English Grammar Rules & Mistakes by Melony Jacobs
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to possess perfect English grammar skills then keep reading because you’re in for a treat.So you’ve been reading online about all the different methods and techniques to finally call yourself the English Grammar Expert. You’ve paid all types of people to help you improve your punctuation skills and sentence structure struggles, and maybe even attended classes in hopes of achieving the top notch English Grammar, writing, spelling and speaking skills you have been yearning for.
Everything You Need to Ace English Language takes students from grammar to reading comprehension to writing with ease, including parts of speech, active and passive verbs, Greek and Latin roots and affixes; nuances in word meanings; textual analysis, authorship, structure, and other skills for reading fiction and nonfiction; and writing arguments, informative texts, and narratives.
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A self-study guide for learners of English who want to improve their knowledge of phrasal verbs. This PDF ebook includes over 1,000 phrasal verbs in alphabetical order, plus over 2,000 example sentences and 1,000 challenging quiz questions. It can easily be adapted by teachers for use in class. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
There are ideas for all stages of the lesson – warm ups, pre-, while- and postreading or listening, and homework. The ideas and activities have been put in several broad categories, including talking about news, using headlines, discussions, using opinions, plans, using lists and quotes, role play ideas and task-based activities. There are also language analysis exercises, at the lexical level and in moving from text to speech. The two largest sections focus on using the central characters and the themes of news articles. There are also many activities that may be copied and used in class.
English Grammar Rules & Mistakes by Melony Jacobs
This book will teach you typical collocations, organized into 50 topics. There’s no need to spend hours trying to memorize long lists of words and phrases. Each lesson takes just 10 minutes:- 5 minutes to read the lesson,- 5 minutes to do the quiz and practice the expressions you learned.It makes it easy for you to improve your English every day, even if you have little time to study.
One of the problems with school is that they teach you language as if you were learning so that you could write a textbook. They don’t recognize that most language is spoken much different than the “proper” way it’s written. Even the spelling of certain words like “going to” and “want to” are often spelt phonetically (gonna and wanna) in informal dialogs like SMS, email, and Facebook. The most important part of learning a language is to be able to communicate with your fellow human beings. Here we have compiled 101 words and sayings that will help you communicate, understand, and express yourself as if you were a native speaker.
101 More Illustrated Crossword Puzzles includes 10 reproducible units, 9 of which focus on a thematic approach. The tenth unit is made up of combinations of words from the first nine units. The 10 units are: Opposites, Outer Space, Safety, Sea Creatures, Taking A Trip, In the City, Insects, Musical Instruments, Health Care and Combined. There is a complete answer key.
Humorous riddles with comic illustrations help ESL students gain new insights into American language and culture. Each riddle is accompanied by text that helps students grasp and master the underlying linguistic and cultural reasons why the joke is funny.
“101 American Proverbs, ” a delightful collection of such common observations and time-honored truths, provides insights into American people, customs, and language.
This book makes American English phrases “duck soup.”101 American English Idioms takes the mystery out of these common U.S. expressions and explains their meanings in context.
Each book features 101 teaching ideas related to the theme of its title. Activities span multiple curriculum areas including math, language development, science, art, music and more.
Each workbook reinforces the100 words that children need to know – and it helps them master comprehension, spelling, writing, and usage of each word. Includes: Fill-in-the-blank stories and sentences,Word riddles, games, and puzzles,Stories that present the words in context, “Guess the Word” activities,Word classifying and sorting activities,Practice using irregular verb forms,Proofreading practice For use with Grade 3.
Ideal for students in the upper grades of elementary school, 100 Words Every Fourth Grader Should Know includes one hundred words of varying degrees of difficulty, representing the kind of vocabulary students often encounter in their classes and in their reading. From accommodate to zest, with stops along the way at frank, persuade, and vengeance, the words are invariably intriguing and useful. Each entry includes the word’s pronunciation, clear definitions of its various senses, and one or more short example sentences, along with a longer quotation showing how the word is used in a broader context.
This e-book includes 500 expressions to use in 100 common business situations.100 Ways to Say it in Business English is for people who want a quick guide on what to say in common situations. Five examples have been written for each function to give readers the opportunity to find the phrase that suits their needs best.
