Fundamentals of English Grammar Student Book with MyLab English, 5e
5th Edition
Published on 9. September 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-13-499882-4 (ISBN)
Description
Using a time-tested approach that has helped millions of students around the world, Fundamentals of English Grammar blends direct grammar instruction with carefully sequenced practice to developspeaking, writing, listening, and reading skills.
The fifth edition has been extensively revised to keep pace with advances in theory and practice, particularly from cognitive science. Now more than ever, teachers will find an extensive range of presentations, activities, and tasks to meet the specific needs of their classes.
New to This Edition
• A pretest at the start of each chapter allows learners to assess what they already know and
orient themselves to the chapter material.
• Practice, spaced out over time, helps students learn better. Numerous exercises have been
added to provide more incremental practice.
• New charts and exercises show patterns to help learners make sense of the information.
• Meaning-based practice is introduced at the sentence level. Students do not have to wait for
longer passages to work with meaning.
• Frequent oral exercises encourage students to speak more naturally and fluidly.
• Step-by-step writing activities promote written fluency. All end-of-chapter tasks include
writing tips and editing checklists.
• A wide range of contextualized exercises, frequently including life skills vocabulary,
encourages authentic language use.
• Updated grammar charts based on corpus research reflect current usage and highlight the
differences between written and spoken English in formal and informal contexts.
• The BlackBookBlog focuses on student success, cultural differences, and life-skills strategies.
• End-of-the-chapter Learning Checks help students assess their learning.
• A Pearson Practice English app with end-of-chapter learning checks, Student
Book audio, and guided PowerPoint videos.
• Revised MyEnglishLab for a fully blended program.
More details
Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Upper Saddle River
United States
Target group
ELT/ESL
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 199 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
748 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-499882-4 (9780134998824)
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Content
Chapter 1 PRESENT TIME1-1 Simple Present and Present Progressive1-2 Forms of the Simple Present and the Present Progressive1-3 Singular/Plural1-4 Spelling of Simple Present Verbs: Final -s/-es 1-5 Frequency Adverbs1-6 Verbs Not Usually Used in the Progressive 1-7 Present Verbs: Short Answers to Yes/No QuestionsChapter 2 PAST TIME2-1 The Simple Past: Regular Verbs2-2 Expressing Past Time: The Simple Past, Irregular Verbs2-3 Common Irregular Verbs: A Reference List2-4 Recognizing Verb Endings and Questions with Did2-5 Spelling of -ing and -ed Forms2-6 The Past Progressive2-7 Simple Past vs. Past Progressive2-8 Expressing Past Time: Using Time Clauses2-9 Expressing Past Habit: Used ToChapter 3 FUTURE TIME3-1 Expressing Future Time: Be Going To and Will3-2 Forms with Be Going To3-3 Forms with Will3-4 Be Going To and Will in Spoken English 3-5 Be Going To vs. Will3-6 Certainty About the Future3-7 Expressing the Future in Time Clauses and If-Clauses 3-8 Using the Present Progressive to Express Future Time 3-9 Using the Simple Present to Express Future Time3-10 Immediate Future: Using Be About To3-11 Parallel VerbsChapter 4 PRESENT PERFECT AND PAST PERFECT4-1 Past Participle4-2 Introduction to the Present Perfect: Unspecified Time with Ever and Never4-3 The Present Perfect with Unspecified Time: Already, Yet, Just, Recently4-4 Present Perfect with Since and For4-5 Simple Past vs. Present Perfect 4-6 Present Perfect Progressive 4-7 Present Perfect Progressive vs. Present Perfect4-8 Past PerfectChapter 5 ASKING QUESTIONS5-1 Yes/No Questions and Short Answers5-2 Where, Why, When, What Time, How Come, What … For5-3 Questions With Who, Whom, and What5-4 Using What + a Form of Do5-5 Which vs. What and What Kind Of 5-6 Using How5-7 Using How Often / How Many Times5-8 Talking About Distance5-9 Length of Time: It + Take and How Long; How Many5-10 Spoken and Written Contractions with Question Words5-11 More Questions with How5-12 Using How About and What About5-13 Tag QuestionsChapter 6 NOUNS AND PRONOUNS6-1 Plural Forms of Nouns6-2 Pronunciation of Final -s/-es6-3 Subjects, Verbs, and Objects 6-4 Objects of Prepositions6-5 Prepositions of Time6-6 Word Order: Place and Time6-7 Subject-Verb Agreement6-8 Using Adjectives to Describe Nouns6-9 Using Nouns as Adjectives6-10 Personal Pronouns: