Focus on grammar : an advanced course for reference and practice

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INTRODUCTION PART I: TENSE AND TIME Unit 1 PRESENT AND FUTURE TIME Magazine article about bargaining while traveling: It's a Bargain Unit 2 PAST TIME Newspaper article about an unusual marriage: A Marriage Made on the Internet Unit 3 PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE Newspaper article about new technology and robots: My Friend the Robot Review or SelfTest From Grammar to Writing: THE SENTENCE PART II: MODALS Unit 4 MODALS: NECESSITY Magazine article about cross-cultural differences: What We Should and Shouldn't Have Done Unit 5 MODALS: CERTAINTY Essay about everyday mysteries: The Really Important Questions in Life Review or SelfTest From Grammar to Writing: TOPIC SENTENCES PART III: NOUNS Unit 6 COUNT AND NON-COUNT NOUNS Magazine article about fusion cooking: Time for Fusion Unit 7 DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES Story about environmental issues: Once upon a Time Unit 8 MODIFICATION OF NOUNS Magazine article about expectations: I Hope for It, but I Don't Expect It Unit 9 QUANTIFIERS Magazine article about money and the debut of the Euro: What's Happening to Cash Review or SelfTest From Grammar to Writing: AGREEMENT PART IV: ADJECTIVE CLAUSES Unit 10 ADJECTIVE CLAUSES: REVIEW AND EXPANSION Magazine article about personality types: What Type Are You? Unit 11 ADJECTIVE CLAUSES WITH QUANTIFIERS ADJECTIVE PHRASES Movie Review: Titanic Review or SelfTest From Grammar to Writing: PUNCTUATION OF ADJECTIVE CLAUSES PART V: PASSIVE VOICE Unit 12 THE PASSIVE: REVIEW AND EXPANSION Newspaper article about an unsolved mystery: Did He Get Away with It? Unit 13 REPORTING IDEAS AND FACTS WITH PASSIVES Essay about an unusual tribe of people: The Strangest of Peoples Review or SelfTest From Grammar to Writing: PARALLELISM PART VI: AUXILIARIES AND PHRASAL VERBS Unit 14 AUXILIARIES: CONTRAST AND EMPHASIS Magazine article about birth order: Does It Matter When You Were Born? Unit 15 PHRASAL VERBS Essay about gift giving cross culturally: Time to Brush up on Gift Giving Review or SelfTest From Grammar to Writing: UNITY, SUPPORT, AND COHERENCE PART VII: GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES Unit 16 GERUNDS Magazine article about unusual hobbies and pastimes: Do You Really Enjoy Being a Couch Potato? Unit 17 INFINITIVES Story about procrastination: I Meant to Call... Review or SelfTest From Grammar to Writing: PARALLELISM OF GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES PART VIII: ADVERBS Unit 18 ADVERB CLAUSES Magazine article about extreme sports: Going to Extremes? Unit 19 ADVERBS: VIEWPOINT, FOCUS, NEGATIVE, SEQUENCE Transcript of a radio talk show discussion about cloning: Time to Sound Off Unit 20 DISCOURSE CONNECTORS Magazine article about memory: Try to Remember Unit 21 ADVERB PHRASES Magazine article about organ donation: Compassion Review or SelfTest From Grammar to Writing: SENTENCES AND FRAGMENTS PART IX: NOUN CLAUSES Unit 22 NOUN CLAUSES: SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS Extended joke: Have You Heard This One? Unit 23 NOUN CLAUSES AND PHRASES: COMPLEMENTS Magazine article about happiness: Happiness Is... Review or SelfTest From Grammar to Writing: WRITING DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH PART X: UNREAL CONDITIONS Unit 24 UNREAL CONDITIONALS AND OTHER WAYS TO EXPRESS UNREALITY Story about intuition: Intuition Unit 25 THE SUBJUNCTIVE INVERTED AND IMPLIED CONDITIONALS Advice column about assertiveness: Dear Pamela, Review or SelfTest From Grammar to Writing: AVOIDING RUN-ON SENTENCES AND COMMA SPLICES APPENDICES 1 Irregular Verbs 2 Common Verbs Usually Used Statively 3 Common Uses of Modals and Modal-like Expressions 4 Irregular Noun Plurals 5 Common Non-Count Nouns 6 Some Common Ways of Making Non-Count Nouns Countable 7 Countries Whose Names Contain the Definite Article 8 Selected Geographical Features Whose Names Contain the Definite Article 9 Common Verbs Followed by the Gerund (Base Form of Verb + -ing) 10 Common Verbs Followed by the Infinitive (To + Base Form of Verb) 11 Verbs Followed by the Gerund or the Infinitive without a Change in Meaning 12 Verbs Followed by the Gerund or the Infinitive