Lessons 1—15

Lesson 1

LESSON FOCUS The Simple Present Tense;Frequency Words

READING: Pets

1.1 Be—Forms

1.2 Be—Uses

1.3 Questions with Be

1.4 The Simple Present Tense—Forms

1.5 Negative Statements with the Simple Present Tense

1.6 Questions with the Simple Present Tense

1.7 Wh-Questions with a Preposition

1.8 Questions about Meaning,Spelling,and Cost

READING: Letter About American Customs

1.9 Simple Present Tense—Uses

1.10 Frequency Words

1.11 Position of Frequency Words

1.12 Questions with Ever

1.13 Frequency Expressions and Questions with How Often

Summary

Editing Advice

Test/Review

Expansion Activities

LESSON FOCUS The Present Continuous Tense;The Future Tense

Lesson 2

READING: Sunday Afternoon in the Park

2.1 The Present Continuous Tense—Forms

2.2 Uses of the Present Continuous Tense

2.3 Questions with the Present Continuous Tense

2.4 Contrasting the Simple Present and the Present Continuous

2.5 Nonaction Verbs

2.6 Think,Have,and the Sense Perception Verbs

2.7 Questions with the Simple Present and the Present Continuous

READING: The Graying of America

2.8 The Future Tense with Will

2.9 The Future Tense with Be Going To

2.10 Will vs.Be Going To

2.11 The Future Tense+Time/If Clause

Summary

Editing Advice

Test/Review

Expansion Activities

Lesson 3

LESSON FOCUS The Simple Past Tense;Habitual Past with Used To

READING: Martin Luther King,Jr.

