Grammar in context: 3

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lesson 1

Grammar : The present perfect ; the present perfect continuous

Context : Jobs

Reading : Cover letter and job résumé

1.1. The present perfect tense forms

1.2. The past participle

1.3. The present perfect contradictions

1.4. The present perfect- question formation

1.5. Uses of the present perfect tense an overview

1.6. The present perfect with continuation from past to present

1.7. Negative statements with since, for, and in

1.8. The present perfect vs. the simple present

Reading : Where have all the jobs gone?

1.9. The present perfect continuous

1.10. The present perfect tense vs. the simple past tense

1.11. The present perfect with repetition from past to present

1.12. The present perfect tense vs. the simple past tense with repetition

Reading : The Occupational Outlook Handbook

1.13. The present perfect tense with indefinite past time an overview

1.14. Questions with ever

1.15. Yet, already

1.16. Questions with lately and recently

1.17. The present perfect continuous tense with ongoing activities

1.18. The present perfect tense with no time mentioned

1.19. The present perfect tense vs. the present perfect continuous tense with no time mentioned.

Lesson 2

Grammar : The passive voice ; participles used as adjectives ; get + participles and adjectives

Context : Hollywood

2.1. The passive voice an overview

Reading : The Oscars

2.2. The passive voice form

2.3. Passive voice and active voice uses

2.4. The passive voice without an agent

2.5. The passive voice with an agent

2.6. Verbs with two objects

Reading : The history of animation

2.7. Transitive and intransitive verbs

2.8. The passive voice with get

2.9. Participles used as adjectives

Reading : Charlie Chaplin

2.10. Participles used as adjectives to show feelings

2.11. Other past participles used as adjectives

Reading : Being famous

2.12. Past participles and other adjectives with get.

Lesson 3

Grammar : The past continuous ; the past perfect ; the past perfect continuous ; comparison of past tenses

Context : Disasters and tragedies

3.1. Overview of past tenses

Reading : The Columbia tragedy

3.2. The past continuous tense forms

3.3. The past continuous tense uses

3.4. The past continuous or the simple past

Reading : The Titanic

3.5. The past perfect tense forms

3.6. The past perfect tense use

3.7. When with the simple past or the past perfect

Reading : Wildfires in southern California

3.8. The past perfect continuous tense forms

3.9. The past perfect continuous tense uses

3.10. The past perfect (continuous) tense for the present perfect (continuous) tense

Reading : Hurricane Katrina

3.11. Comparison of past tenses.

Lesson 4

Grammar : Modals present and future ; related expressions

Context : Consumer warnings

4.1. Overview of modals and related expressions

Reading : Sweepstakes or scam?

