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Contents
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION ........................................................................................ ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................................... x
Chapter 1
USING BEAND HAVE
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NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR ........................................................................ 2
NOUN +ARE + NOUN: PLURAL ............................................................................ 4
PRONOUN + BE + NOUN ........................................................................................ 6
CONTRACTIONS WITH BE ................................................................................... 7
NEGATIVE WITH BE ................................................................................................. 8
BE + ADJECTIVE ........................... .............................................................................
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BE + A LOCATION .........................................................................................
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SUMMARY: SENTENCE PATTERNS WITH BE ................................................. 20
YESNO QUESTIONS WITH BE ............................ ............................................. 21
QUESTIONS WITH BE: USING WHERE ............................................................... 24
USING HAVE AND HAS ......................................................................................... 26
USING MY, YOUR, HIS, HER, OUR, THEIR ...................................................... 27
USING THIS AND THAT ........................................................................................ 30
USING THESE AND THOSE ................................................................................. 31
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ASKING QUESTIONS WITH WHATAND WHO +BE .......
Chapter 2 EXPRESSING PRESENT TIME (PART I)
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FORM AND BASIC MEANING OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE ................ 44
USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS: ALWAYS. USUALLY. OFTEN.
SOMETIMES. SEL.DOM. R.4REL.Y. NEW ......................................................... 46
USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS WITH BE ........................................................... 47
PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S: /Z/ AND /S/.......................................................
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SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -ES ....
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ADDING FINAL -S/-ES TO WORDS THAT END IN -Y..................................
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IRREGULAR SINGULAR VERBS: HAS, DOES, GOES ........................................ 52
SUMMARY: SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF -SAND -ES...................
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THE SIMPLE PRESENT . NEGATIVE .................................................................. 57
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