Part Unit Grammar Grammar for Writing PART 1 THE VERB BE 1 Statements with Present Be Writing About a Person 2 Yes / No Questions and Information Questions with Be Using Questions to Get Information About a Topic PART 2 NOUNS, DETERMINERS, AND PRONOUNS 3 Count Nouns; A / An; Have and Be Writing About a Favorite Place 4 Demonstratives and Possessives Writing About Things and People s Possessions PART 3 PREPOSITIONS AND ADJECTIVES 5 Descriptive Adjectives Writing About Skills and Qualities 6 Prepositions Using Prepositions 7 There Is and There Are Writing About Places PART 4 SIMPLE PRESENT 8 Simple Present Writing About Daily Life 9 Simple Present Yes / No Questions and Short Answers Writing Survey Questions About Habits and Routines 10 Simple Present Information Questions Using Questions to Write About Special Days PART 5 CONJUNCTIONS AND ADVERBS 11 Conjunctions: And, But, Or; Because Describing the Way You Do Something PART 6 SIMPLE PAST 12 Simple Past Statements Writing About People in the Past PART 7 MORE ABOUT NOUNS, DETERMINERS, AND PRONOUNS 13 Simple Past Questions Writing Questions About People s Activities in the Past 14 Simple Past of Be Writing About Childhood Memories 15 Past Time Clauses with When, Before, and After Telling Stories 16 Count and Noncount Nouns Writing About Meals 17 Quantifiers: Some, Any, A Lot Of, A Little, A Few, Much, Many Writing About Indefinite Quantities of Things 18 Articles: A / An and The Writing About Risks and Challenges 19 Possessive Pronouns and Indefinite Pronouns Writing About an Event PART 8 IMPERATIVES AND MODALS 1 20 Imperatives Writing Travel Tips 21 Ability and Possibility Writing About Abilities 22 Requests and Permission Writing to Ask for Permission and to Make Requests PART 9 PRESENT AND PAST PROGRESSIVE 23 Present Progressive Writing About What You See 24 Past Progressive and Simple Past Writing About a Past Event PART 10 SUBJECTS, OBJECTS, AND COMPLEMENTS 25 Subject and Object Pronouns; Questions About Subjects and Objects Writing About Healthy Living 26 Infinitives and Gerunds Writing About Things People Like to Do PART 11 THE FUTURE 27 Future with Be Going To, Present Progressive, and Will Writing About Future Plans 28 Will, May, and Might for Future Possibility; Will for Offers and Promises Writing About Future Predictions and Possibilities PART 12 MODALS 2 29 Suggestions and Advice Making Suggestions and Giving Advice PART 13 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS COMPARISONS Level 1 30 Necessity and Conclusions Writing About Necessities and Obligations 31 Adverbs and Adjectives Writing About People s Behavior in Different Situations 32 Comparative Adjectives and Adverbs Making Comparisons 33 Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs Writing About the Most, Least, Best, and Worst of Things
Level 2 Part Unit Grammar Grammar for Writing PART 1 THE PRESENT 1 Simple Present Using Simple Present with Time Clauses 2 Present Progressive and Simple Present Using Simple Present and Present Progressive Together 3 Imperatives Using Imperatives with Time Clauses, If, Always, and Never PART 2 THE PAST 4 Simple Past Using Simple Past 5 Simple Past, Time Clauses, Used To and Would Using Past with Used To and Would 6 Past Progressive Using Past Progressive and Simple Past Together PART 3 NOUNS, DETERMINERS, AND PRONOUNS 7 Count and Noncount Nouns Using Count and Noncount Nouns with Determiners and Measurement Words 8 Articles Using Articles with Nouns 9 Pronouns; Direct and Indirect Objects Using Pronouns and Objects PART 4 THE PRESENT PERFECT 10 Present Perfect Using Present Perfect and Simple Past Together 11 Adverbs with Present Perfect; For and Since Using Present Perfect with Adverbs and For and Since 12 Present Perfect Progressive Using Present Perfect Progressive and Present Perfect Together PART 5 ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, AND PREPOSITIONS 13 Adjectives Using Adjectives to Describe