Synopses & Reviews
National Geographic Learning's best selling grammar series now has more of what works for students and teachers! Students learn more, remember more, and use language more effectively when they learn grammar in context. Grammar in Context, Fifth Edition presents grammar in interesting, informative readings and then recycles the language and context throughout every activity.
About the Author
Sandra N. Elbaum was an ESL Instructor at Truman College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago, for thirty-six years. She has also taught in elementary and high schools, and in Mexico, Puerto Rico, the former Soviet Union, and Slovakia. Sandy is the author of the popular series Grammar in Context, now in its Fifth Edition. Sandy received her B.A. in Spanish and M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language from the University of Illinois. Judi A. Peman has a B.A. in Spanish Education and an M.A. in Linguistics, both from the University of Illinois. She has taught ESL to both high school students and adults for over 30 years. Currently, she is a teacher emeritus at Truman Community College in Chicago. Judi has presented workshops in basic reading and writing at various professional conferences. She has also taught and trained teachers in both Spain and China. Judi is the author/co-author of 3 ESL text books.
Table of Contents
1. Subject Pronouns; Be; Contractions; Singular and Plural; This/That/These/Those; Adjectives; Expressions with It 2. Possessive Nouns; Possessive Adjectives; Irregular Plural Forms; Be-Yes/No Questions and Short Answers; Be-Information Questions; Articles A/An 3. Imperatives; Let's; Object Pronouns 4. The Simple Present Tense; Frequency Words 5. Modal Verbs: Can, Should, Have To 6. Must and Have To; Noncount Nouns; Quantity Expressions 7. Prepositions; There is/There Are 8. The Present Continuous Tense; Time Expressions 9. The Future Tense with Be Going To; Expressions of Time in the Future 10. Comparatives; Superlatives 11. The Past Tense of Be; Regular Verbs in the Simple Past Tense; Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense; Time Expressions with the Past Tense 12. Verb Review: Simple Present Tense; Present Continuous Tense; Future Tense; Simple Past Tense; Modal Verbs: Can, Should, Must, Have To