Easy English Step-by-Step for ESL Learners, Second Edition

Dedication <br/> Contents <br/> Introduction <br/> 1 Meeting People <br/> Greeting People <br/> Formal and Informal Greetings <br/> Conversation: Greeting People <br/> Saying Good-Bye <br/> Meeting People <br/> The Six Steps to Meeting Someone <br/> Conversation: Meeting People <br/> Grammar: Subject Pronouns <br/> Grammar: BE Verb <br/> Grammar: Adjectives <br/> Talking About the Weather <br/> Using the Negative <br/> Using Intensifier Adverbs <br/> Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs <br/> Reading About It <br/> Step 1: Pre-Read <br/> Step 2: Read Actively <br/> Step 3: Understand What You Read <br/> Let’s Read Together <br/> Writing About It <br/> How to Begin a Sentence <br/> How to End a Sentence <br/> Do It Out There! <br/> Weekly Log <br/> 2 Habits, Customs, and Routines <br/> Talking About Habits, Customs, and Routines <br/> Talking About Family <br/> Grammar: Using the Simple Present Verb Tense <br/> Grammar: Using Adverbs of Frequency <br/> Grammar: Asking WH Questions in the Simple Present Tense <br/> Grammar: Yes/No Questions with Non-BE Verbs in the Simple Present Tense <br/> Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs for Daily Activities <br/> Introducing Someone <br/> Conversation: Introducing Someone to Someone Else <br/> Reading About It <br/> Let’s Read Together <br/> Topics and Main Ideas <br/> Reading Actively <br/> Writing About It <br/> Subject-Verb Agreement with the Simple Present Verb Tense <br/> Proper Nouns <br/> Do It Out There! <br/> Weekly Log <br/> 3 Food: Shopping and Restaurants <br/> Talking About What People Are Doing Now <br/> Grammar: Using the Present Progressive Verb Tense <br/> Grammar: Asking WH Questions in the Present Progressive Tense <br/> Grammar: Count and Noncount Nouns <br/> Grammar: Definite and Indefinite Articles <br/> Eating at a Restaurant <br/> Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs for Eating, Food, and Restaurants <br/> Conversation: Making Polite Requests at a Restaurant <br/> Reading About It <br/> Topics and Main Ideas <br/> Discovering Meaning Through Context <br/> Writing About It <br/> Using Commas in a List <br/> Do It Out There! <br/> Weekly Log <br/> 4 Getting Around Town <br/> Walking Around Town: Giving and Getting Directions <br/> Conversation: Asking for Directions <br/> Vocabulary: City Center <br/> Grammar: Using the Imperative <br/> Vocabulary: Expressions Used in Directions <br/> Vocabulary: Prepositions of Place <br/> Grammar: There Is/There Are <br/> Describing Your Town <br/> Communication Strategy: Understanding Directions <br/> Taking Public Transportation <br/> Conversation: Public Transportation Schedules <br/> Grammar: The Simple Present Verb Tense for Schedules <br/> Vocabulary: Public Transportation <br/> Vocabulary: Expressions of Time <br/> Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs for Getting Around Town <br/> Reading About It <br/> Let’s Read Together <br/> Discovering Meaning Through Context <br/> Writing About It <br/> Identifying the SVO Sentence Structure <br/> Do It Out There! <br/> Weekly Log <br/> 5 Recreation and Hobbies <br/> Talking About Last Weekend <br/> Conversation: Talking About What You Did <br/> Grammar: Using the Simple Past Verb Tense <br/> Time Expressions for the Past Tense <br/> Vocabulary: Recreation and Hobbies <br/> Grammar: Asking Questions with the Simple Past Verb Tense <br/> Grammar: The Simple Past BE Verb <br/> Expressing Attitudes for Recreation and Hobbies <br/> Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitives <br/> Grammar: Possessive Adjectives <br/> Communication Strategy: Encouraging Someone <br/> Communication Strategy: Expressing Disbelief <br/> Conversation: Talking About the Weekend <br/> Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs for Recreation and Hobbies <br/> Reading About It <br/> Discovering Meaning Through Context: Contrast <br/> Let’s Read Together <br/> Writing About It <br/> Interjections: Using the Exclamation Point and Question Mark <br/> Writing About Past Actions <br/> Do It Out There! <br/> Weekly Log <br/> 6 Making Friends <br/> Talking to New Friends <br/> Conversation: Making a New Friend <br/> Communication Strategy: Small Talk <br/> How to Make Friends <br/> Grammar: Possessive Pronouns <br/> Grammar: Demonstrative Adjectives <br/> Grammar: Demonstrative Pronouns <br/> Spending Time with Friends <br/> Communication Strategy: Making Invitations <br/> Communication Strategy: Accepting Invitations <br/> Communication Strategy: Declining Invitations <br/> Communication Strategy: Suggesting Activities <br/> Communication Strategy: Sharing Contact Information <br/> Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs for Plans and Activities <br/> Conversation: Putting It All Together <br/> Reading About It <br/> Let’s Read Together <br/> Writing About It <br/> The SVC Sentence Structure <br/> Identifying the SVC Sentence Structure <br/> Do It Out There! <br/> Weekly Log <br/> 7 Health and Medicine <br/> Talking About Illness <br/> Real Conversation: Describing Pain <br/> Grammar: Using the Present Perfect Progressive Tense <br/> Communication Strategy: Describing Symptoms <br/> Vocabulary: Symptoms and Ailments <br/> Consulting a Doctor <br/> Communication Strategy: Giving Advice <br/> Communication Strategy: Asking for Advice <br/> Communication Strategy: Asking for Permission <br/> Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs for Health <br/> Conversation: Putting It All Together <br/> Reading About It <br/> Let’s Read Together <br/> Identifying Supporting Ideas in a Paragraph <br/> Writing About It <br/> Structure of a Paragraph <br/> Do It Out There! <br/> Weekly Log <br/> 8 Shopping and Clothing <br/> Talking About Shopping <br/> Conversation: At a Clothing Store <br/> Grammar: Using the Future Verb Tense <br/> Communication Strategy: Offering and Asking for Help <br/> Vocabulary: Clothing <br/> Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs for Shopping <br/> Prepositions of Time <br/> Grammar: Object Pronouns <br/> Talking About Clothes <br/> Vocabulary: Adverbs and Adjectives <br/> Vocabulary: Comparatives <br/> Vocabulary: Superlatives <br/> Communication Strategy: Asking for and Giving Opinions <br/> Conversation: Putting It All Together <br/> Reading About It <br/> Let’s Read Together <br/> Writing About It <br/> Review: Structure of a Paragraph <br/> Do It Out There! <br/> Weekly Log <br/> Appendix: Useful Resources for ESL Students <br/> Answer Key <br/> Index