3.1 Past of Be

3.2 Simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs

3.3 Simple Past Tense of Irregular Verbs

3.4 Negatives and Questions with the Simple Past Tense

READING: Discrimination and Segregation

3.5 Habitual Past with Used To

Summary

Editing Advice

Test/Review

Expansion Activities

Lesson 4

LESSON FOCUS Subject and Object Pronouns;Possessive Forms;Reflexive Pronouns

READING: An American Wedding

4.1 Subject and Object Pronouns

4.2 Say and Tell

4.3 Possessive Forms of Nouns

4.4 Possessive Adjectives

4.5 Questions with Whose

4.6 Possessive Pronouns

4.7 Questions About the Subject

READING: His Story/Her Story

4.8 Reflexive Pronouns—Forms

4.9 Using Reflexive Pronouns

Summary

Editing Advice

Test/Review

Expansion Activities

Lesson 5

LESSON FOCUS Singular and Plural;Noncount Nouns;There+Be;Quantity Words

READING: Pilgrims,American Indians,and Thanksgiving

5.1 Noun Plurals

5.2 Using the Singular and Plural for Generalizations

5.3 Noncount Nouns

5.4 Quantities with Count and Noncount Nouns

READING: Taking the Land from the Native Americans

5.5 There+A Form of Be

5.6 Quantity Expressions—Overview

5.7 Some,Any,A,No

5.8 A Lot Of,Much,Many

5.9 A Lot Of vs.Too Much/Too Many

5.10 A Few,Several,A Little

5.11 A Few vs.Few;A Little vs.Little

Summary

Editing Advice

Test/Review

Expansion Activities

Lesson 6

LESSON FOCUS Adjectives;Noun Modifiers;Adverbs;Too and Enough

READING: Exercise,Diet,and Weight

6．1Adjectives

6．2 Noun Modifiers

6．3Adverbs of Manner

6．4 Adjective vs．Adverb

READING: Overweight Children

6．5 Too and Enough

6．6 Too and Very

Editing Advice

Summary

Test/Review

Expansion Activities

Lesson 7

LESSON FOCUS Time Words and Time Clauses;The Past Continuous Tense

7．1 When,While,Until

READING:Ellis Island

7．2 When and Whenever

7．3 For,In,During,By,Ago

7．4 The Past Continuous Tense

READING:Albert Einstein

7．5 The Past Continuous Tense一Forms

7．6 The Past Continuous Tense-Uses

7．7 Was/Were Going To

7．8 Simple Past vs． Past Continuous with While and When

7．9 Time with Present Participles

Summary

Editing Advice

Test/Review

Expansion Activities

Lesson 8

LESSON FOCUS Modals;Related Expressions

8．1 Overview of Modals and Related Expressions

READING: An Apartment Lease

8．2 Statements and Questions with Modals

8．3 Must, Have To, Have Got To, Be Supposed To

8．4 Can,Could,May,Be Able To,Be Permitted To,Be Allowed To

READING:Tenants Rights

8．5 Should;Had Better

8．6 Negatives of Modals and Related Expressions

READING:The New Neighbors

8．7 Must for Conclusions

8．8 Will and May/Might

READING：At A Garage Sale

8．9 Using Modals for Politeness

Summary

Editing Advice

Test/Review

Expansion Activities

Lesson 9

LESSON FOCUS Present Perfect Tense;Present Perfect Continuous Tense

READING:Genealogy

9．1 The Present Perfect Tense一Overview

9．2 The Present Perfect Tense一Statements and Questions

9．3 Uses of the Present Perfect一Overview

9．4 Continuation from Past to Present

9．5 The Simple Present vs．The Present Perfect

READING：Garol s Search for Her Roots

9．6 The Present Perfect Continuous

9．7 The Present Perfect with Repetition from Past to Present

9．8 The Simple Past vs． The Present Perfect with Repetition

9．9 The Present Perfect with Indefinite Past Time

9．10 Answering a Present Perfect Tense Question

Summary

Editing Advice

Test/Review

Expansion Activities

LESSON FOCUS Gerunds;Infinitives

Lesson10

10．1 Gerunds一Overview

READING：Finding a Job

10．2 Gerund as Subject

10．3 Gerund after Verb

10．4 Gerund after Preposition

10．5 Gerund in Adverbial Phrase

10．6 Infinitives一Overview

READING：Tips on Writing a Résumé

10．7 Infinitive as Subject

10．8 Infinitive after Adjective

10．9 Infinitive after Verb

10．10 Gerund or Infinitive after Verb

10．11 Object Before Infinitive

10．12 Infinitive to Show Purpose

READING：Alexander s Story

10．13 Used To versus Be Used To

Summary

Editing Advice

Test/Review

Expansion Activities

Lesson 11

LESSON FOCUS Adjective Clauses

READING：Personal Ads

11．1 Adjective Clauses一Overview

11．2 Relative Pronoun as Subject

11．3 Relative Pronoun as Object

READING：Senior Singles

11．4 Whose+Noun

Editing Advice

Summary

Test/Review

Expansion Activities

Lesson 12

LESSON FOCUS Superlatives；Comparatives；Equality； Similarity

READING：Michael Jordan

12．1 Comparative and Superlative Forms

12．2 Superlatives

12．3 Superlatives and Word Order

READING：Americans Attitude Toward Soccer

12．4 Comparisons

12．5 Comparatives and Word Order

12．6 As...As

12．7 As Many/Much As

12．8 The Same...As

12．9 Equality with Nouns or Adjectives

READING：Dennis Rodman and Michael Jordan

12．10 Similarity with Like and Alike

12．11 Be Like

12．12 Same or Different

Summary

Editing Advice

Test/Review

Expansion Activities

Lesson 13

LESSON FOCUS Passive Voice

READING：Jury Duty

13．1 The Passive Voice一Overview

13．2 The Passive Voice一Forms and Tenses

13．3 Using the Passive Voice without a Performer

13．4 Using the Passive Voice with a Performer

13．5 Using the Active Voice Only

Summary

Editing Advice

Test/Review

Expansion Activities

Lesson 14

LESSON FOCUS Articles；Other/Another；Indefinite Pronouns

READING：Automatic Teller Machines

14．1 The Indefinite Article一Classifying or Identifying the Subject

14．2 The Indefinite Article一Introducing a Noun

14．3 The Definite Article

14．4 Making Generalizations

14．5 General or Specific with Quantity Words

READING：Changing the American Dollar

14．6 Another and Other

READING：Kids and Money

14．7 Indefinite Pronouns:One，Some，Any

Summary

Editing Advice

Test/Review

Expansion Activities

LESSON FOCUS Review of Verb Tenses；Sentence Structure and Word Order

Lesson 15

READING：Letter of Complaint

15．1 The Present Tenses

15．2 The Future

15．3 The Past Tenses

15．4 The Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous

15．5 Be

15．6 Infinitives

15．7 Modals

15．8 Review of Question Formation

15．9 Sentence Structure and Word Order

Expansion Activities

Appendices A—N

A．Spelling and Pronunciation of Verbs

B．Spelling of Short Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs

C．Spelling Rules for Adverbs Ending in-ly

D．Metric Conversion Chart

E．The Verb Get

F．Make and Do

G．Nouns That Can Be Both Count and Noncount

H．Verbs and Adjectives Followed by a Preposition

I．Direct and Indirect Objects

J．Capitalization Rules

K．Glossary of Grammatical Terms

L．Special Uses of Articles

M．Alphabetical List of Irregular Verb Forms

N．My Wrod Bank

Answer key

Answer Key

Map of the United States of America

Map of The United States of America

Map of North America

Map of North America

Index

Index