Grammar Dimensions (Cassette, 4th)

A Word from Diane Larsen-Freeman
Welcome to Grammar Dimensions, Foruth Edition
Empirical and Experiential Support for the Grammar Dimensions Approcach
Acknowledgments from the Series Directior
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Unit 1 The Verb Be : Affirmative Stetements, Subject Pronouns
Opening Task
Focus 1 Be : Affirmative Statements (Form)
Focus 2 Subject Pronouns with Be (Form)
Focus 3 Contraction with Be (Form)
Focus 4 Using Be for Introductions (Use)
Focus 5 Greetings and Good-bye (Use)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 2 The Verb Be : Yes/No Questions, Be+ Adjective, Negative Statements
Opening Task
Focus 1 Be: Yes/No Questions and Short Answers (Form)
Focus 2 Be + Adjective (Form / Meaning)
Focus 3 Be : Negative Statements and Contractions (Form/Use)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 3 The Verb Be : Information Questions, It with Time and Weather, and Prepositions of Location
Opening Task
Focus 1 Information Questions with Be (Form / Meaning)
Focus 2 How to Ask Questions about English (Use)
Focus 3 Using It To Talk about the Weather (Use)
Focus 4 Using It To Talk about Time (Use)
Focus 5 Prepositions of Location (Form / Meaning)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 4 Nouns : Count and Noncount Nouns, Be+Adjective + Noun
Opening Task
Focus 1 Count Nouns and Noncount Nouns (Form / Meaning)
Focus 2 The Articles A/An with singular Count Nouns (Form)
Focus 3 Spelling of Regular Plural Count Nouns (Form)
Focus 4 Regular Plural Nouns : Pronuncitation of Final -s and -es (Form)
Focus 5 Irregulr Plural Nouns (Form)
Focus 6 Count and Noncount Nouns (Form)
Focus 7 Questions with How Much (Use)
Focus 8 Be + Adjective + Noun (Form)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 5 The Verb Have : Affirmative and Negative Statements, Questions and Short Answers, Some/Any
Opening Task
Focus 1 Have and Has : Affirmative Statements (Form / Meaning)
Focus 2 Have : Negative Statements and Contractions (Form)
Focus 3 Have : Yes/No Questions and Short Answers (Form)
Focus 4 Some/Any (Form)
Focus 5 Asking for Something Politely (Use)
Focus 6 Using Have to Describe People (Use)
Focus 7 Using Have to Talk about Illnesses (Use)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 6 This/That/These/Those and Possessives
Opening Task
Focus 1 This, These, That, Those (Form / Meaning)
Focus 2 Asking What Things Are (Form/Use)
Focus 3 Possessive Nouns (Form)
Focus 4 Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns (Form)
Focus 5 Questions with Whose (Form / Meaning)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 7 This is / There Are, A/An versus The
Opening Task
Focus 1 There + Be (Meaning / Use)
Focus 2 There Is / There Are (Form)
Focus 3 There isn't / There aren't / There's No / There Are No (Form)
Focus 4 Yes/No Questions with There is/There Are (Form)
Focus 5 Choosing A/An or The (Use)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 8 Simple present Tense : Affirmative and Negative Statements, Time Expressions : In/On/At, Like/Need/Want
Opening Task
Focus 1 Simple present Tense : Affirmative Statements (Form)
Focus 2 Talking About Habits and Routines (Use)
Focus 3 Third Person Singular : Spelling and Pronounciation (Form)
Focus 4 Frequency and Time Expressions (Meaning)
Focus 5 Frequency and Time Expressions (Form)
Focus 6 Simple Present : Negative Statements (Form)
Focus 7 Useful Expressions with Common Verbs (Form)
Focus 8 Degree Complements with So and SUCH (Use)
Focus 9 Talking aobut Things that are Always True (Form / Meaning)
Use Your English Activities Like, Want, Need

