Fundamentals of English Grammar

Chapter 8 Connecting Ideas 8-1 Connecting ideas with and 8-2 Connecting ideas with but and or 8-3 Connecting ideas with so 8-4 Using auxiliary verbs with but 8-5 Using and + too, so, either, neither 8-6 Connecting ideas with because 8-7 Connecting ideas with even though/although Chapter 9 Comparisons 9-1 Making comparisons with as ... as 9-2 Comparative and superlative 9-3 Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs 9-4 Completing a comparative 9-5 Modifying a comparative 9-6 Comparisons with less ... than and not as ... as 9-7 Using more with nouns 9-8 Repeating a comparative 9-9 Using double comparatives 9-10 Using superlatives 9-11 Using the same, similar, different, like, alike Chapter 10 The Passive 10-1 Active sentences and passive sentences 10-2 Forms of the passive 10-3 Transitive and intransitive verbs 10-4 Using the by-phrase 10-5 Passive modal auxiliaries 10-6 Using past participles as adjectives (non-progressive passive) 10-7 Participial adjectives: -ed vs. -ing 10-8 Get + adjective get + past participle 10-9 Usingbe used/accustomed to and get used/accustomed to 10-10 Used to vs. be used to 10-11 Using be supposed to Chapter 11 Count/Noncount Nouns and Articles 11-1 A vs. an 11-2 Count and noncount nouns 11-3 Noncount nouns 11-4 More noncount nouns 11-5 Using several, a lot of, many/much, and a few/a little 11-6 Nouns that can be count or noncount 11-7 Using units of measure with noncount nouns 11-8 Guidelines for article usage 11-9 Using the or O with names 11-10 Capitalization Chapter 12 Adjective Clauses 12-1 Adjective clauses: introduction 12-2 Using who or that in adjective clauses to describe people 12-3 Using object pronouns in adjective clauses to describe people 12-4 Using pronouns in adjective clauses to describe things 12-5 Singular and plural verbs in adjective clauses 12-6 Using prepositions in adjective clauses 12-7 Using whose in adjective clauses Chapter 13 Gerunds and Infinitives 13-1 Verb + gerund 13-2 Go + -ing 13-3 Verb + infinitive 13-4 Verb + gerund or infinitive 13-5 Preposition + gerund 13-6 Using by and with to express how something is done 13-7 Using gerunds as subjects using it + infinitive 13-8 It + infinitive: using for (someone) 13-9 Expressing purpose with in order to and for 13-10 Using infinitives with too and enough Chapter 14 Noun Clauses 14-1 Noun clauses: introduction 14-2 Noun clauses that begin with a question word 14-3 Noun clauses that begin with if or whether 14-4 Noun clauses that begin with that 14-5 Other uses of that-clauses 14-6 Substituting so for a that-clause in conversational responses 14-7 Quoted speech 14-8 Quote speech vs. reported speech 14-9 Verb forms in reported speech 14-10 Common reporting verbs: tell, ask, answer/reply Appendix Supplementary Grammar Charts Unit A: A-1 The present perfect vs. the past perfect A-2 The past progressive vs. the past perfect A-3 Still vs. anymore A-4 Additional verbs followed by that-clauses A-5 Additional expressions with be + that-clauses Unit B: B-1 Phrasal verbs B-2 Phrasal verbs: a reference list Unit C: C-1 Preposition combinations: introduction C-2 Preposition combinations: a reference list Listening Script Trivia Answers Index Audio CD Tracking List