Grammar: 1,001 Practice Questions For Dummies

By (author) Woods, G
Short description/annotation
Practice makes perfect - and helps deepen your understanding of English grammar Establishing good grammar habits will set you up for success.
Description
Practice makes perfect - and helps deepen your understanding of English grammar Establishing good grammar habits will set you up for success. From English class to writing your college essay, from corporatecommunications, to updating your social media sites, good grammar is essential and now you have 1,001 ways to deepen your understanding and practice your skills. 1,001 Grammar Practice Problems For Dummies takes you beyond the instruction offered in a typical English grammar course and offers a hands-on understanding of grammar and its principles. * Gives you a chance to practice and reinforce the skills you learn in a typical English grammar course * Helps you refine your understanding of English grammar * Practice problems range in difficulty and include detailed explanations and walk-throughs Whether you re studying grammar at the high school level or just brushing up on your grammar skills, 1,001 Grammar Practice Questions For Dummies offers an on-the-go opportunity to succeed.
Table of contents
Introduction 1 Part I: The Questions 5 Chapter 1: Time Travel: Identifying the Verb and Choosing the Correct Tense 7 Chapter 2: Taking a Look at Irregular, Helping, and Descriptive Verb Forms 13 Chapter 3: One to Many: Forming Plurals of Nouns and Pronouns 23 Chapter 4: Identifying Subjects and Perfecting Subject-Verb Agreement 29 Chapter 5: Coming to a Clear Agreement: Pairing Pronouns and Antecedents 35 Chapter 6: Solving the Case (of Pronouns) 39 Chapter 7: Forming Complete Sentences 45 Chapter 8: Moving Beyond the Basics: Adding Descriptions 51 Chapter 9: Taking the Long View: Descriptive Phrases and Clauses 57 Chapter 10: For Better or Worse: Forming Correct Comparisons 63 Chapter 11: Avoiding Capital Punishment: Placing Capital Letters Properly 69 Chapter 12: Exercising Comma Sense: Placing Commas Correctly 75 Chapter 13: Little Things That Mean A Lot: Apostrophes and Quotation Marks 81 Chapter 14: Not Just for Railroad Tracks: Parallelism 89 Chapter 15: Slimming Down: Cutting Repetition and Wordiness 95 Chapter 16: Aiming for Style: Creating Interesting Sentences 101 Chapter 17: Spotlighting Verbs: Voice and Mood 109 Chapter 18: Dealing with Electronic Media 113 Chapter 19: Choosing Language to Suit Your Audience 121 Chapter 20: Tricky Word Traps 127 Chapter 21: Seeing Double: Confusing Word Pairs 133 Chapter 22: Steering Clear of Incorrect Expressions 139 Part II: The Answers 145 Chapter 23: Answers 147 Index 289
Biographical note
Geraldine Woods teaches English and directs an independent study program for gifted students at the high school level. She has more than 25 years of teaching experience and has helped students prepare for the SAT for more than 30 years. She has written more than 50 books, including English Grammar For Dummies.
Flap / cover copy

Get:

Free one-year access to practice questions online:

• All 1,001 practice questions online — from easy to hard
• Track your progress, see where you need more help, and create customized question sets
• Study what, where, and when you want
• 1,001 grammar practice questions
• Detailed answers and explanations for every question

1,001 questions with detailed solutions

This handy guide, with free access to online practice questions, gives you 1,001 opportunities to hone your English grammar skills. You begin with basics such as verb tenses, move on to descriptive phrases and clauses, tackle mechanics of punctuation, and finish up with challenging word pairs and incorrect expressions. Use the ov