ESL Intermediate/Advanced Grammar
Published on 11. May 2012
593 pages
978-0-7386-6660-0 (ISBN)
Description
Designed for intermediate and advanced high school- and college-level non-native speakers of English who need to improve their ESL (English as a Second Language) grammar skills. ESL Intermediate/Advanced Grammar provides students with simple explanations of grammar, skill-building exercises, detailed answer keys, and test-taking techniques. It's the perfect companion for classroom use or self-guided studies in ESL.
DETAILS
- Grammar-oriented exercises with simple explanations that allow students to master concepts through extensive practice
- Test-taking techniques featuring strategies for success on ESL tests
- Comprehensive Glossary
- Superb preparation for students taking the TOEFL (Test of English as Foreign Language)
DETAILS
- Grammar-oriented exercises with simple explanations that allow students to master concepts through extensive practice
- Test-taking techniques featuring strategies for success on ESL tests
- Comprehensive Glossary
- Superb preparation for students taking the TOEFL (Test of English as Foreign Language)
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Mary Ellen Munoz Page
ESL Intermediate/Advanced Grammar
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Mary Ellen Munoz Page is a former bilingual training specialist and Spanish professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville. She received a B.A. in Spanish and history and an M.A. in Spanish from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. As a professor, Ms. Munoz Page received three "Voyages of Discovery" mini-grants to develop cultural modules on Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Spain.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Part 1-Intermediate Grammar
- Chapter 1-Pronouns
- Subject Pronouns
- Reflexive Pronouns
- Relative Pronouns
- Impersonal Subjects It and There
- Chapter 2-Adjectives
- Possessive Adjectives Before Gerunds
- Some and Any
- Comparison of Adjectives
- Chapter 3-Adverbs
- Frequency Adverbs
- Yet, Still, Already, Never, Ever
- Chapter 4-Prepositions
- Chapter 5-Conjunctions
- Chapter 6-Verbs
- Auxiliary Verbs
- Using Auxiliary Verbs
- Past Tense
- Ago
- Progressive Tenses
- Present and Present Progressive
- Infinitives
- Linking Verbs
- Using Adjectives with Linking Verbs
- Do and Make
- Affirmative and Negative Commands
- Negative Commands
- Used To Be Used To Get Used To
- 's and 'd Contractions
- Part 2-Advanced Grammar
- Chapter 7-Pronouns
- Possessive Pronouns
- Transformation of Direct and Indirect Objects
- Reciprocal Pronouns
- Who, Whom, Whoever, and Whomever
- Pronoun Reference
- Other and Its Forms
- Chapter 8-Adjectives
- Adjectives Ending in -ly
- Nouns as Adjectives
- Participles as Adjectives
- Comparisons of Adjectives
- Sequence of Adjectives as Noun Modifiers
- Chapter 9-Conjunctions
- Chapter 10-Verbs
- Perfect Tenses
- Past and Present Perfect
- Simple Past and Present Perfect
- Past and Past Perfect
- Present Perfect Progressive
- Past and Past Progressive
- Verbs Followed by Infinitives
- Verbs Followed by Gerunds
- Troublesome Verbs
- Conditional Tenses
- Unless
- Possibility and Probability
- Subject/Verb Agreement
- Irregular Plurals
- Problems with Prepositional Phrases
- Active and Passive Voice
- Subjunctive
- Say and Tell
- Sequence of Tenses
- Chapter 11-Test-Taking Techniques
- Test Types
- Note-Taking Skills
- Ways to Improve Your Study Skills
- How to Preview Information
- How to Prepare for Tests
- Appendix A-Use of Articles A, An, and The
- A and An
- The
- Appendix B-Vocabulary Help
- Appendix C-Plural Concepts
- Non-count Nouns
- Forming Plurals
- Appendix D-Word Phrases with Prepositions
- Appendix E-Irregular Verbs
- Appendices
- Glossary
- Answer Keys
