Woods Geraldine. Grammar: 1, 001 Practice Questions For Dummies

Wiley. 2014. 312 pages. ISBN: 1118745019Practice makes perfect - and helps deepen your understanding of English grammarEstablishing good grammar habits will set you up for success. From English class to writing your college essay, from corporatecommunications, to updating your social media sites, good grammar is essential and now you have 1,001 ways to deepen your understanding and practice your skills.1,001 Grammar Practice Problems For Dummies takes you beyond the instruction offered in a typical English grammar course and offers a hands-on understanding of grammar and its principles.Gives you a chance to practice and reinforce the skills you learn in a typical English grammar course
Helps you refine your understanding of English grammar
Practice problems range in difficulty and include detailed explanations and walk-throughsWhether you’re studying grammar at the high school level or just brushing up on your grammar skills, 1,001 Grammar Practice Questions For Dummies offers an on-the-go opportunity to succeed.The Questions
Time Travel: Identifying the Verb and Choosing the Correct Tense
Taking a Look at Irregular, Helping, and Descriptive Verb Forms
One to Many: Forming Plurals of Nouns and Pronouns
Identifying Subjects and Perfecting Subject-Verb Agreement
Coming to a Clear Agreement: Pairing Pronouns and Antecedents
Solving the Case (of Pronouns)
Forming Complete Sentences
Moving Beyond the Basics: Adding Descriptions
Taking the Long View: Descriptive Phrases and Clauses
For Better or Worse: Forming Correct Comparisons
Avoiding Capital Punishment: Placing Capital Letters Properly
Exercising Comma Sense: Placing Commas Correctly
Little Things That Mean A Lot: Apostrophes and Quotation Marks
Not Just for Railroad Tracks: Parallelism
Slimming Down: Cutting Repetition and Wordiness
Aiming for Style: Creating Interesting Sentences
Spotlighting Verbs: Voice and Mood
Dealing with Electronic Media
Choosing Language to Suit Your Audience
Tricky Word Traps
Seeing Double: Confusing Word Pairs
Steering Clear of Incorrect Expressions
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