Unit 9 Simple Present Tense : Yes/ No Questions, Adverbs of Frequency, Wh-Questions
Opening Task
Focus 1 Simple Present : Yes/No Questions (Form)
Focus 2 Adverbs of Frequency (Meaning)
Focus 3 Position of Adverbs of Frequency (Form/Use)
Focus 4 Simple Present : Wh-Questions (Form)
Focus 5 Wh-Questions with Who/Whom (Form/Meaning/Use)
Focus 6 Getting Information about English (Use)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 10 Imperatives and Preposition of Location
Opening Task
Focus 1 Imperatives : Affirmative and Negative (Form)
Focus 2 Uses of Imperatives (Use)
Focus 3 Using Imperatives Appropriately (Use)
Focus 4 Prepositions of Direction : To, Away from, On(to), Off (of), In(to), Out of (Meaning)
Focus 5 Prepositions of Direction : Up, Down, Across, Along, Around, Over, Through, Past (Meaning)
Focus 6 Giving Directions (Use)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 11 Quantifiers
Opening Task
Focus 1 Review of Count and Noncount Nouns (Form)
Focus 2 Quantifiers (Form / Meaning)
Focus 3 A Few/Few, A Little/Little (Meaning)
Focus 4 Information Questions with How Many and How Much (Form)
Focus 5 Measure Words (Meaning)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 12 Adverbs of Manner
Opening Task
Focus 1 Adverbs of Manner (Form / Meaning)
Focus 2 Forms of Adverbs of Manner (Form)
Focus 3 Focusing on a Person or an Action (Use)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 13 Direct and Indirect Objects, Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns
Opening Task
Focus 1 Direct Objects (Form / Meaning)
Focus 2 Direct Object Pronouns (Form/Use)
Focus 3 Indirect Objects (Form / Meaning)
Focus 4 Position of the Indirect Object (Form)
Focus 5 Position of New Information (Use)
Focus 6 Verbs that Require To With Indirect Objects (Form)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 14 Can, Know How To, Be Able To, Connectors : And/But/So/Or
Opening Task
Focus 1 Can (Form)
Focus 2 Questions with Can (Form)
Focus 3 Asking for Help with English (Use)
Focus 4 Expressing Ability : Can, Know How To, and Be Able To (Meaning / Use)
Focus 5 Sentence Connectors : And/But/So/Or (Form / Meaning)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 15 Present Progressive Tense
Opening Task
Focus 1 Present Progressive : Affirmative Statements (Form / Meaning)
Focus 2 Spelling of Verbs Ending in -ing (Form)
Focus 3 Present Progressive : Negative Statements (Form)
Focus 4 Choosing Simple Present or Present Progressive (Use / Meaning)
Focus 5 Verbs Not Usually Used in the Progressive (Meaning)
Focus 6 Present Progressive : Yes/No Questions and Short Answers (Form)
Focus 7 Present Progressive : Wh-Questions (Form)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 16 Adjective Phrases : Another, The Other, Other(s), the Other(s), Intensifiers
Opening Task
Focus 1 Adjective Phrases (Form / Meaning)
Focus 2 Questions with Which (Form / Meaning)
Focus 3 Another, The Other, Other(s), The Other(s) (Form / Meaning)
Focus 4 Intensifiers (Form / Meaning)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 17 Past Tenses of Be
Opening Task
Focus 1 Past Tense of Be : Affirmative Statements (Form)
Focus 2 Past Tense of Be : Negative Statements (Form)
Focus 3 Yes/No Questions and Short Answers with Be in the Simple Past (Form)
Focus 4 Wh-Questions with Be (Form)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 18 Past Tense
Opening Task
Focus 1 Forming and Spelling Regular Past Tense Verbs (Form)
Focus 2 Pronunciation of the -ed Ending (Form)
Focus 3 Irregular Past-Tense Verbs : Affirmative Statements (Form)
Focus 4 Time Expressions in the Past (Form / Meaning)
Focus 5 Past Tense : Negative Statements (Form)
Focus 6 Past Tense : Yes/No Questions and Short Answers (Form)
Focus 7 Past Tense : Wh-Questions (Form)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 19 Reflexive Pronouns, Reciprocal Pronoun : Each Other
Opening Task
Focus 1 Reflexive Pronouns, Reciprocal Pronoun : Each Other (Form)
Focus 2 Verbs Commonly Used with Reflexive Pronouns/By + Reflexive Pronoun (Use)
Focus 3 Reciprocal Pronoun : Each Other (Meaning)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 20 Future Time : Will and Be Going To, May and Might
Opening Task
Focus 1 Talking about Future Time (Meaning / Use)
Focus 2 Will (Form)
Focus 3 Be Going To (Form)
Focus 4 Time Expressions in the Future (Form / Meaning)
Focus 5 Talking about Future Intentions or Plans (Use)
Focus 6 May and Might (Form / Meaning)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 21 Phrasal Verbs
Opening Task
Focus 1 Phrasal Verbs (Form)
Focus 2 Phrasal Verbs (Meaning / Use)
Focus 3 Separable Phrasal Verbs (Form)
Focus 4 Inseparable Pharasal Verbs (Form)
Focus 5 Pharasal Verbs without Objects (Form / Meaning)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 22 Comparison with Adjectives
Opening Task
Focus 1 Comparative Form of Adjectives (Form)
Focus 2 Questions with Comparative Adjectives (Form)
Focus 3 Expressing Similarities and Differences with As …As (Form / Meaning)
Focus 4 Making Polite Comparisons (Use)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 23 Comparison with Adverbs
Opening Task
Focus 1 Comparative Forms of Adverbs (Form/Use)
Focus 2 Expressing Similarities and Differences with As…As (Meaning / Use)
Focus 3 Questions with How (Form / Meaning)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 24 Superlatives
Opening Task
Focus 1 Superlatives (Form / Meaning)
Focus 2 Regular and Irregular Superlative Forms (Form)
Focus 3 One of the + Superlative + Plural Noun (Meaning)
Use Your English Activities

Unit 25 Factual Conditionals
Opening Task
Focus 1 Expressing Relationships that Never Change (Form / Meaning)
Focus 2 Expressing Relationships Based on Habit (Meaning)
Focus 3 Order of Clauses in Factual Conditionals (Form/Use)
Use Your English Activities

Appendices
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