Azar Grammar Series
Basic English Grammar, Third Edition
Worksheets for Charts

(Adapted from the Grammar Packets published
by Edmonds Community College. Used in this website with
permission of Edmonds Community College.)

Chapter 1

USING BE

1-1

NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR

Review Handout

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1-2

NOUN + ARE + NOUN: PLURAL

1-3

PRONOUN + BE + NOUN

Review Handout

1-4

CONTRACTIONS WITH BE

1-5

NEGATIVE WITH BE

1-6

BE + ADJECTIVE
Review Handout

1-7

BE + A PLACE

1-8

SUMMARY: BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS WITH BE

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Chapter 2

USING BE AND HAVE

2-1

YES/NO QUESTIONS WITH BE

2-2

SHORT ANSWERS TO YES/NO QUESTIONS

2-3

QUESTIONS WITH BE: USING WHERE

2-4

USING HAVE AND HAS

2-5

USING MY, YOUR, HIS, HER, OUR, THEIR

2-6

USING THIS AND THAT

2-7

USING THESE AND THOSE

2-8

ASKING QUESTIONS WITH WHAT AND WHO BE

Chapter 3

USING THE SIMPLE PRESENT

3-1

FORM AND BASIC MEANING OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
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3-2

USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS: ALWAYS, USUALLY, OFTEN, SOMETIMES, SELDOM, RARELY, NEVER
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3-3

OTHER FREQUENCY EXPRESSIONS

3-4

USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS WITH BE

3-5

SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -ES

3-6

ADDING FINAL -S/-ES TO WORDS THAT END IN -Y

3-7

IRREGULAR SINGULAR VERBS: HAS, DOES, GOES
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3-8

SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S / -ES

3-9

THE SIMPLE PRESENT: NEGATIVE
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3-10

THE SIMPLE PRESENT: YES/NO QUESTIONS
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3-11

THE SIMPLE PRESENT: ASKING INFORMATION QUESTIONS WITH WHERE
Review Handout
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3-12

THE SIMPLE PRESENT: ASKING INFORMATION QUESTIONS WITH WHEN AND WHAT TIME

3-13

SUMMARY: INFORMATION QUESTIONS WITH BE AND DO
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Chapter 4

USING THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

4-1

BE + -ING: THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE
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Worksheet 3

4-2

SPELLING OF -ING

4-3

THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE: NEGATIVES

4-4

THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE: QUESTIONS
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4-5

THE SIMPLE PRESENT vs. THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

4-6

NONACTION VERBS NOT USED IN THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

4-7

SEE, LOOK AT, WATCH, HEAR, AND LISTEN TO

4-8

THINK ABOUT AND THINK THAT

Chapter 5

TALKING ABOUT THE PRESENT

5-1

USING IT TO TALK ABOUT TIME

5-2

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

5-3

USING IT TO TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER

5-4

THERE + BE

5-5

THERE + BE: YES/NO QUESTIONS

5-6

THERE + BE: ASKING QUESTIONS WITH HOW MANY

5-7

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

5-8

SOME PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE: A LIST

5-9

NEED AND WANT + A NOUN OR AN INFINITIVE

5-10

WOULD LIKE

5-11

WOULD LIKE vs. LIKE

Chapter 6

NOUNS AND PRONOUNS

6-1

NOUNS: SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS

6-2

ADJECTIVE + NOUN

6-3

SUBJECT PRONOUNS AND OBJECT PRONOUNS

6-4

NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL

6-5

NOUNS: IRREGULAR PLURAL FORMS

Chapter 7

COUNT AND NONCOUNT NOUNS

7-1

NOUNS: COUNT AND NONCOUNT

7-2

USING AN vs. A
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7-3

USING A/AN vs. SOME

7-4

MEASUREMENTS WITH NONCOUNT NOUNS

7-5

USING MANY, MUCH, A FEW, A LITTLE

7-6

USING THE
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7-7

USING Ø (NO ARTICLE) TO MAKE GENERALIZATIONS
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7-8

USING SOME AND ANY

Chapter 8

EXPRESSING PAST TIME, PART 1

8-1

USING BE: PAST TIME
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8-2

PAST OF BE: NEGATIVE

8-3

PAST OF BE: QUESTIONS

8-4

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE: USING -ED
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8-5

PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO
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Worksheet 2

8-6

THE SIMPLE PAST: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 1)

8-7

THE SIMPLE PAST: NEGATIVE

8-8

THE SIMPLE PAST: YES/NO QUESTIONS
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8-9

IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 2)

8-10

IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 3)

8-11

IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 4)

Chapter 9

EXPRESSING PAST TIME, PART 2

9-1

THE SIMPLE PAST: USING WHERE, WHEN, WHAT TIME, AND WHY
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Worksheet 3
Worksheet 4

