位置) 106
Ⅱ.THE COMPOUND SENTENCE(并列复合句) 108
Ⅲ.THE COMPLEX SENTENCE(主从复合句) 110
1.The Adverbial Clause(状语从句) 110
“while”，“when”，“as”Denoting Time(表达时间的连接词while，when，as) 115
“since”Denoting Time and Cause(表达时间、原因的连接词since) 116
“because”，“as”，“since”Denoting Cause(表达原因的连接词because，as，since) 118
“as”Denoting Time，Manner，Cause，etc.(表达时间、方式、原因等的连接词as) 119
“so that”and“so……that……”Denoting“Result and Purpose(表达结果和目的的连接词so that和so……that……) 120
2.The Object Clause(宾语从句) 127
“when”，“if”Used in Object Clause and Adverbial Clause(用在宾语从句和状语从句中的when和 if) 133
3.The Attributive Clause(定语从句) 134
4.The Predicative Clause(表语从句) 140
5.The Subject Clause(主语从句) 142
“that”Used in Different Clauses(用在不同从句中的“that”) 144
Part Three(第三部分)Reading Materials(阅读材料) 147
1.Why the Bear s Tail Is So Short 147
2.A Traveller s Tale 149
3.Catching the Thief 151
4.A Letter 155
5.George Stephenson 157
6.A Sky Jumping 161
AppendixⅠ(附录一)Key to Exercises(答案) 164
AppendixⅡ(附录二)Chinese Translation of the Reading Materials(阅读材料译文) 241