ISL:ABC Table of Contents

Basic English: International Second Language
Section Two: The System in Detail. Part One: The ABC, Contents

THE ABC OF BASIC ENGLISH		117
On Learning the Basic Words		119
The First Step	1 . Things. A. Names of Things Which May Be Pictured; B. General Names; C. Forms for Number; D. a and the	122
	2. Qualities. A. Opposites; B. is and are; C. and and or
A . I .	Simple Statements	129
	1. Operations. A. The Names of Simple Acts; B. be, have, will, may; C. do not	134
	2. Directions. A. The Names of Directions; B. How to Make `Verbs'	140
	3. How, when, and where	146
	4. I, he, you; this, that	148
	5. Cries and Orders	150
A . II .	Word-Order	153
	1 . Joining Words	159
	4 . Who and which	162
	5 . How, when, where, and why	164
	6 . Questions	166
B . I .	Other Word-Forms	168
	1 . `Verb'-Forms (with `Pronouns')	171
	2. Comparison	174
	3 . Endings in -er, -ing, -ed	176
B . II .	Expansions and Special Senses	183
	1 . Names of Things and Qualities	183
	2 . Words for Operations	191
	3 . Names of Directions	201
B . III .	Special Uses	212
	1 . The 250 Fixed Word-Groups	212
C .	A Key Selection	223
	1 . Some Common Needs; A. Simple Acts; B. Complex Acts; C. Other Suggestions	223
	2 . Words Formed by Endings	230
	3 . The Most Necessary Fixed Word-Groups	231
The Last Step	1 . Points to Keep in Mind	233
	2 . International Words	234
	3 . Science	236