INTRODUCTION
PART I THE VERB BE: PRESENT AND PAST
INTRODUCING YOURSELF: The First Day of Class
UNIT 1 The Present of Be: Statements
A magazine article:
David Beckham is a soccer player.
UNIT 2 The Present of Be: Yes/No Questions
A conversation:
Am I late for class?
UNIT 3 The Past of Be
Telephone messages:
The party was great.
FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING
Capitalization Writing a postcard
REVIEW TEST
PART II NOUNS, ADJECTIVES, PREPOSITIONS, WH- QUESTIONS
UNIT 4 Count Nouns; Proper Nouns Photo captions:
This is a photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson.
UNIT 5 Descriptive Adjectives An article about cave homes:
It is an unusual place.
UNIT 6 Prepositions of Place Making an appointment and seeing a doctor:
That's between Madisonand Fifth Avenues.
UNIT 7 Wh- Questions
A college art history class:
Why is this painting unusual?
FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING
Connectors And and But
Story about a change in life
REVIEW TEST
PART III THE SIMPLE PRESENT
UNIT 8 The Simple Present: Affirmative and Negative Statements A magazine article about teens and clothes:
Yumi and her friends buy the same things.
UNIT 9 The Simple Present: Yes/No Questions and Short Answers
A roommate questionnaire:
Do you study with the TV on?
UNIT 10 The Simple Present: Wh-Questions
A radio talk show about dreams:
What does that mean?
FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING
Time Word Connectors: First, Next, After that, Then, Finally
Writing about a routine
REVIEW TEST
PART IV WHEN, WHAT + NOUN; PREPOSITIONS OF TIME; POSSESSIVES; THIS / THAT / THESE / THOSE; ONE / ONES
UNIT 11 When, What + Noun; Prepositions of Time; Ordinal Numbers
A conversation about school holidays:
When is Election Day?
UNIT 12 Possessive Nouns and Possessive Adjectives; Questions with Whose
A class discussion:
Whose composition is this?
UNIT 13 This / That / These / Those; Questions with or
A conversation about a trip:
These are my best photos.
UNIT 14 One / Ones / It
Conversations of a shopper and salespeople:
This one has pockets and that one has a hood.
FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING
Punctuation I: The Apostrophe, The Comma, The Period, The Question Mark
An invitation to a classmate
REVIEW TEST
PART V PRESENT PROGRESSIVE; IMPERATIVES; SUGGESTIONS: LET'S , WHY DON'T WE; CAN / CAN'T
UNIT 15 The Present Progressive, Affirmative and Negative Statements Events through the years:
Yukiko and Hiro Suzuki are visiting Mexico.
UNIT 16 The Present Progressive: Yes/No and Wh- Questions A conversation about a TV show:
What are you watching?
UNIT 17 The Imperative A magazine contest rules:
Don't write more than 100 words.
UNIT 18 Can/Could An internet article about an amazing bird:
He can say almost 1,000 words.
UNIT 19 Suggestions and Responses, Let's / Why don't we...
Why don't you...
A conversation among friends:
Let's spend the afternoon at the beach.
FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING
Subjects and Verbs
Writing about people
REVIEW TEST
PART VI THE SIMPLE PAST
UNIT 20 The Simple Past: Regular Verbs--Affirmative and Negative Statements A postcard from Rio:
In the afternoon we climbed Sugarloaf.
UNIT 21 The Simple Past: Irregular Verbs-Affirmative and Negative Statements A Chinese folktale:
Two days later the horse ran away.
UNIT 22 The Simple Past: Yes/No and Wh- Questions
Questions and Answers about J.R.R.Tolkien:
What did he like to do as a child?
FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING
Punctuation II: The Exclamation Point, The Hyphen, Quotation Marks
Writing a story from your childhood
REVIEW TEST
PART VII THERE IS / THERE ARE; PRONOUNS; QUESTIONS WITH HOW MANY
UNIT 23 There Is /There are? / Is There...? / Are There...?
An advertisement:
There are more than 800 stores in the mall.
UNIT 24 Subject and Object Pronouns; Direct and Indirect Objects
A conversation:
I'm teaching her Japanese and she's teaching me Portuguese.
