Grammar and Beyond 2e,
Level 1 Scope and Sequence
Unit Theme Grammar Topics
PART 1 The Verb Be
UNIT 1 Tell Me About Yourself Statements with Present Present of Be: Affirmative
page 2 of Be Statements (p. 4)
Present of Be: Negative
Statements (p. 8)
UNIT 2 Schedules and School Yes/No Questions and Yes/No Questions and Short
page 14 Information Questions Answers with Be (p.18)
with Be Information Questions with Be
(p. 22)
PART 2 Nouns, Determiners, and Pronouns
UNIT 3 Gadgets Count Nouns; A/An; Have Nouns; A/An (p. 30)
page 28 and Be Be with A/An + Noun (p. 33)
Have (p. 35)
UNIT 4 The Workplace Demonstratives and Demonstratives (This, That, These,
page 40 Possessives Those) (p. 42)
Possessives and Whose (p. 47)
PART 3 Prepositions and Adjectives
UNIT 5 Skills and Qualities for Descriptive Adjectives Adjectives (p. 56)
page 54 Success Questions with What . . . like?
and How + Adjective (p. 59)
UNIT 6 Around the House Prepositions Prepositions of Place: Things at Home
page 68 and in the Neighborhood (p. 70)
Prepositions of Place: Locations and
Other Uses (p. 74)
Prepositions of Time (p. 77)
UNIT 7 Local Attractions There Is and There Are There Is / There Are (p. 86)
page 84 Yes/No Questions with There Is /
There Are (p. 81)
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Avoid Common Mistakes Academic Writing
Avoiding be + no; avoiding sentences beginning Thinking about Speaking and Writing
with be • Compare the skills
• Add information in a chart
Remembering capital letters and punctuation; Writing about a Person
avoiding contractions with short answers to yes/no Writing prompt: Write about someone in
questions your family.
• Use pronouns to avoid repetition
• Brainstorm
Remembering a/an; remembering subject/verb • Write simple sentences
agreement
Using this/that and these/those; using possessives • Use and to add details
• Revise and edit
Remembering where to put adjectives; avoiding Writing about a Place
plural adjectives Writing prompt: Write about your country.
• Identify main ideas
• Classify key words
Remembering in, on, and at • Paragraph structure and topic sentences
• Use prepositional phrases to write about places
• Use an outline to organize ideas
Using there is / there are; avoiding contractions in • Use there is and there are to introduce details
academic writing • Write, revise, and edit paragraphs
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Unit Theme Grammar Topics
PART 4 Simple Present
UNIT 8 Lifestyles Simple Present Simple Present: Affirmative and
page 98 Negative Statements (p. 100)
Statements with Adverbs of
Frequency (p. 106)
UNIT 9 Daily Habits Simple Present Yes/ Simple Present Yes / No Questions
page 114 No Questions and Short and Short Answers (p. 116)
Answers
UNIT 10 Cultural Holidays Simple Present Information Simple Present Information
page 122 Questions Questions (p. 124)
Questions with How Often (p. 130)
PART 5 Conjunctions
UNIT 11 Time Management Conjunctions: And, But, And, But, Or (p. 136)
page 134 Or; Because Because (p. 139)
PART 6 Simple Past
UNIT 12 Success Stories Simple Past Statements Simple Past Statements: Regular
page 146 Verbs (p. 148)
Simple Past Statements: Irregular
Verbs (p. 153)
UNIT 13 Business Ideas Simple Past Questions Simple Past Yes / No Questions
page 162 (p. 164)
Simple Past Information Questions
(p. 167)
UNIT 14 Life Stories Simple Past of Be Simple Past of Be: Affirmative and
page 172 Negative Statements (p. 174)
Simple Past of Be: Questions and
Answers (p. 176)
UNIT 15 Luck and Loss Past Time Clauses with Past Time Clauses with When,
page 184 When, Before, and After Before, and After (p. 186)
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Avoid Common Mistakes Academic Writing
Avoiding do/does in negative statements with be; Writing about Daily Life
avoiding be with simple present verbs Writing prompt: Write about the life of a classmate.
