Unit 1  BACK TO SCHOOL     Chapter 1        Welcome, Students!         Nouns and pronouns         Simple present; Statements with be     Chapter 2        The Class of 2016                 Simple present: Yes / No questions and short answers with be         This, that, these, those         Simple present: Wh- questions with be       Unit Assessments     Unit 2  A DAY IN THE LIFE     Chapter 3        Journal Writing         Simple present: Statements         Third person singular: Irregular and other forms     Chapter 4        Blogging         Simple present: Yes / No quesitons         Simple present: Wh- questions     Unit Assessments     Unit 3  WHERE IN THE WORLD?     Chapter 5        Mapping It Out         Simple present: There is and There are         Prepositions of place     Chapter 6        Traveling Through Time         Simple past: There + be statements         Simple present and past: Be + there questions     Unit Assessments     Unit 4  ENGLISH FUN     Chapter 7        Proverbs         Parts of speech: Nouns, pronouns, verbs, prepositions, and adjectives         Sentences: Subjects, verbs, and objects         Question forms     Chapter 8        Changing Language         Sentence patterns with be         Prepositional phrases / Object pronouns     Unit Assessments     Unit 5  GENERATIONS     Chapter 9        Different Points of View         Expressing advice: Should infinitives     Chapter 10      Generational Differences         Possessive nouns and adjectives         Gerunds     Unit Assessments     Unit 6  WE'RE COOKING NOW     Chapter 11      Culinary Science         Present progressive: Statements         Present progressive: Questions         Simple present vs. present progressive     Chapter 12      Around the Global Dinner Table         Count and noncount nouns         How many . . .?  How much . . .? / Quantifiers     Unit Assessments     Unit 7  THE FUTURE IS COMING SOON     Chapter 13      My Future         Future: Be going to         Future: Present progressive     Chapter 14      Our Future         Future: Will         Quantifiers: Comparisons     Unit Assessments     Unit 8  ARCHITECTURE     Chapter 15        House and Climate         Descriptive adjectives         Very, too, enough     Chapter 16      International Designs         Comparative adjectives         As . . . as and other expressions     Unit Assessments     Unit 9  HIDDEN HISTORY     Chapter 17      Uncovering the Past         Simple past: Regular verbs         Simple past: Irregular verbs     Chapter 18      City of Angels         Simple past: Questions         Time signals     Unit Assessments     Unit 10    PATHWAYS     Chapter 19      Their Stories         Past progressive: Statements         Past progressive: Questions     Chapter 20      Intersecting Lives         Time clauses: While and when         Simple past vs. past progressive     Unit Assessments     Appendices   A    Spelling rules for -s endings on regular plural nouns B    Spelling of irregular plural C    Pronunciation and spelling rules for final -s on verbs with he, she, it subjects D    Subject pronouns, object pronouns, and possessive adjectives E    Spelling rules for -ing endings F    Non-action verbs: Verbs not commonly used in progressive tenses G    Noncount nouns H    Spelling rules for comparative adjectives I    Spelling rules for -ed endings J    Verbs with irregular simple past forms K    World Map

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