...
Preview: asking questions. (Chapter
5)
,
.
I
Diwctions:
This exercise previews some of the grammar
in
this ch&. Create questions
that
fit
the given answers. Discuss question forms. ... morning.
5.
Rita
called me on the phone to tell me the good news. She
(pass)
her final exam in English.
6.
I couldn't think. The people around me
(make)
too
much noise. Finally, I gave...
...
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CONTENTS
Preface to the
Third Edition
Fundamentals of EnglishGrammar
is a developmental skills text for lower-intermediate
and intermediate students of English as a second or foreign ... interaction.
The new editions of the texts in the Azar Grammar Series include these changes:
The communicative aspects are more fully developed and explicit in the third
editions. This edition of
Fundamentals ... texts:
Bmic
English
,
Gmmmar
(red cover),
Fundamentak ofEnglish Grammar
(black cover), and
Understanding
and Using EnglishGrammar
(blue cover).
.I
The principal
aims
of all three...
...
can't come to the phone
right
now
because she
is taking
a
shower.
(g)
I
am reading
my grammar book
right
now.
@)
Jimmy and Susie are babies. They
are crying.
I
can hear them
right ... Hand it
in
to the teacher, who will keep it and return it at the end of the term, when
your English has progressed, for you to correct your own errors.
2
CHAF'TER
1
2.
Right now ... every day.
3.
Ali
(speak)
Arabic. Arabic is his native language, but
right now he
(speak)
English.
4.
A:
(it, rain)
a lot
in
southern California?
B: No. The weather
@e)
usually...
...
singular noun (e.g.,
a
bird,
Ann,
Tom)
or
(2)
he,
she, or
it.*
*He,
she,
and
ir
are
third
person singular personal pmnouns. See
Chart
6-10,
p.
171,
for
more information about...
... want he remember
possess mfe* hate
belong
*COMPARE
(d)
I
think
that grammar is easy.
(e) I
am thinking
about grammar right now.
(f)
Tom
has
a car.
(g)
I'm
having
a good time. ... for your thoughts.
B:
Huh?
A:
What
(you,
think)
about right now?
B: I
(think)
about English grammar. I
(think, not)
about anything else right now.
A:
I
(believe,
not)
you!
.
....
...
seeing
made made
making
sang sung
singing
ate eaten eating
Put Put pu,hg
went gone Wng
English verbs have four principal forms or "parts!' The simple
form
is the
form that...
...
fall down yesterday
39.
35.
hurt yourself when you fell down
40.
lose your grammar book yesterday
find your grammar book
take a bus somewhere yesterday
ride
in
a car yesterday
drive ...
Yesterday, Toshi
(sit)
.
.
wms
S
i:L!.'
i
_
~ttthq
at his desk and
(study)
25
his grammar book. His roommate, Oscar,
26
a
L:
J
l,
at his desk, but he
(stway, not)
27 28
He ...
PRESENT
TlMB
SITUATION:
Right now Toshi
(sit)
.
1s stil-tw
at his desk. He
1
-
(s~Y)
his grammar book. His roommate, Oscar,
(sit)
2
at his desk, but he
(study, not)
3
d
He
(stare)...
...
1.
touch your ear
/
close your grammar book
+
I'm
gmng
to close
my
grammar book beforelafrer I
touch
my
ear.
OR
BeforeIAfrer I close
my
grammar book, I'm going
to
much...
... day, but my english is not be improve.
6.
Everyone enjoy these English classes.
,
\:
7.
At the picnic, we sang songs and talk to each other.
.
.
.:.
,,
-
8.
I
learn the english in ... statistics in Chile. When he leaves Chile to come here. He
came with four friends.
They
were studying English in Ohio. Then he went to New
york stayed there for three years. He graduated from NewYork ...
barrier." Well, that's good! After this, when
I
(understand,
nor)
7
people who
(speak)
English to me,
I
(smile, just)
8
at them!
9
D: My fortune is this: "Your determination...