English Grammar through Stories - Alan Townend 1973

English Grammar through Stories - Alan Townend 1973

1. Present simple tense or “It never gets you anywhere”

2. Present continuous or “What a performance!”

3. Future tense or “Jealousy”

4. Articles in English or “Charlie the Brave”

5. Progressive forms or “Going, going, gone!”

6. Passive voice or “Haunted”

7. Relative pronoun

8. Usage of pronouns or “One thing or another”

9. Prepositions or “How I got that job”

10. Spot the preposition

11. English adverb or “High hopes”

12. Types of adverbs

13. Indirect speech or “Say it again”

14. Conjunctions or “Joined up writing”

15. Conditionals or “On condition”

16. Subjunctive or “Wishful thinking”

17. Reflections

18. Start or begin?

19. Make or do? or “Doing time”

20. Phrasal verb break or “Breaking up”

21. Expressions with break or “Have a break!”

22. Phrasal verb bring or “Upbringing”

23. Phrasal verb hold or “Hold on”

24. Phrasal verb take or “Take on”

25. Phrasal verb look or “Look out!”

26. Phrasal verb go or “Going on”

27. Phrasal verb run or “A Christmas postman”

28. Phrasal verb fall

29. Phrasal verb get

30. Word story: Health

31. Word story: Jokes

32. Word story: Dictionary

33. Word story: Search engines

34. Word story: Weather

35. Saying it twice or “Save our animals”

36. Colour idioms or “A silver lining”

37. Cool expressions or “From one extreme to the other”

38. Book expressions or “Have you seen this book?”

39. Greeting expressions or “Well, hello!”

40. Sea expressions

41. Head expressions

42. Expressions with the word order or “Order into chaos”

43. Expressions with the word name or “The name of the game”

44. Usage of the word chip or “Potatoes”

45. Usage of the word learn or “Learning to learn?”

46. Usage of the word turn or “My turn”

47. Usage of the word talk or “Small talk”