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Chapter 1—Present Time
- FEGi 1-0 Overview
- FEGi 1-1a The simple present and the present progressive
- FEGi 1-1b The simple present and the present progressive
- FEGi 1-2 Forms of the simple present and the present progressive
- FEGi 1-3 Frequency adverbs
- FEGi 1-4 Final -s
- FEGi 1-5 Spelling of final -s/-es
- FEGi 1-6 Non-action verbs
- FEGi 1-7 Present verbs: short answers to yes/no questions
Chapter 2—Past Time
- FEGi 2-0 Overview
- FEGi 2-1 Expressing past time: the simple past
- FEGi 2-2 Forms of the simple past: regular verbs
- FEGi 2-3 Forms of the simple past: be
- FEGi 2-4 Regular verbs: pronunciation of -ed endings
- FEGi 2-5 Spelling of -ing and -ed endings
- FEGi 2-6 The principal parts of a verb
- FEGi 2-7 Irregular verbs: a reference list
- FEGi 2-8 The simple past and the past progressive
- FEGi 2-9 Forms of the past progressive
- FEGi 2-10 Expressing past time: using time clauses
- FEGi 2-11 Expressing past habit: used to
Chapter 3—Future Time
- FEGi 3-0 Overview
- FEGi 3-1 Expressing future time: be going to and will
- FEGi 3-2 Forms with be going to
- FEGi 3-3 Forms with will
- FEGi 3-4a Sureness about the future
- FEGi 3-4b Sureness about the future
- FEGi 3-5 Be going to vs. will
- FEGi 3-6 Expressing the future in time clauses and if-clauses
- FEGi 3-7 Using the present progressive to express future time
- FEGi 3-8 Using the simple present to express future time
- FEGi 3-9 Immediate future: using be about to
- FEGi 3-10 Parallel verbs
Chapter 4—The Present Perfect and The Past Perfect
- FEGi 4-0 Overview
- FEGi 4-1 Past participle
- FEGi 4-2 Forms of the present perfect
- FEGi 4-3 Meanings of the present perfect
- FEGi 4-4 Simple past vs. present perfect
- FEGi 4-5 Using since and for
- FEGi 4-6 Present perfect progressive
- FEGi 4-7 Present perfect progressive vs. present perfect
- FEGi 4-8 Using already, yet, still, and anymore
- FEGi 4-9 Past perfect
Chapter 5—Asking Questions
- FEGi 5-0 Overview
- FEGi 5-1 Yes/no questions and short answers
- FEGi 5-2 Yes/no questions and information questions
- FEGi 5-3 Where, why, when, and what time
- FEGi 5-4 Questions with who, who(m), and what
- FEGi 5-5 Spoken and written contractions with question words
- FEGi 5-6 Using what + a form of do
- FEGi 5-7 Using what kind of
- FEGi 5-8 Using which
- FEGi 5-9 Using whose
- FEGi 5-10 Using how
- FEGi 5-11 Using how often
- FEGi 5-12 Using how far
- FEGi 5-13 Length of time: it + take and how long
- FEGi 5-14 More questions with how
- FEGi 5-15 Using how about and what about
- FEGi 5-16 Tag questions
Chapter 6—Nouns and Pronouns
- FEGi 6-0 Overview
- FEGi 6-1 Pronunciation of final -s/-es
- FEGi 6-2 Plural forms of nouns
- FEGi 6-3 Subjects, verbs, and objects
- FEGi 6-4 Objects of prepositions
- FEGi 6-5 Prepositions of time
- FEGi 6-6 Word order: place and time
- FEGi 6-7 Subject-verb agreement
- FEGi 6-8 Using adjectives to describe nouns
- FEGi 6-9 Using nouns as adjectives
- FEGi 6-10 Personal pronouns: subjects and objects
- FEGi 6-11 Possessive nouns
- FEGi 6-12 Possessive pronouns and adjectives
- FEGi 6-13 Reflexive pronouns
- FEGi 6-14 Singular forms of other: another vs. the other
- FEGi 6-15 Plural forms of other: others(s) vs. the other(s)
- FEGi 6-16 Summary of forms of other
Chapter 7—Modal Auxiliaries
- FEGi 7-0 Overview
- FEGi 7-1 The form of modal auxiliaries
- FEGi 7-2 Expressing ability: can and could
- FEGi 7-3 Expressing possibility: may and might / Expressing permission: may and can
- FEGi 7-4 Using could to express possibility
- FEGi 7-5 Polite questions: may I, could I, can I
- FEGi 7-6 Polite questions: would you, could you, will you, can you
- FEGi 7-7 Expressing advice: should and ought to
- FEGi 7-8 Expressing advice: had better
- FEGi 7-9 Expressing necessity: have to, have got to, must
