1,001 grammar practice questions for dummies / by Geraldine Woods.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woods, Geraldine, author.

Consumer Dummies, Corporate Author.

Series:

--For dummies.

--For dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Grammar--Study and teaching.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, IN : John Wiley and Sons, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Practice makes perfect - and helps deepen your understanding of English grammar Establishing good grammar habits will set you up for success. From English class to writing your college essay, from corporate communications, 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.

Contents:

Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; What You'll Find; How This Workbook Is Organized; Beyond the Book; Where to Go for Additional Help; Part I: The Questions; Chapter 1: Time Travel: Identifying the Verb and Choosing the Correct Tense; The Questions You'll Answer; What to Watch Out For; Locating the Verb; Choosing Simple and Perfect Tense Verb Forms; Consistently Choosing the Right Verb Tense; Chapter 2: Taking a Look at Irregular, Helping, and Descriptive Verb Forms; The Questions You'll Work On; What to Watch Out For; Handling Irregular Verbs

Dealing with To Be and To Have Adding Meaning with Helping Verbs; Creating Questions with Helping Verbs; Detecting and Placing Descriptive Verb Forms; Selecting Tense for Descriptive Verb Forms; Chapter 3: One to Many: Forming Plurals of Nouns and Pronouns; The Questions You'll Work On; What to Watch Out For; Forming Plural Nouns; Sorting Singular and Plural Pronouns; Chapter 4: Identifying Subjects and Perfecting Subject-Verb Agreement; The Questions You'll Work On; What to Watch Out For; Locating the Subject; Fine-Tuning Subject-Verb Agreement

Chapter 5: Coming to a Clear Agreement: Pairing Pronouns and Antecedents The Questions You'll Work On; What to Watch Out For; Identifying Pronouns and Their Antecedents; Pairing Pronouns and Antecedents Correctly; Avoiding Vague Pronoun References; Chapter 6: Solving the Case (of Pronouns); The Questions You'll Work On; What to Watch Out For; Sorting Subject, Object, and Possessive Pronouns; Using Subject and Object Pronouns Correctly; Chapter 7: Forming Complete Sentences; The Questions You'll Work On; What to Watch Out For; Recognizing Complete Sentences; Combining Ideas Correctly

Correcting Run-Ons and Fragments Chapter 8: Moving Beyond the Basics: Adding Descriptions; The Questions You'll Work On; What to Watch Out For; Distinguishing Between Adjectives and Adverbs; Placing Adjectives and Adverbs in Sentences; Dealing with Articles; Hyphenating Descriptions; Chapter 9: Taking the Long View: Descriptive Phrases and Clauses; The Questions You'll Work On; What to Watch Out For; Identifying the Words Being Described; Avoiding Misplaced, Dangling, and Vague Descriptions; Chapter 10: For Better or Worse: Forming Correct Comparisons; The Questions You'll Work On

What to Watch Out For Creating Comparative and Superlative Forms; Avoiding Incomplete, Illogical, or Vague Comparisons; Chapter 11: Avoiding Capital Punishment: Placing Capital Letters Properly; The Questions You'll Work On; What to Watch Out For; Capitalizing Names, Titles, Relationships, and Ethnicity; Capitalizing Geographical Names, Quotations, and School References; Capitalizing the Titles of Artistic or Scientific Works; Chapter 12: Exercising Comma Sense: Placing Commas Correctly; The Questions You'll Work On; What to Watch Out For; Commas in Lists

Using Commas with Identifying and Extra Information

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-118-74474-8