BASIC
ENGLISH
GRAMMAR
ENGLISH
GRAMMAR
Second Edition
Librsry of Congrcecl Cataloging-ln-Public Data
Azar, Betty Scrampfer, 1941-
Basic English grammar I Betty Schrampfer Azar. -- 2nd ed.
D. cm.
1ncludes indexes.
ISBN 0-13-368317-6
ISBN 0-13-368424-5 (v. 1). --ISBN 0-13-368358-3 (v. 2)
1. English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers. 2. English
language--Grammar--Problems, exercises, etc. I. Title.
PE1128.A96 1995
428.2'4--dc20 92-2571 1
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Contents
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION ........................................................................................ ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................................... x
51 f .
Chapter 1 USING BEAND HAVE
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NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR ........................................................................ 2
NOUN +ARE + NOUN: PLURAL ............................................................................ 4
........................................................................................ PRONOUN + BE + NOUN 6
CONTRACTIONS WITH BE ................................................................................... 7
NEGATIVE WITH BE ................................................................................................. 8
BE + ADJECTIVE ........................... .... ......................................................................... 10
BE + A LOCATION ........................................... .... .............................................. 1 6
................................................. SUMMARY: SENTENCE PATTERNS WITH BE 20
............................................. ........................... YESNO QUESTIONS WITH BE .. 21
QUESTIONS WITH BE: USING WHERE ............................................................... 24
......................................................................................... USING HAVE AND HAS 26
USING MY, YOUR, HIS, HER, OUR, THEIR ...................................................... 27
USING THIS AND THAT ........................................................................................ 30
USING THESE AND THOSE ................................................................................. 31
................................. ASKING QUESTIONS WITH WHATAND WHO +BE ....... 32
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Chapter 2 EXPRESSING PRESENT TIME (PART I ) '17 '1
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FORM AND BASIC MEANING OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE ................ 44
USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS: ALWAYS. USUALLY. OFTEN.
......................................................... SOMETIMES. SEL.DOM. R.4REL.Y. N E W 46
USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS WITH BE ........................................................... 47
PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S: /Z/ AND /S/ ....................................................... 49
.................. ............... SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -ES .. 5 1
.................................. ADDING FINAL -S/-ES TO WORDS THAT END IN -Y .... 1
........................................ IRREGULAR SINGULAR VERBS: HAS, DOES, GOES 52
SUMMARY: SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF -SAND -ES ................... 54
THE SIMPLE PRESENT . NEGATIVE .................................................................. 57
CONTENTS . //I
2-10 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: YESNO QUESTIONS .................................................. 6 I
2-1 1 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: ASKING INFORMATION QUESTIONS
.......................................................................................................... WITH WHERE 64
2-12 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: ASKING INFORMATION QUESTIONS
............................................................................ WITH WHEN AND WHAT TIME 66
........................ 2-13 SUMMARY: INFORMATION QUESTIONS WITH BE AND DO 67
2-14 USING l T T O TALK ABOUT TIME ........................................................................ 72
....................................................................................... 2-1 5 PREPOSITIONS OF TIME 73
..................................................... 2-16 USING ITTO TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER 74
Chapter 3 EXPRESSING PRESENT TIME (PART 2) " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
........................................... BE + J N G : THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE 84
SPELLING OF -ZNG ................. .. ............................................................................. 87
THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE . QUESTIONS ....................................................... 89
.............................. THE SIMPLE PRESENT vs . THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE 92
............. NONACTION VERBS NOT USED IN THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE 95
............................................ SEE, LOOKAT, WATCH, HEAR, AND LISTEN TO 97
NEED AND WANT + A NOUN OR AN ............................................ 98
............................ .................................................................. WOULD LIKE ............ 100
. ......................................................................................... WOULDLIKEvs LJKE 101
THINK ABOUT AND THINK THAT .................................................................... 102
........................................................................................................... THERE + BE 106
........................ ......................................... THERE + B E YESNO QUESTIONS i 107
................................ THERE + B E ASKING QUESTIONS WITH HOWMANY 109
............................................ ............................ PREPOSITIONS OF LOCATION .... 1 1
Chapter 4 NOUNS AND PRONOUNS
...................................................................... NOUNS: SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS 127
.............................................................................................. ADJECTIVE + NOUN 129
.......................................... SUBJECT PRONOUNS AND OBJECT PRONOUNS 131
................................................................... NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL 134
.............................................................. NOUNS: IRREGULAR PLURAL FORMS 139
................................................................... NOUNS: COUNT AND NONCOUNT 141
. ................................. ................................................................... USINGANvs A .. 143
. .......................................................................................... USING A/AN vs SOME 1 4 4
............................................... MEASUREMENTS WITH NONCOUNT NOUNS 150
.............................................................................................................. USING THE 156
............................. USING 0 (NO ARTICLE) TO MAKE GENERALIZATIONS 160
...................................................................................... USING SOME AND ANY 1 6 1
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: SOMETHING, SOMEONE,
......................................................................................... ANYTHING, ANYONE 163
.................................... INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: NOTHING AND NO ONE 164
Chapter 5 EXPRESSING PAST TIME ... v .