A practice book for students of English at intermediate and advanced levels.
100 Thematic Word Search Puzzles is a reproducible book of, as the title suggests, 100 word search puzzles. Word search puzzles are the ones where you are given a list of words. You are also given a grid with letters on it. You must search the grid to find all the words from the list. The words camouflaged on the grid go in various directions: left to right, right to left, up and down, and diagonally in any direction. Each puzzle is based on a theme. Each puzzle has at least 40 words to be found.
100 Thematic Word Search Puzzles Junior is a reproducible book of, as the title suggests, 100 word search puzzles. Word search puzzles are the ones where you are given a list of words. You are also given a grid with letters on it. You must search the grid to find all the words from the list. The words camouflaged on the grid go in various directions: left to right, right to left, up and down, and diagonally in any direction. Each puzzle is based on a theme. Each puzzle has ten words to be studied.
The Continuum One Hundreds series offers 100 invaluable, practical and exciting ideas for teachers of all levels. 100 Ideas for Teaching English contains 100 creative and innovative ideas for getting students engaged in all aspects of the English curriculum. Ideas range from finding the right the course for you, to games to get your students engaged with the subject.
Lesson planning and preparation is one of the most important aspects of teaching. It is also one of the hardest aspects to learn. Student teachers, for example, often find it difficult to gauge how to pitch or pace a lesson. This book provides solutions. It not only provides easily understood practical ideas but also sets them in a coherent overall framework based on the ideas that planning and preparation are part of a total cyclical process involving pedagogy, curriculum, learning and assessment.
The Advanced English Grammar Workbook can help writers and speakers at all levels of language mastery get to expert level. If you are brushing up on your English grammar skills, you can finally have the confidence to compose papers, letters and articles that are grammatically correct. If you’re learning about English grammar for the first time, this workbook will give you the tools to master grammar with sophistication.
100 Words Every High School Freshman Should Know focuses on words that nearly every freshman will encounter over the course of the school year. Chosen with various criteria in mind, some represent key concepts in important areas of the curriculum, while others are more familiar in meaning but present challenges of spelling or usage. All are words that students can expect to see regularly in their high school reading and beyond.
100 Writing Mistakes to Avoid is a guide to common errors of grammar, usage and spelling that distract readers from the message a writer wishes to convey. It’s “a style book for writers in a hurry.” It can’t replace a dictionary or a premium style guide like The Chicago Manual of Style (1,026 pages) or the Associated Press Stylebook (406 pages), but writers can save time by looking here first.
Offers illustrations of different types to prompt third- to fifth-grade writing assignments
Continuing the success of the bestselling Practice Makes Perfect series, Practice Makes Perfect: Intermediate English Grammar for ESL Learners embraces all aspects of English grammar that you need to advance your English-language skills. This practical, insightful book helps you in understanding how and why certain grammar elements are used. With help from this book, you will move beyond the basics and master the subtleties that come naturally to native speakers. This second edition provides you with invaluable digital tools to ensure mastery of the content.
Understanding writing is essential for your child to write with competence and clarity. Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Writing gives your child bite-sized explanations of this essential skill, with engaging exercises that keep her or him motivated and excited to learn. They can practice the writing skills that are challenging, polish skills they’ve mastered, and stretch themselves to explore skills they have not yet attempted. This title features 170 activities (plus answer key) that increase in difficulty as your child proceeds through the book.
Practice Makes Perfect: English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners helps you develop your vocabulary by providing practice in word-building and encouraging you to analyze new words for an ever-increasing vocabulary. Each chapter of this comprehensive book focuses on a theme, such as family or travel, so you can build your language skills in a systematic manner. As you lay the foundation for an increasing vocabulary, you are able to perfect your new words with plenty of exercises and gain the confidence to communicate well in English.
Practice Makes Perfect: English Pronouns and Prepositions offers a detailed examination of these two essential aspects of grammar, which language learners need to master to communicate with confidence. This book provides clear explanations of the usage of pronouns and prepositions, followed by practical examples illustrating and clarifying each point. A variety of exercises provide ample opportunity to practice.
