This Advanced English Grammar Workbook is All About Helping You Gain Full Grip Over the Foundations of English Language by Making You Practice Grammar Until Perfection…
Not sure if your grammar is on point? Do you find yourself in awkward situations where the lack of understanding of English grammar gets the better of you? Does your profession require you to be great at grammar and communication?
Well, let's face it…Getting a grip over English Grammar can be tough – especially if you have just learned to speak and write from other people without paying attention to the detail.
But hey! Chin up!
Because you only need to get the basics right to achieve grammar perfection and we're here to help with that!
Imagine being able to:
✔Know exactly what to say and how to say it while being grammatically correct!
✔Get your hands on a resource that helps you practice and get the basics right within no time?
✔Finally, write fluently while crafting cover letters, emails, and personal messages?
✔Unleash your creativity in the English language without ever being worried about being grammatically incorrect
This is what the Advanced English Grammar Workbook will help you achieve!
Whether you're an expert or a beginner – the more you practice your grammar, the better it gets! That’s exactly what this workbook will do.
It will help you understand the basics and allow you to practice them so that you never have to worry about writing grammatically incorrect sentences ever again…
Your Ultimate Grammar Teaching Workbook that Delivers Value…
There’s a hot mess of information out there and you need to cut through the clutter and get yourself the right grammar guide!
The ADVANCED ENGLISH GRAMMAR WORKBOOK serves the purpose and takes you on a smooth journey where you go through the basics one by one.
It comes with 11 chapters that address the important components of the English language and uses techniques that fit the right structure in your subconscious.
The book teaches you everything there’s to know about NOUNS, ANTECEDENTS, PRONOUNS, VERBS, ADVERBS, ADJECTIVES, CONJUNCTIONS, CLAUSES, PUNCTUATION, and more!
And this workbook makes everything stick to your mind by offering…
Exercises & Brain Challenges!
There's no point in going through rules when you don't practice! That's why this ADVANCED ENGLISH GRAMMAR WORKBOOK explains every rule and ends it with exercise and brain-challenging exercises for you...
Here’s what you will get in this workbook:
✅ 11 essential components of the English language
✅ Rules that govern each component and how to use them the right way
✅ Relevant examples for better understanding
✅ Exercises to help you retain the knowledge
✅ Brain challenges that let you come up with grammatically correct sentences
And much more...
Winners take action!
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Author(s): Wendy Wilson , James H. Barlow
Publisher: Independently published
Year: 2020
Language: English
Commentary: Advanced English Grammar. Guide Packed With Easy to Understand Examples, Practice Exercises
Pages: 198
Tags: Advanced English Grammar. Guide Packed With Easy to Understand Examples, Practice Exercises
CHAPTER 1: THE PARTS OF SPEECH 1
NOUNS 1
THE FIVE TYPES OF NOUNS 2
PRONOUNS 3
ANTECEDENTS 4
TYPES OF PRONOUNS 5
BRAIN CHALLENGE 9
VERBS 10
TENSES 12
VOICE 15
TRANSITIVE/INTRANSITIVE 16
ADVERBS 17
CONJUNCTIONS 19
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS 19
ADJECTIVES 21
OTHER TYPES OF ADJECTIVES 22
PREPOSITIONS 23
INTERJECTIONS 25
USING THE PARTS OF SPEECH 25
BRAIN CHALLENGES 26
TEST HE PARTS OF SPEECH 27
TABLE OF CONTENTSCHAPTER 2: PHRASES 29
WHAT IS A PHRASE? 29
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES 29
INFINITIVE PHRASES 30
PARTICIPIAL PHRASES 32
PRESENT PARTICIPLES 32
PAST PARTICIPLES 32
GERUNDIAL PHRASES 34
A FEW WORDS ABOUT APPOSITIVES 35
TEST PHRASES 37
CHAPTER 3: SENTENCES 39
WHAT IS A SENTENCE? 39
SUBJECTS 39
COMPLETE SUBJECTS 40
PREDICATES 41
OBJECTS 42
DIRECT OBJECTS 42
INDIRECT OBJECTS 43
OBJECTS OF A PREPOSITION 44
PREDICATE WORDS 46
THE FOUR KINDS OF SENTENCES 47
