Synopses & Reviews
This text focuses on the most common sentence-level errors made among developing ESL writers by using reading excerpts and group activities to illustrate correct usage.\[P\]\[P\]\'Nitty Gritty Grammar achieves the goals set by the authors, does so very well, and will be a valuable contribution to our set of ESL resources. . . . The exercises and examples in the book reflect thoughtful consideration and are clearly based on teachers' experiences of confusing grammar points from an ESL student's point of view.\' - Tess Ferree, American Language Program, Columbia University
Synopsis
Nitty Gritty Grammar focuses on the most common sentence-level errors made among developing ESL writers.
Synopsis
Nitty Gritty Grammar focuses on the most common sentence-level errors made among developing ESL writers.
Synopsis
Nitty Gritty Grammar focuses specifically on crucial grammar issues such as sentence fragments, verb tenses and correct use of articles. It encourages students to observe grammar structures used in sample texts before they are presented with the formal rules. This edition offers more practice exercises, thematically-based chapters and updated readings.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Sentence Essentials; Chapter 2: Clauses and Sentence Types; Chapter 3: Run-on Sentences and Sentence Fragments; Chapter 4: The Present Tense and the Present Progressive Tense; Chapter 5: The Past Tense and the Past Progressive Tense; Chapter 6: The Present Perfect Tense and the Present Perfect Progressive Tense; Chapter 7: Nouns and Determiners (Articles); Chapter 8: Modals and Phrasal Modals; Chapter 9: Conditional Sentences and Hope versus Wish; Chapter 10: Prepositions--In, On, and At; Chapter 11: Word Formation; Chapter 12: Final Do's and Don'ts; Appendix: Commonly Confused Words