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Second Edition
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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
CIP
Publisher: Tina B Carver
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01996 by Betty Schrampfer Azar
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Printed in the United States of America
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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS x
51 f Chapter 1 USING BEAND HAVE : U f l - 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 + B E 32
.I?' Chapter 2 EXPRESSING PRESENT TIME (PART I ) ' 1 7 ' 1 L 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
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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 I T T O TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER 74 Chapter 3 EXPRESSING PRESENT TIME (PART 2) "
B E + 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 + B E 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) T O MAKE GENERALIZATIONS 160
USING SOME AND ANY 1 6 1 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: SOMETHING, SOMEONE,
ANYTHING, ANYONE 163
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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 T O : :.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
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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 M A N Y 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
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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
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Trang 101 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 or beginning students It includes numerous
new exercises with, at the end of each chapter, cumulative review exercises that include additional communicative and interactive student-centered tasks
Also available are an Answer Key, with answers only, and a Teacher's Guide, with teaching suggestions as well as the answers to the exercises
PREFACE i~
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Trang 11Writing English grammar texts is a pleasure for me In this pursuit, I am helped by many
articles for regional newsletters or international journals; researchers who explore the
grammar materials who show creative and sound approaches to helping students gain
share their pedagogical insights; and publishing professionals who know how to mold and
practical needs
In sum, I am indebted to the ESL/EFL community of teachers, researchers, authors, publishers, and students
Irene Juzkiw, Stacy Hagen, Nancy Price, Lawrence Ciaar, Don Martinetti, Lizette Reyes, Stella Reilly, Marita Froimson, Joy Edwards, R.T Steltz, Sue Van Etten, Ken Kortlever, Generessa Arielle, and Chelsea Azar My gratitude goes also to the many wonderful teachers and publishers I met in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan on my trip to Asia in 1994
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EXERCISE 1 : Learn the names of your classmates and teacher Write their names in the spaces
below
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NOUN + IS + NOUN
"Smgular" means "one, not two or more." ;$ 4%
In (a): Canada = a singular noun I ,,<
A frequently comes in front of singular nouns
In (b): a comes in front of the singular noun carntly A is called "an article."
A and an have the same meaning They are both articles
A is used in front of words that begin with consonants: b, c, d, f; g, h,
j, k, etc Examples: a bed, a cat, a dog, afriend, a girl
An is used in front of words that begin with a, e, i, and o.*
Examples: an animal, an ear, an island, an o f i e
*An is also sometimes used in h n t of words that begm with u See Chaa 4-7
The letters a, e, i, o, and u are called ''vowe18."
W EXERCISE 2: Complete the sentences Use a n ARTICLE, a or an
Trang 14EXERCISE 3: Complete the sentences Use an ARTICLE (a or an) and the words in the list
animal continent insect
1 Arabic is a l a n g ~ ~ g e 9 A bee is
2 Rome is a citv 10 South America is
3 A cat is an animal 11 A dog is
EXERCISE 4-ORAL: Complete the sentences with your own words T h i i of more than
one possible completion
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( C ) SINGULAR: a city, a country
NOUN and NOUN + ARE + NOUN
( e ) Dops and cats are animals
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"Plural" means "two, three, or more."
Cats = a plural noun
are = a plural verb
animals = a plural noun
Plural nouns end in -8
A and an are used only with singular nouns
Some singular nouns that end in -y have a special plural form: They omit the -y and add -ies.*
Two nouns connected by and are followed by aro
In (d): Canada is a singular noun China is a singular noun They are connected by and
Together they are plural, i.e., "more than one."
*See Chan 2-6 for more information about sddinr 18 to words that end in -y
EXERCISE 5: Change the singular sentences to plural sentences
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1 a country 6 cities 1 1 countries in Asia
2 countries 7 animals 12 a city in Europe
4 a language 9 a peninsula 14 a vegetable
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Example: Cows
Response: Cows are animals
1 English 8 Russian and Arabic
15 Winter and summer
16 September and October
PRONOUN + BE + NOUN PRONOUN + BE + NOUN
a m a student ( f ) We are students
are a student ( g ) You are students I
a student ( h ) They are students
( i ) Rita is in my class She is a student Pronouns refer to nouns
( i ) Tom is in my class H e is a student In (i): she (feminine) = Rita (k) Rita and Tom are in my class They are students In (j): he (masculine) = Tom
In (k): they =Rita and Tom
EXERCISE 9: Complete the sentences Use a VERB: am, is, or are Use a NOUN: a student
or students
i w e arestudents
2 I
3 Rita goes to school She
4 Rita and Tom go to school They
5 You (one person)
6 You (two persons)
6 w CHAPTER I
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Trang 18EXERCISE 10-ORAL (BOOKS CLOSED): Complete the sentences with a form of be + a
studentlshrdents Indicate the subject or subjects with your hand
Example: ( ) (The t e a c h supplies the name of a student.)
