The Communicative Grammar of English Workbook - Edward Woods, Rudy Coppieters 2002

The Communicative Grammar of English Workbook - Edward Woods, Rudy Coppieters 2002

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Unit one. Spoken and written English

1.1. Informal spoken English

1.2. Cooperation in conversation

1.3. Tag questions and ellipsis

1.4. Coordination

1.5. Finite clauses in spoken English

1.6. Stress

1.7. Nucleus and tone units

1.8. Tones

Unit two TWO. Emotion

2.1. Emotive emphasis in speech 1

2.2. Emotive emphasis in speech 2

2.3. Describing emotions 1

2.4. Describing emotions 2

Unit three. Structure

3.1. Clauses

3.2. Combinations of verbs

Unit four. Determiners

4.1. Count and non-count nouns

4.2. Amount and quantity

4.3. The use of the article

4.4. Other words of definite meaning

4.5. Expressions using ‘of’ and the genitive

Unit five. Time, tense and aspect

5.1. Auxiliary verbs

5.2. The auxiliary verbs do, have and be

5.3. The modal auxiliaries

5.4. Meanings and forms

5.5. Present time

5.6. Past time 1

5.7. Past time 2

5.8. The progressive aspect

5.9. Future time 1

5.10. Future time 2

5.11. Summary

Unit six. Adjectives

6.1. Adjectives

6.2. Adjective or adverb?

6.3. Adjectives as heads

6.4. Adjective patterns

6.5. Adjective patterns with a to-infinitive

Unit seven. Adverbs, adverbials and prepositions

7.1. Adverbs

7.2. Adverbials - Introduction

7.3. Time-when 1

7.4. Time-when 2

7.5. Duration

7.6. Frequency

7.7. Place, direction and distance

7.8. Prepositions of place

7.9. Overlap between types of prepositions

7.10. Various positions

7.11. Motion

7.12. Space and motion

7.13. Distance

7.14. Manner, means and instrument

7.15. Prepositions (general)

7.16. Two or more adverbials

7.17. Degree

7.18. Gradable words and degree 1

7.19. Gradable words and degree 2

7.20. Other aspects of degree adverbs

7.21. Role, standard and point of view

7.22. Sentence adverbials

Unit eight. Clause types

8.1. Cause, result, purpose and reason

8.2. Concession and contrast

Unit nine. Linking

9.1. Linking signals

9.2. ‘General purpose’ links

9.3. Cross-reference to noun phrases and substitutes for a noun phrase

9.4. Substitutes for structures containing a verb

9.5. Substitutes for ^/-clauses and to-infinitive clauses

9.6. Omission with non-finite and verbless clauses

Unit ten. Conditions

10.1. Open and hypothetical conditions

10.2. Other ways of expressing hypothetical meaning

10.3. Condition and contrast

Unit eleven. Comparison

11.1. Comparison 1

11.2. Comparison 2

11.3. Comparison 3

11.4. Comparison 4

Unit twelve. Addition, exception and restriction

12.1. Addition

12.2. Exception

12.3. Restriction

Unit thirteen. Information, reality and belief

13.1. Questions and answers 1

13.2. Questions and answers 2

13.3. Questions and answers 3

13.4. Responses

13.5. Omission of information

13.6. Reported statements

13.7. Indirect questions

13.8. Denial and affirmation 1

13.9. Denial and affirmation 2

13.10. Denial and affirmation 3

Unit fourteen. Modifying

14.1. Restrictive and non-restrictive meaning

14.2. Post-modifiers

14.3. Pre-modifiers

14.4. Relative clauses

14.5. Apposition

Unit fifteen. Modality

15.1. Agreement and disagreement

15.2. Fact, hypothesis and neutrality

15.3. Degrees of likelihood

15.4. Attitudes to truth

15.5. Volition

15.6. Permission and obligation

15.7. Influencing People 1

15.8. Influencing People 2

Unit sixteen. Addressing

16.1. Vocatives

16.2. Commands

Unit seventeen. Focusing

17.1. Focusing information

17.2. Organising information - Given and new information

17.3. Organising information - Order and emphasis

17.4. Organising information - Inversion

17.5. Organising information - Fronting with ‘so/neither’

17.6. Organising information - Cleft sentences

17.7. Organising information - Postponement

17.8. Organising information - Other choices

17.9. Organising information - Avoiding intransitive verbs

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