4.2. Possibilities may, might, could

4.3. Necessity and urgency with must, have to, have got to

4.4. Obligation with must or be supposed to

4.5. Advice with should, ought to, and had better

Reading : Telemarketing

4.6. Permission and prohibition

Reading : Identity theft

4.7. Comparing negative modals

4.8. Making suggestions

Reading : Infomercials

4.9. Expectations with be supposed to

Reading : My elderly neighbor

4.10. Logical conclusions

4.11. Possibility vs. probability in the present

4.12. Modals with continuous verbs

lesson 5

Grammar : Modals in the past

Context : American presidents

Reading : Slavery, Lincoln, and the Civil War

5.1. Modals in the past

5.2. Past possibility and probability

Reading : The Cuban missile crisis

5.3. Past direction not taken

Reading Election 2000 : Bush vs. Gore

5.4. Past mistakes

5.5. Be supposed to in the past

Reading : The media and presidential elections

5.6. Must have vs. had to

5.7. Could + base form vs. could have + past participle

5.8. More on couldn't have

5.9. Continuous forms of past modals.

Lesson 6

Grammar : Adjective clauses ; descriptive phrases

Context : The Internet

6.1. Adjective clauses an overview

Reading : Spam

6.2. Relative pronoun as subject

6.3. Relative pronoun as object

6.4. Comparing pronoun as subject and object

6.5. Relative pronoun as object of preposition

Reading : eBay

6.6. Where and when in adjective clauses

6.7. Where, when, that, or which in adjective clauses

Reading : Freecycle

6.8. Whose + noun in an adjective clause

6.9. Adjective clauses after indefinite pronouns

Reading : Creating the World Wide Web

6.10. Nonessential adjective clauses

6.11. Essential vs. nonessential adjective clauses

6.12. Descriptive phrases.

Lesson 7

Grammar : Infinites ; gerunds

Context : Helping others

7.1. Infinitives an overview

Reading : Andrew Carnegie, philanthropist

7.2. Verbs followed by an infinitive

7.3. Object before infinitive

Reading : Charity and volunteering

7.4. Causative verbs

7.5. Adjective plus infinitive

Reading : One step at a time

7.6. Using the infinitive to show purpose

7.7. Infinitive as subject

7.8. Infinitive with too and enough

7.9. Gerunds an overview

Reading : Helping others get an education

7.10. Gerund as subject

7.11. Gerund after prepositions and nouns

7.12. Using the correct preposition

7.13. Verbs followed by gerunds

7.14. Verbs followed by gerund or infinitive

7.15. Infinitive and gerund as subject

7.16. Gerund or infinitive after a verb : differences in meaning

Reading : Mimi's bike ride

7.17. Used to/be used to/get used to

Reading : Global volunteers

7.18. Sense-perception verbs.

Lesson 8

Grammar : Adverbial clauses and phrases ; sentence connectors ; so /such ... that

Context : Coming to America

8.1. Adverbial clauses an overview

Reading : A nation of immigrants

8.2. Reason and purpose

Reading : The lost boys of Sudan

8.3. Time expressions

8.4. Using the -ing form after time words

Reading : Slavery an American paradox

8.5. Contrast

Reading : The changing face of America

8.6. Condition

Reading : Adopting a baby from abroad

8.7. Sentence connectors

8.8. So ... that/such ... that

lesson 9

Grammar : Noun clauses

Context : Caring for children

9.1. Noun clauses an overview

Reading : Bringing up baby

9.2. Noun clauses after verbs and adjectives

Reading : Pediatricians' recommendations

9.3. Noun clauses after expressions of importance

Reading : Day care

9.4. Noun clauses as included questions

9.5. Question words followed by an infinitive

Reading : Dr. Benjamin Spock

9.6. Noun clauses as exact quotes of notable words

Reading : A folk tale

9.7. Exact quotes in telling a story

9.8. Noun clauses as reported speech

9.9. The rule of sequence of tenses

9.10. Say vs. tell

9.11. Exceptions to the rule of sequence of tenses

9.12. Reporting an imperative

Reading : Being an au pair

9.13. Noun clauses as reported questions

9.14. Noun clauses after other past tense verbs.

Lesson 10

Grammar : Unreal conditions present ; real conditions vs. unreal conditions ; unreal conditions -past ; wishes

Context : Science or science fiction?

Reading : Time travel

10.1. Unreal conditions present

10.2. Implied conditions

Reading : Traveling to Mars

10.3. Real conditions vs. unreal conditions

Reading : Life 100 years ago

10.4. Unreal conditions past

Reading : Science or wishful thinking?

10.5. Wishes

10.6. Wishing for a desired change

Appendices

A. Noncount nouns

B. Uses of articles

C. The verb get

D. Gerund and infinitive patterns

E. Verbs and adjectives followed by a preposition

F. Direct and indirect objects

G. Spelling and pronunciation of verbs

H. Capitalization rules

I. Plural forms of nouns

J. Metric conversion chart

K. Comparative and superlative forms

L. Glossary of grammatical terms

M. Alphabetical list of irregular verb forms

N. Map of the United States of America

Index.