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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.
- Gives you a chance to practice and reinforce the skills you learn in a typical English grammar course
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- Practice problems range in difficulty and include detailed explanations and walk-throughs
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About the Author
Geraldine Woods teaches English and directs an independent study program for gifted students at the high school level. She has more than 25 years of teaching experience and has helped students prepare for the SAT for more than 30 years. She has written more than 50 books, including English Grammar For Dummies.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1Part I: The Questions 5
Chapter 1: Time Travel: Identifying the Verb and Choosing the Correct Tense 7
Chapter 2: Taking a Look at Irregular, Helping, and Descriptive Verb Forms 13
Chapter 3: One to Many: Forming Plurals of Nouns and Pronouns 23
Chapter 4: Identifying Subjects and Perfecting Subject-Verb Agreement 29
Chapter 5: Coming to a Clear Agreement: Pairing Pronouns and Antecedents 35
Chapter 6: Solving the Case (of Pronouns) 39
Chapter 7: Forming Complete Sentences 45
Chapter 8: Moving Beyond the Basics: Adding Descriptions 51
Chapter 9: Taking the Long View: Descriptive Phrases and Clauses 57
Chapter 10: For Better or Worse: Forming Correct Comparisons 63
Chapter 11: Avoiding Capital Punishment: Placing Capital Letters Properly 69
Chapter 12: Exercising Comma Sense: Placing Commas Correctly 75
Chapter 13: Little Things That Mean A Lot: Apostrophes and Quotation Marks 81
Chapter 14: Not Just for Railroad Tracks: Parallelism 89
Chapter 15: Slimming Down: Cutting Repetition and Wordiness 95
Chapter 16: Aiming for Style: Creating Interesting Sentences 101
Chapter 17: Spotlighting Verbs: Voice and Mood 109
Chapter 18: Dealing with Electronic Media 113
Chapter 19: Choosing Language to Suit Your Audience 121
Chapter 20: Tricky Word Traps 127
Chapter 21: Seeing Double: Confusing Word Pairs 133
Chapter 22: Steering Clear of Incorrect Expressions 139
Part II: The Answers 145
Chapter 23: Answers 147
Index 289