本教材将英语语法与写作相结合，通过句子合并学习语法规则，通过规则讲解提高句子写作能力。系统梳理语法知识，学习有关句子重心、句子关联、句子变化等写作技巧，并通过具体操练改变英语写作中的中文行文习惯，帮助学习者将语法规则活用到语篇写作之中。

Unit 1 Basic Parts of a Sentence (1)
Grammar 1) Subject and predicate
2) Hard-to-find subjects
Writing Correcting: Sentence fragments
Rewriting: Sentence-combining strategies
Unit 2 Basic Parts of a Sentence (2)
Grammar 1) Object, complement and adverbial
2) Basic sentence structures
Writing Correcting: Run-on sentences
Rewriting: The importance of the subject
Unit 3 Modifiers: Adjectives
Grammar 1) Degrees of comparison
2) Adjective word order
3) Position of adjectives in a sentence
Writing Correcting: Comparison problems
Rewriting: How to rewrite sentences
Unit 4 Modifiers: Adverbs
Grammar 1) Kinds of adverbs
2) Position of adverbs
3) Order of adverbs
Writing Correcting: Misplaced modifiers and -ly modifiers-
Rewriting: Relationship and completeness
Unit 5 Modifiers: Appositives
Grammar 1) Kinds of appositives
2) Position of appositives
Writing Correcting: Clutter
]Rewriting: How to order your ideas
Unit 6 Conjunctions
Grammar 1) Coordinating conjunctions
2) Correlative conjunctions
3) Subordinating conjunctions
4) Conjunctive adverbs
Writing Correcting: Antecedent problems
Rewriting: How to create compound sentence
Unit 7 Phrases: PrepositionalPhrases
Grammar 1) Form
2) Functions
3) Common prepositions
4) Position
5) Punctuation
Writing Correcting: Unnecessary shifts
Rewriting: How to use passive voice
Unit 8 Phrases: Participial Phrases
Grammar 1) Form
2) Functions
3) Position and punctuation
Writing Correcting: Dangling modifiers
Rewriting: Sentence emphasis
Unit 9 Phrases: Infinitive Phrases
Grammar 1) Form
2) Functions
3) Position
4) Punctuation
Writing Correcting: Double negatives
Rewriting: Important ideas of a sentence
Unit 10 Phrases: Gerund Phrases and Absolute Phrases
Grammar 1) Gerund Phrases
2) Absolute Phrases
Writing Correcting: Missing commas with nonessential dements-
Rewriting: Intra-sentence coherence
Unit 11 Clauses: Adjective Clauses
Grammar 1) Functions and form
2) Kinds
3) Introducers
Writing Correcting: Lack of subject-verb agreement
Rewriting: Inter-sentence coherence
Unit 12 Clauses: Adverbial Clauses
Grammar 1) Functions
2) Form and kinds
3) Punctuation
4) Position
Writing Correcting: Misuse of articles
Rewriting: Loose/Periodic sentences
Unit 13 Noun Clauses: Subject Clauses and Predicative Clauses
Grammar 1) Form and kinds
2) Subject clauses
3) Predicative clauses
Writing Correcting: Faulty coordination/subordination
Rewriting: How to expand a sentence
Unit 14 Noun Clauses: Object Clauses and Appositive Clauses --
Grammar 1) Object clauses
2) Appositive clauses
Writing Correcting: Mixed construction
Rewriting: Variety in sentence length
Unit 15 Sentences