Full Description
The all-new Focus on Grammar 5 Interactive CD-ROM, by Jay Maurer, mirrors the syllabus of the textbook Focus on Grammar 5, now available in a newly revised third edition. Clear, contextualized, and interactive, this CD-ROM program provides a communicative review of English grammar that covers all language skills through a comprehensive, motivating, and fun practice of the grammar points and skills introduced in the Focus on Grammar Student Book. Focus on Grammar Interactive is in five levels, introductory through advanced. Features * Abundant contextualized exercises-including grammar, reading, listening, dictation, and speaking activities-provide students with extensive and meaningful lab practice. *Target structures are presented in full reading and listening passages to help students discover the grammar. *Dictation exercises provide students with controlled listening and writing practice. *Speaking exercises give students the opportunity for further oral practice of the vocabulary, grammatical structures, and themes introduced in the unit. *Review quizzes and and reports help students monitor their own progress and work.*Additional exercises for remedial practice are provided for each grammar point so that students can work on improving weaker areas. * A new From Grammar to Writing section provides students with additional writing practice based on unit topics, through a series of controlled practice leading to authentic pieces of writing that can be submitted for grading. *Automated feedback, such as hints and explanations, provides learner support and motivates students. *Engaging games provide fun opportunities to review key structures. * Additional support is provided by a wide range of easy-to-access resources, including grammar charts, grammar notes, glossaries, and appendices. System Requirements * Windows 2000 with Service 4 or XP * For Non-English Windows 2000 or XP systems, professional edition recommended * Pentium II processor 400+ MHz *128+ MB RAM (256 MB recommended) *16-bit graphics card * Monitor resolution of 800 x 600 or higher * Sound card, microphone, and speakers (Microphones plugged into USB ports are not supported) *10X CD-ROM drive * Disk space for saving student data (floppy, flash memory, hard drive) * Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher (Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher recommended) (Note: Netscape and AOL browser software software not supported.) * Macromedia's Flash 8 and Shockwave 10, Apple's QuickTime 7, and Sun's Java 1.5.0_06 plug-ins (Note: If your computer does not have these plug-ins, they will be installed automatically when you install the course.) * Adobe Acrobat Reader 7
Contents
PART IUNIT 2 Past Time UNIT 3 Simple and Progressive: Action and Non-action REVIEW TEST PART II: MODALS AND OTHER AUXILIARIES UNIT 4 Be and Auxiliaries in Additions, Tags, and Short Answers UNIT 5 Modals to Express Degrees of Necessity UNIT 6 Modals to Express Degrees of Certainty FROM TEST PART III: NOUNS UNIT 7 Count and Non-Count Nouns UNIT 8 Definite and Indefinite Articles UNIT 9 Quantifiers UNIT 10 Modification of Nouns TEST PART IV: ADJECTIVE CLAUSES UNIT 11 Adjective Clauses: Review and Expansion UNIT 12 Adjective Clauses with Prepositions; Adjective Phrases The Passive: Review and Expansion UNIT 14 The Passive to Describe VII: ADVERBS UNIT 17 Adverbs: Functions, Types, Placement, and Meaning UNIT 18 Adverb Clauses UNIT 19 Adverb and Adverbial Phrases UNIT 20 THE BOX (GAME) REVIEW TEST PART VIII: NOUN CLAUSES UNIT 21 Noun Clauses: Subjects, Objects, and Complements UNIT 22 Direct and Indirect Speech FROM BOX (GAME) REVIEW TEST PART IX: CONDITIONALS AND THE SUBJUNCTIVE UNIT 23 Conditionals; Other Ways to Express Unreality UNIT 24 More Conditions; the Verbs * Common Non-Action Verbs * Non-Action Verbs Sometimes Used in the Progressive * Irregular Noun Plurals * Common Non-Count Nouns * Common Ways of Making Non-Count Nouns Countable * Nouns Often Used with the Definite Article * Countries Whose Names Contain the Definite Article * Selected Geographical Features Whose Names Contain the Definite Article * Verbs Used in the Passive Followed by a That Clause * Common Stative Passive Verbs + Prepositions * Common Verbs Followed by the Gerund * Common Adjective + Preposition Combinations * Common Verbs Followed by the Infinitive * Verbs Followed by the Gerund or Infinitive Without a Significant Change in Meaning * Verbs Followed by the Gerund or the Infinitive With a Significant Change in Meaning * Verbs Followed by Noun / Pronoun + Infinitive * Common Adjectives Followed by the Infinitive * Common Sentence Adverbs * Words That Begin Dependent Clauses * Transitions: Sentence Connectors * Transitions: Blocks of Text * Reporting Verbs * Verbs and Expressions Followed by the Subjunctive (Base Form)
