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Table of Contents:
Chapter 1         NOUNS   1.1               Function of Nouns 1.2               Plural Forms of Nouns 1.3               Foreign Plurals of Nouns 1.4               Inflected Possessive Forms 1.5               Countable vs. Noncountable Nouns 1.6               Derivation (1)–Adding Agent-denoting Suffixes 1.7               Derivation (2)–Doubling Final Consonants before Noun Suffixes 1.8               Derivation (3)–Adding Noun Suffixes to Words that End in Silent E 1.9               Derivation (4)–Changing Y to I before a Consonant or a Vowel 1.10             Derivation (5)–Changing the Stem before Noun Suffixes 1.11             Derivation (6)–Changing Verbs or Adjectives to Nouns 1.12             Noun Compounds 1.13             Agreement with Verbs 1.14             Agreement with Verbs (2)–Nouns Ending in S 1.15             Agreement with Verbs (3)–Nouns from Adjectives     Review of Nouns      Chapter 2         PRONOUNS   2.1               Form of Personal Pronouns 2.2               Possessive Forms of Pronouns 2.3               Double Possessive Constructions with Pronouns 2.4               Who vs. Whom 2.5               Reflexive Pronouns 2.6               Reflexive Pronouns as Intensifiers 2.7               Pronouns for General Statements 2.8               Pronouns with —ever 2.9               Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns (1) 2.10             Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns (2) 2.11             Other, Another, Others 2.12             Expletive There vs. Expletive It 2.13             Anticipatory It    Review of Pronouns      Chapter 3         VERBS   3.1               Adding Inflectional Endings 3.2               Derivation (1)–Adding the Suffixes —en, -ize, ify 3.3               Derivation (2)–Adding Prefixes En-, Be-, Ac-, Im- 3.4               Derivation (3)–Changing Nouns to Verbs 3.5               Irregular Verbs (1) 3.6               Irregular Verbs (2) 3.7               Irregular Verbs (3) 3.8               Simple Present Tense vs. Present Progressive Tense 3.9               Simple Past Tense vs. Past Progressive Tense 3.10             Past Progressive Tense 3.11             Past Progressive with Time Clauses 3.12             Future Time 3.13             Future Progressive Tense 3.14             Present Perfect Tense 3.15             Present Perfect Progressive Tense 3.16             Present Perfect Tense vs. Past Tense 3.17             Past Perfect Tense (1) 3.18             Past Perfect Tense (2) with Just, Already 3.19             Past Perfect Progressive Tense 3.20             Future Perfect Tense 3.21             Passive Form of Verbs 3.22             Passive Form of Verbs (2)–Agent Omitted 3.23             Passive Verbs that Take Two Objects 3.24             Verb Forms in Unreal Conditions 3.25             Negatives of Verbs 3.26             Yes-No Questions 3.27             Questions with Interrogative Words 3.28             Questions with Interrogative Adjectives Whose, What, Which 3.29             Attached Questions    Review of Verbs      Chapter 4         AUXILIARIES   4.1               Verb Forms with One Auxiliary 4.2               Verb Forms with Two Auxiliaries (1)–Be, Been, Being as the Second Auxiliary 4.3               Verb Forms with Two Auxiliaries (2)–Have as the Second Auxiliary 4.4               Verb Forms with Three Auxiliaries–Have as the Second Auxiliary 4.5               Review of Auxiliary Forms 4.6               Ability–Can (Past Form Could), Be Able to (All Tenses) 4.7               Permission–May (Past Form Might), Can (Past Form Could) 4.8               Obligation, Advisability–Should, Ought to, Had Better 4.9               Possibility–May, Can 4.10             Necessity–Must, Have to 4.11             Inference with Must 4.12             Expectation, Should 4.13             Would Rather 4.14             Auxiliaries with To 4.15             Used to vs. Be used to 4.16             Past Auxiliaries in Sequence of Tenses 4.17             Contractions with Auxiliaries 4.18             Do as Auxiliary 4.19             Review of Auxiliaries      Chapter 5         ADJECTIVES   5.1               Sequence of Determiners 5.2               Sequence of Adjectives before Nouns 5.3               Proper Adjectives–Adjectives of Nationality 5.4               Comparison of Adjectives 5.5               Derivation (1)–Adding Adjective Suffixes to Words that end in Silent E 5.6               Derivation (2)–Changing Y to I 5.7               Derivation (3)–Doubling Final Consonants before Adjective Suffixes 5.8               Derivation (4)–Adjectives from Nouns, Verbs 5.9               Derivation (5) 5.10             —ing, -ed Adjectives (1) 5.11             —ing, -ed Adjectives (2) 5.12             Much-Many, (A) Little, (A) Few, Less-Fewer 5.13             Adjectives Used in the Comparison of Nouns    Review of Adjectives      Chapter 6         ARTICLES   6.1               A vs. An 6.2               Articles vs. No Article (1) 6.3               Article vs. No Article (2) 6.4               Generic Use of Articles 6.5               The with Names for Familiar Objects 6.6               The with “Ranking” Adjectives 6.7               The with Gerunds or Abstract Nouns 6.8               The with Place Names (1)–General Rules 6.9               The with Place Names (2)–Specific Rules 6.10             The with Words of Time and Place 6.11             The with Words Referring to Events, Government 6.12             The in of Phrases after Words Expressing Quantity 6.13             The in Construction like The More, the Merrier 6.14             Other Uses of The 6.15             Indefinite A vs. Indefinite Some 6.16             Indefinite A vs. Classifying A 6.17             Classifying A 6.18             What (A), Such (A) 6.19             A with Nouns That Are Both Countable and Nouncountable 6.20             A with Noncountable Nouns 6.21             Articles in Idioms with Verbs    Review of Articles      Chapter 7         ADVERBS   7.1               Position of Adverbials 7.2               Adverbs in Mid-position (with the Verb) 7.3               Adverbials in Final Position 7.4               Reversal of Word Order after Certain Adverbials 7.5               —ly Adverbs (1) 7.6               —ly Adverbs (2) 7.7               Adverbs vs. Adjectives   Review of Adverbs      Chapter 8         PREPOSITIONS   8.1               Prepositions of Time 8.2               Prepositions of Place 8.3               Prepositional Objects 8.4               Verbs with Direct Objects and Prepositional Objects 8.5               Indirect Objects with or without To 8.6               Prepositions after Adjectives 8.7               Prepositions after Participial Adjectives 8.8               Verb-Preposition Combinations (1) 8.9               Verb-Preposition Combinations (2) 8.10             Verb-Preposition Combinations (3) (Review) 8.11             Separable Verbs 8.12             Verb-Preposition Combinations + Prepositional Objects 8.13             Passive of Verb + Preposition Combinations 8.14             Phrasal Prepositions 8.15             Prepositions of Cause, Concession, Condition, Time 8.16             Like, As 8.17             Prepositions of Adverbial Word Groups    Review of Prepositions      STRUCTURE TESTS               Part 1             Part 2     APPENDIX: IRREGULAR VERBS