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1. Chapter 1

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   The tense foundation

   Present, past and perfect — how English places an action in time

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   1. 1Present continuousI am doing: happening now, or around nowStart
   2. 2Present simpleI do: habits, repeated actions, general facts
   3. 3Present continuous vs simple 1now and temporary vs usual and permanent
   4. 4Present continuous vs simple 2know, want, believe, think, see, be
   5. 5Past simpleI did: finished actions at a finished time
   6. 6Past continuousI was doing: in progress at a past moment
   7. 7Present perfect 1I have done: a past action that matters now
   8. 8Present perfect 2Your life so far, and periods that aren't over
   9. 9Present perfect continuousI have been doing: an activity up to now
   10. 10Perfect continuous vs simpleI've been doing vs I've done
   11. 11How long have you…?Asking about duration up to now
   12. 12For / since / when / how longDuration, starting points and the right question
   13. 13Present perfect vs past 1Connected to now, or simply finished
   14. 14Present perfect vs past 2Finished and unfinished time periods
   15. 15Past perfectI had done: earlier than another past event
   16. 16Past perfect continuousI had been doing: an activity before a past moment
   17. 17Have / have gotOwning something, and doing something
   18. 18Used toI used to do: true in the past, not now
2. Chapter 2

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   Future and modal meanings

   will, going to, and the modals that carry doubt and duty

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3. Chapter 3

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   Complex sentence structures

   Conditionals, the passive, reported speech and questions

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4. Chapter 4

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   What comes after a verb

   -ing or to, and the prepositions verbs insist on

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5. Chapter 5

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   Nouns and articles

   a, an, the, and the long argument about when to use nothing at all

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6. Chapter 6

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   Pronouns, determiners and relative clauses

   myself, some, every, and the clauses that pin a noun down

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7. Chapter 7

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   Describing and comparing

   Adjectives, adverbs, and every shade of better and best

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8. Chapter 8

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   Connecting ideas

   although, unless, as, and the joins between two thoughts

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9. Chapter 9

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   Prepositions

   at, on, in and the small words that decide everything

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10. Chapter 10

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    Phrasal verbs

    How a verb plus a particle becomes something new

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