Basic English Grammar is a developmental skills text for students of English as a second or foreign language. Serving as both a reference and a workbook, it introduces students to the form, meaning, and usage of basic structures in English. It provides ample practice through extensive and varied written and oral exercises. This second edition range of contents provides a solid core of basic English grammar for lower-level or beginning students. It includes numerous new exercises with, at the end of each chapter, cumulative review exercises that include additional communicative and interactive student-centered tasks.

• Units are organized around related grammar structures within the context of universally relevant, interesting topics.
• Charts help explain each grammar concept, clarifying the rules and providing usage examples.
• Various types of exercises follow each chart to give extensive practice in the use of the grammar points.
• Although the focus is on grammar, the exercises develop speaking, listening, and writing skills. Vocabulary, culture, and communication components are inherent as well.