Chapter 6
USING BE: PAST TIME ....................... .... ....................................................... 171
PAST OF BE: NEGATIVE ..................................................................................... 172
PAST OF BE: QUESTIONS ..................................................................................... 173
THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE: USING -ED ................ .. ....................................... 177
PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO ................................. 178
PRONUNCIATION OF -ED: It/, Id/, AND ladl ..................................................... 180
SPELLING OF -ED VERBS ................... .. .......................................................... 183
SPELLING OF -ED AND -ING: TWO-SYLLABLE VERBS ............................... 186
................................... THE SIMPLE PAST: IRREGULAR VERBS .................... ... 190
THE SIMPLE PAST: NEGATIVE ........... ... ........................................................ 192
THE SIMPLE PAST: YES/NO QUESTIONS ..................................................... 9
MORE IRREGULAR VERBS .................................................................................... 198
THE SIMPLE PAST: USING WHERE, WHEN, WHAT TIME,
................................................ AND WHY .............................................................. ... 203
QUESTIONS WITH WHAT ..................... .... .................................................... 206
QUESTIONS WITH WHO ................................................................................... 209
ASKING ABOUT THE MEANING OF A WORD ............................................... 212
MORE IRREGULAR VERBS ............... ... ............................................................. 213
BEFORE AND AFTER IN TIME CLAUSES ...................................................... 216
WHEN IN TIME CLAUSES ........................... .... ............................................... 219
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EXPRESSING FUTURE TlME
... ........................... FUTURE TIME: USING BE GOING TO .................. :..... :.L L 231
..................................... WORDS USED FOR PAST TIME AND FUTURE TIME 235
USING A COUPLE OF OR A FEW WITH AGO (PAST) AND
LV (EUTURE) ....................................................................................................... 238
USING TODAY, TONIGHT, AND THIS + MORNING,
.......................................... AFTERNOON, EVENING, WEEK, MONTH, YEAR 239
FUTURE TIME: USING WILL .............................................................................. 242
ASKING QUESTIONS WITH W I U ...................................................................... 243
................................... VERB SUMMARY: PRESENT, PAST, AND FUTURE ...... 245
VERB SUMMARY: FORMS OF BE ...................................................................... 246
.................................... USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO ............................... .. 251
MAYIMIGHTvs . WILL ........................................................................................... 253
.................................... MAYBE (ONE WORD) vs . MAYBE (TWO WORDS) ...... 255
................. FUTURE TIME CLAUSES WITH BEFORE, AFTER, AND WHEN 258
CLAUSES WITH IF ................................................................................................ 260
EXPRESSING HABITUAL PRESENT WITH TIME CLAUSES AND
IF-CLAUSES .............................................................................................................. 263
MORE IRREGULAR VERBS .................................................................................... 266
MORE IRREGULAR VERBS ................... ... ....................................................... 270
CONTENTS V
Chapter 7 EXPRESSING ABILITY
USING CAN ............................................................................................................... 281
USING CAN: QUESTIONS ..................................................................................... 282
USING KNOWHOW TO ......................................................................................... 284
USING COULD: PAST OF CAN ............................................................................. 285
USING VERY AND TOO + ADJECTIVE ............................................................. 287
USING TOO MANY AND TOO MUCH + NOUN ............................................... 290
USING TOO + ADJECTIVE + INKNITIW ......................................................... 293
USING TOO + ADJECTIVE + FOR (SOMEONE) + INFINITIVE ..................... 294
USING ADJECTIVE + ENOUGH ........................................................................... 295
USING ENOUGH + NOUN AND MORE + NOUN ............................................. 297
USING ENOUGH + INFINITIVE ........................................................................... 299
USING BERBLB TO ............................................................................................... 301
POLITE QUESTIONS: MAYI. COULD I. AND CANI ........................................ 302
................................ POLITE QUESTIONS: COULD YOU AND WOULD YOU ,304
IMPERATIVE SENTENCES .................................................................................... 307
USING TWO. TOO. AND TO ................................................................................. 310
MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR LOCATIONS .................... 311
MORE IRREGULAR VERBS .................................................................................... 321
Chapter 8 NOUNS . ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS
...
