TY - BOOK AU - Elbaum,Sandra N. TI - Grammar in Context 2 SN - 9781305075382 (pbk) PY - 2016/// CY - Boston, MA PB - National Geographic Learning, Cengage Learning KW - English language KW - Grammar KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - fast KW - Problems and exercises KW - Textbooks KW - for foreign speakers N1 - Includes appendices, glossary and index; 1: GRAMMAR: The Simple Present, Frequency Words, CONTEXT: Animals ; READING 1: Special Friends -- 1.1 Be Simple Present-Form -- 1.2 Contractions with Be -- 1.3 Be-Use -- 1.4 Negative Statements with Be -- 1.5 Yes/No Questions and Short Answers with Be -- 1.6 Wh- Questions with Be ; READING 2: Guide Dogs -- 1.7 The Simple Present Affirmative Statements-Form -- 1.8 The Simple Present-Use -- 1.9 The Simple Present-Negative Statements ; READING 3: Lucy Cooke, Zoologist -- 1.10 The Simple Present-Questions -- 1.11 Wh- Questions with a Preposition -- 1.12 Questions About Meaning, Spelling, Cost, and Time ; READING 4: Bottlenose Dolphins -- 1.13 Frequency Words with the Simple Present -- 1.14 Position of Frequency Words -- 1.15 Questions about Frequency -- 1.16 Questions with How Often ; LESSON SUMMARY -- TEST/REVIEW -- WRITING; 2: GRAMMAR: The Present Continuous, The Future, CONTEXT: Generations ; READING 1: Second Careers -- 2.1 The Present Continuous-Form -- 2.2 The Present Continuous-Use -- 2.3 Questions with the Present Continuous ; READING 2: Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants -- 2.4 Contrasting the Simple Present and the Present Continuous -- 2.5 Action and Nonaction Verbs ; READING 3: The Future United States Population -- 2.6 The Future with Will -- 2.7 The Future with Be Going To -- 2.8 Choosing Will or Be Going To or Present Continuous for Future -- 2.9 Future + Time or If Clause ; LESSON SUMMARY -- TEST/REVIEW -- WRITING; GRAMMAR: The Simple Past, The Habitual Past with Used To, CONTEXT: What is Success? ; READING 1: Failure and Success -- 3.1 The Simple Past-Form -- 3.2 The Simple Past-Use ; READING 2: Never Too Late to Learn -- 3.3 The Past of Be -- 3.4 The Simple Past of Regular Verbs -- 3.5 The Simple Past of Irregular Verbs ; READING 3: If at First You Don't Succeed -- 3.6 Negatives and Questions with the Simple Past ; READING 4: Success in Changing Laws -- 3.7 The Habitual Past with Used To ; LESSON SUMMARY -- TEST/REVIEW -- WRITING; 4: GRAMMAR: Possessive Forms, Object Pronouns, Reflexive Pronouns, Questions, CONTEXT: Weddings ; READING 1: A Traditional American Wedding -- 4.1 Overview of Possessive Forms and Pronouns -- 4.2 Possessive Forms of Nouns -- 4.3 Possessive Adjectives -- 4.4 Possessive Pronouns -- 4.5 Questions with Whose ; READING 2: Economizing on a Wedding -- 4.6 Object Pronouns -- 4.7 Reflexive Pronouns ; READING 3: New Wedding Trends -- 4.8 Direct and Indirect Objects -- 4.9 Say and Tell ; READING 4: Questions and Answers about American Weddings -- 4.10 Questions about the Subject -- 4.11 Questions about the Complement ; LESSON SUMMARY -- TEST/REVIEW -- WRITING; 5. Nouns, There + Be, Quantity Words, CONTEXT: Thanksgiving. Pilgrims, and Native Americans ; READING 1: Thanksgiving -- 5.1 Noun Plurals-Form -- 5.2 Using the Plural for Generalizations -- 5.3 Special Cases of Singular and