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| The Simple Present Tense; Frequency Words | |
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| Pets and Other Animals | |
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| Americans and Their Pets | |
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| Be-Forms and Uses | |
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| Contractions with Be | |
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| Dog Walkers | |
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| Questions with Be | |
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| Guide Dogs | |
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| The Simple Present Tense-Infinitive Statements | |
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| Negative Statements with the Simple Present Tense | |
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| Search and Rescue Dogs | |
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| Questions with the Simple Present Tense | |
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| Wh- Questions with a Preposition | |
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| Questions About Meaning, Spelling, and Cost | |
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| Marianne and Sparky | |
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| Simple Present Tense with Frequency Words | |
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| Position of Frequency Words and Expressions | |
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| Questions with Ever | |
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| Questions with How Often and Answers with | |
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| Frequency Expressions | |
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| Summary | |
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| Editing Advice | |
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| Test/Review | |
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| Expansion Activities | |
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| The Present Continuous Tense; Action and Nonaction Verbs; | |
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| The Future Tense | |
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| Getting Older | |
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| Retirement Living | |
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| Present Continuous Tense | |
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| Life After Retirement | |
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| Using the Present Continuous for Longer Actions | |
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| Questions with the Present Continuous Tense 51 | |
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| Contrasting the Simple Present and the Present Continuous | |
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| Action and Nonaction Verbs | |
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| The Graying of America | |
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| The Future Tense with Will | |
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| The Future Tense with Be Going To | |
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| Will vs. Be Going To 72 4.8 Reflexive Pronouns | |
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| Future Tense + Time / If Clause | |
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| Questions and Answers About an American Wedding | |
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| Summary | |
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| Editing Advice | |
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| Test/Review Summary | |
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| Expansion Activities | |
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| Habitual Past with Used To; The Simple Past Tense | |
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| Working Towards a Better Life | |
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| READING Equal Rights for All | |
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| Habitual Past with Used To George Dawson-Life Is So Good | |
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| Past Tense of Be | |
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| The Simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs | |
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| The Simple Past Tense of Irregular Verbs | |
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| Negative Statements 101 | |
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| Questions with the Simple Past Tense | |
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| Summary | |
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| Editing Advice | |
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| Test/Review Summary | |
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| Expansion Activities | |
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| Possessive Forms; Object Pronouns; Reflexive Pronouns; Questions | |
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| Weddings | |
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| A Traditional American Wedding | |
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| Possessive Forms of Nouns | |
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| Possessive Adjectives | |
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| Possessive Pronouns | |
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| Questions with Whose | |
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| Object Pronouns | |
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| New Wedding Trends | |
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| Direct and Indirect Objects | |
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| Say and Tell | |
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| Economizing on a Wedding | |
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| Reflexive Pronouns | |
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| Questions and Answers About an American Wedding | |
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| Questions About the Subject or Complement | |
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| Summary | |
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| Editing Advice | |
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| Test/Review Summary | |
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| Expansion Activities | |
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| Singular and Plural; Count and Noncount Nouns� There + Be; Quantity Words | |
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| Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, and American Indians | |
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| A Typical Thanksgiving | |
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| Noun Plurals | |
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| Using the Singular and Plural for Generalizations | |
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| Special Cases of Singular and Plural | |
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| The Origin of Thanksgiving | |
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| Noncount Nouns | |
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| Count and Noncount Nouns | |
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| Recipe for Turkey Stuffing | |
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| Quantities with Count and Noncount Nouns | |
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| Taking the Land from the Native Americans | |
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| There + a Form of Be | |
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| Using There | |
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| Code Talkers | |
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| Quantity Expressions- An Overview | |
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| Some, Any, A, No | |
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| A Lot Of, Much, Many | |
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| A Lot Of vs. Too Much/Too Many | |
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| A Few, Several, A Little | |
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| A Few vs. Few; A Little vs. Little | |
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| Summary | |
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| Editing Advice | |
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| Test/Review Summary | |
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| Expansion Activities | |
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| Adjectives; Noun Modifiers; Adverbs; Too / Enough/Very / A Lot Of | |
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| Health | |
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| Obesity: A National Problem | |
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| Adjectives | |
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| Noun Modifiers | |
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| Obesity: The Solutions | |
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| Adverbs of Manner | |
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| Adjective vs. Adverb | |
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| Sleep | |
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| Too and Enough | |
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| Too and Very and A Lot Of | |
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| Summary | |
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| Editing Advice | |
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| Test/Review | |
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| Expansion Activities | |
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| Time Words and Time Clauses; The Past Continuous Tense Summary | |
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| Immigrants | |
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| Ellis Island | |
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| When, Until, While | |
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| When and Whenever | |
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| Time Words 216 | |
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| The Past Continuous Tense-An Overview | |
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| Albert Einstein-Immigrant from Germany | |
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| The Past Continuous Tense-Forms 220 | |
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| The Past Continuous Tense-Uses 221 | |
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| Was/Were Going To Gloria Estefan-Cuban Immigrant | |
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| Simple Past vs. Past Continuous with When 228 | |
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| Simple Past vs. Past Continuous | |
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| Using the -ing Form After Time Words | |
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| Summary | |
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| Editing Advice | |
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| Test/Review | |
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| Expansion Activities | |
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| Modals; Related Expressions | |
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| Renting an Apartment | |
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| Modals and Related Expressions-An Overview | |
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| An Apartment Lease | |
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| Negatives with Modals | |
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| Statements and Questions with Modals | |
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| Must, Have To, Have Got To | |
