Practice Makes Perfect English Sentence Builder - 2nd Edition

The go-to sentence-building guide now includes a brand-new, fully comprehensive review chapter!
You've learned the fundamentals of English grammar, like spelling, word meanings, and parts of speech. Now it's time to take the next step and put them all together to communicate complete ideas. Practice Makes Perfect English Sentence Builder, Second Edition guides you through the process of putting the "parts" of English together correctly, from connecting words into clauses to writing original sentences to creating whole paragraphs. You'll get where you want in no time through Practice Makes Perfect's systematic, crystal-clear approach to building sentences.
Practice Makes Perfect English Sentence Builder, Second Edition features:
. Clearl explanations of how to apply grammar to create well-formed sentences
. Numerous examples of correctly-formed English sentences
. Lesson reinforcement with copious practice exercises, include multiple choice, sentence-correction, and building new sentences from scratch
. Answer key, including suggestions for creative exercises

List of contents

Introduction
1. Declarative sentences and word order
2. Interrogative sentences
3. Questions and answers
4. Imperatives
5. Coordinating and correlative conjunctions
6. Subordinating conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs
7. Pronouns
8. Prepositions
9. Using adjectives
10. Using adverbs
11. Present and past participles
12. Using infinitives
13. Using gerunds
14. Idioms
15. Short responses and interjections
16. Antonyms and contrasts
17. The passive voice and the subjunctive mood
18. Phrasal verbs
19. Letter writing and e-mail
20. Let's write!
21. Progress check
Answer key

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Summary

Presents a systematic approach to building sentences, with guidance through the process of putting the parts of English together correctly-- from connecting words into clauses, to writing original sentences, and to creating whole paragraphs.

Product details

• Authors: Swick, Ed Swick, Edward Swick, Swick Ed
• Publisher: McGraw Hill Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781260019230
• ISBN: 978-1-260-01923-0
• Dimensions: 220 mm x 275 mm x 11 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Historical & comparative linguistics, Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, Language teaching and learning, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling & Vocabulary, ELT: learning material & coursework, Historical and comparative linguistics, ELT grammar, vocabulary & pronunciation