Mosaic 2 grammar /
Patricia Werner, Nelson John P
- 1a. ed.
- New York McGraw-Hill ELT 2007
- 498 p.
Include Appendix Irregular verbs; spelling rules and irregular noun plurals, verbs not normally used in the continuous tense; summary of gerunds and infinitives.
LANGUAGE AND LEARNING. VERB TENSES AND MODAL AUXILIARIES. Part of speech; Sentences; Phrases and clauses. DANGER AND DARING. NOUNS, PRONOUNS, AND MODIFIERS. Introduction to nouns; Count nouns; Nocount nouns. GENDER AND RELATIONSHIPS. SENTENCE TYPES AND SENTENCES PROBLEMS. Commands; Exclamation; And, but, for, or, so, yet. BEAUTY AND AESTHETICS. ADJECTIVE CLAUSES AND RELATED STRUCTURES. Adjective clauses; Restrictive versus nonrestrictive adjective clauses; Clauses with multiple meanings. TRANSITIONS ADVERB CLAUSES OF CAUSE, RESULT, AND TIME. Transitions of sequence; Time clauses with the present, present perfect, and future tenses; Time clauses with the simple present and future perfect (continuous) tenses. THE MIND. ADVERB CLAUSES OF COMPARISON, CONTRAST, PURPOSE, AND RESULT. Adverb clauses and related structures of contrast: concession; Adverb clauses and related structures of contrast: Opposition; Adverb clauses and phrases of purpose. WORKING. NOUN CLAUSES AND RELATED STRUCTURES. Noun clauses; Quotations versus reported speech; Changes in verb tense with reported speech. BREAKTHROUGHS. THE PASSIVE VOICE AND RELATED STRUCTURES. The passive voice; The simple tenses; By + agent. ART AND ENTERTAINMENT. GERUNDS, INFINITIES, AND RELATED STRUCTURES. Functions of gerunds; Gerunds as objects of preposition; To + gerund. CONFLICT AND RECONCILIATION. HOPE, WISH, AND CONDITIONAL SENTENCES. Hope versus wish; Subjunctive forms with wish; Otherwise.