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For nearly forty years, Understanding and Using English Grammar has been the go-to grammar resource for students and teachers alike. Its time-tested approach blends direct grammar instruction with carefully sequenced practice to develop all language skills.
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Pretests at the start of each chapter enable learners to check what they already know.
Updated grammar charts reflect current usage and highlight differences between written and spoken English.
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Additional incremental practice helps learners better grasp concepts, while thematic exercises and integrated tasks offer more contextualized language use.
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Contents
Preface to the Fifth Edition
Acknowledgments
Chapter 12 NOUN CLAUSES
12-1 Introduction
12-2 Noun Clauses with Question Words
12-3 Noun Clauses with Whether or If
12-4 Question Words Followed by Infinitives
12-5 Noun Clauses with That
12-6 Quoted Speech
12-7 Reported Speech
12-8 Reported Speech: Modal Verbs in Noun Clauses
12-9 The Subjunctive in Noun Clauses
Chapter 13 ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
13-1 Adjective Clause Pronouns Used as the Subject
13-2 Adjective Clause Pronouns Used as the Object of a Verb
13-3 Adjective Clause Pronouns Used as the Object of a Preposition
13-4 Using Whose
13-5 Using Wherein Adjective Clauses
13-6 Using Whenin Adjective Clauses
13-7 Using Adjective Clauses to Modify Pronouns
13-8 Punctuating Adjective Clauses
13-9 Using Expressions of Quantity in Adjective Clauses
13-10 Using Which to Modify a Whole Sentence
13-11 Reducing Adjective Clauses to Adjective Phrases
Chapter 14 GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES, PART 1
14-1 Gerunds and Infinitives: Introduction
14-2 Common Verbs Followed by Gerunds
14-3 Common Verbs Followed by Infinitives
14-4 Infinitives with Objects
14-5 Common Verbs Followed by Either Infinitives or Gerunds
14-6 Using Gerunds as the Objects of Prepositions
14-7 Go + Gerund
14-8 Special Expressions Followed by -ing
14-9 It + Infinitive; Gerunds and Infinitives as Subjects
14-10 Reference List of Verbs Followed by Infinitives
14-11 Reference List of Verbs Followed by Gerunds
14-12 Reference List of Preposition Combinations Followed by Gerunds
Chapter 15 GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES, PART 2
15-1 Infinitive of Purpose: In Order To
15-2 Adjectives Followed by Infinitives
15-3 Using Infinitives with Too and Enough
15-4 Passive Infinitives and Gerunds: Present
15-5 Past Forms of Infinitives and Gerunds
15-6 Using Gerunds or Passive Infinitives Following Need
15-7 Using Verbs of Perception
15-8 Using the Simple Form After Let and Help
15-9 Using Causative Verbs: Make, Have, Get
15-10 Using a Possessive to Modify a Gerund
Chapter 16 COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
16-1 Parallel Structure
16-2 Parallel Structure: Using Commas
16-3 Punctuation for Independent Clauses; Connecting Them with And and But
16-4 Paired Conjunctions: Both . . . And; Not Only . . . But Also; Either . . . Or; Neither . . . Nor
Chapter 17 ADVERB CLAUSES
17-1 Introduction
17-2 Using Adverb Clauses to Show Time Relationships
17-3 Using Adverb Clauses to Show Cause and Effect
17-4 Expressing Contrast (Unexpected Result): Using Even Though
17-5 Showing Direct Contrast: While
17-6 Expressing Conditions in Adverb Clauses: If-Clauses
17-7 Shortened If-Clauses
17-8 Adverb Clauses of Condition: Using Whether or Not and Even If
17-9 Adverb Clauses of Condition: Using In Case
17-10 Adverb Clauses of Condition: Using Unless
17-11 Adverb Clauses of Condition: Using Only If
Chapter 18 REDUCTION OF ADVERB CLAUSES TO MODIFYING ADVERBIAL PHRASES
18-1 Introduction
18-2 Changing Time Clauses to Modifying Adverbial Phrases
18-3 Expressing the Idea of "During the Same Time" in Modifying Adverbial Phrases
18-4 Expressing Cause and Effect in Modifying Adverbial Phrases
18-5 Using Upon + -ing in Modifying Adverbial Phrases
Chapter 19 CONNECTIVES THAT EXPRESS CAUSE AND EFFECT, CONTRAST, AND CONDITION
19-1 Introduction
19-2 Using Because Of and Due To
19-3 Cause and Effect: Using Therefore, Consequently, and So
19-4 Summary of Patterns and Punctuation
19-5 Other Ways of Expressing Cause and Effect: Such . . . That and So . . . That
19-6 Expressing Purpose: Using So That
19-7 Showing Contrast (Unexpected Result)
19-8 Showing Direct Contrast
19-9 Expressing Conditions: Using Otherwise and Or (Else)
Chapter 20 CONDITIONAL SENTENCES AND WISHES
20-1 Overview of Basic Verb Forms Used in Conditional Sentences
20-2 Expressing Real Conditions in the Present or Future
20-3 Unreal (Contrary to Fact) in the Present or Future
20-4 Unreal (Contrary to Fact) in the Past
20-5 Using Progressive Verb Forms in Conditional Sentences
20-6 Using "Mixed Time" in Conditional Sentences
20-7 Omitting If
20-8 Implied Conditions
20-9 Wishes About thePresent and Past
20-10 Wishes About the Future; Use of Wish + Would
Appendix SUPPLEMENTARY GRAMMAR CHARTS
Unit A: Basic Grammar Terminology
A-1 Subjects, Verbs, and Objects
A-2 Adjectives
A-3 Adverbs
A-4 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
A-5 Preposition Combinations with Adjectives and Adverbs
Unit B: Questions
B-1 Forms of Yes /No and Information Questions
B-2 Question Words
B-3 Shortened Yes/No Questions
B-4 Negative Questions
B-5 Tag Questions
Unit C: Contractions
Unit D: Negatives
D-1 Using Not and Other Negative Words
D-2 Avoiding Double Negatives
D-3 Beginning a Sentence with a Negative Word
Unit E: Verbs
E-1 The Verb Be
E-2 Spelling of -ing and -ed Verb Forms
E-3 Overview of Verb Tenses
E-4 Summary of Verb Tenses
E-5 Regular Verbs: Pronunciation of -ed Endings
E-6 Pronunciation of Final -s in Verbs and Nouns
E-7 Linking Verbs
E-8 Troublesome Verbs: Raise/Rise, Set/Sit, Lay/Lie
E-9 Irregular Verbs: An Alphabetical Reference List
Listening Script
Index
