Acknowledgements
Welcome
To the Teacher
Contents

UNIT 1 THE PRESENT TENSE OF BE
1a Nouns: Singular (a book)
1b Nouns: Plural (books)
1c Subject Pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they)
1d Subject Pronoun + Present Tense of Be (I am, I’m)
1e Negative of Be (I am not, I’m not)
1f Be + Adjective (I’m happy)
1g Possessive Adjectives (my, your, his, her,, its, our, their)
1h Demonstrative Adjectives (this/that, these/those)
1i Yes/No Questions with Be (Are you a student, Is she a student?)
1j Questions with What, Where, and Who
1k Prepositions of Place (in, on, under, above, between)
Writing
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UNIT 2 BE: IT, THERE, AND THE PAST TENSE OF BE
2a It to Talk about the Weather
2b It to Tell Time
2c Questions with When, What Day, and What Time
Prepositions of Time (in, on, at, to…from)
2d Statements with There + Be (There is/are, There isn’t/aren’t)
2e Questions with There + Be (Is there/Are there…? How many …?)
2f The Conjunctions And, But and Or
2g The Past Tense of Be: Affirmative and Negative Statements (I was/wasn’t)
2h The Past Tense of Be: Questions (Were you…? Where were you…?)
Writing
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UNIT 3 THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
3a The Simple Present Tense (I work)
3b Adverbs of Frequency (always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never)
3c Adverbs of Frequency with Be
3d Spelling and Pronunciation of Final –s and –es
3e Irregular Verbs: Have, Do, and Go
3f Have and Has
3g The Simple Present Tense: Negative
3h The Simple Present Tense: Yes/No Questions
3i The Simple Present Tense: Wh– Questions
Writing
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UNIT 4 THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE
4a The Present Progressive Tense: Affirmative Statements (I’m working)
4b The Spelling of Verbs Ending in -ing
4c The Present Progressive Tense: Negative Statements
4d The Present Progressive Tense: Yes/No Questions
4e The Present Progressive Tense: Wh- Questions
4f Verbs Not Used in the Present Progressive Tense (want, need)
4g The Simple Present Tense and the Present Progressive Tense
(I work OR I’m working)
Writing
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UNIT 5 NOUNS AND PRONOUNS
5a Count and Noncount Nouns
5b A/An and Some
5c A/An or The
5d Generalizations
5e Some and Any
5f Measurement Words (a box of, a glass of, a cup of)
5g Quantifying Expressions (much, many, a lot of, some, any,
a few, a little)
5h Quantity Questions (How much… How many…)
5i Whose and Possessive Nouns (Whose CD is this? It’s John’s)
Writing
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UNIT 6 THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
6a The Simple Past Tense: Regular Verbs (I worked)
6b Past Time Expressions (yesterday, last …, … ago)
6c Spelling of Regular Past Tense Verbs (worked, carried, stopped)
6d Pronunciation of -ed: /t/, /d/, and /id/
6e The Simple Past Tense: Irregular Verbs (I saw)
6f The Simple Past Tense: Negative (I didn’t work)
6g The Simple Past Tense: Yes/No Questions (Did you work?)
6h The Simple Past Tense: Wh- Questions (Where did you work?)
6i Past Time Clauses with Before and After (before I left,
after I finished)
Writing
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UNIT 7 THE PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE
7a The Past Progressive Tense
7b While and When with Past Time Clauses
7c The Past Progressive Tense and the Simple Past Tense
Writing
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UNIT 8 THE FUTURE TENSE
8a The Future Tense: Be Going To
8b Future Time Expressions
8c The Future Tense: The Present Progressive as a Future Tense
8d The Future Tense: Will
8e May, Might, and Will
8f Future Time Clauses with Before, After, and When
8g Future Conditional Sentences
8h The Simple Present Tense with Time Clauses and If Clauses
Writing
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UNIT 9 QUANTITY AND DEGREE WORDS
9a All Of, Almost All Of, Most Of, and Some Of
9b Every
9c Very and Too
9d Too Many and Too Much
9e Too + Adjective + Infinitive;
Too + Adjective + For + Noun/Pronoun + Infinitive
9f Adjective + Enough
9g Enough + Noun
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UNIT 10 OBJECTS AND PRONOUNS
10a Object Pronouns: (me, you, him, her, it, us, and them)
10b Indirect Objects
10c Indirect Objects with For
10d Indirect Objects with Certain Verbs
10e Possessive Pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs)
10f Indefinite Pronouns (something, someone, anything, anyone,
nothing, and no one)
Writing
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UNIT 11 MODALS
11a Can
11b Questions with Can
11c Could: Past of Can
11d Be Able To
11e Should
11f Must
11g Have To
11h May I, Can I, and Could I
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UNIT 12 SPECIAL EXPRESSIONS
12a Let’s
12b Would Like
12c Could You and Would You
12d The Imperative
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UNIT 13 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
13a Adjectives and Nouns Used as Adjectives
13b Word Order of Adjectives
13c The Same (As), Similar (To), and Different (From)
13d Like and Alike
13e Comparative Form of Adjectives: -er and More
13f As…As, Not As…As, and Less Than
13g Superlative Form of Adjectives: -est and Most
13h One Of The + Superlative + Plural Noun
13i Adjectives and Adverbs
13j Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adverbs
13k As…As with Adverbs
Writing
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UNIT 14 THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
14a The Present Perfect Tense of Be: For and Since
14b The Present Perfect Tense: Regular and Irregular Verbs
14c The Present Perfect Tense: Negative Statements and Questions
14d The Present Perfect Tense: Ever and Never
Writing
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APPENDICES
Appendix 1 Grammar Terms
Appendix 2 Numbers and Calendar Information
Appendix 3 Irregular Verbs
Appendix 4 Spelling Rules for Endings
Appendix 5 Capitalization Rules
Appendix 6 Punctuation Rules
Appendix 7 Writing Basics
Appendix 8 Maps
United States
Canada
Asia
Latin America
Europe

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