Plural ; READING 2: Cranberry Sauce -- 5.4 Count and Noncount Nouns -- 5.5 Nouns That Can Be Both Count and Noncount -- 5.6 Units of Measure with Noncount Nouns -- 5.7 A Lot Of, Much, Many ; READING 3: The First Americans -- 5.8 There + a Form of Be -- 5.9 Some, Any, A, No ; READING 4: Navajo Code Talkers -- 5.10 A Few, Several, A Little -- 5.11 A Few vs. Few; A Little vs. Little -- 5.12 Too Much/Too Many vs. A Lot Of ; LESSON SUMMARY -- TEST/REVIEW -- WRITING; 6 GRAMMAR: Modifiers, Adverbs, CONTEXT: A Healthy Planet, a Healthy Body ; READING 1: Feeding the Planet -- 6.1 Modifying A Noun -- 6.2 Adjectives -- 6.3 Noun Modifiers ; READING 2: Get Healthy! -- 6.4 Adverbs -- 6.5 Adjective vs. Adverb ; READING 3: A Good Night's Sleep -- 6.6 Too, Too Much, Too Many, and Enough -- 6.7 Too and Very ; LESSON SUMMARY -- TEST/REVIEW -- WRITING; 7: GRAMMAR: Time Words, The Past Continuous, CONTEXT: Immigrants and Refugees ; READING 1: Ellis Island -- 7.1 Time Words -- 7.2 When and Whenever ; READING 2: Henri and Bridget: Refugees from Rwanda -- 7.3 The Past Continuous-Form -- 7.4 The Past Continuous with a Specific Time -- 7.5 The Past Continuous with a When Clause ; READING 3: Albert Einstein: Refugee from Germany -- 7.6 The Past Continuous with a While Clause -- 7.7 Simple Past vs. Past Continuous with When -- 7.8 Using the -ing Form After Time Words ; LESSON SUMMARY -- TEST/REVIEW -- WRITING; 8. GRAMMAR: Modals, CONTEXT: Rules and Recommendations ; READING 1: An Apartment Lease -- 8.1 Overview of Modals -- 8.2 Phrasal Modals -- 8.3 Obligation/Necessity-Must and Phrasal Modals -- 8.4 Permission/Prohibition-May and Phrasal Modals -- 8.5 Expectation-Be Supposed To -- 8.6 Ability/Permission-Can, Could, and Phrasal Modals ; READING 2: Smoke Detectors -- 8.7 Advice-Should, Ought To, Had Better -- 8.8 Negatives of Modals ; READING 3: Starting Life in a New Country -- 8.9 Conclusions or Deductions-Must -- 8.10 Possibility-May/Might ; READING 4: At a Garage Sale -- 8.11 Using Modals for Politeness ; LESSON SUMMARY -- TEST/REVIEW -- WRITING; 9. GRAMMAR: The Present Perfect, The Present Perfect Continuous, CONTEXT: Virtual Communities ; READING 1: Google -- 9.1 The Present Perfect-Forms -- 9.2 The Past Participle -- 9.3 The Present Perfect with an Adverb ; READING 2: Crowdfunding -- 9.4 The Present Perfect-Overview of Uses -- 9.5 The Present Perfect with Continuation from Past to Present -- 9.6 The Simple Past, The Present Perfect, The Simple Present ; READING 3: Khan Academy -- 9.7 The Present Perfect with Repetition from Past to Present -- 9.8 The Present Perfect with an Indefinite Time in the Past -- 9.9 The Present Perfect vs. The Simple Past ; READING 4: Technology: Genealogy and the Genographic Project -- 9.10 The Present Perfect Continuous-Forms -- 9.11 The Present Perfect Continuous-Use ; LESSON SUMMARY -- TEST/REVIEW -- WRITING; 10: GRAMMAR: Gerunds, Infinitives, CONTEXT: Jobs ; READING 1: Finding a Job -- 10.1 Gerunds-An Overview -- 10.2 Gerunds as Subjects -- 10.3 Gerunds as Objects -- 10.4 Preposition + Gerund ; READING 2: Employment Engagement -- 10.5 Infinitives-An Overview -- 10.6 Infinitives after Expressions with It -- 10.7 Infinitives after Adjectives -- 10.8 Infinitives after Verbs -- 10.9 Objects