Includes index.

"Grammar and Beyond is a research-based and content-rich grammar series for beginning- to advanced -level students of North American English. The series focuses on the grammar structures most commonly used in North American English, with an emphasis on the application of these grammar structures to academic writing. The series practices all four skills in a variety of authentic and communicative contexts. It is designed for use both in the classroom and as a self-study learning tool." (p. ix)

CONTENTS

Introduction to Grammar and Beyond

About the Authors

Acknowledgements

Tour of a Unit

PART 1 THE PRESENT AND PAST

Unit 1 Simple Present and Present Progressive (First Impressions) Simple Present vs. Present Progressive Stative Verbs Special Meaning and Uses of Simple Present Grammar for Writing: Using Simple Present and Present Progressive to Write About Present Time Situations

Unit 2 Simple Past and Past Progressive; Used To, Would (Global Marketing) Simple Past vs. Past Progressive Time Clauses with Simple Past and Past Progressive Used To and Would Grammar for Writing: Using Past and Present Forms to Write About Changes

PART 2 THE PERFECT

Unit 3 Present Perfect and Present Perfect Progressive (Success) Present Perfect Present Perfect vs. Simple Past Present Perfect vs. Present Perfect Progressive Grammar for Writing: Using Present Perfect, Present Perfect Progressive, and Simple Past to Describe a Series of Events

Unit 4 Past Perfect and Past Perfect Progressive (Nature vs. Nurture) Past Perfect Past Perfect with Time Clauses Past Perfect Progressive Grammar for Writing: Using Past Perfect to Provide Background Information and Reasons

PART 3 THE FUTURE

Unit 5 Be Going To, Present Progressive, and Future Progressive (Looking Ahead at Technology) Be Going To, Present Progressive, and Simple Present for Future Will and Be Going To Future Progressive Grammar for Writing: Using Will + Base Form and Future Progressive to Write About Future Plans

Unit 6 Future Times Clauses, Future Perfect, and Future Perfect Progressive (Business Practices of the Future) Future Time Clauses Future Perfect vs. Future Perfect Progressive Grammar for Writing: Using Future Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive to Write About Completed and Ongoing Events in the Future

PART 4 MODALS AND MODAL-LIKE EXPRESSIONS

Unit 7 Social Modals (Learning How to Remember) Modals and Modal-like Expressions of Advice and Regret Modals and Modal-like Expressions of Permission, Necessity, and Obligation Modals and Modal-like Expressions of Ability Grammar for Writing: Using Modals to Write About Problems and Solutions

Unit 8 Modals of Probability: Present, Future, and Past (Computers and Crime) Modals of Present Probability Modals of Future Probability Modals of Past Probability Grammar for Writing: Using Modals to Hedge

PART 5 NOUNS AND PRONOUNS

Unit 9 Nouns and Modifying Nouns (Attitudes Toward Nutrition) Nouns Noncount Nouns as Count Nouns Modifying Nouns Grammar for Writing: Using Precise Nouns and Adjectives to Make Your Writing Clearer

Unit 10 Articles and Quantifiers (Color) Indefinite Article, Definite Article, and No Article Quantifiers Grammar for Writing: Using Quantifiers and Pronouns to Hedge

Unit 11 Pronouns (Unusual Work Environments) Reflexive Pronouns Pronouns with Other/Another Indefinite Pronouns Grammar for Writing: Using Pronouns for Emphasis and to Avoid Repetition

PART 6 GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

Unit 12 Gerunds (Getting and Education) Gerunds as Subjects and Objects Gerunds After Prepositions and Fixed Expressions Gerunds After Nouns + of Grammar for Writing: Using Noun + of + Gerund Constructions

Unit 13 Infinitives (Innovative Marketing Techniques) Infinitives with Verbs Infinitives vs. Gerunds Infinitives After Adjectives and Nouns Grammar for Writing: Using Verbs + Infinitive and Adjective + Infinitive Constructions

PART 7 QUESTIONS AND NOUN CLAUSES

Unit 14 Negative Questions and Tag Questions (Geographic Mobility) Negative Questions Tag Questions Grammar for Writing: Using Negative Questions and Tag Questions in Blogs

Unit 15 That Clauses (Cultural Values) That Clauses Agreement Between That Clauses and Main Clauses That Clauses After Adjectives and Nouns Grammar for Writing: Using That Clauses to State Reasons, Conclusions, Research Results, Opinions, and Feelings

