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Chapter 2—Present and Past, Simple and Progressive
- UUEGi 2-0 Overview
- UUEGi 2-1 Simple present
- UUEGi 2-2 Present progressive
- UUEGi 2-3 Stative verbs
- UUEGi 2-4 Am/is/are being + adjective
- UUEGi 2-5 Regular and irregular verbs
- UUEGi 2-6 Regular verbs: pronunciation of -ed endings
- UUEGi 2-7 Irregular verbs: an alphabetical list
- UUEGi 2-8 Troublesome verbs: raise/rise, set/sit, lay/lie
- UUEGi 2-9 Simple past
- UUEGi 2-10 Past progressive
- UUEGi 2-11 Using progressive verbs with always to complain
- UUEGi 2-12 Using expressions of place with progressive verbs
Chapter 4—Future Time
- UUEGi 4-0 Overview
- UUEGi 4-1 Simple future: will and be going to
- UUEGi 4-2 Will vs. be going to
- UUEGi 4-3 Expressing the future in time clauses
- UUEGi 4-4 Using the present progressive and the simple present to express future time
- UUEGi 4-5 Future progressive
- UUEGi 4-6 Future perfect
UUEGi 4-7 Future perfect progressive
Chapter 7—Nouns
- UUEGi 7-0 Overview
- UUEGi 7-1 Regular and irregular plural nouns
- UUEGi 7-2 Possessive nouns
- UUEGi 7-3 Using nouns as modifiers
- UUEGi 7-4 Count and nouncount nouns
- UUEGi 7-5 Noncount nouns
- UUEGi 7-6 Some common nouncount nouns
- UUEGi 7-7 Basic article usage
- UUEGi 7-8 General guidelines for article usage
- UUEGi 7-9 Expressions of quantity
- UUEGi 7-10 Using a few and few; a little and little
- UUEGi 7-11 Using of in expressions of quantity
- UUEGi 7-12 All (of) and both (of)
- UUEGi 7-13 Singular expressions of quantity: one, each, every
Chapter 8—Pronouns
- UUEGi 8-0 Overview
- UUEGi 8-1 Personal pronouns
- UUEGi 8-2 Personal pronouns: agreement with generic nouns and indefinite pronouns
- UUEGi 8-3 Personal pronouns: agreement with collective nouns
- UUEGi 8-4 Reflexive pronouns
- UUEGi 8-5 Using you, one, and theyas impersonal pronouns
- UUEGi 8-6 Forms of other
- UUEGi 8-7 Common expressions with other
Chapter 9—Modals, Part 1
- UUEGi 9-1 Introduction
- UUEGi 9-2 Polite questions with I as the subject
- UUEGi 9-3 Polite questions with you as the subject
- UUEGi 9-4 Polite requests with would you mind
- UUEGi 9-5 Expressing necessity: must, have to, have got to
- UUEGi 9-6 Lack of necessity and prohibition: have to and must in the negative
- UUEGi 9-7 Advisability: should, ought to, had better
- UUEGi 9-8 The past form of should
- UUEGi 9-9 Expectations: be supposed to
- UUEGi 9-10 Making suggestions: let's, why don't, shall I/we
- UUEGi 9-11 Making suggestions: could vs. should
Chapter 10—Modals, Part 2
- UUEGi 10-0 Overview
- UUEGi 10-1 Degrees of certainty: present time
- UUEGi 10-2 Degrees of certainty: present time negative
- UUEGi 10-3 Degrees of certainty: past time
- UUEGi 10-4 Degrees of certainty: future time
- UUEGi 10-5 Progressive forms of modals
- UUEGi 10-6 Ability: can and could
- UUEGi 10-7 Using would to express a repeated action in the past
- UUEGi 10-8 Expressing preference: would rather
- UUEGi 10-9 Combining modals with phrasal modals
- UUEGi 10-10 Summary chart of modals and similar expressions
Chapter 11—The Passive
- UUEGi 11-0 Overview
- UUEGi 11-1 Forming the passive
- UUEGi 11-2 Using the passive
- UUEGi 11-3 Indirect objects used as passive subjects
- UUEGi 11-4 The passive form of modals and phrasal modals
- UUEGi 11-5 Stative passive
- UUEGi 11-6 Common stative passive verbs + prepositions
- UUEGi 11-7 The passive with get
- UUEGi 11-8 Participial adjectives
Chapter 12—Noun Clauses
- UUEGi 12-0 Overview
- UUEGi 12-1 Introduction
- UUEGi 12-2 Noun clauses beginning with a question word
- UUEGi 12-3 Noun clauses beginning with whether or if
- UUEGi 12-4 Question words followed by infinitives
- UUEGi 12-5 Noun clauses beginning with that
- UUEGi 12-6 Quoted speech
- UUEGi 12-7 Reported speech: verb forms in noun clauses
- UUEGi 12-8 Using the subjunctive in noun clauses
- UUEGi 12-9 Using -ever words
Chapter 13—Adjective Clauses
- UUEGi 13-0 Overview
- UUEGi 13-1 Introduction
- UUEGi 13-2 Adjective clause pronouns used as the subject
- UUEGi 13-3 Adjective clause pronouns used as the object of a verb
