Real Grammar: Understand English. Clear and simple.

Title Page
Copyright
Contents
introduction
	how to use this book
	timelines
	descriptive grammar
	about answers
Basic building blocks
	Constructing basic sentences
		word order
		do
		don’t
		adding a place
		adding a time
		adding a place and time
		where and when
		yesterday, today, tomorrow
	Basic verbs
		be
		have
		be (am, are, is)
		adding s to verbs
		who and what
		go
		get
	One or more
		a/an
		adding s to nouns
		things we sometimes don't count
		things we don't count
		some and any
		here and there
		the
		names
	Other basic words
		's
		her, his, its, my, our, their, your
		hers, his, its, mine, ours, theirs, yours
		one
		simplifying sentences
		and
		or
		but
	Review of basic building blocks
		review of basic building blocks
		quiz
Verb forms
	Tenses
		introduction to verb forms
		present form
		past form
	Unfinished actions
		-ing form
		unfinished in the past
		-ing form: as a subject
		-ing form: as an object
		go + -ing form
	Results of actions
		-en form
		adding a length of time
		ever and never
		already and yet
	Results of actions 2
		have got / have
		have done / have to do
		adding to
		to or -ing?
		results in the past
	Shifting focus
		be + -en form
		with other sentence patterns
		get + -en form
		feelings
	Putting it together
		have + been + -ing
		had + been + ing
	Review of verb forms
		review of verb forms
		examples
		quiz
Options and possibilities
	Options and possibilities 1
		the verbs
		the past form isn't just for the past
		can/could
		could
		real or hypothetical?
		could have done
	Options and possibilities 2
		will
		would
		will be doing
		will have done
		would like
		would have done
		shall
		should
		should have done
		ought
	Options and possibilities 3
		may
		might
		may have done / might have done
		permission - can, could and may
		must
		must have done
		must / have to
		mustn’t / don’t have to
		making deductions
		had better
	if
		if
		would have... if...
		if: polite expressions
	Review of options and possibilities 3
		review of options and possibilities
		examples
		quiz
Future and past
	Ways of talking about the future
		am/are/is + -ing form
		present form
		will and be going to
		which one should I use?
		before and after a time in the future
	Ways of talking about the past
		past form
		have + -en form
		used to and would
		which one should I use?
		used to / be used to
		before and after a time in the past
	Review of future and past
		review of future and past
		examples
		quiz
Think and say
	Think and say 1
		say
		said about the past
		said about the future
		said about options and possibilities
		time and place
		think and know
	Think and say 2
		ask
		the meaning
		telling people what to do
		about
		hopes and wishes
	Review of think and say
		review of think and say
		examples
		quiz
Adding information
	Where and when
		adding a place
		adding a time
	Who, what, why and how
		adding a recipient
		to: adding a destination
		for: making connections
		by: adding a method
		with: adding a part
	Describing nouns
		of
		adding information after nouns
		adjectives
		other ways to describe nouns
	Adverbs
		saying where, when and how
		adding information to verbs
		linking and emphasis
		start, middle or end?
		saying how often
		negative sentences
		more than one verb
		one verb: be
		adverbs and adjectives
		a lot / any more
	Stronger descriptions
		very/really
		not very/not really
		fairly/pretty/quite/rather
		such/so
		enough/too
		not that/not so/not such/not too
	Comparing
		-er than
		as... as...
		the -est
		not as... as...
		like
		like/as
	Review of adding information
		review of adding information
		examples
		quiz
Adding more
	Talking about time
		when
		while
		as
		before, after, since and until
	A sentence in a sentence
		explaining which one
		when, where, which, who
		describing things in two ways
		simplifying
		-ing and -en
		what
		polite questions
	Other sentence patterns
		make it happen
		get it done
		experience it
		here you are
		here comes the end
	Review of adding more
		review of adding more
		examples
		quiz
Appendix 1
	Two tenses
		no future tense
Appendix 2
	Tense, aspect and modality
		tense and aspect
		modal verbs
		quasi-modal verbs
Answers and index
	Answers and index
		answers
		index
		final thoughts