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GiC 2 TOC: Lesson 1 The Simple Present Tense; Frequency Words Pets and Other Animals Americans and Their Pets 1.1 Be-Forms and Uses 1.2 Contractions with Be Dog Walkers 1.3 Questions with Be Guide Dogs 1.4 The Simple Present Tense-Infinitive Statements 1.5 Negative Statements with the Simple Present Tense Search and Rescue Dogs 1.6 Questions with the Simple Present Tense 1.7 Wh- Questions with a Preposition 1.8 Questions About Meaning, Spelling, and Cost Marianne and Sparky 1.9 Simple Present Tense with Frequency Words 1.10 Position of Frequency Words and Expressions 1.11 Questions with Ever 1.12 Questions with How Often and Answers with Frequency Expressions Summary Editing Advice Test/Review Expansion Activities Lesson 2 The Present Continuous Tense; Action and Nonaction Verbs; The Future Tense Getting Older Retirement Living 2.1 Present Continuous Tense Life After Retirement 2.2 Using the Present Continuous for Longer Actions 2.3 Questions with the Present Continuous Tense 51 2.4 Contrasting the Simple Present and the Present Continuous 2.5 Action and Nonaction Verbs The Graying of America 2.6 The Future Tense with Will 2.7 The Future Tense with Be Going To 2.8 Will vs. Be Going To 72 4.8 Reflexive Pronouns 2.9 Future Tense + Time / If Clause Questions and Answers About an American Wedding Summary Editing Advice Test/Review Summary Expansion Activities Lesson 3 Habitual Past with Used To; The Simple Past Tense Working Towards a Better Life READING Equal Rights for All 3.1 Habitual Past with Used To George Dawson-Life Is So Good 3.2 Past Tense of Be 3.3 The Simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs 3.4 The Simple Past Tense of Irregular Verbs 3.5 Negative Statements 101 3.6 Questions with the Simple Past Tense Summary Editing Advice Test/Review Summary Expansion Activities Lesson 4 Possessive Forms; Object Pronouns; Reflexive Pronouns; Questions Weddings A Traditional American Wedding 4.1 Possessive Forms of Nouns 4.2 Possessive Adjectives 4.3 Possessive Pronouns 4.4 Questions with Whose 4.5 Object Pronouns New Wedding Trends 4.6 Direct and Indirect Objects 4.7 Say and Tell Economizing on a Wedding 4.8 Reflexive Pronouns Questions and Answers About an American Wedding 4.9 Questions About the Subject or Complement Summary Editing Advice Test/Review Summary Expansion Activities Lesson 5 Singular and Plural; Count and Noncount Nouns· There + Be; Quantity Words Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, and American Indians A Typical Thanksgiving 5.1 Noun Plurals 5.2 Using the Singular and Plural for Generalizations 5.3 Special Cases of Singular and Plural The Origin of Thanksgiving 5.4 Noncount Nouns 5.5 Count and Noncount Nouns Recipe for Turkey Stuffing 5.6 Quantities with Count and Noncount Nouns Taking the Land from the Native Americans 5.7 There + a Form of Be 5.8 Using There Code Talkers 5.9 Quantity Expressions- An Overview 5.10 Some, Any, A, No 5.11 A Lot Of, Much, Many 5.12 A Lot Of vs. Too Much/Too Many 5.13 A Few, Several, A Little 5.14 A Few vs. Few; A Little vs. Little Summary Editing Advice Test/Review Summary Expansion Activities Lesson 6 Adjectives; Noun Modifiers; Adverbs; Too / Enough/Very / A Lot Of Health Obesity: A National Problem 6.1 Adjectives 6.2 Noun Modifiers Obesity: The Solutions 6.3 Adverbs of Manner 6.4 Adjective vs. Adverb Sleep 6.5 Too and Enough 6.6 Too and Very and A Lot Of Summary Editing Advice Test/Review Expansion Activities Lesson 7 Time Words and Time Clauses; The Past Continuous Tense Summary Immigrants Ellis Island 7.1 When, Until, While 7.2 When and Whenever 7.3 Time Words 216 7.4 The Past Continuous Tense-An Overview Albert Einstein-Immigrant from Germany 7.5 The Past Continuous Tense-Forms 220 7.6 The Past Continuous Tense-Uses 221 7.7 Was/Were Going To Gloria Estefan-Cuban Immigrant 7.8 Simple Past vs. Past Continuous with When 228 7.9 Simple Past vs. Past Continuous 7.10 Using the -ing Form After Time Words Summary Editing Advice Test/Re