Communicate What You Mean,9780135201077

Communicate What You Mean

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780135201077
ISBN10: 0135201071
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-03-01
Publisher(s): Allyn & Bacon
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Summary

Now in its second edition, this book helps English learners gain an excellent foundation in English grammar through numerous exercises and discussion topics.Uses discussion topics such as pollution, politics, and cultural differences to present grammar structures and oral and written exercises.For advanced ESL learners.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
PART 1: TENSE REVIEW 1(47)
Lesson One
Present Time
2(2)
Non-Continuous Verbs
4(3)
Past Time to Present Time
7(4)
Past Time
11(4)
Future Time
15(4)
Adverbial Time Expressions
19(8)
Lesson Two
Past Perfect
27(4)
Past-Perfect Continuous
31(5)
Lesson Three
Future Continuous
36(3)
Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous
39(9)
Practice Exam
45(3)
PART 2: COORDINATION 48(30)
Lesson Four
Coordinating Conjunctions and Parallel Structure
48(3)
Connecting Complete Sentences
51(3)
Connecting More Than Two Sentences
54(2)
Lesson Five
Correlative Conjunctions: Either ... Or
56(3)
Correlative Conjunctions: Neither ... Nor
59(2)
Correlative Conjunctions: Not Only ... but Also
61(3)
Correlative Conjunctions: Both ... And
64(4)
Lesson Six
Conjunctive Adverbs
68(5)
Position and Punctuation of Conjunctive Adverbs
73(5)
Practice Exam
75(3)
PART 3: INDIRECT SPEECH 78(22)
Lesson Seven
Basics of Indirect Speech
79(5)
Reporting Statements
84(1)
Reporting Questions and Answers
85(6)
Reporting Commands and Requests
91(5)
Reporting Exclamations
96(4)
Practice Exam
99(1)
PART 4: SUBORDINATION 100(77)
Lesson Eight
Adverb Clauses
101(12)
Sequence of Tenses
113(6)
Building Sentences with Adverb Clauses
119
Reduction of Adverb Clauses
112(16)
Practice Exam
125(3)
Lesson Nine
Adjective Clauses
128(4)
Necessary vs. Unnecessary Adjective Clauses
132(5)
Grammatical Functions of Relative Pronouns
137(9)
Unnecessary Adjective Clauses That Refer to Complete Sentences
146(3)
Reduction of Adjective Clauses
149(6)
Practice Exam
154(1)
Lesson Ten
Noun Clauses
155(11)
-Ever Words in Noun Clauses
166(3)
Noun Clauses Beginning with That
169(1)
Subjunctive From of the Verb in Noun Clauses
170(7)
Practice Exam
175(2)
PART 5: PASSIVE VOICE 177(15)
Lesson Eleven
Forming the Passive
178(4)
Using the Passive
182(2)
Indirect Objects and Direct Objects as Passive Subjects
184(8)
Practice Exam
191(1)
PART 6: MODEL AUXILIARIES 192(34)
Lesson Twelve
Advisability vs. Necessity
193(4)
Past Regrets and Criticisms: Should, Ought To
197(3)
Logical Conclusion vs. Expectation
200(8)
Suggestions: Could
208(2)
Possibilities: May, Might, Could
210(5)
Negative Possibilities and Impossibilities
215(3)
Degrees of Certainty
218(8)
Practice Exam
221(5)
PART 7: CONDITIONAL SENTENCES 226(17)
Lesson Thirteen
Future Real vs. Present/Future Unreal
227(5)
Past Unreal
232(4)
Replacing If
236(2)
Mixed Conditional Sentences
238(5)
Practice Exam
240(3)
PART 8: VERBALS 243(54)
Lesson Fourteen
Simple Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases
243(3)
Infinitive/Infinitive Phrase Functioning as Subject and Subject Complement
246(4)
Infinitive/Infinitive Phrase Functioning as Direct Object
250(8)
Infinitive/Infinitive Phrase Functioning as Adjective and Adjective Complement
258(2)
Infinitive/Infinitive Phrase Functioning as Adverb
260(2)
Reduction with Infinitive Phrases
262(4)
Infinitive/Infinitive Phrase Functioning with Enough and Too
266(7)
Practice Exam
270(3)
Lesson Fifteen
Gerunds
273(2)
Gerund/Gerund Phrase Functioning as Subject and Subject Complement
275(2)
Gerund/Gerund Phrase Functioning as Direct Object
277(3)
Gerund as Direct Object vs. Infinitive as Direct Object
280(8)
Gerund/Gerund Phrase Functioning as Object of a Preposition
288(9)
Practice Exam
294(3)
Appendix 1: Irregular Verbs 297(3)
Appendix 2: Modal Auxiliaries 300(2)
Appendix 3: Verbs Followed by Infinitives 302(3)
Appendix 4: Verbs Followed by Gerunds 305(1)
Appendix 5: Verbs Followed by Gerunds or Infinitives 306(1)
Index 307

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