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Title Page
	Copyright
	Contents
	introduction
	how to use this book
	timelines
	descriptive grammar
	about answers
	Basic building blocks
	Constructing basic sentences
	word order
	do
	don’t
	adding a place
	adding a time
	adding a place and time
	where and when
	yesterday, today, tomorrow
	Basic verbs
	be
	have
	be (am, are, is)
	adding s to verbs
	who and what
	go
	get
	One or more
	a/an
	adding s to nouns
	things we sometimes don't count
	things we don't count
	some and any
	here and there
	the
	names
	Other basic words
	's
	her, his, its, my, our, their, your
	hers, his, its, mine, ours, theirs, yours
	one
	simplifying sentences
	and
	or
	but
	Review of basic building blocks
	review of basic building blocks
	quiz
	Verb forms
	Tenses
	introduction to verb forms
	present form
	past form
	Unfinished actions
	-ing form
	unfinished in the past
	-ing form: as a subject
	-ing form: as an object
	go + -ing form
	Results of actions
	-en form
	adding a length of time
	ever and never
	already and yet
	Results of actions 2
	have got / have
	have done / have to do
	adding to
	to or -ing?
	results in the past
	Shifting focus
	be + -en form
	with other sentence patterns
	get + -en form
	feelings
	Putting it together
	have + been + -ing
	had + been + ing
	Review of verb forms
	review of verb forms
	examples
	quiz
	Options and possibilities
	Options and possibilities 1
	the verbs
	the past form isn't just for the past
	can/could
	could
	real or hypothetical?
	could have done
	Options and possibilities 2
	will
	would
	will be doing
	will have done
	would like
	would have done
	shall
	should
	should have done
	ought
	Options and possibilities 3
	may
	might
	may have done / might have done
	permission - can, could and may
	must
	must have done
	must / have to
	mustn’t / don’t have to
	making deductions
	had better
	if
	if
	would have... if...
	if: polite expressions
	Review of options and possibilities 3
	review of options and possibilities
	examples
	quiz
	Future and past
	Ways of talking about the future
	am/are/is + -ing form
	present form
	will and be going to
	which one should I use?
	before and after a time in the future
	Ways of talking about the past
	past form
	have + -en form
	used to and would
	which one should I use?
	used to / be used to
	before and after a time in the past
	Review of future and past
	review of future and past
	examples
	quiz
	Think and say
	Think and say 1
	say
	said about the past
	said about the future
	said about options and possibilities
	time and place
	think and know
	Think and say 2
	ask
	the meaning
	telling people what to do
	about
	hopes and wishes
	Review of think and say
	review of think and say
	examples
	quiz
	Adding information
	Where and when
	adding a place
	adding a time
	Who, what, why and how
	adding a recipient
	to: adding a destination
	for: making connections
	by: adding a method
	with: adding a part
	Describing nouns
	of
	adding information after nouns
	adjectives
	other ways to describe nouns
	Adverbs
	saying where, when and how
	adding information to verbs
	linking and emphasis
	start, middle or end?
	saying how often
	negative sentences
	more than one verb
	one verb: be
	adverbs and adjectives
	a lot / any more
	Stronger descriptions
	very/really
	not very/not really
	fairly/pretty/quite/rather
	such/so
	enough/too
	not that/not so/not such/not too
	Comparing
	-er than
	as... as...
	the -est
	not as... as...
	like
	like/as
	Review of adding information
	review of adding information
	examples
	quiz
	Adding more
	Talking about time
	when
	while
	as
	before, after, since and until
	A sentence in a sentence
	explaining which one
	when, where, which, who
	describing things in two ways
	simplifying
	-ing and -en
	what
	polite questions
	Other sentence patterns
	make it happen
	get it done
	experience it
	here you are
	here comes the end
	Review of adding more
	review of adding more
	examples
	quiz
	Appendix 1
	Two tenses
	no future tense
	Appendix 2
	Tense, aspect and modality
	tense and aspect
	modal verbs
	quasi-modal verbs
	Answers and index
	Answers and index
	answers
	index
	final thoughts