Unit 1 Introduction
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I.I Sentence elements
1.2 Basic sentence types
1.3 Categories of phrases
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Unit 2 Determiners
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2.1 Membership
2.2 Central determiners
2.3 Predeterminers
2.4 Postdeterminers
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Unit 3 Articles
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3.1 Generic reference
3.2 Specific reference: definite article
3.3 Indefinite articles and zero article
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Unit 4 Tense and Aspect
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4.1 Simple present tense
4.2 Present progressive aspect
4.3 Present perfective aspect
4.4 Present perfective progressive aspect
4.5 Simple past tense
4.6 Past progressive aspect
4.7 Past perfective aspect
4.8 Past perfective progressive aspect
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Unit 5 Future Time
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5.1 Will shall + bare infinitive
5.2 Be going to + infinitive be + gonna in oral
5.3 Be to + infinitive
5.4 Will shall + present progressive aspect or perfective aspect
5.5 Present progressive
5.6 Simple present tense
5.7 Expressions for future time in the past
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Unit 6 Voice
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6.1 Active voice AV and passive voice PV
6.2 Constraints on PV transformation
6.3 When and where to use PV
6.4 Two types of PV
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Unit 7 Mood
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7.1 Present subjunctive mood
7.2 Past subjunctive mood
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Unit 8 Infinitive
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8.1 Aspect and voice of the infinitive
8.2 Syntactic roles of the infinitive
8.3 To-infinitive and bare-infinitive
8.4 Preposition to
8.5 V + infinitive
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Unit 9 -ing Nonfinite Verb
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9.1 Gerund
9.2 Present participle
9.3 Comparison between infinitive, gerund and present participle.
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Unit 10 -en Participle
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10.1 Subject complement
10.2 Attribute
10.3 Adverbial
10.4 Object complement
10.5 Independent structure
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Unit 11 Relative Clause
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11.1 Types of relative clause
11.2 Relative pronouns
11.3 Relative adverbs
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Unit 12 Nominal Clause
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12.1 Subject clause
12.2 Object clause
12.3 Complement clause
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Unit 13 Adverbial Clause
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13.1 Adverbial clause of time
13.2 Adverbial clause of cause
13.3 Adverbial clause of concession
13.4 Adverbial clause of condition
13.5 Adverbial clause of manner
13.6 Adverbial clause of place
13.7 Adverbial clause of purpose
13.8 Adverbial clause of result
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Unit 14 Conditional Clause
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14.1 Type I real condition
14.2 Type II real condition
14.3 Type III unreal condition
14.4 Type IV unreal condition
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Unit 15 Wh-movement
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15.1 Wh-movement direct question
15.2 Wh-movement indirect question
15.3 Constraints on wh-movement
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Keys to the Exercises
References