English Grammar Workbook for Dummies, 2nd Edition
- 5h 14m
- Geraldine Woods
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2011
Get some good grammar practice-and start speaking and writing well
Good grammar is important, whether you want to advance your career, boost your GPA, or increase your SAT or ACT score. Practice is the key to improving your grammar skills, and that's what this workbook is all about. Honing speaking and writing skills through continued practice translates into everyday situations, such as writing papers, giving presentations, and communicating effectively in the workplace or classroom.
In English Grammar Workbook For Dummies you'll find hundreds of fun problems to help build your grammar muscles. Just turn to a topic you need help with-from punctuation and pronouns to possessives and parallel structure-and get out your pencil. With just a little practice every day, you'll be speaking correctly, writing confidently, and getting the recognition you deserve at work or at school.
- Hundreds of practice exercises and helpful explanations
- Explanations mirror teaching methods and classroom protocols
- Focused, modular content presented in step-by-step lessons
English Grammar Workbook For Dummies will empower you to structure sentences correctly, make subject and verbs agree, and use tricky punctuation marks such as commas, semicolons, and apostrophes without fear.
In this Book
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Finding the Right Verb at the Right Time
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Got a Match? Pairing Subjects and Verbs Correctly
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Who is She, and What is it? Pronoun Basics
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Having it All: Writing Complete Sentences
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Pausing to Consider the Comma
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A Hook that can Catch You: Apostrophes
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"Let Me Speak!" Quotation Marks
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Hitting the Big Time: Capital Letters
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Choosing the Best Pronoun: Case, Number, and Clarity
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Tensing Up: Choosing the Right Verb for Tricky Sentences
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Are You and Your Verbs in the Right Mood?
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Writing for Electronic Media
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Writing Good or Well: Adjectives and Adverbs
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Going on Location: Placing Descriptions Correctly
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For Better or Worse: Forming Comparisons
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Staying on Track: Parallel Writing
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The Writing Diet: Adding Spice and Cutting Fat from Your Sentences
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Steering Clear of Tricky Word Traps
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Ten Overcorrections
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Ten Errors to Avoid at All Costs