- UUEGi 13-4 Adjective clause pronouns used as the object of a preposition
- UUEGi 13-5 Usual patterns of adjective clauses
- UUEGi 13-6 Using whose
- UUEGi 13-7 Using where in adjective clauses
UUEGi 13-8 Using when in adjective clauses - UUEGi 13-9 Using adjective clauses to modify pronouns
- UUEGi 13-10 Punctuating adjective clauses
- UUEGi 13-11 Using expressions of quantity in adjective clauses
- UUEGi 13-12 Using Noun + of which
- UUEGi 13-13 Using which to modify a whole sentence
- UUEGi 13-14 Reducing adjective clauses to adjective phrases: introduction
UUEGi 13-15 Changing an adjective clause to an adjective phrase
Chapter 14—Gerunds and Infinitives, Part 1
- UUEGi 14-0 Overview
- UUEGi 14-1 Gerunds: introduction
- UUEGi 14-2 Using gerunds as the objects of prepostions
- UUEGi 14-3 Common preposition combinations followed by gerunds
UUEGi 14-4 Common verbs followed by gerunds - UUEGi 14-5 Go + gerund
- UUEGi 14-6 Special expressions followed by -ing
- UUEGi 14-7 Common verbs followed by infinitives
- UUEGi 14-8 Common verbs followed by either infinitives or gerunds
- UUEGi 14-9 Reference list of verbs followed by gerunds
UUEGi 14-10 Reference list of verbs followed by infinitives - UUEGi 14-11 It + infinitive; gerunds and infinitives as subjects
Chapter 15—Gerunds and Infinitives, Part 2
- UUEGi 15-0 Overview
- UUEGi 15-1 Infinitive of purpose: in order to
- UUEGi 15-2 Adjectives followed by infinitives
- UUEGi 15-3 Using infinitves with too and enough
- UUEGi 15-4 Passive and past forms of infinitives and gerunds
- UUEGi 15-5 Using gerunds or passive infinitives following need
- UUEGi 15-6 Using a possessive to modify a gerund
- UUEGi 15-7 Using verbs of perception
- UUEGi 15-8 Using the simple form after let and help
- UUEGi 15-9 Using causative verbs: make, have, get
Chapter 17—Adverb Clauses
- UUEGi 17-0 Overview
- UUEGi 17-1 Introduction
- UUEGi 17-2 Using adverb clauses to show cause and effect
- UUEGi 17-3 Expressing contrast (unexpected result): Using even though
- UUEGi 17-4 Showing direct contrast: while and whereas
- UUEGi 17-5 Expressing conditions in adverb clauses: if-clauses
- UUEGi 17-6 Adverb clauses of condition: using whether or not and even if
- UUEGi 17-7 Adverb clauses of condition: using in case and in the event that
- UUEGi 17-8 Adverb clauses of condition: using unless
- UUEGi 17-9 Adverb clauses of condition: using only if
Chapter 18—Reduction of Adverb Clauses to Modifying Adverbial Phrases
- UUEGi 18-0 Overview
- UUEGi 18-1 Introduction
- UUEGi 18-2 Changing time clauses to modifying adverbial phrases
- UUEGi 18-3 Expressing the idea of “during the same time” in modifying adverbial phrases
- UUEGi 18-4 Expressing cause and effect in modifying adverbial phrases
- UUEGi 18-5 Using upon + -ing in modiying adverbial phrases
Chapter 19—Connectives that Express Cause and Effect, Contrast, and Condition
- UUEGi 19-0 Overview
- UUEGi 19-1 Using because of and due to
- UUEGi 19-2 Using transitions to show cause and effect: therefore and consequently
- UUEGi 19-3 Summary of patterns and punctuation
- UUEGi 19-4 Other ways of expressing cause and effect: such… that and so… that
- UUEGi 19-5 Expressing purpose: using so that
- UUEGi 19-6 Showing contrast (unexpected result)
- UUEGi 19-7 Showing direct contrast
- UUEGi 19-8 Expressing conditions: using otherwise and or (else)
- UUEGi 19-9 Summary of connectives: cause and effect, contrast, condition
Chapter 20—Conditional Sentences and Wishes
- UUEGi 20-0 Overview
- UUEGi 20-1 Overview of basic verb forms used in conditional sentences
- UUEGi 20-2 True in the present or future
- UUEGi 20-3 Untrue (contrary to fact) in the present or future
- UUEGi 20-4 Untrue (contrary to fact) in the past
- UUEGi 20-5 Using progressive verb forms in conditional sentences
- UUEGi 20-6 Using “mixed time” in conditional sentences
- UUEGi 20-7 Omitting if
- UUEGi 20-8 Implied conditions
- UUEGi 20-9 Using as if/as though
- UUEGi 20-10 Verb forms following wish
- UUEGi 20-11 Using would to make wishes about the future
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