People, Places, Things, and Ideas 14 Adverbs of Manner and Degree Using Adverbs of Manner and Degree 15 Prepositions Using Prepositions and Phrasal Prepositions PART 6 THE FUTURE 16 Future (1) Using Be Going To and Present Progressive Together 17 Future (2) Using Will and Be Going To for Predictions 18 Future Time Clauses and Future Conditionals Using Future Time Clauses and Conditional Clauses PART 7 MODAL VERBS AND MODAL-LIKE EXPRESSIONS 19 Ability Using Can, Cannot, and Be Able To in the Present and Future 20 Requests and Offers Permission, Requests, and Offers in Writing 21 Advice and Suggestions Giving Advice and Suggestions 22 Necessity, Prohibition, and Preference Writing About Necessities and Expressing Preferences 23 Present and Future Probability Writing About Probability in the Present and the Future PART 8 VERBS + PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS 24 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs; Verbs and Prepositions Using Transitive and Intransitive Verbs 25 Phrasal Verbs Using Transitive and Intransitive Phrasal Verbs PART 9 COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES 26 Comparatives Using Comparatives with Adjectives and Adverbs 27 Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs Using Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs PART 10 GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES 28 Gerunds and Infinitives (1) Using Gerunds and Infinitives 29 Gerunds and Infinitives (2) Using Gerunds and Infinitives PART 11 CLAUSES AND CONJUNCTIONS 30 Subject Relative Clauses (Adjective Clauses with Subject Relative Pronouns) 31 Object Relative Clauses (Adjective Clauses with Object Relative Pronouns) Using Subject Relative Clauses Using Object Relative Clauses 32 Conjunctions and Adverb Clauses Using Conjunctions and Adverb Clauses
Level 3 Part Unit Grammar Grammar for Writing PART 1 THE PRESENT AND PAST 1 Simple Present and Present Progressive Using Simple Present and Present Progressive to Write About Present Time Situations 2 Simple Past and Past Progressive Using Past and Present Forms to Write About Changes PART 2 THE PERFECT 3 Present Perfect and Present Perfect Progressive Using Present Perfect, Present Perfect Progressive, and Simple Past to Describe a Series of Events PART 3 THE FUTURE 5 Be Going To, Present Progressive, and Future Progressive 4 Past Perfect and Past Perfect Progressive Using Past Perfect to Provide Background Information and Reasons 6 Future Time Clauses and Conditionals, Future Perfect, and Future Perfect Progressive Using Future with Will + Base Form and Future Progressive to Write About Future Plans Using Future Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive to Write About Completed and Ongoing Events in the Future PART 4 MODALS 7 Social Modals Using Modals to Write About the Effects of and Possible Solutions to a Problem 8 Modals of Probability: Present, Future, and Past Using Modals in Academic Writing PART 5 NOUNS AND PRONOUNS 9 Nouns and Modifying Nouns Using Precise Nouns and Adjectives to Make Your Writing Clearer 10 Articles and Quantifiers Hedging with Quantifiers and Pronouns in Academic Writing 11 Pronouns Using Pronouns for Emphasis and to Avoid Repetition PART 6 GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES 12 Gerunds Using Noun + of + Gerund Constructions in Academic Writing 13 Infinitives Using Verb + Infinitive and Adjective + Infinitive Constructions in Academic Writing PART 7 QUESTIONS AND NOUN CLAUSES 14 Negative Questions and Tag Questions Using Negative Questions and Tag Questions in Blogs 15 That Clauses Using That Clauses to State Reasons, Conclusions, Research Results, Opinions, and Feelings 16 Noun Clauses with Wh- Words and If / Whether Using Noun Clauses with Wh- Words and If / Whether PART 8 REPORTED SPEECH 17 Direct Speech and Indirect Speech Using Descriptive Reporting Verbs 18 Tense Shifting in Indirect Speech; Wh- Indirect Questions; Indirect Imperatives Indirect