Unit 16 Nouns Clauses with Wh- Words and If/Whether (Inventions They Said Would Never Work) Noun Clauses with Wh- Words Noun Clauses with If/Whether Nouns Clauses in Direct and Indirect Questions Grammar for Writing: Using Noun Clauses with Wh- Words and If/Whether

PART 8 INDIRECT SPEECH

Unit 17 Direct Speech and Indirect Speech (Human Motivation) Direct Speech Indirect Speech Indirect Speech Without Tense Shift Other Reporting Verbs Grammar for Writing: Using Descriptive Reporting Verbs

Unit 18 Indirect Questions; Indirect Imperatives, Requests, and Advice (Creative Problem Solving) Indirect Questions Indirect Imperatives, Requests, and Advice Grammar for Writing: Using Indirect Questions, Imperatives, Requests, and Advice

PART 9 THE PASSIVE

Unit 19 The Passive [1] (English as a Global Language) Active vs. Passive Sentences Verbs and Objects with the Passive Reasons for Using the Passive Grammar for Writing: Using The Passive to Write About the Object of an Action

Unit 20 The Passive [2] (Food Safety) The Passive with Be Going To and Modals Get Passives Passive Gerunds and Infinitives Grammar for Writing: Using the Passive with Modals, Gerunds, and Infinitives

PART 10 RELATIVE CLAUSES (ADJECTIVE CLAUSES)

Unit 21 Subject Relative Clauses [Adjective Clauses with Subject Relative Pronouns] (Alternative Energy Sources) Identifying Subject Relative Clauses Nonidentifying Subject Relative Clauses Subject Relative Clauses with Whose Grammar for Writing: Using Subject Relative Clauses to Avoid Repetition

Unit 22 Object Relative Clauses [Adjective Clauses with Object Relative Pronouns] (Biometrics) Identifying Object Relative Clauses Nonidentifying Object Relative Clauses Object Relative Clauses as Objects of Prepositions Grammar for Writing: Using Object Relative Clauses to Provide Background Information

Unit 23 Relative Clauses with Where and When; Reduced Relative Clauses (Millennials) Relative Clauses with Where and When Reduced Relative Clauses Grammar for Writing: Using Reduced Subject Relative Clauses to Make Ideas Clearer

PART 11 CONDITIONALS

Unit 24 Real Conditionals: Present and Future (Media in the United States) Present Real Conditionals Future Real Conditionals Real Conditionals with Modals, Modal-like Expressions, and Imperatives Grammar for Writing: Using a Single If Clause with Multiple Main Clauses

Unit 25 Unreal Conditionals: Present, Future, and Past (Natural Disasters) Present and Future Unreal Conditionals Past Unreal Conditionals Wishes About the Present, Future, and Past Grammar for Writing: Using If Clauses to Support Ideas

PART 12 CONNECTING IDEAS

Unit 26 Conjunctions (Globalization of Food) Connecting Words and Phrases with Conjunctions Connecting Sentences with Coordinating Conjunctions Reducing Sentences with Similar Clauses Grammar for Writing: Using Coordinating and Correlative Conjunctions to Join Words and Clauses

Unit 27 Adverb Clauses and Phrases (Consumerism) Subordinators and Adverb Clauses Reducing Adverb Clauses Subordinators to Express Purpose Grammar for Writing: Using Adverb Clauses to Giver More Information About Main Clauses

Unit 27 Connecting Information with Prepositions and Transitions (Technology in Entertainment) Connecting Information with Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases Connecting Information with Transition Words Grammar for Writing: Using Prepositions and Transition Words to Support an Argument

APPENDICES: 1. Irregular Verbs 2. Stative (Non-Action) Verbs 3. Modals and Modal-Like Expressions 4. Noncount Nouns and Measurement Words to Make Noncount Nouns Countable 5. Order of Adjectives Before Nouns 6. Verbs That Can Be Used Reflexively 7. Verbs Followed by Gerunds Only 8. Verbs Followed by Infinitives Only 9. Verbs Followed by Gerunds or Infinitives 10. Expressions with Gerunds 11. Verbs + Objects + Infinitives 12. Be + Adjectives + Infinitives 13. Verbs + Prepositions 14. Adjectives + Prepositions 15. Verbs and Fixed Expressions that Introduce Indirect Questions 16. Tense Shifting in Indirect Speech 17. Reporting Verbs 18. Passive Forms 19. Relative Clauses 20. Conditionals 21. Academic Word List (AWL) Words and Definitions 22. Pronunciation Table International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Glossary of Grammar Terms

Index

Art Credits

Level: Low Intermediate to Intermediate