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    Grammar Starter is a series of three grammar books in full color for young, beginning level students. It presents, practices, and reinforces discrete grammar points through chapters and units to quickly help students grasp the fundamentals of English grammar necessary to build their communication skills.

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    Grammar Starter is a series of three grammar books in full color for young, beginning level students. It presents, practices, and reinforces discrete grammar points through chapters and units to quickly help students grasp the fundamentals of English grammar necessary to build their communication skills.

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    Grammar Starter is a series of three grammar books in full color

    for young, beginning level students. With chapters organized


    around basic grammar topics and units structured to present,
    practice, and reinforce discrete grammar points, students will
    quickly grasp the fundamentals of English grammar necessary
    to build their communication skills upon. Grammar Starter is an
    excellent resource for classroom use, self-study, or supplementing
    other beginning level coursebooks.

    Features:
    ● Five 4-unit chapters presenting a controlled, systematic range of grammar topics
    ● Full-color illustrations to support the presentation of grammar rules
    ● Practice exercises designed to build student confidence and accuracy in English
    grammar
    ● “My Grammar Notes” at the end of each unit to summarize grammar rules
    ● Chapter review tests for consolidation of target structures
    ● Answer keys available online

    250/-

    S0062

    U.S.A/Korea/Japan
    Grammar Starter 1
    David Charlton

    © 2010 Compass Publishing

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in


    a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic,
    mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior
    permission in writing from the publisher.

    Acquisitions Editor: Jeremy Monroe


    Illustrator: Hieram Weintraub
    Cover/Interior Design: Design Plus

    email: [email protected]
    http://www.compasspub.com

    ISBN: 978-1-59966-535-1

    23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15
    20 19 18 17 16

    Photo Credits
    All images © Shutterstock, Inc. except: p.22 © iStock International Inc.

    Printed in Korea
    Contents
    Chapter 1 Nouns & Articles

    Unit 1 People / Places / Things / Animals Types of Nouns 6


    Unit 2 A / An The Indefinite Article 10
    Unit 3 The The Definite Article 14
    Unit 4 Cats / Foxes Regular Plural Nouns 18
    Review 1 (Units 1­–4) 22

    Chapter 2 Pronouns

    Unit 5 I / You / He / She / It Subject Pronouns—Singular 24


    Unit 6 We / You / They Subject Pronouns—Plural 28
    Unit 7 This Is a Ring Demonstrative Pronouns—Singular 32
    Unit 8 These Are Monkeys Demonstrative Pronouns—Plural 36
    Review 2 (Units 5–8) 40

    Chapter 3 Be Verbs [Simple Present Tense]

    Unit 9 I Am a Teacher Be Verbs: Affirmatives 42


    Unit 10 He Is Not a Doctor Be Verbs: Negatives 46
    Unit 11 Are You a Student? Be Verbs: Yes/No Questions 50
    Unit 12 What Is It? Wh-Questions 54
    Review 3 (Units 9–12) 58
    Chapter 4 Verbs [Simple Present Tense]

    Unit 13 I Like Apples Simple Present: Affirmatives—Regular 60


    Unit 14 She Has a Ball Simple Present: Affirmatives—Irregular 64
    Unit 15 I Don’t Watch Movies Simple Present: Negatives 68
    Unit 16 Do You Ride a Bike? Simple Present: Yes/No Questions 72
    Review 4 (Units 13–16) 76

    Chapter 5 Ad ectives & Prepositions

    Unit 17 It Is a Red Apple Adjective + Noun 78


    Unit 18 I Am Happy Be Verb + Adjective 82
    Unit 19 This Pen Is Blue Demonstrative Adjectives 86
    Unit 20 In / On / Under / Next to Prepositions of Place 90
    Review 5 (Units 17–20) 94
    Types of Nouns

    UNI T People / Places / Things / Animals

    Grammar Rules

    People Places Things Animals


    doctor park doll dog

    People Places

    doctor teacher park school

    artist student city house

    Things Animals

    doll table dog bee

    tree apple cat bird

    6
    Practice
    A Circle the correct types of nouns.

    1. friend
    (place / person) 2. frog
    (animal / place)

    3. owl
    (animal / person) 4. classroom
    (animal / place)

    5. book
    (place / thing) 6. father
    (person / thing)

    B Match the types of nouns to the correct pictures.

    1. people a.
    orange
    flower

    2. places b.
    king
    mom

    3. things
    c.
    horse
    elephan
    t

    4. animals d. zoo

    castle

    7
    More Practice
    Write the correct words on the lines for the types of nouns.
    1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

    queen uncle airport ball lion

    6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

    beach aunt puppy pen garden

    11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

    piano duck shoe sister school

    16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

    chair cow farm brother turtle

    People __________ __________ __________ __________ __________

    Places __________ __________ __________ __________ __________

    Things __________ __________ __________ __________ __________

    Animals __________ __________ __________ __________ __________

    8
    Challenge UNI T

    Circle the nouns that are different.


    1. doctor / doll / artist 2. brother / aunt / house

    3. school / hospital / spider 4. tree / school / park

    5. city / table / chair 6. horse / chair / elephant

    7. monkey / apple / zebra 8. book / pencil / duck

    9. school / horse / lion 10. ball / tree / dog

    My Grammar Notes
    Fill in the blanks.

    People Places Things Animals


    teacher
    _____________ city flower lion

    student _____________ doll _____________

    _____________ school _____________ puppy

    artist _____________ shoe _____________

    queen hospital _____________ cow

    Word Box
    park duck garden teacher
    ball piano doctor turtle

    Proper nouns: names of people or places


    Tip Proper nouns start with capital letters.
    ex) Daniel Baker, Paris, Canada

    9
    The Indefinite Article

    UNI T A / An
    Grammar Rules

    A/An + Singular Noun (Any One Thing)


    A + Consonant a ball
    An + Vowel (a, e, i, o, u) an airplane

    A + Consonant An + Vowel

    a ball a cat an airplane an ant

    a dog a f lower an apple an egg

    a house a king an elephant an igloo

    a school a tree an orange an umbrella

    10

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