Grammar: 1001 Practice Questions For Dummies (+ Free Online Practice)

ISBN-13: 9781119883746 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 320 str.

Geraldine Woods

Spis treści

Introduction 1Part 1: The Questions 7Chapter 1: Telling Time: Identifying the Verb and Choosing the Correct Tense 9Chapter 2: Working with Irregular, Helping, and Descriptive Verb Forms 17Chapter 3: One Cool and One Hot Topic: Forming Plurals of Nouns and Pronouns 27Chapter 4: Reaching an Agreement: Pairing Subjects and Verbs 33Chapter 5: Matchmaking: Pairing Pronouns and Antecedents 39Chapter 6: Pronouns on a Case-by-Case Basis 45Chapter 7: Forming Complete Sentences 53Chapter 8: Moving Beyond the Basics: Adding Descriptions 59Chapter 9: Going Long: Descriptive Phrases and Clauses 65Chapter 10: Writing Gooder Better Comparisons 71Chapter 11: Correct with a Capital C: Capitalization 77Chapter 12: Exercising Comma Sense: Placing Commas Correctly 83Chapter 13: A Smooth Ride to Meaning: Apostrophes and Quotation Marks 89Chapter 14: Seeking Unity and Balance: Parallelism 97Chapter 15: Cutting Repetition and Wordiness 103Chapter 16: Breaking Patterns to Create Interesting Sentences 109Chapter 17: More on Verbs: Voice and Mood 119Chapter 18: Tailoring Your Writing for Electronic Media 123Chapter 19: Choosing Language to Suit Your Audience 131Chapter 20: Confusing Word Pairs 135Chapter 21: Making Proper Word Choices 143Chapter 22: Identifying Nonstandard Expressions 149Part 2: The Answers 155Chapter 23: Answers 157Index 313

O autorze

Geraldine Woods has more than 40 years of teaching experience and has helped students prepare for the SAT for more than 30 years. She has written more than 50 books, including English Grammar For Dummies.