Get the skills you need to read and speak English with confidence!Learn how to read and speak English with this easy-to-use workbook. Dozens of manageable, bite-sized lessons take you through the basics of the English language. Three-page units cover each subject, which can be completed in just 20 minutes. Each lesson covers a single grammar concept and is supported by many clear examples. The book includes tons of exercises help you practice your new language skills. Plus, you’ll also have access to streaming audio recordings of the most difficult English sounds to pronounce.
Accent reduction coach Susan Cameron has developed Perfecting Your English Pronunciation as a complete program to ensure that you minimize your native accent. Her proven method includes: a course book that explains exactly how to form the difficult sounds of English and teaches you correct tongue placement. Exercises make this more comfortable and natural for you,videos that features actual students executing correct mouth sounds. Through Cameron’s innovative use of hand movements to demonstrate tongue position, you too will be able to find the precise pronunciation….
Did you know that the plural of “sheep” is “sheep” (not “sheeps”)? Some mistakes in English are incredibly common, even among advanced learners: irregular plurals, using “have done” instead of “did”, incorrect prepositions (“arrive to” instead of “arrive at”), placing commas where they shouldn’t be and omitting them when they are necessary… This book will teach you how to avoid some of the most common grammar and vocabulary mistakes English learners make.
This book provides grammar exercises for students working on their own, with an integrated key at the back for reference. The book can be used in any order depending on the personal needs of the students and the exercises are not arranged in order of increasing difficulty, but are marked with asterisks to indicate their relative degree of difficulty.
Through fun illustrations and colorful diagrams, you’ll learn the essential points of grammar. Just Enough English Grammar Illustrated gives you visual cues to the parts of speech and their usage, so you’ll know how to use them correctly when are speaking or writing in English.
This book is for students who want help with English grammar. It is written for you to use without a teacher.The book is intended mainly for intermediate students (students who have already studied the basic grammar of English). It concentrates on those structures that intermediate students want to use, but that often cause difficulty. Some advanced students who have problems with grammar will also find the book useful.The book is not suitable for elementary learners.
Useful English Idioms for native speakers. Helps to improve English communication and essential for social interactions. 30 realistic and lively passages dealing with everyday situations. Exercise for self testing with answer key.
This textbook is designed to help you master the skills required for the effective use of standard English. Although the book will help you to speak better, its primary purpose is to help you to write better.You have been learning to write almost as long as you have been going to school, which, at this point, may seem to you to be a very long time. To be sure,you have already studied many composition skills. This book reviews those skills
Improve your fluency and sound more natural in English. Collocations are combinations of words which frequently appear together. This book contains explanations and practice of English collocations for intermediate-level (B1 to B2) learners of English. Perfect for both self-study and classroom activities. Learn collocations in context, with lots of different topics, including ‘Using the Internet’ and ‘Presentations’. Be confident about what you are learning, thanks to Cambridge research into how English is really spoken and written, and get better at studying by yourself, with study tips and follow-up activities. This book is also perfect for preparing for Cambridge exams and IELTS, which often test knowledge of collocations.
A clear, precise, and comprehensive book that will give children the tools to build confidence in reading, writing, and comprehension through visual explanation.From when to use a preposition or pronoun to how to use a comma or colon, Visual Guide to Grammar and Punctuation covers all the most important grammar topics in DK’s signature style. Each example provided is supported by a picture, making it accessible and comprehensible, and clear and simple text and repetition help to solidify knowledge and understanding.
The English for Everyone Teacher’s Guide is designed to accompany English for Everyone, a comprehensive course in English as a foreign language for adults. English for Everyone combines innovative and systematic visual teaching methods with bold design to make the English language easy to understand and learn. Key language skills, grammar rules, and vocabulary are reinforced with listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises, available in print and digital formats.The English for Everyone Teacher’s Guide will help busy classroom teachers or one-on-one tutors get the most out of using English for Everyone with their students.
This absolutely essential language guide and workbook will expand your English vocabulary in no time. Spilling over with thousands of entries for useful words and phrases, this is the perfect study aid for any adult learning English as a foreign language.?? With 3,000 words across hundreds of pages, English Vocabulary Builder brings you everything you need to know and much, much more. From activities, family, holidays, science, and work to animals, feelings, health, sports, and weather, just about every subject in the English language is covered in eye-catching, illustrative detail. All the vocabulary is shown with both UK and US spellings, and every word can be heard with its own audio recording in the accompanying app available for download.
