Practice Makes Perfect. English Problem Solver.

MсGraw-Hill Educationl: 2013 - 210 p.

Tackle head-on all the hurdles that you find hard about learning English as an ESL student Practice Makes Perfect: English Problem Solver doesn't pretend that learning English is easy. Instead of covering the entirety of the language, it hones in on those areas where you might have difficulty--areas such as definite vs. indefinite articles, little vs. few, using get, and restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses. Features: A variety of extensive exercises for practice Practical and high-frequency vocabulary Answer key provided for reference and quick feedback Don't sweat those troublesome grammar areas any more! Practice Makes Perfect: English Problem… is your perfect learning tool for ironing out your troubles.

Format: pdf

Size: 9,7 Mb

View, download: drive.google

Contents
Preface vii
1 Definite versus indefinite articles 1
Definite articles 1

Indefinite articles 4

Plural articles 6
2 Capitalization and punctuation 10
Capitalization 10 Punctuation 17
3 Homophones 27
4 Verb oddities 35
Be 35
Have 37
Verbs ending in a vowel 38
Present participles 45
5 Tense usage 48
Present tense 48 Past tense 49

Perfect tenses 52

Future tense 53 Going 55

Adverbs 55
6 Passive versus static passive 57
Passive voice 57

Other auxiliaries 61

Indirect objects 62

Static passive 64
7 Subject-verb agreement 66
And, or, and nor 66 Number 69

All, none, and some 69

Time and money 70

Scissors and politics 70

Collective nouns 70
8 Verbs and prepositions 72
To 73
Location prepositions 73
About, /or, and to 74
9 Subjunctive 77
Present subjunctive 78

Past subjunctive 80 If 82
10 Little versus few 85
Little 85 Feu; 85 Comparative 87
11 Comparatives and superlatives 90
Comparatives 91 Superlatives 94
12 Pronoun varieties 97
Personal pronouns 97

Singular or plural verbs 101

Other pronoun forms 102

Quantifiers 104
13 Determiners and adverbs of degree
Demonstratives 106
Possessives 107
Ordinal numbers and quantifiers 107
Adverbs of degree 110
14 Gerunds, infinitives, and participles из
Gerunds 113 Infinitives 116

Participles 120
15 Auxiliaries 122
Should and would 123
Should have and luould have 124
Modals 125
Modals and past participles 128
16 Using get 130
Passive voice 133
17 Restrictive and nonrestrictive relative clauses 136
Combining sentences 136

Prepositions 137

Restrictive relative clauses 138

Nonrestrictive relative clauses 140
18 Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions 143
Subordinating conjunctions 145

The conjunction as 146

The conjunction that 147

The conjunction because 148
19 Phrasal verbs 149
Be 150 Check 150

Do 150 Figure 150

Fill 152 Give 152 Go 153

Keep 154 Let 155

Make 155 Run 155

Set 157 Stand 157

Take 157

Turn 158

Walk 158
20 Writing 160
Appendix: Homophones 169

Answer key 177

Home <<< English Textbooks