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GRAMMAR UNITS语法单元

BASIC SENTENCE STRUCTURE句子结构

1 Clauses and sentences分句和句子

2 The noun group名词词组

3 The verb group动词词组

4 The imperative and‘let’祈使句和“let”

QUESTIONS疑问句

5 Questions疑问句

6‘Wh’-questions“Wh”-问句

7 Question tags：forms附加问句：形式

8 Question tags：uses附加问句：用法

9 Indirect questions间接疑问句

10 Short answers简短回答

NEGATIVES

11 Sentences with‘not’带“not”的句子

12 Negative words否定词

NOUNS

13 Count nouns可数名词

14 Singular and plural：singular，plural and collective nouns单数与复数

15 Uncount nouns不可数名词

PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVES代词和所有格

16 Personal pronouns人称代词

17 Impersonal subject‘it’非人称代词“it”

18 Impersonal subject‘there’非人称主语“there”

19 Demonstrative pronouns：this，that，these，those，one，ones指示代词

20 Reflexive pronouns反身代词

21 Indefinite pronouns不定代词

22 Possession所有格

DETERMINERS限定词

23 Determiners限定词

24 Main uses of‘the’“the”的主要用法

25 Other uses of‘the’“the”的其他用法

26 ‘A’and‘an’“a”和“an”

27 All，most，no，none all、most、no、none

28 Both，ei廿Ier，neither both、either、neither

29 Quantity 1：Much，little，many，few，more，less，fewer数量(1)

30 Quantity 2：Some，any，another，other，each，every数量(2)

ADJECTIVES形容词

31 Position of adjectives形容词的位置

32 Order of adjectives形容词的顺序

33 Adjectives with‘to’-infinitive or‘that’-clauses形容词+“to”-不定式或“that”-分句

34‘-ing’and‘-ed’adjectives“-ing”和“-ed”形容词

COMPARISON比较级

35 Comparison：basic forms比较：基本形式

36 Comparison：uses比较：用法

37 Other ways of comparing其他比较方式

ADVERBIALS副词

38 Adverbials状语

39 Adverbials of manner方式状语

40 Adverbials of time时间状语

41 Frequency and probability频率和可能性

42 Adverbials of duration：already，yet，still持续状语

43 Adverbials of degree程度状语

PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS介词和短语动词

44 Place and direction地点和方位

45 Place-‘af’，‘in’，‘on’地点-“at”、“in”、“on”

46 Transport prepositions运输方式介词

47 Adjective+preposition形容词+介词

48 Noun+preposition名词+介词

49 Verb+preposition动词+介词

50 Phrasal verbs短语动词

TRANSITIVITY：VERBS AND OBJECTS及物性：动词和宾语

51 Verbs and objects：transitive and intransitive verbs动词和宾语

52 Verbs with two objects带双宾语动词

53 Reflexive verbs反身动词

54 Reciprocal verbs互为动词

55 Ergative verbs作格动词

56 Common verb+noun patterns普通动词+名词句型

TENSES时态

57 Auxiliary verbs：be，have，do助动词

58 The present tenses现在时

59 The past tenses过去时

60 The continuous tenses进行时

61 The perfect tenses完成时

62 Talking about the present谈及现在

63 Talking about the past谈及过去

64‘Will’and‘going to’“will”和“going to”

65 Present tenses for future表将来的现在时

CONDITIONALS AND HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS条件句和假设

66 Conditionals using‘if’“if”条件句

67 Conditional clauses using modals and‘unless’带情态动词和“unless”的条件句

68‘I wish’，‘if only’，‘as if“I wish”、“if only”、“as if-ING CLAUSES AND INFINITIVES-ING分句和不定式

69 Verbs with‘-ing’clauses动词加“-ing”分句

70 Infinitives不定式

71 Verbs with‘to’-infinitive or‘-ing’clauses动词+“to”-不定式或“-ing”分句

72 Verbs with other types of clauses带其他分句的动词

73 Link verbs系动词

REPORTED SPEECH转述语

74 Reporting the past转述过去

75 Reported questions转述问句

76 Reporting：‘that’-clauses转述：“that”-分句

77 Other report structures其他转述结构

THE PASSIVE VOICE被动语态

78 The passive voice被动语态

MODALS情态动词

79 Introduction to modals情态动词

80 Modals：negation and questions情态动词：否定和疑问

81 Possibility：can，could，may，might可能性

82 Probability and certainty：cannot，can’t，must，ought，should，will可能性和确定性

83 Ability：can，could，be able to能力

84 Permission：can，could，may许可

85 Instructions and requests：can，could，will，would指示和请求

86 Suggestions：could，may，might，shall建议

87 Offers and invitations：can，could，shall，will，would提议和邀请

88 Wants and wishes：would like，would rather，wouldn’t mind希望和愿望

89 Obligation and necessity 1：have to，have got to，must，mustn't义务和必要性(1)

90 Obligation and necessity 2：need to，needn't，not have to义务和必要性(2)

91 Mild obligation and advice：should，ought，should／ought to have，hadbetter委婉的要求或建议

RELATIVE CLAUSES AND PARTICIPLE CLAUSES关系分句和分词分旬

92 Defining relative clauses限定性关系分句

93 Non-defining relative clauses非限定性分句

94 Participle clauses分词分句

95 Other ways of adding to a noun group名词词组的后加成分

OTHER KINDS OF CLAUSES其他类型分句

96 Time clauses时间分句

97 Purpose and reason clauses目的和原因分句

98 Result clauses结果分句

99 Contrast clauses对比分句

100 Manner clauses方式分句

101 Changing sentence focus改变句子焦点

102 Cohesion：making connections in speech and writing衔接

GLOSSARY OF GRAMMAR TERMS语法术语表

IRREGULAR VERBS OF ENGLISH英语不规则动词表