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Chapter 14 NOUNS AND MODIFIERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
14-1 Modifying Nouns with Adjectives and Nouns ...................... 423
14-2 Word Order of Adjectives ..................................... 428
14-3 Linking Verbs + Adjectives .................................... 432
14-4 Adjectives and Adverbs ....................................... 435
Jump-start your English: Increasing Your Vocabulary with
Prefixes and Suffixes ....................................... 438
14-5 Expressions of Quantity: All Of, Most Of, Some Of, Almost All Of .... 440
14-6 Expressions of Quantity: Subject-Verb Agreement .................. 442
14-7 Using Every, Everyone, Everybody, Everything .................. 445
14-8 Indefinite Pronouns: Something, Someone, Somebody, Anything,
Anyone, Anybody .......................................... 447
Jump-start your English: Using You to Talk About People in General ... 450

Chapter 15 MAKING COMPARISONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
15-1 The Comparative: Using -er and More .......................... 456
15-2 The Superlative: Using -est and Most ........................... 462
15-3 Using One Of + Superlative + Plural Noun ....................... 468
15-4 Making Comparisons with Adverbs ............................. 474
15-5 Comparisons: Using The Same (As), Similar (To),
and Different (From) ....................................... 476
15-6 Comparisons: Using Like and Alike ............................. 479
Jump-start your English: Getting a Haircut ...................... 482
15-7 Using But ................................................ 483
15-8 Using Verbs After But ........................................ 485

Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Appendix 1: English Handwriting .................................... 491
Appendix 2: Numbers ............................................ 492
Appendix 3: Ways of Saying the Time ................................. 493
Appendix 4: Days/Months/Seasons ................................... 494
Appendix 5: Basic Capitalization Rules ............................... 495
Appendix 6: Pronunciation for Verb Endings -s and -ed ................... 496
Appendix 7: Common Irregular Verbs: A Reference List ................... 497

Listening Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Let’s Talk: Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

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