- FEGi 7-10 Expressing lack of necessity: do not have to / Expressing prohibition: must not
- FEGi 7-11 Making logical conclusions: must
- FEGi 7-12 Giving instructions: imperative sentences
- FEGi 7-13 Making suggestions: let's and why don’t
- FEGi 7-14 Stating preferences: prefer, like… better, would rather
Chapter 8—Connecting Ideas
- FEGi 8-0 Overview
- FEGi 8-1 Connecting ideas with and
- FEGi 8-2 Connecting ideas with but and or
- FEGi 8-3 Connecting ideas with so
- FEGi 8-4 Using auxiliary verbs after but and and
- FEGi 8-5 Using and + too, so, either, neither
- FEGi 8-6 Connecting ideas with because
- FEGi 8-7 Connecting ideas with even though/although
Chapter 9—Comparisons
- FEGi 9-0 Overview
- FEGi 9-1 Making comparisons with as… as
- FEGi 9-2 Comparative and superlative
- FEGi 9-3 Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs
- FEGi 9-4 Completing a comparative
- FEGi 9-5 Modifying comparatives
- FEGi 9-6 Comparisons with less… than and not as… as
- FEGi 9-7 Unclear comparisons
- FEGi 9-8 Using more with nouns
- FEGi 9-9 Repeating a comparative
- FEGi 9-10 Using double comparatives
- FEGi 9-11 Using superlatives
- FEGi 9-12 Using the same, similar, different, like, alike
Chapter 10—The Passive
- FEGi 10-0 Overview
- FEGi 10-1 Active sentences and passive sentences
- FEGi 10-2 Form of the passive
- FEGi 10-3 Transitive and intransitive verbs
- FEGi 10-4 Using the by-phrase
- FEGi 10-5 The passive forms of the present and past progressive
- FEGi 10-6 Passive modal auxiliaries
- FEGi 10-7 Using past participles as adjectives (stative passive)
- FEGi 10-8 Participial adjectives: -ed vs. -ing
- FEGi 10-9 Get + adjective; get + past participle
- FEGi 10-10 Using be used/accustomed to and get used/accustomed to
- FEGi 10-11 Used to vs. be used to
- FEGi 10-12 Using be supposed to
Chapter 11—Count/Noncount Nouns and Articles
- FEGi 11-0 Overview
- FEGi 11-1 A vs. AN
- FEGi 11-2 Count and noncount nouns
- FEGi 11-3 Noncount nouns
- FEGi 11-4 More noncount nouns
- FEGi 11-5 Using several, a lot of, many/much, and a few/a little
- FEGi 11-6 Nouns that can be count or noncount
- FEGi 11-7 Using units of measure with noncount nouns
- FEGi 11-8a Guidelines for article usage
- FEGi 11-8b Guidelines for article usage
- FEGi 11-9 Using THE or ∅ with names
- FEGi 11-10 Capitalization
Chapter 12—Adjective Clauses
- FEGi 12-0 Overview
- FEGi 12-1 Adjective clauses: introduction
- FEGi 12-2 Using who and whom in adjective clauses
- FEGi 12-3 Using who, who(m), and that in adjective clauses
- FEGi 12-4 Using which and that in adjective clauses
- FEGi 12-5 Singular and plural verbs in adjective clauses
- FEGi 12-6 Using prepositions in adjective clauses
- FEGi 12-7 Using whose in adjective clauses
Chapter 13—Gerunds and Infinitives
- FEGi 13-0 Overview
- FEGi 13-1 Verb + gerund
- FEGi 13-2 Go + -ing
- FEGi 13-3 Verb + infinitive
- FEGi 13-4 Verb + gerund or infinitive
- FEGi 13-5 Preposition + gerund
- FEGi 13-6 Using by and with to express how something is done
- FEGi 13-7 Using gerunds as subjects; using it + infinitive
- FEGi 13-8 It + infinitive: using for (someone)
- FEGi 13-9 Expressing purpose with in order to and for
- FEGi 13-10 Using infinitives with too and enough
Chapter 14—Noun Clauses
- FEGi 14-0 Overview
- FEGi 14-1 Noun clauses: introduction
- FEGi 14-2 Noun clauses that begin with a question word
- FEGi 14-3 Noun clauses with who, what, whose + be
- FEGi 14-4 Noun clauses that begin with if or whether
- FEGi 14-5 Noun clauses that begin with that
- FEGi 14-6 Other uses of that-clauses
- FEGi 14-7 Substituting so for a that-clause in conversational responses
- FEGi 14-8 Quoted speech
- FEGi 14-9 Quoted speech vs. reported speech
- FEGi 14-10 Verb forms in reported speech
- FEGi 14-11 Common reporting verbs: tell, ask, answer/reply
