Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 274 mm, Gewicht: 524 g
Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 274 mm, Gewicht: 524 g
ISBN: 978-1-260-45345-4
Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
Get the expert instruction and practice needed to take your English skills to the next level!Practice Makes Perfect: Intermediate English Grammar for ESL Learners helps you take your English grammar skills to a higher level and gives you the confidence to speak and write in your new language. This accessible workbook leads you through English grammar using concise, easy-to-understand language designed to keep you focused on achieving your goal of total fluency. You’ll learn how to master such tricky topics as verbs, modal, auxiliaries, the passive voice, participial adjectives, subject-verb agreement, and more. The book includes tons of practice and review exercises. Plus, the interactive quizzes available on the app make it easy for you to study on-the-go. Practice Makes Perfect: Intermediate English Grammar for ESL Learners, 3rd Edition features: •Example sentences that illustrate and explain each grammatical point•Guidance and instruction from an expert in ESL learning •Dozens of exercises to suit your learning style•A detailed answer key for quick, easy progress checks•New to this edition: Interactive quizzes via app and additional review exercises in the book
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Weitere Infos & Material
Preface1 The sentence
Noun phrases
Verb phrases
Modifiers2 The verb phrase3 The verb
Linking verbs
Irregular verbs
Tenses4 The progressive tenses
The present progressive
The past progressive
The future progressive5. The perfect tenses
The present perfect
The past perfect
The future perfect6 Modal auxiliaries
Shades of meaning
Special auxiliaries7 The progressive forms of modal auxiliaries8 The auxiliary do
Using do in questions
Using do in negative sentences9 The passive voice
Using the passive10 The passive form of modal auxiliaries
The future tense
The past tense11 The stative passive
Adjectives and participles
The progressive form vs. the stative passive
Prepositions12 Past participles with get13 Participal adjectives
Present participles
Past participles14 Subject-verb agreement
Third-person singular and plural
The verb be
Expressions of quantity
Collective nouns
Auxiliary verbs
Complex sentences15 Agreement with nouns
Personal pronouns and collective nouns
Indefinite pronouns
Complex nouns16 Using other
Adjectives Pronouns17 Gerunds
Distinguishing gerunds from present participles
The possessive18 Conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions
Conjunctions and their meaning
Correlative conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions
Adverbs that act as conjunctions19 Prepositions
Compound prepositions
Noun and pronoun objects
More than one prepositional phrase20 Adjectives and adverbs
Adjectives
Adverbs21 Filler subjects and impersonal subjects
Filler subjects
Impersonal subjects22 Clauses
Independent clauses
Dependent clauses
Relative clauses23 Punctuation
The period
The comma
The semicolon
The colon
The question mark
The exclamation point
The apostrophe
Quotation marks
The hyphen and the dash
Parentheses and brackets24 Capitalization, numbers, and italics
Capitalization
Numbers
ItalicsAppendix: Review exercises
Answer keyMcGraw-Hill Language Lab app:
240 Progress Checks and Review Quizzes (unique to app)
