Chapter 1 Main Ideas.

1 You’d need to know the terms of parts of speech.

2 The four types of sentences, i.e. questions (Interrogatives), statements
(Declaratives), exclamations (Exclamatory), and commands (Imperatives)
3 Types of subjects. See page 8. Remember the difference between a phrase and
clause. Practice 3 p. 8-9.
4 Familiarise yourself with transitive and intransitive verbs, direct and indirect objects,
complements, and action and linking verbs,
5 Difference between simple, compound, and complex sentences. See Practice 5 p. 11
6 Pronouns and possessive adjectives. P. 14.
7 The five principle forms of the verbs, p. 19. See practices 1, 2, 3 pp. 27, 28, 29
respectively.
8 Adjective word order p.13 and practice 1. Adverbs and adverbials are covered on pp.
32 and 33. Consider practices 2, 3, 4, 5 pp. 33, 34, and 35 respectively.

Chapter 2 Main Ideas.

9 Practice 1 pp.44, 45.

10 Negative Yes/No questions.
11 Common question words p.48. Practices 4, 5, pp.48-50.
12 Information questions with Who, Whose, Which, and What. See practice 6 pp. 50-51.
See also practice 8 pp.52-53.
13 Embedded questions p. 55. Remember the difference between the use of
embedded questions with Yes/ No questions (If or whether) p. 55 and practice 1
p.56, and the use of embedded questions with question words p.56 and practice 2
p.57.
14 Present Simple, adverbs of frequency and their placement, present continuous, and
non-action verbs. Also study will and be going to pp.70-73.
15 Present Perfect Continuous. See practice 1 p.77. See also the present perfect on
p.79. Do practice 6. Also study the part focus on the test.

Chapter 3 Main Ideas.

16 The Habitual Past: Would and Used To on page 107 together with the exercises we
have done then.
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17 The Past Perfect pp. 113-16.
18 The Future Perfect and Future perfect Continuous tenses pp.116-17.
19 Reported Speech pp. 119-122. See pp. 123-28.

Chapter 4 Main Ideas.

20 Study the modal auxiliaries expressing :

A. Expectation (Present and Past)
B. Requesting (Action, Permission) would you mind
 C. Preference (focus on the differences between would like and would rather)
D. Need and Lack of need and their related exercises. Also consider their past
tense grammar.
E. Advice (Present and Past)
F. Possibility (Present and Past)
G. Probability (Present and Past)
21 Consider Practice 8 pp. 166-67.
22 Modal Auxiliaries and Reported Speech. Study p. 171 well. Cover pp.171-75.
23 Study the part focus on the test pp. 177-178.

Until then you can, of course, enquire about anything you might not be sure of or
difficult to grasp.