Response: (Yoko) is a student (The responding student indicates Yoko.)
PRONOUN + BE + CONTRACTION When people speak, they often
I + am -+ I'm ( a ) I'm a student push two words together A
contraction = two words that she + is + she's (b) She's a student are pushed together
he + is + he's ( c ) He's a student
it + is -+ it's (d) It's a city Contractions of a subject
pronoun + be are used in both speaking and writing
YOU + are -+ you're ( e ) You'rea student
we + are + we're You're students PUNCTUATION: The mark in
they + are + they're ( f ) We're students the middle of a contraction is
(g) me.'^ smdents called an "aposnophe" (')
CORRECT: /;* u ~ & & t
USING BEAND H A M 7
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1 Sam is a student I in my class
2 Jim is a student in my class
8 M y bro& is twenty-six years old married
9 M y sister is twenty-one years old single
10 Yoko andAli are students in my class
13 Kate and I live in an apartment roommates
[aren't ] CONTRACTION: f a CONTRACTION: a n + + not not = = h ' t aren't
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1
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happy
Adjectives often follow a form of be (am, is,
are) Adjectives describe or give information about a noun or pronoun that comes at the
beginning of a sentence.*
*The noun or pronoun that comes at the beginning of a sentence is called a "subject." See Chart 4-1
Trang 224 EXERCISE 14: Find the ADJECTIVE in the fust sentence Then complete the second sentence
Use each adjective only one time
beautiful expensive @en clean fast poor cold happy short dangerous noisy sour
1 I'm not sad I 'II),V
2 Ice isn't hot It
3 Mr Thomas isn't rich He
4 My hair isn't long It
5 My clothes aren't dirty They
6 Flowers aren't ugly They
7 Cars aren't cheap They
8 Airplanes aren't slow They
9 Grammar isn't difficult It
10 My sister isn't short She
11 My grandparents aren't young They
12 The dormitory isn't quiet It
13 The door isn't closed It
14 Guns aren't safe They
15 Lemons aren't sweet They
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classroom Suggestions are given in parentheses
Example: round, square, flat
touches or points to something m u d , for example, a ring or a circle drawn on the board.)
the board
round (a ring, a coin, a circle drawn on the board) square (a box, a desk, a figure drawn on the board) flat (a coin, a desktop)
full (a pocket, a hand) enipty (a pocket, a hand)
dry (indoors on a rainy day, an unlicked finger) dirty (a hand or a piece of paper rubbed on the floor) clean (a hand or a piece of paper not rubbed on the floor) long (a suing, a strip of paper, someone's hair)
short (a string, a strip of paper, someone's hair) heavy (a desk, a pile of books)
light (a piece of paper, a pen) loud (a knock on a door or desk top, one's speaking voice) soft (a knock on a door or desk top, one's speaking voice)
EXERCISE 16: Make sentences by using is or are and an A D J ~ C ~ ~ E from the following list
Use each adjective only one time
dry largelbig sweet
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USINGEEAND HAVE H 13
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The sun bright today
Ice cream and candy sour They sweet
My shoes comfortable
My desk comfortable
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Traffic at rush hour noisy It quiet
Trang 26EXERCISE 19-ORAL: Do any of these words describe this city?
EXERCISE 20-ORAL (BOOKS CLOSED): Make sentences Use islisn't or arelaren't
Example: A ball \ round
Response: A ball is round
Example: Balls \ square
Response: Balls aren't square
1 A box \ square
2 A box \ round
3 The earth \ flat
4 The earth \ round
20 English grammar \ difficult
2 1 English grammar \ easy
22 This exercise \hard
23 The weather \ hot today
24 The weather \ cold today
30 Good food \ important
3 1 Good food and exercise \ important
32 The students in this class \ very intelligent
W EXERCISE 21-ORAL (BOOKS CLOSED): Name things that the given ADJECTIVES can
describe
1 hot 6 flat 1 1 beautiful
2 square 7 little 12 expensive
3 sweet 8 important 13 cheap
4 sour 9 cold 14 free
5 large 10 funny 15 delicious
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(a) Maria is here
( b ) Bob was at the library
In (a): here = a location
In (b): at the libmry = a location
Be is often followed by a location
A location may be one word, as in the examples in (c)
A location may be a prepositional phrase, as in (d)
A preposition + a noun is called a "prepositional phrase."
At the library = a prepositional phrase
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SOME COMMON PREPOSmONS