UNIT 25 Count/Non-count Nouns; Articles
Restaurant reviews:
Some desserts were unexciting, but the apple pie was excellent.
FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING
Noun-noun constructions
Describing a street
REVIEW TEST
Part VIII REVIEW AND CONTRAST: VERBS AND PRONOUNS
UNIT 26 The Simple Present and Present Progressive; How often...?
Adverbs and Expressions of Frequency
A radio talk show psychologist:
How often do you clean your apartment?
UNIT 27 Non-Action Verbs A conversation about Bora Bora:
It looks like paradise.
UNIT 28 Gerunds and Infinitives
Careers for different personalities:
I like to learn.
UNIT 29 Review of the Simple Past
Fifteen minutes of fame:
You pushed a button and it landed on one of several squares.
FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING
Time Markers
Describing a day in the life of a friend or relative
REVIEW TEST
PART IX THE FUTURE
UNIT 30 Be Going to for the Future; Future Time Markers
Letters to the Editor:
This fitness center is going to cost a lot of money.
UNIT 31 Will for the Future
Predictions for 2050:
More people will be vegetarians.
UNIT 32 May or Might for Possibility
Weather Report:
By Thursday the weather may become milder. We might even see some sun.
FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING
Time Clauses with When
Writing about your life
REVIEW TEST
PART X NOUNS, QUANTIFIERS, AND PRONOUNS
UNIT 33 Questions with Any/Some/How much/ How many; Quantity Expressions
Health and Fitness magazine survey:
How much time do you exercise each day?
UNIT 34 Too Much / Too Many / Too + Adjective
Magazine article about the best place to live:
It gets too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter. There's too much snow.
UNIT 35 Possessives
Conversation:
Mine has a basket in the front.
FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING
A Business Letter
Writing a letter to a university
REVIEW TEST
PART XI MODALS: PERMISSION / REQUESTS; DESIRES; OFFERS; ADVICE; NECESSITY
UNIT 36 Can or May for Permission
Different Diets:
You can eat any food, but you may not eat more than a certain number of points each day.
UNIT 37 Requests, Desires, and Offers: Would You Please...?, I'd like . . . , Would you like ...?
Letter to a psychologist:
Could you water my plants and walk my dog?
UNIT 38 Advice: Should, Shouldn't, Ought to, Had Better, Had Better Not
Advice for Business Travelers:
You ought to greet and shake hands with everyone.
UNIT 39 Necessity: Have to, Don't Have to, Must, Mustn't
A college history class:
You have to hand it in by the last day of class.
FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING
Expressing and Supporting an Opinion
Responding to an e-mail
REVIEW TEST
PART XII COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORMS OF ADJECTIVES; ADVERBS
UNIT 40 Comparatives Two U.S. Cities:
Portland, Oregonis a little farther from the ocean.
UNIT 41 Adverbs of Manner Advice for Public Speaking:
In my next speech I spoke slowly and clearly.
UNIT 42 Enough; Too/Very; As . . . As; Same / Different
A Perfectionist:
That one's way too small.
UNIT 43 The Superlative Article about Penguins:
The penguin is one of the funniest birds and one of the easiest birds to recognize.
FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING
The Order of Adjectives Before Nouns
Completing a story
REVIEW TEST
APPENDICES
1 Map of the World
2 Map of the ed States and Canada
3 Numbers, Temperature, Months, Days, Seasons, Titles
4 Time
5 Parts of the Body; Medical Problems
6 Holidays in the United States and Canada
7 Base Forms and Past-Tense Forms of Common Irregular Verbs
8 Verb Tenses
9 Plural Nouns; Spelling and Pronunciation Rules
10 Possessive Nouns
11 Non-count Nouns and Names of Containers
12 The Definite Article
13 Phrasal Verbs (Two-Word Verbs)
14 Direct and Indirect Objects
15 The Present Progressive: Spelling Rules
16 The Simple Present: Spelling and Pronunciation Rules
17 The Simple Past of Regular Verbs: Spelling and Pronunciation Rules
18 Comparisons with Adjectives and Spelling Rules for Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
19 Modals
20 Pronunciation Table
