English the American Way: A Fun ESL Guide to Language & Culture in the U.S. w/Audio CD & MP3

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by  Sheila MacKechnie Murtha M.A.

ENGLISH THE AMERICAN WAY:
A FUN ESL GUIDE TO
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN
THE U.S.
Sheila MacKechnie Murtha, M.A.
Jane Airey O’Connor, M.Ed.
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English the American Way: A Fun ESL Guide to Language and
Culture in the U.S.
Published 2015
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Table of Contents
About the Authors
Letter from the Authors
Authors’ Acknowledgments
How This Book Works
Symbols Used in the Book
About REA
Acknowledgments
Unit
1
New Friends
Hi There!
Meet the Neighbors
Those Crazy Kids!
GRAMMAR REMINDERS:
1. Verb to be—Affirmative Statements and Contractions
2. Verb to be—Questions and Negatives
Unit
2
Getting Around
Riding the Bus
Going Underground: The Subway
Hey, Taxi!
GRAMMAR REMINDERS:
1. The Present Simple Tense—Affirmative Statements
2. The Present Simple Tense—Negatives, and Questions with does
3. The Future Simple Tense—Affirmative Statements, and Negatives
4. The Present Simple Tense—Negatives, and Questions with do
Unit
3
Taking a Drive
Everybody Loves the DMV
Let’s Go for a Ride!
Oops. Sorry, Officer
Grammar Reminders:
1. The Present Simple Tense—Short Answers
2. Comparatives
3. Superlatives
Review: Units 1–3
Unit
4
Dining in Style
Zipping Through the Drive-Thru
A Little More Upscale
Is This What I Ordered?
Grammar Reminders:
1. Stative Verbs
2. Would You Like or Do You Like?
3. Count/Noncount Nouns
4. More Count/Noncount Nouns!
Unit
5
Get Moving!
Play Ball!
Members Only! Joining a Gym
Extreme Sports
Grammar Reminders:
1. Modal Verbs of Ability—Can
2. Modal Verbs of Ability—Could
3. Will Be Able to for future ability
Unit
6
Get Away from It All
Day Tripping
Going Wild
Fancy-Schmancy
Grammar Reminders:
1. The Past Simple Tense—Affirmative Statements, Regular Verbs
2. The Past Simple Tense—Affirmative Statements, Irregular Verbs
Review: Units 4–6
Unit
7
Home Sweet Home
To Buy or Not to Buy; That Is the Question
City Life or the 'Burbs
Nothing but Bills!
Grammar Reminders:
1. The Past Simple Tense—Negatives, Verb to be
2. The Past Simple Tense—Negatives, Regular Verbs
3. The Past Simple Tense—Negatives, Irregular Verbs
Unit
8
Ooh, Money, Money!
Stash the Cash! Get Started with Banking
Making the Big Bucks
Grammar Reminders:
1. The Past Simple Tense—Questions, Verb to be
2. The Past Simple Tense—Questions, Regular and Irregular Verbs
Unit
9
Shop 'Til You Drop
It’s All at the Mall
Food, Glorious Food!
Saving Some Dough
Grammar Reminders:
1. Expressions of Quantity—much, many; few, less
2. More Expressions of Quantity!
Review: Units 7–9
Unit
10
Emergency 911
HELP!
HELP! FIRE!
HELP! HE’S NOT BREATHING!
HELP! STRANGER DANGER!
Grammar Reminders:
1. Modal Verbs of Necessity—Have to, Must
2. Modal Verbs for Requests—Can, Could
3. Modal Verbs of Advice, Possibility, Ability—Should, Would, Could
Unit
11
What’s Up, Doc?
Under the Weather
Health Insurance: What’s Up with That?
Grammar Reminder:
Modals Review
Unit
12
What’s Up Now?
Open Wide
Let’s See
WOOF!
Grammar Reminders:
1. The Past Simple Tense—Short Answers
2. Prepositions of Time
Review: Units 10–12
Unit
13
Around Town
Where Am I?
At Your Service
Grammar Reminders:
1. Prepositions of Place
2. The Present Continuous Tense—Affirmative Statements
3. More Present Continuous Tense
Unit
14
Culture Vulture
What’s Happening?
See the Capital… and the Capitol
Grammar Reminders:
1. The Present Continuous Tense—Questions
2. The Present Continuous Tense—Negatives
Unit
15
Helping Out
Helping Hands, Giving Back
Good Citizen? Good Neighbor!
Grammar Reminder:
Even More Present Continuous Tense
Review: Units 13–15
Unit
16
The Better Half
The Dating Game
Will You Marry Me?
It’s Over!
Grammar Reminders:
1. Phrasal Verbs
2. Suggestions and Proposals
Unit
17
That’s Life!
And Baby Makes Three
That Bundle of Joy
Grammar Reminders:
1. Will and Going to
2. Used to
Unit
18