Get the expert instruction and practice needed to take your English skills to the next level! Practice Makes Perfect: Intermediate English Grammar for ESL Learners helps you take your English grammar skills to a higher level and gives you the confidence to speak and write in your new language. This accessible workbook leads you through English grammar using concise, easy-to-understand language designed to keep you focused on achieving your goal of total fluency. You’ll learn how to master such tricky topics as verbs, modal, auxiliaries, the passive voice, participial adjectives, subject-verb agreement, and more. The book includes tons of practice and review exercises. Plus, the interactive quizzes available on the app make it easy for you to study on-the-go. Practice Makes Perfect: Intermediate English Grammar for ESL Learners, 3rd Edition features: •Example sentences that illustrate and explain each grammatical point•Guidance and instruction from an expert in ESL learning •Dozens of exercises to suit your learning style•A detailed answer key for quick, easy progress checks•New to this edition: Interactive quizzes via app and additional review exercises in the book
By:
Robin Torres-Gouzerh
Imprint: McGraw Hill
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions:
Height: 274mm,
Width: 216mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 617g
ISBN: 9781260453454
ISBN 10: 1260453456
Series: Practice Makes Perfect
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 26 April 2019
Audience:
ELT/ESL
,
ELT General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface 1 The sentence Noun phrases Verb phrases Modifiers 2 The verb phrase 3 The verb Linking verbs Irregular verbs Tenses 4 The progressive tenses The present progressive The past progressive The future progressive 5. The perfect tenses The present perfect The past perfect The future perfect 6 Modal auxiliaries Shades of meaning Special auxiliaries 7 The progressive forms of modal auxiliaries 8 The auxiliary do Using do in questions Using do in negative sentences 9 The passive voice Using the passive 10 The passive form of modal auxiliaries The future tense The past tense 11 The stative passive Adjectives and participles The progressive form vs. the stative passive Prepositions 12 Past participles with get 13 Participal adjectives Present participles Past participles 14 Subject-verb agreement Third-person singular and plural The verb be Expressions of quantity Collective nouns Auxiliary verbs Complex sentences 15 Agreement with nouns Personal pronouns and collective nouns Indefinite pronouns Complex nouns 16 Using other Adjectives Pronouns 17 Gerunds Distinguishing gerunds from present participles The possessive 18 Conjunctions Coordinating conjunctions Conjunctions and their meaning Correlative conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions Adverbs that act as conjunctions 19 Prepositions Compound prepositions Noun and pronoun objects More than one prepositional phrase 20 Adjectives and adverbs Adjectives Adverbs 21 Filler subjects and impersonal subjects Filler subjects Impersonal subjects 22 Clauses Independent clauses Dependent clauses Relative clauses 23 Punctuation The period The comma The semicolon The colon The question mark The exclamation point The apostrophe Quotation marks The hyphen and the dash Parentheses and brackets 24 Capitalization, numbers, and italics Capitalization Numbers Italics Appendix: Review exercises Answer key McGraw-Hill Language Lab app: 240 Progress Checks and Review Quizzes (unique to app)
Robin Torres-Gouzerh is a project manager for the department of Extended Education at the University of Texas in Austin and is the author of a number of ESL manuals.
