What`s the secret to the best-selling Azar grammar books? The magic`s in their straightforward, no bells-and-whistles formula. Each chapter addresses all the dimensions of a key grammatical function through a series of clear, two-color exercises. All rules and examples are boxed in quick-reference charts. The first book in the series, this text is aimed at young adults and adults just beginning to tackle grammar. The student book comes packaged with an audio CD of all the listening exercises to make self-study easier than ever before. You may purchase the student book with an answer key or without; the answer key is also available as an entirely separate component or in the teacher`s guide (which includes teaching suggestions and additional grammar resources). Contents of the basic level cover: using be, the simple present, the present progressive, nouns and pronouns, count and noncount nouns, expressing past time, expressing future time, modals (ability), possessives,