be used to Using be supposed to CONTENTS viiĦ Chapter 11 COUNT/NONCOUNT NOUNS AND ARTICLES A vs. ing Get adjective get past participle Using be used/accustomed to and get used/accustomed to Used to vs. than and not as.as Using more with nouns Repeating a comparative Using double comparatives Using superlatives Using the same, similar, different, like, alike Chapter 10 THE PASSIVE Active sentences and passive sentences Form of the passive Transitive and intransitive verbs Using the by-phrase Passive modal auxiliaries Using past participles as adjectives (non-progressive passive) Participial adjectives: -ed vs. as Comparative and superlative Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs Completing a comparative Modifying comparatives Comparisons with less. better, would rather Chapter 8 CONNECTING IDEAS Connecting ideas with and Connecting ideas with but and or Connecting ideas with so Using auxiliary verbs after but Using and too, so, either, neither Connecting ideas with because Connecting ideas with even though/although Chapter 9 COMPARISONS Making comparisons with as. the other(s) Summary of forms of other Chapter 7 MODAL AUXILIARIES The form of modal auxiliaries Expressing ability: can and could Expressing possibility: may, might, and maybe Expressing permission: may and can Using could to express possibility Polite questions: may I, could I, can I vi CONTENTSĥ 7-6 Polite questions: would you, could you, will you, can you Expressing advice: should and ought to Expressing advice: had better Expressing necessity: have to, have got to, must Expressing lack of necessity: do not have to Expressing prohibition: must not Making logical conclusions: must Tag questions with modal auxiliaries Giving instructions: imperative sentences Making suggestions: let s and why don t Stating preferences: prefer, like. the other Plural forms of other: other(s) vs. for Questions with who, who(m), and what Using what a form of do Using which and what kind of Using whose Using how Using how often Using how far Length of time: it take and how long Spoken and written contractions with question words More questions with how Using how about and what about Tag questions Chapter 6 NOUNS AND PRONOUNS Plural forms of nouns Pronunciation of final -s/-es Subjects, verbs, and objects Objects of prepositions Prepositions of time Word order: place and time Subject-verb agreement Using adjectives to describe nouns Using nouns as adjectives Personal pronouns: subjects and objects Possessive nouns Possessive pronouns and adjectives Reflexive pronouns Singular forms of other: another vs. present perfect Past perfect Chapter 5 ASKING QUESTIONS Yes/no questions and short answers Yes/no and information questions Where, why, when, what time, how come, what. present perfect Present perfect progressive Present perfect progressive vs.
will Expressing the future in time clauses and if-clauses Using the present progressive to express future time Using the simple present to express future time Immediate future: using be about to Parallel verbs Chapter 4 PRESENT PERFECT AND PAST PERFECT Past participle Present perfect with since and for CONTENTS vĤ 4-3 Negative, question, and short-answer forms Present perfect with unspecified time Simple past vs. Hagenģ Contents Contents Preface to the Fourth Edition x Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1 PRESENT TIME Simple present and present progressive Forms of the simple present and the present progressive Frequency adverbs Singular/plural Spelling of final -s/-es Non-action verbs Present verbs: short answers to yes/no questions Chapter 2 PAST TIME Expressing past time: the simple past Spelling of -ing and -ed forms The principal parts of a verb Common irregular verbs: a reference list Regular verbs: pronunciation of -ed endings Simple past and past progressive Expressing past time: using time clauses Expressing past habit: used to Chapter 3 FUTURE TIME Expressing future time: be going to and will Forms with be going to Forms with will Certainty about the future Be going to vs. 2 FUNDAMENTALS OF English Grammar FOURTH EDITION Betty S.