. . > . , I - 1
MODIFYING NOUNS WITH ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS ......................... 325
WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES .................................................................... 329
EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ALL OF. MOST OF. SOME OF .............. 334
............... EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT 336
................................. EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTJ3Y ONE OF. NONE OF 337
................................................................................................... USING EVERY 341
POSSESSIVE NOUNS ........................................................................................ 343
POSSESSIVE: IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS .............................................. 345
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: MINE, YOURS. HIS. HERS,
OURS, THEIRS ............... ....... ....................................................................... 347
........................................................................... QUESTIONS WITH WHOS6 351
SUMMARY: USES OF THE APOSTROPHE .................................................... 352
SUMMARY: USES OF NOUNS ......................................................................... 355
.................................. CONNECTED NOUNS: NOUN +AND/OR + NOUN 357
SUMMARY: USES OF ADJECTIVES ............................................................... 360
SUMMARY.. PERSONAL PRONOUNS ............................................................ 363
......................................................................................... INDIRECT OBJECTS 364
................................................................. INDIRECT OBJECTS: USING FOR 367
........... ........................... INDIRECT OBJECTS W m BUY, GET, MAKE .. 369
...................... INDIRECT OBJECTS WITH EXFLAlN AND INTRODUCE 370
MORE IRREGULAR VERBS ............................................................................. 375
Chapter 9 MAKING COMPARISONS
COMPARISONS: USING THE SAME (AS). SIMILAR (TO).
AND DIFFERENT (PROM) .............................................................................. 379
COMPARISONS: USING LIKE AND ALIKE ................................................. 382
THE COMPARATIVE: USING -ER AND MORE ....................... .. ............ 383
USING AS ... AS; USING LESS ................................................................... 389
USING BUT ........................................................................................................ 393
........................................................................... USING VERBS AFTER BUT 395
THE SUPERLATNE: USING -ESTAND MOST .......................................... 398
USING ONE OF + SUPERLATIVE + PLURAL NOUN ................................ 405
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS .......................................................................... 411
MAKING COMPARISONS WITH ADVERBS .............................................. 414
USING AS ... AS WITH ADVERBS ................................................................ 416
Chapter 10 EXPRESSING IDEAS WITH VERBS
USING SHOULD ................................................................................................ 420
USING LET'S .................................................................................................... 423
USING HAVE + INFINITIVE (HAS TOIHAVE TO) ....................................... 424
USING MUST ..................................................................................................... 427
MODAL AUXILIARIES .................................................................................... 430
SUMMARY CHART: MODAL AUXILIARIES AND
SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ................................................................................. 431
THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AND THE PAST PROGRESSIVE ............. 434
...................................... USING WHILE WITH THE PAST PROGRESSIVE 438
WHILE vs . WHEN IN PAST TIME CLAUSES ................................................ 438
SIMPLE PAST vs . PAST PROGRESSIVE ......................................................... 4 0
....................................... USING HAVE BEEN (THE PRESENT PERFECT) 4 4
USING SINCE-CLAUSES ................................................................................. 446
FORM OF THE PRESENT PERFECT ............................................................. 448
....................................... USING NEVBR WITH THE PRESENT PERFECT 449
PRESENT PERFECT: QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVES ............................... 450
USING EVBR WITH THE PRESENT PERFECT .......................................... 451
THE PRESENT PERFECT: QUESTIONS WITH HOW LONG .................... 453
PAST PARTICIPLES OF COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS .......................... 455
.................................................................................. Appendix 1 THE ENGUSH ALPHABET AI
Appendix 2 NUMBERS .......................................................................................................... ~2
Appendlx 3 DAYS OF THE WEEK AND MONTHS OF THE YEAR ...................................... A3
Appendlx 4 WAYS OF SAYING ME TIME ........................................................................... A4
Appendix 5 IRREGULAR VERBS ........................................................................................... AS
............................................................................................................................... INDEX INDEX 1
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1 Basic English Grammar remains a developmental skills text for students of English as a
second or foreign language. Serving as both a reference and a workbook, it inaoduces
students to the form, meaning, and usage of basic structures in English. It provides ample
opportunities for practice through extensive and varied exercises leading to
communicative activities. Although it focuses on grammar, it promotes the development
of all language skills.
This second edition has a greatly expanded range of contents to provide a solid core
I I of basic English grammar for lower-level
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