6.1.1-6.1.5. Tense Buster 2001 Level Grammar Contents New Elementary - using Tense Buster - am, is, are - simple present - negatives (don t go) - questions (doesn t he?) - I, me, my - a, an, the - countables - Practise: old, big, rich... - Practise: I m I am - Test: am, is, are - Words! big small - Practise: always, open... - Practise: s or no s - Practise: animal quiz - Test: find mistakes - Test: correct mistakes - Words! every day - And now... - Practise: No, I don t... - Practise: make negatives - Test: does or doesn t? - Words! train, car, bus - Practise: who, what, why? - Practise: make questions - Practise: Yes, I do. - Test! - Words! radio and tv - Practise: me, him, them... - Practise: my, his, their... - Test: I, me or my - Words! families - And finally. - Practise: jobs - Practise: a or the? - Test: a or the? - Words! more jobs 1
- Practise: much or many? - Test: questions - Words! counting... - How do I learn? - some, any - have got - Practise: a or some? - Practise: buying food - Test: some or any? - Words! food - Words! food and you - Practise: I ve got... - Practise: yes or no? - Practise: Have you got...? - Test: a conversation - Words! Dictionaries Lower Intermediate - using Tense Buster - comparatives - simple present - present continuous - simple past - Practise: find errors - Test: form them! - Test: use comparatives - On your own - Practise: s or no s - Practise: find errors - Test: now or always? - Test: questions - Words! Which word is it? - Practise: proofreading - Test: now or always? - Test: simple/ continuous? - Words! All you need... 2
- prepositions - how to learn faster Intermediate - using Tense Buster - equality - the passive - relative clauses - Practise: questions - Test: make questions! - Test: a story - Words! examples - Words! more examples - Words! Example sentences - Time: introduction - Time: rule - Time: practice - Time: test yourself - Time: another test for prepositions - Place: introduction - Place: rule - Place: practice - Place: test yourself - Place: another test - Comparatives - Simple present - Present continuous - Simple past - Word groups - Which word is it? - All you need... - Example sentences - A vocabulary book - Practise: solve it! - Practise: almost, just... - Practise: as white as... - Test: the right phrase - Words! linking words - Practise: past participle - Practise: word order - Test: active or passive - Test: spot errors - Words! phrasal verbs - Practise: which, that, who - Practise: make them - Practise: which clause? 3
- Test: choose them - Words! verbs + out - will & going to - Practise: short forms - Practise: predictions - Practise: decisions - Words! Which dictionary? - conditionals - Practise: how likely - Practise: use conditionals - Words! same meanings - On you own... - Words! same meanings - Words! linking words - Words! Which dictionary? - Words! phrasal verbs - Words! verbs + out Upper Intermediate - How to learn faster? - using Tense Buster - the present perfect - Equality - The passive - Relative clauses - Will & going to - Conditionals - introduction - Practise: just, yet, for - Practise: the right word - Words! Word groups - must, might and can t - Practise: UFQ! - Practise: make them - Test: spot errors - A newspaper article - Words! word families. - past continuous 4
- Practise: was doing/ did - Practise: another story - Words! Which words? - conditionals - the future - how to learn faster Advanced - using Tense Buster - past perfect - articles - Practise: would or had? - Practise: yes or no? - Words! reading - Practise: arrangements - Practise: which future? - Practise: being polite - Test: yet, just, already - Test: which future form? - Words! A word? - Present perfect - Must, might and can t - Past continuous - Conditionals - The future - Words! reading - Words! A word? - Words! word families - Words! Which words? - Practise: past perfect - Practise: until, after, when - Test: past perfect? - Words! idioms - Words! more idioms 5
- Practise: a play - Practise: small ads - Practise: geography - Test: spot errors - Test: error corrections - Words! categories (1) - reported speech - passives - phrasal verbs - how to learn faster : gossip! : tenses reported speech - Practise: pronouns - Practise: verbal actions - Practise: direct speech - Words! reporting verbs - Words! reporting verbs s - Passive or active? - Practise: coca- cola story - Practise: hotel signs - Practise: passive tenses - Practise: a process - Test: write a new story - Test: situations - Words! how to learn them - Phrasal verb quiz - Practise: word order (1) - Practise: word order (2) - Test: telephone verbs - Words! verb groups - Words! in the car... - Words! learn word order - Words! how to learn them - Words! idioms - Words! learn word order - Words! reporting verbs - Verb groups - Word categories - The passive - Reported speech - Articles - Past perfect + some extra exercises 6