Questions, Commands, Advice, and Requests PART 9 THE PASSIVE 19 Passive (1) Using Passive to Write About the Object of an Action 20 Passive (2) Using Passive with Modals, Infinitives, Gerunds PART 10 RELATIVE CLAUSES (ADJECTIVE CLAUSES) 21 Subject Relative Clauses (Adjective Clauses with Subject Relative Pronouns) 22 Object Relative Clauses (Adjective Clauses with Object Relative Pronouns) 23 Relative Clauses with Where and When; Participle and Prepositional Phrases; Appositives Using Subject Relative Clauses to Condense Information and Avoid Repetition Using Object Relative Clauses to Condense Information and Provide Background Information Using Reduced Subject Relative Clauses to Condense Information and Make Ideas Clearer PART 11 CONDITIONAL STRUCTURES 24 Real Conditionals: Present and Future Using a Single Condition Clause with Multiple Result Clauses 25 Unreal Conditionals: Present, Future, and Past Using If Clauses to Support Important Ideas and to Explain Why Something Happened PART 12 CONNECTING IDEAS 26 Conjunctions Using Coordinating and Correlative Conjunctions to Join Words and Clauses 27 Adverb Clauses and Adverb Phrases Using Subordinators and Adverb Clauses to Give More Information About Main Clauses 28 Connect Information with Prepositions and Transitions Using Prepositions and Transition Words to Support an Argument PART 13 PHRASAL VERBS AND VERBS + PREPOSITIONS 29 Phrasal Verbs Using Phrasal Verbs to Write About Work Situations 30 Verbs + Prepositions; Multi-word Verbs Using Common Verb + Preposition Combinations to Write About Personality and Behavior
Level 4 Part Unit Grammar The Writing Process PART 1 CAUSE / EFFECT 1 Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences; Common Patterns that Show Cause and Effect Thesis Statements 2 Subordinating Conjunctions, Transition Words and Phrases, and Common Noun Patterns that Show Effect Hooks 3 Real and Unreal Conditionals; Common Phrases with If and Unless Paragraph Order 4 -ing Clauses that Express Cause and Effect; Verbs that Express Cause and Effect Paraphrasing PART 2 COMPARE / CONTRAST 5 Defining Relative Clauses; Comparatives with As Topic Sentences 6 Complex Noun Phrases; Parallel Structures; Quantifiers Body Paragraphs and Supporting Details 7 Comparatives and Superlatives; Articles Summarizing 8 Adverb Clauses of Contrast and Concession; Transition Words and Phrases of Contrast and Concession Conclusions PART 3 NARRATIVE 9 Past Perfect and Past Perfect Progressive; Past Modals; Adverb Clauses of Time and Sequence Using a Range of Sentence Structures to Add Impact 10 Demonstrative Pronouns and Impersonal Pronoun It Time Signals Audience and Purpose PART 4 CLASSIFICATION / DEFINITION 11 Passives in Classification and Definition Writing; Common Words and Phrases in Classification Writing The Criteria Used to Classify Things 12 Simple Present and Passive Voice; Appositives Cohesive Devices PART 5 PROBLEM / SOLUTION 13 Present Perfect and Present Perfect Progressive; Common Noun Phrase Structures Emphasizing the Significance of a Problem 14 Reporting Verbs; As Clauses; Words and Phrases to Describe Graphics and Provide Support Brainstorming and Narrowing Down a Topic 15 Adverb Clauses of Purpose and Infinitives of Purpose; Reduced Adverb Phrases; Common Vocabulary to Describe Problems and Solutions Evaluating Proposed Solutions 16 It Constructions; Transition Words Describing the Steps of a Proposed Solution PART 6 SUMMARY / RESPONSE AND PERSUASION 17 Past Unreal Conditionals; Common Phrases in Summary / Response Writing Writing Summary-Responses 18 Non-identifying Relative Clauses; Modals; Common Phrases to Avoid Overgeneralization Introductory Paragraphs to a Persuasive Essay 19 Verbs + Prepositions; Noun Clauses If / Whether and Wh- Words; Common Vocabulary that Discusses Opposing Views Presenting and Refuting Opposing Views 20 Future; Common Vocabulary in Persuasive Writing The Writing Process: Writing Strong Arguments