| 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 ø (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 |
