Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments Using Be and Have
Noun + Is + Noun: Singular
Noun + Are + Noun: Plural
Pronoun + Be + Noun
Contractions With Be
Negative With Be
Be + Adjective
Be + A Location
Summary: Sentence Patterns With Be
Yes/No Questions With Be
Questions With Be: Using Where
Using Have and Has
Using My, Your, His, Her, Our, Their
Using This and That
Using These and Those
Asking Questions With What and Who + Be
Expressing Present Time (PART 1)
Form and Basic Meaning of the Simple Present Tense
Using Frequency Adverbs: Always, Usually, Often, Sometimes, Seldom, Rarely, Never
Using Frequency Adverbs With Be
Pronunciation of Final -S:/Z/ and /S/
Spelling and Pronunciation of Final -ES
Adding Final -S/-ES to Words That End In -Y
Irregular Singular Verbs: Has, Does, Goes
Summary: Spelling and Pronunciation of -S
and -ES
The Simple Present: Negative
The Simple Present: Yes/No Questions
The Simple Present: Asking Information Questions With Where
The Simple Present: Asking Information Questions With When and What Time
Summary: Information Questions With Be and
Do
Using It to Talk About Time
Prepositions of Time
Using It to Talk About the Weather
Expressing Present Time (PART 2)
Be + -Ing: The Present Progressive Tense
Spelling of -Ing
The Present Progressive: Questions
The Simple Present vs. The Present Progressive
Nonaction Verbs not Used in the Present Progressive
See, Look at, Watch, Hear, and Listen To
Need and Want + A Noun or An Infinitive
Would Like
Would Like vs. Like
Think About and Think That
There + Be
There + Be: Yes/No Questions
There + Be: Asking Questions with How Many
Prepositions of Location Nouns and Pronouns
Nouns: Subjects and Objects
Adjective + Noun
Subject Pronouns and Object Pronouns
Nouns: Singular and Plural
Nouns: Irregular Plural Forms
Nouns: Count and Noncount
Using An vs. A
Using A/An vs. Some
Measurements with Noncount Nouns
Using The
Using &oSlash; (No Article) To Make Generalizations
Using Some and Any
Indefinite Pronouns: Something, Someone, Anything, Anyone
Indefinite Pronouns: Nothing and No One Expressing Past Time
Using Be: Past Time
Past of Be: Negative
Past of Be: Questions
The Simple Past Tense: Using -ED
Past Time Words: Yesterday, Last, and Ago
Pronunciation of -ED: /t/, /d/
Spelling of -Ed Verbs
Spelling of -Ed and -Ing: Two-Syllable Verbs
The Simple Past: Irregular Verbs
The Simple Past: Negative
The Simple Past: Yes/No Questions
More Irregular Verbs
The Simple Past: Using Where, When, What time, and Why
Questions With What
Questions With Who
Asking About the Meaning of a Word
More Irregular Verbs
Before and After in Time Clauses
When in Time Clauses
Appendix 1 The English Alphabet A1
Appendix 2 Numbers A2
Appendix 3 Days of the Week and Months of the A3 Year
Appendix 4 Ways of Saying the Time A4
Appendix 5 Irregular Verbs A5
Index