Basic english grammar

Preface to the Second Edition
Chapter 1 Using Be and Have
1-1 Noun + is + Noun: Singular
1-2 Noun + are + Noun: Plural
1-3 Pronoun + be + Noun
1-4 Contractions with be
1-5 Negative with be
1-6 Be + Adjective
1-7 Be + a Location
1-8 Summary: Sentence Patterns with be
1-9 Yes/No Questions with be
1-10 Questions with be: Using where
1-11 Using have and has
1-12 Using my, your, his, her, our, their
1-13 Using this and that
1-14 Using these and those
1-15 Asking Questions with what and who + be
Chapter 2 Expressing Present Time (Part 1)
2-1 Form and Basic Meaning of the Simple Present Tense
2-2 Using Frequency Adverbs: always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, rarely, never
2-3 Using Frequency Adverbs with be
2-4 Pronunciation of Final -s: /z/ and /s/
2-5 Spelling and Pronunciation of Final -es
2-6 Adding Final -s/-es to Words that End in -y
2-7 Irregular Singular Verbs: has, does, goes
2-8 Summary: Spelling and Pronunciation of -s and -es
2-9 The Simple Present: Negative
2-10 The Simple Present: Yes/No Questions
2-11 The Simple Present: Asking information Questions with Where
2-12 The Simple Present: Asking information Questions with when and what time
2-13 Summary: information Questions with be and do
2-14 Using it to Talk about Time
2-15 Prepositions of Time
2-16 Using it to Talk about the Weather
Chapter 3 Expressing Present Time (Part 2)
3-1 be + -ing: The Present Progressive Tense
3-2 Spelling of -ing
3-3 The Present Progressive: Questions
3-4 The Simple Present vs. the Present Progressive
3-5 Nonaction Verbs not used in the Present Progressive
3-6 See, look at, watch, hear, and listen to
3-7 Need and want + a Noun or an Infinitive
3-8 Would like
3-9 Would like vs. like
3-10 Think about and think that
3-11 There + be
3-12 There + be: Yes/No Questions
3-13 There + be: Asking Questions with how many
3-14 Prepositions of Location
Chapter 4 Nouns and Pronouns
4-1 Nouns: Subjects and objects
4-2 Adjective + Noun
4-3 Subject Pronouns and object Pronouns
4-4 Nouns: Singular and Plural
4-5 Nouns: Irregular Plural Forms
4-6 Nouns: Count and Noncount
4-7 Using an vs. a
4-8 Using a / an vs. some
4-9 Measurements with Noncount Nouns
4-10 Using the
4-11 Using 脙赂 (No Article) to Make Generalizations
4-12 Using some and any
4-13 Indefinite Pronouns: something, someone, anything, anyone
4-14 Indefinite Pronouns: nothing and no one
Chapter 5 Expressing Past Time
5-1 Using be: Past Time
5-2 Past of be: Negative
5-3 Past of be: Questions
5-4 The Simple Past Tense: Using -ed
5-5 Past Time Words: yesterday, last, and ago
5-6 Pronunciation of -ed: /t/, /d/, and /Yd/
5-7 Spelling of -ed: Verbs
5-8 Spelling of -ed: and ing: Two-Syllable Verbs
5-9 The Simple Past: Irregular Verbs
5-10 The Simple Past: Negative
5-11 The Simple Past: Yes/No Questions
5-12 More Irregular Verbs
5-13 The Simple Past: Using where, when, what time, and why
5-14 Questions with what
5-15 Questions with who
5-16 Asking about the Meaning of a Word
5-17 More Irregular Verbs
5-18 Before and after in Time Clauses
5-19 When in Time Clauses
Appendix 1 The English Alphabet
Appendix 2 Numbers
Appendix 3 Days of the Week and Months of the Year
Appendix 4 Ways of Saying the Time
Appendix 5 Irregular Verbs
Index