TEST SENTENCES 49CHAPTER 4: TYPES OF SENTENCE STRUCTURES 51
NOT A SENTENCE 51
SENTENCE FRAGMENT 52
RUN-ON SENTENCES 53
TYPES OF SENTENCE STRUCTURES 54
SIMPLE SENTENCE 55
COMPOUND SENTENCE 55
COMPLEX SENTENCE 56
COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE 58
A VARIETY OF SENTENCE PATTERNS 59
TEST TYPES OF SENTENCE STRUCTURES 61
CHAPTER 5: CLAUSES 63
WHAT IS A CLAUSE? 63
INDEPENDENT CLAUSES 63
SUBORDINATE (DEPENDENT) CLAUSES 64
ADJECTIVE CLAUSES 65
ADVERB CLAUSES 67
NOUN CLAUSES 69
TEST CLAUSES 71
CHAPTER 6: SPECIAL ISSUES WITH PRONOUNS 72
PERSONAL PRONOUN PROBLEM: CASES—IS IT I OR ME? 72
DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS AND ADJECTIVES: THIS, THAT,
THESE, THOSE 75REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS 76
INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN ISSUES 78
WHOSE OR WHO’S? 79
RELATIVE PRONOUNS 80
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: SINGULAR OR PLURAL? 82
UNCLEAR ANTECEDENTS 86
TEST SPECIAL ISSUES WITH PRONOUNS 88
CHAPTER 7: SPECIAL ISSUES WITH VERBS 90
TENSE 90
TENSE TROUBLE 92
USING THE PAST PERFECT 92
IRREGULAR VERB FORMS 93
VERBS OF BEING 95
ADJECTIVES AFTER LINKING VERBS 96
PRONOUNSAFTER LINKING VERBS 97
VOICE: ACTIVE OR PASSIVE? 97
WHAT IS SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD, ANYWAY? 99
COMMANDS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 99
THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRUE 99
USING STRONG VERBS 100
TEST SPECIAL ISSUES WITH VERBS 102
CHAPTER 8: COMMAS 104
TO COMMA OR NOT TO COMMA: THAT IS THE QUESTION 104SERIES COMMA (OXFORD COMMA) 104
COMPOUND SENTENCES 105
BETWEEN TWO ADJECTIVES 106
INTRODUCTORY ELEMENTS 107
INTRODUCTORY PHRASES 107
INTRODUCTORY CLAUSES 108
OTHER COMMON USES FOR COMMAS 110
DON’T PUT COMMAS HERE! 115
TEST COMMAS 118
CHAPTER 9: PUNCTUATION (EXCEPT COMMAS) 119
PERIODS 119
ABBREVIATIONS 119
DECIMALS 120
MEASUREMENTS 121
EXCLAMATION POINTS 121
TIPS FOR USING EXCLAMATION POINTS CORRECTLY 121
QUESTION MARKS 122
QUESTION MARKS WITH QUOTATIONS 123
SEMICOLONS 123
COMPOUND SENTENCES 123
CONFUSING SERIES 124
COMPOUND SENTENCES WITH SERIES OR OTHER COMMAS 125
PARENTHESES AND BRACKETS 129HYPHEN 131
EN DASH 131
EM DASH 132
ITALICS 133
WORDS USED AS THEMSELVES 133
LETTERS AND NUMBERS USED AS THEMSELVES 134
FOREIGN TERMS AND PHRASES 134
USING ITALICS OR QUOTES FOR TITTLES 135
OTHER USES FOR QUOTES 135
QUOTATION MARKS WITH OTHER PUNCTUATION 136
SINGLE QUOTATION MARKS 137
QUOTATION MARKS 138
DIALOGUE 139
OTHER USES FOR QUOTATION MARKS 139
ELLIPSES 140
TEST PUNCTUATION 141
CHAPTER 10: SOME REALLY IMPORTANT GRAMMAR ISSUES 143
RUN-ON SENTENCES 143
FRAGMENTS 144
AGREEMENT 145
USING AND, OR, NEITHER, EITHER BETWEEN SUBJECTS 147
PRONOUN/ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT 148
SENTENCES THAT BEGIN WITH THERE 149SINGULAR NOUNS THAT LOOK PLURAL 149
COLLECTIVE NOUNS 149
A QUIRKY LITTLE ISSUE 151
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS 152
COMPARISON 153
FORMING COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES 154
TWO-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS 154
IRREGULAR FORMS 155
FAULTY COMPARISONS 155
MISPLACED MODIFIERS 157
POSSESSIVES 159
SINGULAR NOUNS 159
PLURAL NOUNS 159
WORDS THAT ALREADY END IN -S 159
LAST NAMES 160
EXCEPTIONS 161
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS 161
PARALLEL STRUCTURE 162
PARALLEL STRUCTURE IN LISTS 163
USING NUMBERS: WHEN TO SPELL THEM OUT 164
DOUBLE NEGATIVES 167
APOSTROPHES IN PLURALS 169
LET’S BE CLEAR: AVOIDING VAGUENESS 170
THE LONELY WHICH 171UNCLEAR PEOPLE 171
CAN I DO THESE THINGS? 172
USE ABBREVIATIONS 172
USE CONTRACTIONS 173
USE SLANG 173
START A SENTENCE WITH AND, SO, OR BUT 174
END A SENTENCE WITH A PREPOSITION 174
SPLIT AN INFINITIVE 175
USE THEY AS A SINGULAR 175
TEST IMPORTANT GRAMMAR ISSUES 176
CHAPTER 11: CAPITALIZATION 178
THE BASIC RULES 178
MORE CAPITALIZATION RULES 181
DIRECTIONS 182
LETTER/EMAIL SALUTATIONS AND CLOSINGS 182
EARTH 182
SEASONS 183
SOME “COMMON” PROPER NOUNS 183
HYPHENATED WORDS 185
TEST CAPITALIZATION 187
