Dedication
Acknowledgments
A word from the author
Welcome to Grammar in Context, Fourth Edition
Frequently Asked Questions About Teaching with Grammar in Context
Lesson 1
GRAMMAR The Present Perfect; The Present Perfect Continuous
CONTEXT Jobs
1.1 An Overview
READING Job Resume and Cover Letter
1.2 The Present Perfect Tense--Forms
1.3 The Past Participle
1.4 The Present Perfect--Contractions
1.5 The Present Perfect--Question Formation
1.6 Uses of the Present Perfect Tense--An Overview
1.7 The Present Perfect with Continuation from Past to Present
1.8 Negative Statements with Since, For, and In
1.9 The Present Perfect vs. the Simple Present
READING Where Have All the Jobs Gone?
1.10 The Present Perfect Continuous
1.11 The Present Perfect vs. the Simple Past
1.12 The Present Perfect with Repetition from Past to Present
1.13 The Present Perfect vs. the Simple Past with Repetition
READING The Occupational Outlook Handbook
1.14 The Present Perfect with Indefinite Past Time--An Overview
1.15 Questions with Ever
1.16 Yet, Already
1.17 Questions with Lately and Recently
1.18 The Present Perfect Continuous with Ongoing Activities
1.19 The Present Perfect with No Time Mentioned
1.20 The Present Perfect vs. the Present Perfect Continuous with
No Time Mentioned
Summary of Lesson 1
Editing Advice
Lesson 1 Test/Review
Expansion Activities
Lesson 2
GRAMMAR Passive Voice; Participles Used as Adjectives; Get + Participlesand Adjectives
CONTEXT Hollywood
2.1 Passive Voice--An Overview
READING The Oscars
2.2 The Passive Voice--Form
2.3 The Passive and Active Voice--Uses
2.4 The Passive Voice without an Agent
2.5 The Passive Voice with an Agent
2.6 Verbs with Two Objects
READING The History of Animation
2.7 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
2.B The Passive with Get
2.9 Participles Used as Adjectives
READING Charlie Chaplin
2.10 Participles Used as Adjectives to Show Feelings
2.11 Other Past Participles Used as Adjectives
READING Being Famous
2.12 Past Participles and Other Adjectives with Get
Summary of Lesson 2
Editing Advice
Lesson 2 Test/Review
Expansion Activities
Lesson 3
GRAMMAR The Past Continuous; The Past Perfect; The Past Perfect Continuous; Comparison of Past Tenses
CONTEXT Disasters and Tragedies
3.1 Overview of Past Tenses
READING The Columbia Tragedy
3.2 The Past Continuous--Forms
3.3 The Past Continuous Tense--Uses
3.4 The Past Continuous or the Simple Past
READING The Titanic
3.5 The Past Perfect Tense--Forms
3.6 The Past Perfect--Use
3.7 When with the Simple Past or the Past Perfect
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Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Lesson 7
Lesson 8
Lesson 9
Lesson 10
Appendices
Index