Grammar For Dummies
1,001 Practice Questions (+ Free Online Practice)
Published on 15. April 2014
312 pages
978-1-118-74475-8 (ISBN)
Description
Practice makes perfect - and helps deepen your understandingof English grammar
Establishing good grammar habits will set you up for success.From English class to writing your college essay, fromcorporatecommunications, to updating your social media sites,good grammar is essential and now you have 1,001 ways to deepenyour understanding and practice your skills.
1,001 Grammar Practice Problems For Dummies takes youbeyond the instruction offered in a typical English grammar courseand offers a hands-on understanding of grammar and its principles.
* Gives you a chance to practice and reinforce the skills youlearn in a typical English grammar course
* Helps you refine your understanding of English grammar
* Practice problems range in difficulty and include detailedexplanations and walk-throughs
Whether you're studying grammar at the high school level orjust brushing up on your grammar skills, 1,001 Grammar PracticeQuestions For Dummies offers an on-the-go opportunity tosucceed.
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Grammar: 1,001 Practice Questions For Dummies (+ Free Online Practice)
1,001 Practice Questions For Dummies
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Geraldine Woods teaches English and directs anindependent study program for gifted students at the high schoollevel. She has more than 25 years of teaching experience and hashelped students prepare for the SAT for more than 30 years. She haswritten more than 50 books, including English Grammar ForDummies.
Content
Introduction 1
Part I: The Questions 5
Chapter 1: Time Travel: Identifying the Verb and Choosing the Correct Tense 7
Chapter 2: Taking a Look at Irregular, Helping, and Descriptive Verb Forms 13
Chapter 3: One to Many: Forming Plurals of Nouns and Pronouns 23
Chapter 4: Identifying Subjects and Perfecting Subject-Verb Agreement 29
Chapter 5: Coming to a Clear Agreement: Pairing Pronouns and Antecedents 35
Chapter 6: Solving the Case (of Pronouns) 39
Chapter 7: Forming Complete Sentences 45
Chapter 8: Moving Beyond the Basics: Adding Descriptions 51
Chapter 9: Taking the Long View: Descriptive Phrases and Clauses 57
Chapter 10: For Better or Worse: Forming Correct Comparisons 63
Chapter 11: Avoiding Capital Punishment: Placing Capital Letters Properly 69
Chapter 12: Exercising Comma Sense: Placing Commas Correctly 75
Chapter 13: Little Things That Mean A Lot: Apostrophes and Quotation Marks 81
Chapter 14: Not Just for Railroad Tracks: Parallelism 89
Chapter 15: Slimming Down: Cutting Repetition and Wordiness 95
Chapter 16: Aiming for Style: Creating Interesting Sentences 101
Chapter 17: Spotlighting Verbs: Voice and Mood 109
Chapter 18: Dealing with Electronic Media 113
Chapter 19: Choosing Language to Suit Your Audience 121
Chapter 20: Tricky Word Traps 127
Chapter 21: Seeing Double: Confusing Word Pairs 133
Chapter 22: Steering Clear of Incorrect Expressions 139
Part II: The Answers 145
Chapter 23: Answers 147
Index 289
