Real Grammar

PART I VERB TENSES



UNIT 1 Did you want more coffee?

Simple Past Tense in Polite Offers



UNIT 2 He's looking at me...

Progressive Verbs vs. Simple Verbs



UNIT 3 Studies have shown...

Discovery verbs and Existence Verbs





PART II SPECIAL USES OF VERBS



UNIT 4 I didn't get a chance...

Meaning of Get



UNIT 5 Did you have fun today?

Meaning of Have + Noun Phrase



UNIT 6 It really made a difference...

Meaning to Make + Noun Phrase



UNIT 7 Let's take a look at it

Meaning of Take + Noun Phrase



UNIT 8 I felt good about it

Linking Verbs



UNIT 9 Tell me that story

Verbs with Two Objects



UNIT 10 Reports suggest that...

Action Verbs with inanimate Subjects





PART III MODALS



UNIT 11 I might go to Japan

Possibility Modals



UNIT 12 A compromise must be reached

Necessity Modals





PART IV MULTI-WORD VERBS



UNIT 13 Come on!

Phrasal Verbs



UNIT 14 I can't think of his name now

Verb + Preposition



UNIT 15 I have to get out of here

Three-Word Phrasal Verbs





PART V THE PASSIVE



UNIT 16 No significant difference was found

Passive Voice



UNIT 17 The accident was caused by failure of...

Passive with a By-Phrase



UNIT 18 Further details can be found in...

Passive Verb + Preposition





PART VI NOUNS, ARTICLES, AND PRONOUNS



UNIT 19 That's an important thing to know

The Nouns People and Thing



UNIT 20 I love fitness and stuff like that

Imprecise Noun Phrases



UNIT 21 The chair of the committee

Nonsexist Language Choices



UNIT 22 The introduction of technology

The Definite Article



UNIT 23 Yeah, that's right!

The Pronouns This and That





PART VII ADJECTIVES AN ADVERBS



UNIT 24 He did a nice job

The Adjectives Good and Nice



UNIT 25 Do this quick

Adjective and Adverb Choices



UNIT 26 That's pretty weird

Amplifiers and Downtoners



UNIT 27 Women are different from men

Adjective + Preposition



UNIT 28 It looks pretty awful though

Though and Anyway



UNIT 29 Finally, on the negative side...

Transitions



UNIT 30 It would thus appear that ...

Position of Transitions





PART VIII GERUNDS, INFINITIVES, AND CLAUSES WITH THAT



UNIT 31 I don't think it will be a problem

Verb + Noun Clause for Uncertainty



UNIT 32 I think I can find it

Deletion of That in Noun Clauses



UNIT 33 She seemed to like him a lot

Verb + infinitive



UNIT 34 We couldn't stop laughing

Verb + Gerund



UNIT 35 This is happens

Be + Noun Clause



UNIT 36 It is possible that

That-Clauses or Infinitive Phrases for Attitudes





PART IX REPORTED SPEECH



UNIT 37 ...and she goes oh don't worry

Reporting What Someone Said



UNIT 38 The authors argue that...

Reporting What Someone Wrote





PART X NOUN MODIFICATION



UNIT 39 Evidence for life on Mars

Modifiers in Noun Phrases



UNIT 40 Voter registration procedures

Adjectives and Nouns to Modify a Noun



UNIT 41 A question which is often asked

Adjective Clauses and Relative Pronoun Choice



UNIT 42 That's the way I look at it

Adjective Clauses with Adverb Meaning



UNIT 43 Is there anything I can do?

Pronoun Modified by Adjective Clauses



UNIT 44 I've got a lot to do

Noun + Infinitive



UNIT 45 The approach used in nursing

Adjective Phrases



UNIT 46 A number of reasons

Prepositional Phrases Modifying Nouns



UNIT 47 He saluted me, which I enjoyed

Adjective Clauses That Modify Sentences





PART XI SPECIAL FEATURES OF CONVERSATION



UNIT 48 Well, I better get going

Discourse Markers



UNIT 49 Me too.

Incomplete Sentences



UNIT 50 The stuff I thought you could use

Complex Grammar in Conversation