• Brainstorm
Remembering Do/Does in simple present questions • Identify main ideas and details
with have; Avoiding Do/Does in questions with be • Use a chart to organize details
Remembering do/does; avoiding -s with he/she/it • Write a paragraph
• Add details about time and place
• Revise and edit
Remembering a comma with conjunctions; using Writing Formal Emails
conjunctions Writing prompt: Write an email to a professor.
• Write a formal email
Remembering simple past verbs to talk about the Narrative Paragraph
past; remembering the base form of the verb after Writing prompt: Write a paragraph about the history
did not / didn’t of a business.
• Use a timeline to put past events in order
• Brainstorm and research
Remembering did + subject + base form of the verb; • Add details to main events
avoiding the past form in information questions • Use a paragraph planner to organize ideas
Using was/were; Remembering the correct • Use time-order transition signals
form with born • Write a narrative paragraph
Remembering the correct spelling of when, before, • Use past time clauses
and after; Remembering the subject in the main • Revise and edit
clause and the time clause
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Unit Theme Grammar Topics
PART 7 More About Nouns, Determiners, and Pronouns
UNIT 16 Eating Habits Count and Noncount Count and Noncount Nouns (p. 196)
page 194 Nouns Units of Measure; How Many . . . ?
and How Much . . . ? (p. 201)
UNIT 17 Languages Quantifiers: Some, Any, Quantifiers: Some and Any (p. 214)
page 212 A Lot Of, A Little, A Few, Quantifiers: A Lot Of, A Little, A
Much, Many Few, Much, Many (p. 219)
UNIT 18 Changes and Risks Articles: A / An and The Articles: A / An and The (p. 230)
page 228 Article or No Article? (p. 235)
UNIT 19 Meals Around the World Possessive Pronouns and Possessive Pronouns (p. 244)
page 242 Indefinite Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns (p. 249)
PART 8 Imperatives and Modals
UNIT 20 Social Customs Imperatives Imperatives (p. 258)
page 256
UNIT 21 Making Connections Ability and Possibility Can and Could for Ability and
page 270 Possibility (p. 272)
Be Able To and Know How To for
Ability (p. 277)
UNIT 22 College Life Requests and Permission Can, Could, and Would for Requests
page 284 (p. 286)
Can, Could, and May for Permission
(p. 290)
PART 9 Present and Past Progressive
UNIT 23 Body Language Present Progressive Present Progressive Statements
page 298 (p. 300)
Present Progressive Questions
(p. 305)
Present Progressive and Simple
Present (p. 307)
UNIT 24 Inventions and Discoveries Past Progressive and Past Progressive (p. 318)
page 316 Simple Past Time Clauses with Past Progressive
and Simple Past (p. 323)
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Avoid Common Mistakes Academic Writing
Avoiding a / an with noncount nouns; avoiding the Descriptive Paragraphs
plural with noncount nouns Writing prompt: Write about popular food in your
country.
• Use an idea map to brainstorm
Remembering many with plural nouns; remembering • Use an idea map to organize
any with negative statements and some with • Complete an outline
affirmative statements
• Use quantifiers to describe food
Avoiding a/an with noncount nouns; Avoiding the to • Use articles in a paragraph
talk about things or people in general • Write descriptive paragraphs
Avoiding the plural with possessive pronouns; • Use collocations
remembering any + in negative statements • Revise and edit
Avoiding no in negative imperatives; remembering Expository Paragraph
an apostrophe in don’t Writing prompt: Write a paragraph about someone
who is a good role model to you. Explain why that
person is a good role model.
