Description
Book SynopsisEnglish Grammar Workbook For Dummies, UK Edition is grammar First Aid for anyone wanting to perfect their English and develop the practical skills needed to write and speak correctly. Each chapter focuses on key grammatical principles, with easy-to-follow theory and examples as well as practice questions and explanations.
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1
Part I: Laying the Foundations: Grammar Basics 7
Chapter 1: Placing the Proper Verb in the Proper Place 9
Chapter 2: Matchmaker, Make Me a Match: Pairing Subjects and Verbs Correctly 23
Chapter 3: Who Is She, and What Is It? The Lowdown on Pronouns 35
Chapter 4: Finishing What You Start: Writing Complete Sentences 49
Part II: Mastering Mechanics 65
Chapter 5: Exercising Comma Sense 67
Chapter 6: Made You Look! Punctuation Marks That Demand Attention 83
Chapter 7: One Small Mark, a Whole New Meaning: Apostrophes 93
Chapter 8: ‘Let Me Speak!’ Quotation Marks 105
Chapter 9: Hitting the Big Time: Capital Letters 117
Part III: The Pickier Points of Correct Verb and Pronoun Use 129
Chapter 10: The Case of It (And Other Pronouns) 131
Chapter 11: Choosing the Best Pronoun for a Tricky Sentence 145
Chapter 12: Travelling in Time: Tricky Verb Tense Situations 161
Chapter 13: Getting Your Verbs in the Right Mood 173
Part IV: All You Need to Know about Descriptions and Comparisons 183
Chapter 14: Writing Good or Well: Adjectives, Adverbs and Articles 185
Chapter 15: Going on Location: Placing Descriptions Correctly 197
Chapter 16: Forming Comparisons: For Better or Worse 213
Chapter 17: Apples and Oranges: Improper Comparisons 225
Part V: Writing with Style 237
Chapter 18: Practising Parallel Structure 239
Chapter 19: Spicing Up and Trimming Down Your Sentences 253
Chapter 20: Steering Clear of Tricky Word Traps 267
Part VI: The Part of Tens 279
Chapter 21: Ten Overcorrections 281
Chapter 22: Ten Errors to Avoid at All Costs 285
Appendix: Your Final Challenge 289
Index 305
