Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION xi
LESSON 1: DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL 1
Dialogue: Where Will You Be Flying Today? 2
Words In Action 3
Take A Closer Look:
Question Words 5
Forming Questions 7
Stress In Questions 8
Verbs Ending in -ing 9
Listening Exercise 10
LESSON 2: ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS 13
Dialogue 1: Can You Tell Me How to Get To . . .? 14
Dialogue 2: No Parking! 14
Words In Action 15
Take A Closer Look:
Expressions with Common Verbs 17
Commands 19
Articles A, An, The, Some 20
Listening Exercise 1 22
Listening Exercise 2 22
LESSON 3: APARTMENT HUNTING 25
Dialogue: We’ll Take It! 26
Words In Action 27
Take A Closer Look:
Contractions, Part One 29
Personal Pronouns 30
This, That, These, Those 31
Listening Exercise 32
LESSON 4: GETTING THINGS FIXED 35
Dialogue: A Few Problems 36
Words In Action 36
Take A Closer Look:
Contractions, Part Two 38
Simple Present vs. Present Continuous Tense 39
Expressions of Quantity 40
Listening Exercise 42
LESSON 5: DAILY HOUSEHOLD CHORES 45
Dialogue: You’ll Do That, Won’t You? 46
Words In Action 46
Take A Closer Look:
Tag Questions 48
Expressing the Future 49
Listening Exercise 51
LESSON 6: ALL ABOUT FOOD 53
Dialogue 1: What’s For Dinner Tonight? 54
Dialogue 2: What Can I Get You? 54
Words In Action 55
Take A Closer Look:
Making Suggestions and Recommendations 56
May and Might 57
Listening Exercise 58
LESSON 7: A JOB INTERVIEW 61
Dialogue: I’m Impressed With Your Resume 62
Words In Action 63
Take A Closer Look:
Polite Questions and Requests 64
If . . . Would 65
The Present Perfect Tense 67
Listening Exercise 70
LESSON 8: THE FIRST DAY IN THE OFFICE 73
Dialogue: You Must Be Our New Colleague! 74
Words In Action 75
Take A Closer Look:
Uses Of Must 77
Possessives 78
Verbs in the Past Tense 79
Listening Exercise 82
LESSON 9: A BUSINESS MEETING 85
Dialogue: Let’s Go Over That Proposal 86
Words In Action 87
Take A Closer Look:
Must, Need to, Have to, Had Better, Should 88
Present Perfect Continuous Tense 90
Listening Exercise 91
LESSON 10: ON THE PHONE 93
Dialogue 1: May I Ask Who’s Calling? 94
Dialogue 2: I’m Sorry, He’s in a Meeting at the Moment 94
Words In Action 95
Take A Closer Look:
Using Can and May 96
Each Other and One Another 98
Past Perfect Tense 98
Listening Exercise 99
LESSON 11: DINING OUT 101
Dialogue: A Table For Two, Please 102
Words In Action 103
Take A Closer Look:
Expressing Preference with Would Rather 104
Verbs Followed by the Gerund 105
Listening Exercise 109
LESSON 12: AT THE POST OFFICE 111
Dialogue: One More Thing . . . 112
Words In Action 112
Take A Closer Look:
Using A, An, Per, and Each 114
Verbs Followed by the Infinitive 115
Listening Exercise 117
LESSON 13: AT THE DOCTOR’S OFFICE 119
Dialogue: Is It an Emergency? 120
Words In Action 121
Take A Closer Look:
Uses of Self 122
The Past, Present Perfect, and Present Perfect Continuous Tenses 124
Listening Exercise 127
LESSON 14: AT THE DRUGSTORE 129
Dialogue: I Haven’t Seen You in Ages! 130
Words In Action 130
Take A Closer Look:
Uses of Right 132
To Have Somebody Do Something/To Have Something Done 133
The Passive Voice 134
Listening Exercise 135
LESSON 15: IN A DEPARTMENT STORE 137
Dialogue 1: Can I Help You? 138
Dialogue 2: I’d Like to Return These Pants 138
Words In Action 139
Take A Closer Look:
Uses of Make 141
Make and Get—More Causatives 142
Let and Allow—Permissives 143
Listening Exercise 144
LESSON 16: A PARTY 147
Dialogue: Very Nice To Meet You 148
Words In Action 149
Take A Closer Look:
Uses of Use 151
The Past With Used to and Would 152
If and Would in the Past 153
Listening Exercise 154
LESSON 17: WEEKEND ACTIVITIES 157
Dialogue 1: What a Great Day! 158
Dialogue 2: Are You Ready to Play Golf? 158
Dialogue 3: I’m So Glad You Got Tickets! 159
Words In Action 159
Take A Closer Look:
Uses of What 162
Noun Clauses with Question Words 163
Verbs Followed by Gerunds or Infinitives 164
Listening Exercise 166
LESSON 18: HOLIDAYS 169
Dialogue: Long Time No See! 170
Words In Action 171
Take A Closer Look:
Too, Also, So, Either, and Neither 173
Verbs Followed by Prepositions 174
Noun Clauses with If and Whether 178
Listening Exercise 179
LESSON 19: MONEY 181
Dialogue: I’d Like to Deposit a Check 182
Words In Action 183
Take A Closer Look:
Expressing Desire 185
Verbs Followed by an Object and an Infinitive 187
Listening Exercise 188
LESSON 20: JURY DUTY 191
Dialogue: Has the Jury Reached a Verdict? 192
Words In Action 192
Take A Closer Look:
Uses of Get 195
Noun Clauses With Infinitives 199
Adjectives Followed by Prepositions 200
Listening Exercise 202
