ContentsAbout the Book

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The Present (1)~ The Present of Se: StatementsjgJ (Iam tall. I am not a good dancer.)

IU The Present of Se: Questions~ (Are you OK? Yes, I am.)

IUI The Present Progressive: Statements~ (She is talking. She is not sleeping.)

IUI The Present Progressive: QuestionsIICJI (Are you sleeping? No, I'm not.)

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The Present (2)

IUI The Simple Present: Statements~ (She usuallydrinks tea.)

d The Simple Present: Questions!I.!JI (Do you laugh a lot? Yes, we do.)

Non-Action Verbs(I see the moon.)

Present Progressive and Simple Present(They're watching Tv. / They watch TV every day.)

ruJ The Imperative~ (Open the door! Don't touch the plate!)

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SelfTest II

The Past

II1tlJThe Past of SeILl!J (Were you there yesterday? Yes, I was.)

fWI The Simple Past of Regular Verbs: Statements8.IJ (He painted a picture yesterday.)

[WI The Simple Past of Irregular Verbs: Statement,I..fi (We saw the movie last night.)

!WI The Simple Past: QuestionsI£J (Did they come alone? Yes, they did.)

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The Future

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The Future with Be going to(They are going to change soon.)

The Future with Will(He willleave at 5:00. He won't stay.)

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Word OrderWord Order: Statements(They read the book to their children.)

Word Order: Wh- Questions(Who did you ask? / Who asked you?)

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Nouns, Articles, and QuantifiersNouns: Common/Proper, Singular/Plural(Harrodssells pianos from Japan.)

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!WI Nouns: Count/Non-CountIE (Cream? Sugar? One teaspoon? Two teaspoons?)

~ Articles: AIAn and The~:i!j (It's not a closet. It's the kitchen!)

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No article (0) or The(I love music. The music here is greatly

Quantifiers: Some and Any(Didyou buy any clothes?)

Quantifiers: Many, Much, A few, A little, A lot of(He has a lot of things, but not much space.)

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There is, There are(There's a fly in my soup!)

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PART VII: Pronouns and PossessivesPronouns:Subject and Object(He gave her a gift. She thanked him.)

Possessives(Is this Amber's book? It isn't mine.)

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This, That, These, Those(This isn't my bag. That's my bag.)

One, Ones(The white ones or the black ones?)

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PART VIII: Adjectives and Adverbs

!WI Adjectives~ (The dog is nice. It's a nice dog.)

Comparisons: As...as(Ryoko is as short as Anne.)

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Comparative Adjectives(He's older than me.)

Superlative Adjectives(It's the longest noodle in the world.)

!WI Adjectives with Very, Too, and Enough~ (Is it big enough? It's too small.)

Iw:iI Adjectives and Adverbs~ (The music is nice. They skate nicely.)

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Modals (1)

ImJ Ability: Can, Could~ (He can run, but he can't fly.)

~ Suggestions: Why don't, Let's, How about~ (Let's go to the cafeteria.)

Requests: Will, Would, Can, Could(Could you open the door for me?)

Permission: May, Can, Could(Can we swim here? No, you can't!)

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Modals (2)

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Desires: Would like, Would rather(Would you like fruit? I'd rather have cake.)

Possibility: May, Might, Could(The wind could be dangerous.)

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1m Necessity: Have to, Must, Don't have to, Must not~ (You have to wear a tie.)

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m Gerunds and InfinitivesCH (She enjoys exercising. / She wants to exercise.)190

Infinitives of Purpose(I use it to send e-mail.)

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SelfTest XI 198

PARTXII: Prepositions, Two-Word Verbs, ConnectorsPrepositions of lime 200(We'll arrive on Monday at 8:00 A.M.)~

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204Prepositions of Place(It's in the livingroom, on the table.)

Prepositions of Movement(Go across the bridge. Walk along the river.)

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212Two-Word Verbs: Inseparable(Let's dress up and eat out.)

Two-Word Verbs: Separable(Turn off the alarm clock. / Turn it off.)

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Sentence Connectors: and, but, or, so, because(He buys the paper because he likes the cartoons.)

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SelfTest XII 224

APPENDIX 1 Irregular Verbs 229

APPENDIX 2 Common Non-Action Verbs 230

APPENDIX 3 Common Verbs Followed by the Gerund 230

(Base Form of Verb + -ing)

Common Verbs Followed by the Infinitive 230(To + Base Form of Verb)

APPENDIX 5 Common Verbs Followed by the Gerund or the Infinitive 230

APPENDIX 6 Some Verbs that Can Have Two Objects 231

APPENDIX 7 Some Common Two-Word Verbs 231

APPENDIX 8 Some Common Nouns with Irregular Plural Forms 232

APPENDIX 9 Some Common Non-Count Nouns 233

APPENDIX 10 Proper Nouns 234

APPENDIX 11 Irregular Comparisons of Adjectives and Quantifiers 234

APPENDIX 12 Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers 235

APPENDIX 13 Some Common Measure Words 235

APPENDIX 14 Some Common Abbreviations

APPENDIX 15 Some Common Prepositions

APPENDIX 16 Contractions with Verb Forms

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APPENDIX 18

APPENDIX 19

APPENDIX 20

APPENDIX 21

APPENDIX 22

APPENDIX 23

APPENDIX 24

APPENDIX 25

APPENDIX 26

APPENDIX 27

Glossary

Index

Spelling Rules for Base Form of Verb + -ing(Present Progressive and Gerund)

Spelling Rules for the Simple Present:Third-Person Singular (he, she, it)

Spelling Rules for the Simple Past of Regular Verbs

Spelling Rules for Regular Plural Nouns

Spelling Rules for the Comparative (-er) andSuperlative (-est) of Adjectives

Spelling Rules for Adverbs Ending in -ly

Some Capitalization and Punctuation Rules

Pronunciation Table

Pronunciation Rules for the Simple Present:Third-Person Singular (he, she, it)

Pronunciation Rules for the Simple Past of Regular Verbs

Pronunciation Rules for Regular Plural Nouns

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