Betty Azar - Basic English Grammar (2nd Ed)

nineteen twenty twenty-one twenty-two twenty-three twenty-four twenty-five twenty-six twenty-seven twenty-eight twenty-nine

thirty forty

f ~ t y sixty

seventy eighty ninety

one hundred two hundred one thousand ten thousand

one hundred thousand one million

Using numbers to write the date:

month/day/year

10/31/41 = October 31, 1941 4/15/92 = April 15, 1992

Saying dates:

USUAL. WRITTEN FORM

January 1

March 2

May 3

June 4

August 5

October 10

November 27

USUAL. SPOKEN FORM

January fustlthe fust of January March second/the second of March May thirdlthe third of May

June fourthlthe fourth of June August fifthlthe f~ of August October tenthlthe tenth of October November twenty-seventhlthe

twenty-seventh of November

But, 393,395

Buy, 369

C

Can, 430-43 1 abilitylpossibility, 28 1 in questions, 282,302

Clauses, 216,219

future time clauses, 258 with if; 260, 263

with when, 440 with while, 438

Colon, 72fn.

Comma, 216,357,358fn., 393 Comparatives (-er/-more), 383 Comparisons:

with adverbs, 414,416 as.. .as, 389

but, 393,395

-er/more, 383 -est/most, 398 less, 389

l i k , alike, 382

same, similar, dzTerent, 379 Consonants, 2, 87fn., 186 Contractions:

defined, 7 negative, 192

with not (SEE Negatives) with pronouns, 448

in questions, 282

in short answers, 243fn. with will, 242

with would, 100 Contractions of be:

with not, 21,172 with pronouns, 7,21

with question words, 32 in short answers, 21 with that, 30

with there, 106 Could, 430-43 1 past of can, 285

in polite questions, 302, 304 Count/noncount nouns, 141, 150

D

Dates, spoken and written forms, A3 Days of the week, A3

Did:

Doldoes:

in the negative, 57,307

in questions, 61,64,66-67,212

E

-Ed, past participle, 448, 455 -Ed, simple past, 177

pronunciation, 180, 186 spelling, 183, 186

English alphabet, Al Enough:

with adjectives, 295 with infinitives, 299 with nouns, 297

-Er/more, 383 -Est/most, 398 Ever, 451 Every, 341

Everyone/everybody, 341

Explain, 370

F

Feminine pronouns, 6 For, 367,444 Frequency adverbs, 46-47 Full stop, 57fn.

Future time:

be going to, 231 clauses, 258

with if; 260,263 future time words, 235,

238-239 will, 242

G

Get, 369

Going to,with be, 231,258,263