English for Everyone is an exciting and comprehensive self-study course for adults learning English as a foreign language. This course is a unique new series with a visual, engaging, and easy to follow style to make the English language easy to learn.The English for Everyone Grammar Guide is a detailed visual reference that makes even the trickiest points of English grammar clear and simple, with beautiful illustrations and clear, step-by-step graphics. This English grammar guide covers all aspects of grammar including tenses, verbs, clauses, superlatives and adverbs. Learn English grammar with detailed information on easily confused phrases, conversation starters, and question words.The English for Everyone Grammar Guide is part of the English for Everyone series.
The grammar book for the 21st century has arrived, from the language experts at Farlex International and TheFreeDictionary.com, the trusted reference destination with 1 billion+ annual visits.Farlex brings you the most comprehensive grammar guide yet: all the rules of English grammar, explained in simple, easy-to-understand terms. Over 500 pages of proper grammar instruction—2X more than the leading grammar book!Whether you’re an expert or a beginner, there’s always something new to learn when it comes to the always-evolving English language.
Colloquial English provides a step-by-step course in English as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in English in a broad range of situations.Key features include:progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar.An extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises. Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios.useful explanations of idioms throughout the text.Additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key and lists of irregular verbs.
Write clearer business documents more efficiently. This book is the ideal way for business people to refine and perfect their written English. It is aimed particularly at executives who communicate in written English frequently or work in foreign or multinational companies.
The book emphasizes on the technique of writing the language and verbal communication. It indicates the changes involved in explicit text and casual presentation. It provides a helpful scenario to those who want a perfect display of thoughts with clarity. The book includes a vast range of topics such as basic components of grammar, noun, key phrases used with noun, word pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, preposition, conjunction, and adjunction.
The English Tenses Exercise Book drills a solid understanding of the past, present and future in simple, continuous and perfect forms. With thousands of examples of each tense, practising both form and use, this is a perfect companion to reference books and language classes.Each tense is tested separately to help you perfect them, before being brought together in mixed tense exercises that compare and contrast use. Exercises include individual gap-fill sentences, scrambled sentences, reading for information, usage analysis, and error correction, as well as longer prose exercises that demonstrate grammar in use. You’ll find educational articles, short stories and even a recipe for homemade bread!
Publishing your research in an international journal is key to your success in academia. This guide is based on a study of referees’ reports and letters from journal editors on reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English usage. It draws on English-related errors from around 5000 papers written by non-native authors, 500 abstracts by PhD students, and over 1000 hours of teaching researchers how to write and present research papers. With easy-to-follow rules and tips, and with examples taken from published and unpublished papers, you will learn how to: prepare and structure a manuscript increase readability and reduce the number of mistakes you make in English by writing concisely, with no redundancy and no ambiguity.
A three-level grammar course by award-winning authors Michael Swan and Catherine Walter which offers step-by-step presentation and plenty of practice. Interactive e-books feature “Pronunciation for Grammar”, a unique resource to practise understanding natural speech, and to improve rhythm, stress and intonation.Oxford English Grammar Course Basic and Intermediate are revisions and expansions of the highly successful Good Grammar Book and How English Works, respectively. The Advanced level includes “grammar beyond the sentence” for understanding and producing longer texts and exchanges. The course will enable advanced level students to benefit from Practical English Usage, 4th edition.
Expert linguist Grant Barrett gives you all the tools you need to improve your everyday communication—from perfecting your punctuation to polishing your speaking skills—with his accessible, go-to grammar guide.Language learners of all levels can turn to this easy-to-navigate grammar guide again and again for quick and authoritative information. From conjugating verbs to crafting sentences to developing your own style, Grant Barrett provides you with the tools and motivation to improve the way you communicate.
This book focuses on the most commonly made grammar mistakes by non-native English speakers. This means that you can set yourself a reasonable target. So rather than trying to learn all English grammar, just concentrate on those issues that tend to be used the most frequently and/or tend to create the most misunderstandings.Each chapter contains: