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.
Synopsis
Students learn more, remember more, and use grammar more effectively when they learn language in context. GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT presents grammar in interesting, informative readings and then recycles the language and context throughout every activity. Learners gain knowledge and skills in both the grammar structures and topic areas.
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.
Table of Contents
Lesson 1. Grammar: The Present Perfect; The Present Perfect Continuous. Lesson 2. Grammar: Passive Voice; Participles Used as Adjectives; Get + Participles and Adjectives. Lesson 3. Grammar: The Past Continuous; The Past Perfect; The Past Perfect Continuous; Comparison of Past Tenses. Lesson 4. Grammar: Modals - Present and Future; Related Expressions. Lesson 5. Grammar: Modals in the Past. Lesson 6. Grammar: Adjective Clauses; Descriptive Phrases. Lesson 7. Grammar: Infinitives; Gerunds. Lesson 8. Grammar: Adverbial Clauses and Phrases; Sentence Connectors; So/Such...That. Lesson 9. Grammar: Noun Clauses after Verbs and Adjectives; Noun Clauses as Included Questions; Noun Clauses as Direct Quotes; Noun Clauses in Reported Speech . Lesson 10. Grammar: Unreal Conditions - Present; Real Conditions vs. Unreal Conditions; Unreal Conditions - Past; Wishes.