Build your English skills with this bestselling guide to English verbs!
Knowing when and why to use certain verbs can be confusing. This easy-to-use book explains everything you need to know to develop a solid understanding of English verbs. There are plenty of clear examples and tons of practice exercises to help you build your English skills and gain the confidence to choose the right verb for every situation. With this book to guide you, you’ll master English verbs in no time at all.
Practice Makes Perfect: English Verbs, 3rd Edition will help you:
• Understand when and why to use different verb tenses
• Learn how verbs work with everyday examples from a wide range of topics
• Build your verb skills with more than 125 engaging exercises
• Gain the skills you need to write and speak English with confidence
• New to this edition: additional review questions in the book
• Plus fun quizzes for study on-the-go via the McGraw-Hill Education Language Lab app
Author(s): Loretta S. Gray
Series: Practice Makes Perfect
Edition: 3
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 240
Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
PART I The Present Tense......Page 12
Unit 1 Simple Present......Page 14
Unit 2 Be Verb Forms, Simple Present......Page 22
Unit 3 Present Progressive (Be Verb + -ing)......Page 30
Unit 4 Present Perfect......Page 40
Unit 5 Present Perfect Progressive......Page 48
PART II The Past Tense......Page 56
Unit 6 Simple Past......Page 58
Unit 7 Be Verb Forms, Simple Past......Page 66
Unit 8 Past Progressive (Be Verb + -ing)......Page 72
Unit 9 Past Perfect......Page 80
Unit 10 Past Perfect Progressive......Page 86
PART III The Future Tense......Page 92
Unit 11 Simple Future......Page 94
Unit 12 Be Going To......Page 100
Unit 13 Future Progressive (Will Be Verb + -ing)......Page 106
Unit 14 Future Perfect......Page 112
Unit 15 Future Perfect Progressive......Page 118
PART IV Imperative, Passive, and Hypothetical Conditional......Page 122
Unit 16 Imperative......Page 124
Unit 17 Passive......Page 128
Unit 18 Hypothetical Conditional......Page 136
PART V Phrasal Verbs and Modal Auxiliary Verbs......Page 138
Unit 19 Phrasal Verbs......Page 140
Unit 20 Modal Auxiliary Verbs......Page 148
PART VI Gerund and Infinitive Complements......Page 156
Unit 21 Gerunds......Page 158
Unit 22 Infinitives......Page 160
Unit 23 Gerunds or Infinitives......Page 164
Review Exercises......Page 166
Appendix: Chart of Irregular Verbs......Page 196
Glossary......Page 202
Answer Key......Page 204