before Infinitives -- 10.10 Infinitives to Show Purpose -- 10.11 Infinitive or Gerund after a Verb ; LESSON SUMMARY -- TEST/REVIEW -- WRITING; 11: GRAMMAR: Adjective Clauses, CONTEXT: Making Connections with Friends ; READING 1: Reconnecting with Old Friends -- 11.1 Adjective Clauses-Overview -- 11.2 Relative Pronouns as Subjects -- 11.3 Relative Pronouns as Objects ; READING 2: Making Connections Using Meetup -- 11.4 Relative Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions -- 11.5 Whose + Noun ; READING 3: Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook -- 11.6 Adjective Clauses with Where and When ; LESSON SUMMARY -- TEST/REVIEW -- WRITING; 12: GRAMMAR: Superlatives, Comparatives, CONTEXT: Sports and Athletes ; READING 1: Gregg Treinish: Extreme Athlete and Conservationist -- 12.1 The Superlative Form of Adjectives and Adverbs -- 12.2 Superlatives-Use ; READING 2: Americans' Attitude Toward Soccer -- 12.3 Comparative Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs -- 12.4 Comparatives-Use ; READING 3: An Amazing Athlete -- 12.5 As... As -- 12.6 As Many/Much... As -- 12.7 The Same... As ; READING 4: Football and Soccer -- 12.8 Showing Similarity with Like and Alike ; LESSON SUMMARY -- TEST/REVIEW -- WRITING; 13: GRAMMAR: Passive Voice and Active Voice, CONTEXT: The Law ; READING 1: The Supreme Court -- 13.1 Active and Passive Voice-Overview -- 13.2 The Passive Voice-Form ; READING 2: Jury Duty -- 13.3 Passive Voice-Use -- 13.4 Negatives and Questions with the Passive Voice ; READING 3: Unusual Lawsuits -- 13.5 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs ; LESSON SUMMARY -- TEST/REVIEW -- WRITING; 14: GRAMMAR: Articles, Other/Another, Indefinite Pronouns, CONTEXT: Money ; READING 1: Millenials and Money -- 14.1 Articles-An Overview -- 14.2 Making Generalizations -- 14.3 Classifying or Defining the Subject ; READING 2: Kids and Money -- 14.4 Non-Specific Nouns -- 14.5 Specific Nouns -- 14.6 Specific or Non-Specific Nouns with Quantity Words ; READING 3: Billionaires -- 14.7 Another and Other -- 14.8 More about Another and Other -- 14.9 Definite and Indefinite Pronouns ; LESSON SUMMARY -- TEST/REVIEW -- WRITING N2 - "The Sixth Edition of the best-selling Grammar in Context series inspires learners through compelling stories, National Geographic images, and content relevant to students' lives. Students learn more, remember more, and use language more effectively when they learn grammar in context. Grammar in Context, Sixth Edition features: NEW National Geographic photographs introduce lesson themes and draw learners into the context. NEW and UPDATED readings, many with National Geographic content, introduce the target grammar in context and provide the springboard for practice and personalization. NEW listening exercises reinforce the grammar through natural spoken English. NEW end-of-lesson activities help learners review and apply the target grammar to writing. UPDATED Online Workbook provides additional practice of the target grammar."' (Book Cover) UR - https://eltngl.com/search/productOverview.do?Ntt=GRAMMAR+IN+CONTEXT+2|1515493376124522653018961307801165995977&N=4294918395+200&Ntk=NGL%7CP_EPI&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&homePage=false ER -