Machine generated contents note: Grammar: Be: Present
Reading 1 Community College FAQs
1.3. Subject Pronouns and Nouns
1.4. Contractions with Be
1.5. Be + Adjective Descriptions
1.6. Be + (Adjective +) Noun Descriptions
1.7. Negative Statements with Be
Reading 2 Public School FAQs
1.8. Yes/No Questions and Short Answers with Be
1.9. Wh- Questions with Be
1.10. Prepositions of Place
Reading 3 Test for College Admission
1.11. This, That, These, Those
Grammar: The Simple Present
2.1. The Simple Present-Affirmative Statements
2.2. The Simple Present-Use
2.3. Spelling of the -s Form
2.4. Pronunciation of the -s Form
2.5. The Simple Present-Negative Statements
2.6. The Simple Present-Yes/No Questions
2.7. The Simple Present-Wh- Questions
Note continued: 2.8. Questions about Meaning, Spelling, Cost, and Time
2.9. Frequency Words and Expressions with the Simple Present
2.10. Position of Frequency Words and Expressions
2.11. Questions and Short Answers with Ever
2.12. Questions and Answers with How Often
2.13. Prepositions of Time
Singular and Plural Nouns
Reading 1 The High Cost of Housing
3.1. Singular and Plural Nouns
3.2. Regular Plural Nouns-Spelling
3.3. Regular Plural Nouns-Pronunciation
3.4. Irregular Plural Nouns
Reading 2 Finding an Apartment
3.6. Questions and Short Answers with There
3.7. There, They, and Other Pronouns
3.8. Definite and Indefinite Articles, Some/Any
3.9. Making Generalizations
Note continued: Object Pronouns
Questions about the Subject
4.1. Possessive Nouns-Form
4.2. Possessive Adjectives
4.3. Questions with Whose
4.5. The Subject and the Object
Reading 3 Who Names Hurricanes?
4.6. Subject Questions and Non-Subject Questions
4.7. Who, Whom, Whose, Who's
Grammar: The Present Continuous
5.1. The Present Continuous-Forms
5.2. Spelling of the -ing Form
5.3. The Present Continuous-Use
5.4. Questions with the Present Continuous
Reading 2 Disappearing Birds
5.5. The Present Continuous vs. the Simple Present-Forms
5.6. The Present Continuous vs. the Simple Present-Use
5.7. Action and Nonaction Verbs
Reading 1 Choosing a Career
Note continued: 6.1. The Future with Will-Forms
6.2. The Future with Will-Use
Reading 2 Ray Kurzweil, Futurist
6.3. The Future with Be Going To-Forms
6.4. The Future with Be Going To-Use
6.5. Choosing Will or Be Going To
Reading 3 Human Colony on Mars?
6.6. The Future with Time Clauses and If Clauses
Reading 1 The Wright Brothers
7.1. The Simple Past-Forms
7.2. The Simple Past-Uses
Reading 2 Amazing Aviators
7.3. The Simple Past of Be-Forms
7.4. The Simple Past of Be-Uses
Reading 3 The Father of Modern Rocketry
7.5. The Simple Past of Regular Verbs
7.6. The Simple Past of Regular Verbs-Spelling
7.7. The Simple Past of Regular Verbs-Pronunciation
7.8. The Simple Past of Irregular Verbs
7.9. Negative Statements with the Simple Past
7.10. Questions with the Simple Past
Reading 1 Shopping in the Digital Age
8.1. Infinitives-Overview
8.3. Be + Adjective + Infinitive
8.4. It + Be + Adjective + (Noun +) Infinitive
8.5. Verb + Object + Infinitive
8.6. Infinitives to Show Purpose
Reading 2 Are Free Trials Really Free?
8.7. Modals and Phrasal Modals-Overview
8.8. Can, Be Able To, Be Allowed To
8.11. Not Have To and Must Not
8.12. May, Might, and Will
Reading 4 The Difficult Return
8.14. Modals and Other Expressions for Politeness
Quantity Words and Phrases
Reading 1 Tired of Being Tired
9.1. Count and Noncount Nouns-An Overview
9.2. Groups of Noncount Nouns
9.3. Units of Measure with Noncount Nouns
Note continued: Reading 2 The Importance of Water
9.4. Many, Much, and A Lot Of with Large Quantities
9.5.A Few and A Little with Small Quantities
9.6.A/An, Some, No, and Any
Reading 3 Eat Less, Live Longer
9.7.A Lot Of and Too Much/ Too Many
10.1. Adjectives and Adverbs of Manner
Reading 2 Lilly Ledbetter
10.5. Spelling of -ly Adverbs
Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives
Reading 1 Climbing Denali
11.1.Comparatives and Superlatives-An Overview
11.2. Some Common Comparatives and Superlatives
11.3. Short Adjectives and Adverbs-Spelling of Comparatives and Superlatives
Note continued: 11.5. Word Order with Superlatives
Reading 2 Doing Things Differently
11.7. Word Order with Comparatives
Auxiliary Verbs with Too and Either
Auxiliary Verbs in Tag Questions
Reading 1 Barrington Irving: Flying to Inspire
Reading 2 1 Man, 7 Years, 21,000 Miles
Reading 3 Chimene Ntakarutimana: From Africa to America
12.3. Auxiliary Verbs with Too and Either
12.4. Auxiliary Verbs in Tag Questions
A. Summary of Verb Tenses
D. Capitalization and Punctuation
E. Vowel and Consonant Sounds
H. Verbs and Adjectives Followed by a Preposition