Practice Makes Perfect: Intermediate English Grammar for ESL Learners, Third Edition

<p><span>Preface</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span>1 The sentence<br></span>Noun phrases<br>Verb phrases<br>Modifiers</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>2 The verb phrase</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span>3 The verb<br></span>Linking verbs<br>Irregular verbs<br>Tenses</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>4 The progressive tenses<br></span>The present progressive<br>The past progressive<br>The future progressive</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>5. The perfect tenses<br></span>The present perfect<br>The past perfect<br>The future perfect</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>6 Modal auxiliaries<br></span>Shades of meaning<br>Special auxiliaries</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>7 The progressive forms of modal auxiliaries</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span>8 The auxiliary <i style="">do<br></span>Using do in questions<br>Using do in negative sentences</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>9 The passive voice<br></span>Using the passive</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>10 The passive form of modal auxiliaries<br></span>The future tense<br>The past tense</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>11 The stative passive<br></span>Adjectives and participles<br>The progressive form vs. the stative passive<br>Prepositions</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>12 Past participles with get</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span>13 Participal adjectives<br></span>Present participles<br>Past participles</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>14 Subject-verb agreement<br></span>Third-person singular and plural<br>The verb be<br>Expressions of quantity<br>Collective nouns<br>Auxiliary verbs<br>Complex sentences</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>15 Agreement with nouns<br></span>Personal pronouns and collective nouns<br>Indefinite pronouns<br>Complex nouns</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>16 Using other<br></span>Adjectives Pronouns</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>17 Gerunds<br></span>Distinguishing gerunds from present participles<br>The possessive</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>18 Conjunctions<br></span>Coordinating conjunctions<br>Conjunctions and their meaning<br>Correlative conjunctions<br>Subordinating conjunctions<br>Adverbs that act as conjunctions</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>19 Prepositions<br></span>Compound prepositions<br>Noun and pronoun objects<br>More than one prepositional phrase</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>20 Adjectives and adverbs<br></span>Adjectives<br>Adverbs</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>21 Filler subjects and impersonal subjects<br></span>Filler subjects<br>Impersonal subjects</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>22 Clauses<br></span>Independent clauses<br>Dependent clauses<br>Relative clauses</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>23 Punctuation<br></span>The period<br>The comma<br>The semicolon<br>The colon<br>The question mark<br>The exclamation point<br>The apostrophe<br>Quotation marks<br>The hyphen and the dash<br>Parentheses and brackets</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>24 Capitalization, numbers, and italics<br></span>Capitalization<br>Numbers<br>Italics</p><p></p><p></p><p><span>Appendix: Review exercises<br></span>Answer key</p><p></p><p></p><p><u><span>McGraw-Hill Language Lab app:<br></span></u>240 Progress Checks and Review Quizzes (unique to app)</p><p></p><p></p>