Grammar in context
Subtitle: Student book
By: Sandra N. Elbaum
Publisher: Heinle Cengage Learning
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781424080922
Subjects: Textbooks for foreign speakers; Problems, exercises; Grammar; English language
Notes: "Level 3, student book, split edition : 3A" -- p. [4] of cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Book -- -- lesson 1; title: Grammar : The present perfect ; the present perfect continuous --; title: Context : Jobs --; title: Reading : Cover letter and job résumé -- -- 1.1. The; title: present perfect tense -- forms -- -- 1.2. The; title: past participle -- -- 1.3. The; title: present perfect -- contradictions -- -- 1.4. The; title: present perfect- question formation -- -- 1.5.; title: Uses of the present perfect tense -- an overview -- -- 1.6. The; title: present perfect with continuation from past to present -- -- 1.7.; title: Negative statements with since, for, and in -- -- 1.8. The; title: present perfect vs. the simple present --; title: Reading : Where have all the jobs gone? -- -- 1.9. The; title: present perfect continuous -- -- 1.10. The; title: present perfect tense vs. the simple past tense -- -- 1.11. The; title: present perfect with repetition from past to present -- -- 1.12. The; title: present perfect tense vs. the simple past tense with repetition --; title: Reading : The Occupational Outlook Handbook -- -- 1.13. The; title: present perfect tense with indefinite past time -- an overview -- -- 1.14.; title: Questions with ever -- -- 1.15.; title: Yet, already -- -- 1.16.; title: Questions with lately and recently -- -- 1.17. The; title: present perfect continuous tense with ongoing activities -- -- 1.18. The; title: present perfect tense with no time mentioned -- -- 1.19. The; title: present perfect tense vs. the present perfect continuous tense with no time mentioned; title: Lesson 2; title: Grammar : The passive voice ; participles used as adjectives ; get + participles and adjectives --; title: Context : Hollywood -- -- 2.1. The; title: passive voice -- an overview --; title: Reading : The Oscars -- -- 2.2. The; title: passive voice -- form -- -- 2.3.; title: Passive voice and active voice -- uses -- -- 2.4. The; title: passive voice without an agent -- -- 2.5. The; title: passive voice with an agent -- -- 2.6.; title: Verbs with two objects --; title: Reading : The history of animation -- -- 2.7.; title: Transitive and intransitive verbs -- -- 2.8. The; title: passive voice with get -- -- 2.9.; title: Participles used as adjectives --; title: Reading : Charlie Chaplin -- -- 2.10.; title: Participles used as adjectives to show feelings -- -- 2.11.; title: Other past participles used as adjectives --; title: Reading : Being famous -- -- 2.12.; title: Past participles and other adjectives with get; title: Lesson 3; title: Grammar : The past continuous ; the past perfect ; the past perfect continuous ; comparison of past tenses --; title: Context : Disasters and tragedies -- -- 3.1.; title: Overview of past tenses --; title: Reading : The Columbia tragedy -- -- 3.2. The; title: past continuous tense -- forms -- -- 3.3. The; title: past continuous tense -- uses -- -- 3.4. The; title: past continuous or the simple past --; title: Reading : The Titanic -- -- 3.5. The; title: past perfect tense -- forms -- -- 3.6. The; title: past perfect tense -- use -- -- 3.7.; title: When with the simple past or the past perfect --; title: Reading : Wildfires in southern California -- -- 3.8. The; title: past perfect continuous tense -- forms -- -- 3.9. The; title: past perfect continuous tense -- uses -- -- 3.10. The; title: past perfect (continuous) tense for the present perfect (continuous) tense --; title: Reading : Hurricane Katrina -- -- 3.11.; title: Comparison of past tenses; title: Lesson 4; title: Grammar : Modals -- present and future ; related expressions --; title: Context : Consumer warnings -- -- 4.1.; title: Overview of modals and related expressions --; title: Reading : Sweepstakes or scam? -- -- 4.2.; title: Possibilities -- may, might, could -- -- 4.3.; title: Necessity and urgency with must, have to, have got to -- -- 4.4.; title: Obligation with must or be supposed to -- -- 4.5.; title: Advice with should, ought to, and had better --; title: Reading : Telemarketing -- -- 4.6.; title: Permission and prohibition --; title: Reading : Identity theft -- -- 4.7.; title: Comparing negative modals -- -- 4.8.; title: Making suggestions --; title: Reading : Infomercials -- -- 4.9.; title: Expectations with be supposed to --; title: Reading : My elderly neighbor -- -- 4.10.; title: Logical conclusions -- -- 4.11.; title: Possibility vs. probability in the present -- -- 4.12.; title: Modals with continuous verbs -- -- lesson 5; title: Grammar : Modals in the past --; title: Context : American presidents --; title: Reading : Slavery, Lincoln, and the Civil War -- -- 5.1.; title: Modals in the past -- -- 5.2.; title: Past possibility and probability --; title: Reading : The Cuban missile crisis -- -- 5.3.; title: Past direction not taken --; title: Reading Election 2000 : Bush vs. Gore -- -- 5.4.; title: Past mistakes -- -- 5.5.; title: Be supposed to in the past --; title: Reading : The media and presidential elections -- -- 5.6.; title: Must have vs. had to -- -- 5.7.; title: Could + base form vs. could have + past participle -- -- 5.8.; title: More on couldn't have -- -- 5.9.; title: Continuous forms of past modals; title: Lesson 6; title: Grammar : Adjective clauses ; descriptive phrases --; title: Context : The Internet -- -- 6.1.; title: Adjective clauses -- an overview --; title: Reading : Spam -- -- 6.2.; title: Relative pronoun as subject -- -- 6.3.; title: Relative pronoun as object -- -- 6.4.; title: Comparing pronoun as subject and object -- -- 6.5.; title: Relative pronoun as object of preposition --; title: Reading : eBay -- -- 6.6.; title: Where and when in adjective clauses -- -- 6.7.; title: Where, when, that, or which in adjective clauses --; title: Reading : Freecycle -- -- 6.8.; title: Whose + noun in an adjective clause -- -- 6.9.; title: Adjective clauses after indefinite pronouns --; title: Reading : Creating the World Wide Web -- -- 6.10.; title: Nonessential adjective clauses -- -- 6.11.; title: Essential vs. nonessential adjective clauses -- -- 6.12.; title: Descriptive phrases; title: Lesson 7; title: Grammar : Infinites ; gerunds --; title: Context : Helping others -- -- 7.1.; title: Infinitives -- an overview --; title: Reading : Andrew Carnegie, philanthropist -- -- 7.2.; title: Verbs followed by an infinitive -- -- 7.3.; title: Object before infinitive --; title: Reading : Charity and volunteering -- -- 7.4.; title: Causative verbs -- -- 7.5.; title: Adjective plus infinitive --; title: Reading : One step at a time -- -- 7.6.; title: Using the infinitive to show purpose -- -- 7.7.; title: Infinitive as subject -- -- 7.8.; title: Infinitive with too and enough -- -- 7.9.; title: Gerunds -- an overview --; title: Reading : Helping others get an education -- -- 7.10.; title: Gerund as subject -- -- 7.11.; title: Gerund after prepositions and nouns -- -- 7.12.; title: Using the correct preposition -- -- 7.13.; title: Verbs followed by gerunds -- -- 7.14.; title: Verbs followed by gerund or infinitive -- -- 7.15.; title: Infinitive and gerund as subject -- -- 7.16.; title: Gerund or infinitive after a verb : differences in meaning --; title: Reading : Mimi's bike ride -- -- 7.17.; title: Used to/be used to/get used to --; title: Reading : Global volunteers -- -- 7.18.; title: Sense-perception verbs; title: Lesson 8; title: Grammar : Adverbial clauses and phrases ; sentence connectors ; so /such ... that --; title: Context : Coming to America -- -- 8.1.; title: Adverbial clauses -- an overview --; title: Reading : A nation of immigrants -- -- 8.2.; title: Reason and purpose --; title: Reading : The lost boys of Sudan -- -- 8.3.; title: Time expressions -- -- 8.4.; title: Using the -ing form after time words --; title: Reading : Slavery -- an American paradox -- -- 8.5.; title: Contrast --; title: Reading : The changing face of America -- -- 8.6.; title: Condition --; title: Reading : Adopting a baby from abroad -- -- 8.7.; title: Sentence connectors -- -- 8.8.; title: So... that/such... that -- -- lesson 9; title: Grammar : Noun clauses --; title: Context : Caring for children -- -- 9.1.; title: Noun clauses -- an overview --; title: Reading : Bringing up baby -- -- 9.2.; title: Noun clauses after verbs and adjectives --; title: Reading : Pediatricians' recommendations -- -- 9.3.; title: Noun clauses after expressions of importance --; title: Reading : Day care -- -- 9.4.; title: Noun clauses as included questions -- -- 9.5.; title: Question words followed by an infinitive --; title: Reading : Dr. Benjamin Spock -- -- 9.6.; title: Noun clauses as exact quotes of notable words --; title: Reading : A folk tale -- -- 9.7.; title: Exact quotes in telling a story -- -- 9.8.; title: Noun clauses as reported speech -- -- 9.9. The; title: rule of sequence of tenses -- -- 9.10.; title: Say vs. tell -- -- 9.11.; title: Exceptions to the rule of sequence of tenses -- -- 9.12.; title: Reporting an imperative --; title: Reading : Being an au pair -- -- 9.13.; title: Noun clauses as reported questions -- -- 9.14.; title: Noun clauses after other past tense verbs; title: Lesson 10; title: Grammar : Unreal conditions -- present ; real conditions vs. unreal conditions ; unreal conditions -past ; wishes --; title: Context : Science or science fiction? --; title: Reading : Time travel -- -- 10.1.; title: Unreal conditions -- present -- -- 10.2.; title: Implied conditions --; title: Reading : Traveling to Mars -- -- 10.3.; title: Real conditions vs. unreal conditions --; title: Reading : Life 100 years ago -- -- 10.4.; title: Unreal conditions -- past --; title: Reading : Science or wishful thinking? -- -- 10.5.; title: Wishes -- -- 10.6.; title: Wishing for a desired change --; title: Appendices -- -- A.; title: Noncount nouns -- -- B.; title: Uses of articles -- -- C. The; title: verb get -- -- D.; title: Gerund and infinitive patterns -- -- E.; title: Verbs and adjectives followed by a preposition -- -- F.; title: Direct and indirect objects -- -- G.; title: Spelling and pronunciation of verbs -- -- H.; title: Capitalization rules -- -- I.; title: Plural forms of nouns -- -- J.; title: Metric conversion chart -- -- K.; title: Comparative and superlative forms -- -- L.; title: Glossary of grammatical terms -- -- M.; title: Alphabetical list of irregular verb forms -- -- N.; title: Map of the United States of America --; title: Index.