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| Obligation with Must or Be Supposed To | |
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| Can, May, Could, and Alternate Expressions | |
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| Tenants' Rights | |
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| Should; Had Better | |
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| Negatives of Modals | |
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| The New Neighbors | |
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| Must for Conclusions | |
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| Will and May / Might | |
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| At a Garage Sale | |
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| Using Modals and Questions for Politeness | |
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| Summary | |
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| Editing Advice | |
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| Test/Review | |
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| Expansion Activities | |
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| The Present Perfect; The Present Perfect Continuous | |
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| Searching the Web | |
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| The Present Perfect Tense-An Overview | |
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| Google | |
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| The Past Participle | |
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| Irregular Past Participle Forms of Verbs | |
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| The Present Perfect-Contractions, Negatives | |
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| Adding an Adverb | |
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| The Present Perfect-Statements and Questions | |
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| Continuation from Past to Present | |
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| The Simple Present vs. the Present Perfect | |
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| The Present Perfect vs. the Simple Past | |
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| The Present Perfect Continuous-An Overview | |
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| Genealogy | |
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| The Present Perfect Continuous-Forms | |
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| The Present Perfect Continuous-Statements and Questions | |
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| The Present Perfect Continuous-Use | |
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| The Present Perfect with Repetition from Past to Present | |
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| The Simple Past vs. the Present Perfect with Repetition | |
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| The Present Perfect with Indefinite Past Time | |
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| Answering a Present Perfect Question | |
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| Summary | |
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| Editing Advice | |
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| Test/Review | |
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| Expansion Activities | |
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| Gerunds; Infinitives | |
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| Finding a Job | |
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| Gerunds-An Overview | |
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| Finding a Job | |
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| Gerund as Subject | |
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| Gerund After Verb | |
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| Gerund After Preposition | |
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| Gerund in Adverbial Phrase | |
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| Infinitives-An Overview | |
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| Tips on Writing a Resume | |
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| Infinitive as Subject | |
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| Infinitive After Adjective | |
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| Infinitive After Verb | |
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| Gerund or Infinitive After Verb | |
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| Object Before Infinitive 336 | |
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| Infinitive to Show Purpose | |
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| Rita's Story | |
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| Used To vs. Be Used To | |
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| Summary | |
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| Editing Advice | |
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| Test/Review | |
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| Expansion Activities | |
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| Adjective Clauses | |
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| Making Connections-Old Friends and New | |
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| Adjective Clauses-An Overview | |
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| Finding Old Friends | |
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| Relative Pronoun as Subject | |
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| Relative Pronoun as Object | |
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| Where and When | |
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| Formal vs. Informal | |
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| Internet Matchmaking | |
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| Whose + Noun | |
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| Summary | |
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| Editing Advice | |
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| Test/Review | |
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| Expansion Activities | |
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| Superlatives; Comparatives | |
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| Sports and Athletes | |
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| Superlatives and Comparatives-An Overview | |
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| Michael Jordan | |
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| The Superlative Form 378 | |
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| Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs | |
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| Superlatives and Word Order | |
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| Americans' Attitude Toward Soccer | |
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| Comparatives | |
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| Comparatives and Word Order | |
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| An Amazing Athlete | |
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| As ... As | |
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| As Many/Much ... As | |
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| The Same . .. As | |
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| Equality with Nouns or Adjectives | |
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| Football and Soccer | |
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| Similarity with Like and Alike | |
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| Be Like | |
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| Same or Different | |
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| Summary | |
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| Editing Advice | |
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| Test/Review | |
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| Expansion Activities | |
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| Passive Voice and Active Voice | |
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| The Law | |
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| The Passive Voice and the Active Voice-An Overview | |
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| Jury Duty | |
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| The Passive Voice | |
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| Passive Voice-Form and Use | |
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| Negatives and Questions with Passive Voice | |
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| Unusual Lawsuits | |
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| Choosing Active Voice or Passive Voice | |
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| Summary | |
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| Editing Advice | |
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| Test/Review | |
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| Expansion Activities | |
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| Articles; Other / Another; Indefinite Pronouns | |
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| Money | |
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| Articles-An Overview | |
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| Kids and Money | |
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| The Indefinite Article-Classifying or Identifying the Subject | |
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| The Indefinite Article-Introducing a Noun | |
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| The Definite Article | |
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| Making Generalizations | |
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| General or Specific with Quantity Words | |
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| Changing the American Dollar | |
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| Another and Other | |
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| More About Another and Other | |
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| The High Cost of a College Education | |
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| Definite and Indefinite Pronouns | |
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| Summary | |
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| Editing Advice | |
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| Test/Review | |
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| Expansion Activities | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Spelling and Pronunciation of Verbs | |
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| Irregular Noun Plurals | |
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| Spelling Rules for Adverbs Ending in -ly | |
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| Metric Conversion Chart | |
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| The Verb Get | |
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| Make and Do | |
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| Nouns That Can Be Both Count or Noncount | |
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| Verbs and Adjectives Followed by a Preposition | |
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| Direct and Indirect Objects | |
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| Capitalization Rules | |
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| Glossary of Grammatical Terms | |
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| Special Uses of Articles | |
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| Alphabetical List of Irregular Verb Forms | |
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| Maps of the United States of America and North America | |
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| Index | |