• Balance facts and qualities
• Brainstorm
Avoiding -s with can and could; remembering the • Write concluding sentences
base form with can and could • Use statements of ability
• Organize ideas
Remembering the correct word order for making • Use adjectives and adverbs to describe challenges
requests; remembering the base form of the verb • Write an expository paragraph
after can, could, may, or would
• Revise and edit
Remembering be and verb + -ing for the present Process Paragraph
progressive Writing prompt: Describe the Sydney Triathlon.
• Use a line diagram to think about steps in a
process
• Brainstorm
Remembering was / were + verb + -ing for the past • Use transition words to order events in a process
progressive • Describe a process diagram
• Organize events
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PART 10 Subjects, Objects, and Complements
UNIT 25 Fast Food or Slow Food Subject and Object Subject and Object Pronouns (p. 332)
page 330 Pronouns; Questions About Questions About the Subject and
Subjects and Objects the Object (p. 335)
UNIT 26 Do What You Enjoy Doing Infinitives and Gerunds Infinitives (p. 344)
page 342 Gerunds (p. 347)
PART 11 The Future
UNIT 27 The Years Ahead Future with Be Going To, Future with Be Going To or Present
page 356 Present Progressive, Progressive (p. 358)
and Will Future with Will (p. 363)
UNIT 28 Will We Need Teachers? Will, May, and Might for May and Might; Adverbs with
page 372 Future Possibility; Will for Will (p. 374)
Offers and Promises Offers and Promises (p. 379)
PART 12 More Modals
UNIT 29 Study Habits Suggestions and Advice Suggestions and Advice (p. 386)
page 384 Asking for and Responding to
Suggestions and Advice (p. 389)
UNIT 30 Getting What You Want Necessity and Conclusions Necessity and Conclusions with
page 396 Have To, Need To, Must (p. 398)
PART 13 Adjective and Adverbs
UNIT 31 Making a Good Impression Adjectives and Adverbs Adjectives and Adverbs of
page 408 Manner (p. 410)
Adjectives with Linking Verbs;
Adjectives and Adverbs with Very
and Too (p. 414)
UNIT 32 Progress Comparative Adjectives Comparative Adjectives (p. 426)
page 424 and Adverbs Comparative Adverbs (p. 431)
UNIT 33 Facts and Opinions Superlative Adjectives and Superlative Adjectives (p. 442)
page 440 Adverbs Superlative Adverbs (p. 447)
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Avoid Common Mistakes Academic Writing
Using subject and object pronouns; avoiding putting • Remove unrelated information from a paragraph
the pronoun before the noun • Write a process paragraph
Using infinitives and gerunds; Avoiding • Use gerunds to add information
wanna in writing • Revise and edit
Remembering the verb be in be going to; Opinion Paragraph
remembering will for predictions Writing prompt: “The Internet wastes our time. It
does not help us do more work.” Do you agree or
disagree?
• Recognize advantages and disadvantages.
• Brainstorm advantages and disadvantages
• What to do after brainstorming
Avoiding using can for predictions; avoiding using • Analyze a writing prompt/ question
can for certainty • Use a table to organize details
• Write a topic sentence for an opinion paragraph
Using should and ought; avoiding putting probably • Use phrases to introduce opinions
after the ought to • Write an opinion paragraph
Avoiding to after must; avoiding need to for • Connect ideas with and, also, and too
conclusions • Revise and edit
Avoiding -ly in irregular adverbs; avoiding confusion Description and Opinion
with good and well; avoiding putting the adverb Writing prompt: Describe the place where you live
between a verb and its object now or where you are from. Write about its positive
and negatives. Include your opinions.
• Use a T-chart to brainstorm positives and negatives
Avoiding more with better and worse; avoiding that • Use comparative adjectives to describe a place
and then after a comparative • Use a T-chart to take notes and organize ideas
Avoiding the comparative for more than two things; • Use contrast words to signal a shift
avoiding using most and -est together • Write a descriptive paragraph with opinion
• Use superlative adjectives
• Revise and edit
AppendicesA1
Glossary of Grammar Terms G1
Index & Credits I1
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