Phyllis Dutwin : English Grammar Demystified: A Self Teaching Guide / Английский Грамматика Руководство Самообучение - 2010 [ePUB,PDF]

***Английский Грамматика Demystified обучает основам предмета в легкой, шаг за шагом подход, который позволяет учиться в своем собственном темпе. С помощью этой книги, вы поймете, части речи, научиться использовать знаки препинания правильно, мастер напрягается, глагольные место и избежать типичных грамматических ошибок, а также улучшить ваши общие структуры предложения.

***На протяжении всей книги вы можете отслеживать свой прогресс через самодиагностику, а также всеобъемлющий заключительный экзамен в конце книги дает мгновенную обратную связь о новых языковых навыков.

English Grammar Demystified teaches the fundamentals of the subject in an easy, step-by-step approach that allows you to learn at your own pace. With help from this book, you will understand the parts of speech, learn to use punctuation correctly, master verb tenses, spot and avoid common grammatical errors, and improve your overall sentence structures.

Throughout the book you can monitor your progress through self-tests, and a comprehensive final exam at the end of the book gives you instant feedback on new language skills.

Introduction

PART ONE ALL ABOUT THE ENGLISH SENTENCE

CHAPTER 1 The Essential Elements of the English Sentence

Subject and Verb

Sentence Fragments and Run-Ons

Time and Number: Agreement Between Subject and Verb

Perfect Verb Tenses

Irregular Verbs

CHAPTER 2 Introduction to the Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech

Nouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Adverbs

Pronouns

Prepositions

Conjunctions

Interjections

Articles

CHAPTER 3 More About Verbs, Prepositions, and Pronouns

Perfect Tenses

Prepositional Phrases

More About Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

Ownership Pronouns

Mirror Pronouns

Relative Pronouns

Who, Whom, That, or Which?

Demonstrative Pronouns

Indefinite Pronouns

PART ONE TEST

PART TWO ALL ABOUT PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALIZATION

CHAPTER 4 Punctuation: End Marks and Commas

Brief History of Punctuation

Period

Question Mark

Exclamation Point

Comma

CHAPTER 5 More About Punctuation

Semicolon

Quotation Marks

Colon

Apostrophe

Dash and Hyphen

Parentheses and Brackets

CHAPTER 6 Capitalization

Brief History of the Alphabet and Capitalization

Modern Rules of Capitalization

PART TWO TEST

PART THREE MASTERING GOOD SENTENCE STRUCTURE

CHAPTER 7 Building Better Sentences

Building Balanced Sentences

Creating Well-Connected Sentences

Trimming Unnecessary Words from Sentences

CHAPTER 8 Punctuation Builds Sentences

Punctuation in Sentence Building

Simple Sentences

Compound Sentences

Complex Sentences

Compound-Complex Sentences

CHAPTER 9 Style and Clarity

Writing Clearer Sentences

Using Active Verbs

Placing Important Information Last

Using Verbs Instead of Nouns

Avoiding Unclear Pronoun References

Placing Descriptive Words Correctly

Deleting Unnecessary Words

Correcting Illogical Statements

Writing Balanced Sentences—a Reminder

Using Prepositions Correctly in a Series

PART THREE TEST

PART FOUR SPELLING AND WORD USAGE SKILLS

CHAPTER 10 Proven Techniques to Improve Spelling

Who Needs Help with Spelling?

Techniques for Improving Spelling Skills

Helpful Spelling Rules—or Not

Becoming a Better Speller

CHAPTER 11 Correct Word Usage

Easily Confused Words: Homonyms, Homophones, and Homographs

Incorrectly Used Words and Phrases

Words That Sound Almost Alike but Have Different Meanings

PART FOUR TEST

FINAL EXAM

APPENDIX A Most Commonly Misspelled Words

APPENDIX B The 50 Most Deadly Common Errors

Answer Key

Index