Focus on Grammar 4, Vol. 4
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With a fresh new design and a host of updated exercises and activities, the popular Focus on Grammar series is more practical and accessible than ever. Known for its focus on English grammar through contextualized listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities, this lively integrated skills course helps students bridge the gap between comprehending grammatical structures and actually using them.Centered on thematic instruction, Focus on Grammar combines controlled and communicative practice in a consistent approach that’s a proven success among students at all levels. Each unit progresses through four steps: Grammar in Context, Grammar Presentation, Focused Practice, and Communication Practice, using a unique format that makes the program easy for students to understand – and for teachers to implement.Each Student Book features: Clear presentations and charts that make grammar easy to learn. Creative activities that stimulate communication. New high-interest readings that are rich in content. From Grammar to Writing sections that build composition skills. Review Tests to confirm progress and improve scores on standardized tests. New Internet activities for individual, pair, or group work.
INTRODUCTIONPART I PRESENT AND PAST: REVIEW AND EXPANSIONUNIT 1 Simple Present and Present ProgressiveSchool newsletter about names:What’s in a Name?UNIT 2 Simple Past and Past ProgressiveMagazine article about four famous couples:Super CouplesUNIT 3 Present Perfect, Present Perfect Progressive, and Simple PastPersonal webpage from a skydiver:Jumping for JoyUNIT 4 Past Perfect and Past Perfect ProgressiveMagazine article about director Ang Lee:And the Winner Is . . . FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING Editing for Verb FormsWriting an autobiographical paragraphREVIEW TESTPART II FUTURE: REVIEW AND EXPANSIONUNIT 5 Future and Future ProgressiveMagazine article about the future:Presenting the Future!UNIT 6 Future Perfect and Future Perfect ProgressiveTranscript of TV personal finance show:Money TalksFROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING Avoiding sentence fragmentsWriting a personal letter about future plansREVIEW TESTPART III NEGATIVE QUESTIONS AND TAG QUESTIONS, ADDITIONSAND RESPONSESUNIT 7 Negative Yes/No Questions and Tag QuestionsMagazine interviews with people living in foreign countries:It’s a Great Place to Live, Isn’t It?UNIT 8 So, Too, Neither, Not Either, and ButMagazine article about identical twins:The Twin Question: Nature or Nurture?FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING Avoiding repetition with sentence additionsWriting a comparison and contrast essayREVIEW TEST PART IV GERUNDS AND INFINITIVESUNIT 9 Gerunds and Infinitives: Review and ExpansionNewspaper article about the largest international fast-food chain:McWorldUNIT 10 Make, Have, Let, Help, and Get Magazine article about performing animals:That’s Entertainment?FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING Using parallel forms: Gerunds and infinitivesWriting a summary of a movie or TV showREVIEW TESTPART V PHRASAL VERBSUNIT 11 Phrasal Verbs: ReviewMagazine article about the ancient Chinese art of feng shui:Wind and WaterUNIT 12 Phrasal Verbs: Separable and InseparableMagazine article about telemarketers:Welcome Home!FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING Using the appropriate degree of formalityWriting an informal letter about current activitiesREVIEW TESTPART VI ADJECTIVE CLAUSESUNIT 13 Adjective Clauses with Subject Relative PronounsMagazine article about friendship:A Word with Many MeaningsUNIT 14 Adjective Clauses with Object Relative Pronouns or When and WhereBook review of two autobiographies about the immigrant experience:Torn Between Two WorldsFROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING Adding details with adjective clauses Writing an essay about a famous personREVIEW TESTPART VII MODALS: REVIEW AND EXPANSIONUNIT 15 Modals and Similar Expressions: ReviewMagazine article about reality TV:Reality TV: Everybody Needs an AudienceUNIT 16 Advisability in the PastMagazine article about regrets:Useless RegretsUNIT 17 Speculations and Conclusions about the PastJournal article on theories about ancient cultures:Close EncountersFROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING Organizing ideas from freewritingWriting an informal letter to resolve a problemREVIEW TESTPART VIII THE PASSIVEUNIT 18 The Passive: OverviewMagazine article about a famous magazine:Geography — The Best Subject on this EarthUNIT 19 Passives with Modals and Similar ExpressionsMagazine article about the International Space Station:Close QuartersUNIT 20 The Passive CausativeMagazine article about body image:Body ArtFROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING Changing the focus with passive verbsWriting a report about a famous buildingREVIEW TESTPART IX CONDITIONALSUNIT 21 Present Real ConditionalsMagazine article about cyber malls:Pick and Click: Shopping @ Home UNIT 22 Future Real ConditionalsMagazine article about superstitions:Knock Wood!UNIT 23 Present and Future Unreal Conditionals Famous fairy tale:The Fisherman and his WifeUNIT 24 Past Unreal ConditionalsWebsite DVD review of a movie classic:It’s a Wonderful LifeFROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING Showing cause and effectWriting a cause and effect essayREVIEW TESTPART X INDIRECT SPEECHUNIT 25 Direct and Indirect SpeechMagazine article about lying:The Truth about LyingUNIT 26 Indirect Speech: Tense ChangesMagazine article about 2002 European floods:The Flood of the CenturyUNIT 27 Indirect Instructions, Commands, Requests, and InvitationsTranscript of a radio interview with the director of a speech clinic:The Snooze NewsUNIT 28 Indirect QuestionsExcerpt from an article about job interviews:The Stress InterviewUNIT 29 Embedded QuestionsInterview with a specialist on tipping:The TipFROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING Using direct and indirect speechWriting a letter of complaintREVIEW TESTAPPENDICES Irregular Verbs Common Non-action Verbs Verbs and Expressions Commonly Used Reflexively Some Common Transitive Separable Phrasal Verbs Some Common Intransitive Phrasal Verbs Some Common Irregular Plural Nouns Some Common Non-count Nouns Proper Nouns Common Participial Adjectives Irregular Comparisons of Adjectives, Adverbs, and Quantifiers Some Adjectives that Form the Comparative and Superlative in Two Ways Common Verbs Followed by a Gerund (Base Form of Verb + -ing) Common Verbs Followed by an Infinitive (To + Base Form of Verb) Common Verbs Followed by a Gerund or an Infinitive Verbs Followed by Object + Infinitive Common Adjective + Preposition Expressions Common Verb + Preposition Combinations Social Modals and Expressions Logical Modals and Expressions Spelling Rules for Base Form of Verb + -ing (Progressive and Gerund) Spelling Rules for the Simple Present: Third-Person Singular (he, she, it) Spelling Rules for Base Form of Verb + -ed (Simple Past and Past Participle of Regular Verbs) Spelling Rules for the Comparative (-er) and Superlative (-est) Forms of Adjectives Spelling Rules for Adverbs Ending in —ly Spelling Rules for Regular Plural Nouns Some Capitalization and Punctuation Rules Contractions with Verb Forms Pronunciation Table Pronunciation Rules for the Simple Present: Third-Person Singular (he, she, it) Pronunciation Rules for the Simple Past and Past Participle of Regular VerbsGLOSSARY OF GRAMMAR TERMSREVIEW TESTS ANSWER KEYINDEX