Subjects and Objects6-11 Possessive Nouns6-12 Using Whose6-13 Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives6-14 Reflexive Pronouns6-15 Singular Forms of Other: Another vs. The Other6-16 Plural Forms of Other: Other(s) vs. The Other(s)6-17 Summary: Forms of OtherChapter 7 MODAL AUXILIARIES, THE IMPERATIVE, MAKING SUGGESTIONS,STATING PREFERENCES 7-1 Introduction to Modal Auxiliaries7-2 Expressing Ability: Can, Could, Be Able To7-3 Expressing Possibility: May, Might, and Maybe; ExpressingPermission: May and Can7-4 Using Could to Express Possibility7-5 Polite Requests with I: May, Could, Can7-6 Polite Requests with You: Would, Could, Will, Can7-7 Expressing Advice: Should and Ought To7-8 Expressing Advice: Had Better7-9 Expressing Necessity: Have To, Have Got To, Must7-10 Expressing Lack Of Necessity: Do Not Have To; Expressing Prohibition:Must Not7-11 Making Logical Conclusions: Must7-12 Tag Questions with Modal Auxiliaries7-13 Imperative Sentences: Giving Instructions7-14 Making Suggestions: Let’s and Why Don’t7-15 Stating Preferences: Prefer, Like … Better, Would Rather7-16 Summary: Modal Auxiliaries Taught in Chapter 7Chapter 8 CONNECTING IDEAS: PUNCTUATION AND MEANING8-1 Connecting Ideas with And8-2 Connecting Ideas with But and Or8-3 Connecting Ideas with So8-4 Using Auxiliary Verbs After But8-5 Using And + Too, So, Either, Neither8-6 Connecting Ideas with Because8-7 Connecting Ideas with Even Though/AlthoughChapter 9 COMPARISONS9-1 Introduction to Comparative Forms of Adjectives 9-2 Introduction to Superlative Forms of Adjectives 9-3 Completing Comparatives and Superlatives9-4 Making Comparisons with Adverbs9-5 Repeating a Comparative; Using Double Comparatives 49-6 Modifying Comparatives with Adjectives and Adverbs 9-7 Negative Comparisons9-8 Using As … As to Make Comparisons 9-9 Using Less … Than and Not As … As9-10 Using More with Nouns9-11 Using The Same, Similar, Different, Like, AlikeChapter 10 THE PASSIVE10-1 Active and Passive Sentences10-2 Forming the Passive10-3 Progressive Forms of the Passive10-4 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs 10-5 Using the by-Phrase10-6 Passive Modal Auxiliaries 10-7 Past Participles as Adjectives (Stative or Non-Progressive Passive)10-8 Participial Adjectives: -ed vs. -ing10-9 Get + Adjective; Get + Past Participle10-10 Using Be Used/Accustomed To and Get Used/Accustomed To10-11 Used To vs. Be Used To 10-12 Using Be Supposed ToChapter 11 COUNT/NONCOUNT NOUNS AND ARTICLES11-1 A vs. An11-2 Count and Noncount Nouns11-3 Noncount Nouns 11-4 More Noncount Nouns11-5 Using A Lot Of, Some, Several, Many/Much, and A Few/A Little11-6 Nouns That Can Be Count or Noncount11-7 Using Units of Measure with Noncount Nouns11-8 Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns: A/An, The, Ø11-9 More About Articles11-10 Using The or Ø with People and Places11-11 Capitalization Chapter 12 ADJECTIVE CLAUSES12-1 Adjective Clauses: Introduction12-2 Using Who and That in Adjective Clauses to Describe People12-3 Using Object Pronouns in Adjective Clauses to Describe People12-4 Using Pronouns in Adjective Clauses to Describe Things12-5 Singular and Plural Verbs in Adjective Clauses12-6 Using Prepositions in Adjective Clauses12-7 Using Whose in Adjective ClausesChapter 13 GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES13-1 Verb + Gerund13-2 Go + -ing13-3 Verb + Infinitive13-4 Verb + Gerund or Infinitive13-5 Preposition + Gerund13-6 Using By and With to Express How Something Is Done13-7 Using Gerunds as Subjects; Using It + Infinitive13-8 It + Infinitive: Using For (Someone)13-9 Expressing Purpose with In Order To and For13-10 Using Infinitives with Too and EnoughChapter 14 NOUN CLAUSES14-1 Noun Clauses: Introduction 14-2 Noun Clauses That Begin with a Question Word14-3 Noun Clauses That Begin with If or Whether14-4 Noun Clauses That Begin with That14-5 Other Uses of That-Clauses14-6 Substituting So for a That-Clause in Conversational Responses14-7 Quoted Speech14-8 Quoted Speech vs. Reported Speech14-9 Verb Forms in Reported Speech14-10 Common Reporting Verbs: Tell, Ask, Answer/ReplyAppendix SUPPLEMENTARY GRAMMAR CHARTSUnit A: A-1 The Principal Parts of a VerbA-2 Common Irregular Verbs: A Reference ListA-3 The Present Perfect vs. The Past Perfect A-4 The Past Progressive vs. The Past Perfect A-5 Regular Verbs: Pronunciation of -ed EndingsA-6 Pronunciation of Final -s/-es for Verbs and NounsA-7 Review: Subject and Object Pronouns, Possessive Pronouns andPossessive Adjectives A-8 Comparison of Yes/No and Information Question Forms Unit B: B-1 Phrasal VerbsB-2 Phrasal Verbs: A Reference ListUnit C: C-1 Preposition Combinations: IntroductionC-2 Preposition Combinations: A Reference ListListening ScriptTrivia AnswersIndexCredits