9-2

QUESTIONS WITH WHAT
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Worksheet 2

9-3

QUESTIONS WITH WHO
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Worksheet 2
Worksheet 3
Review Handout

9-4

IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 5)

9-5

IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 6)

9-6

IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 7)

9-7

BEFORE AND AFTER IN TIME CLAUSES

9-8

WHEN IN TIME CLAUSES

9-9

THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AND THE PAST PROGRESSIVE
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9-10

USING WHILE WITH THE PAST PROGRESSIVE
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Worksheet 3

9-11

WHILE vs. WHEN IN PAST TIME CLAUSES
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9-12

SIMPLE PAST vs. PAST PROGRESSIVE
Review Handout
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Worksheet 2

Chapter 10

EXPRESSING FUTURE TIME, PART 1

10-1

FUTURE TIME: USING BE GOING TO
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Worksheet 2

10-2

USING THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TO EXPRESS FUTURE TIME

10-3

WORDS USED FOR PAST TIME AND FUTURE TIME
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10-4

USING A COUPLE OF OR A FEW WITH AGO (PAST) AND IN (FUTURE)

10-5

USING TODAY, TONIGHT, AND THIS + MORNING, AFTERNOON, EVENING, WEEK, MONTH, YEAR

10-6

FUTURE TIME: USING WILL
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Worksheet 4

10-7

ASKING QUESTIONS WITH WILL
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Worksheet 2

10-8

VERB SUMMARY: PRESENT, PAST, AND FUTURE
Review Handout

10-9

VERB SUMMARY: FORMS OF BE

Chapter 11

EXPRESSING FUTURE TIME, PART 2

11-1

MAY/MIGHT vs. WILL

11-2

MAYBE (ONE WORD) vs. MAY BE (TWO WORDS)

11-3

FUTURE TIME CLAUSES WITH BEFORE, AFTER, AND WHEN

11-4

CLAUSES WITH IF

11-5

EXPRESSING HABITUAL PRESENT WITH TIME CLAUSES AND IF-CLAUSES

11-6

USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO
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Chapter 12

MODALS, PART 1: EXPRESSING ABILITY

12-1

USING CAN
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12-2

PRONUNCIATION OF CAN AND CAN'T

12-3

USING CAN: QUESTIONS
Worksheet

12-4

USING KNOW HOW TO

12-5

USING COULD: PAST OF CAN
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Worksheet 2

12-6

USING BE ABLE TO

12-7

USING VERY AND TOO + ADJECTIVE
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12-8

USING TWO, TOO, AND TO

12-9

MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR LOCATIONS

Chapter 13

MODALS, PART 2: ADVICE, NECESSITY, REQUESTS, SUGGESTIONS

13-1

USING SHOULD

13-2

USING HAVE + INFINITIVE (HAVE TO/HAS TO)

13-3

USING MUST

13-4

POLITE QUESTIONS: MAY I, COULD I, AND CAN I

13-5

POLITE QUESTIONS: COULD YOU AND WOULD YOU

13-6

IMPERATIVE SENTENCES

13-7

MODAL AUXILIARIES

13-8

SUMMARY CHART: MODAL AUXILIARIES

13-9

USING LET'S

Chapter 14

NOUNS AND MODIFIERS

14-1

MODIFYING NOUNS WITH ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS

14-2

WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

14-3

EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ALL OF, MOST OF, SOME OF, ALMOST ALL OF

14-4

EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

14-5

EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ONE OF, NONE OF

14-6

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: NOTHING AND NO ONE

14-7

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: SOMETHING, SOMEONE, ANYTHING, ANYONE

14-8

USING EVERY

14-9

LINKING VERBS + ADJECTIVES

14-10

ADJECTIVES + ADVERBS

Chapter 15

POSSESSIVES

15-1

POSSESSIVE NOUNS

15-2

POSSESSIVE: IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS

15-3

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: MINE, YOURS, HIS, HERS, OURS, THEIRS

15-4

QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE

Chapter 16

MAKING COMPARISONS

16-1

COMPARISONS: USING THE SAME (AS), SIMILAR (TO), AND DIFFERENT FROM

16-2

COMPARISONS: USING LIKE AND ALIKE
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16-3

THE COMPARATIVE: USING -ER AND MORE
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Worksheet 2

16-4

THE SUPERLATIVE: USING -EST AND MOST
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16-5

USING ONE OF + SUPERLATIVE + PLURAL NOUN

16-6

USING BUT

16-7

USING VERBS AFTER BUT
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16-8

MAKING COMPARISONS WITH ADVERBS

APPENDIX

IRREGULAR VERBS
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