English Grammar Workbook For Dummies, UK Edition

English Grammar Workbook For Dummies, UK Edition is grammar First Aid for anyone wanting to perfect their English and develop the practical skills needed to write and speak correctly. Each chapter focuses on key grammatical principles, with easy-to-follow theory and examples as well as practice questions and explanations. From verbs, prepositions and tenses, to style, expressions and tricky word traps, this hands-on workbook is essential for both beginners looking to learn and practise the basics of English grammar, and those who want to brush up skills they already have - quickly, easily, and with confidence. English Grammar Workbook For Dummies, UK Edition covers: Part I: Laying the Groundwork: Grammar Basics Chapter 1: Placing the Proper Verb in the Proper Place Chapter 2: Matchmaker, Make Me a Match: Pairing Subjects and Verbs Correctly Chapter 3: Who Is She, and What Is It? The Lowdown on Pronouns Chapter 4: Finishing What You Start: Writing Complete Sentences Part II: Mastering Mechanics Chapter 5: Exercising Comma Sense Chapter 6: Made You Look! Punctuation Marks That Demand Attention Chapter 7: One Small Mark, a Whole New Meaning: Apostrophes Chapter 8: "e;Let Me Speak!"e; Quotation Marks Chapter 9: Hitting the Big Time: Capital Letters Part III: The Pickier Points of Correct Verb and Pronoun Use Chapter 10: The Case of It (And Other Pronouns) Chapter 11: Choosing the Best Pronoun for a Tricky Sentence Chapter 12: Travelling in Time: Tricky Verb-Tense Situations Chapter 13: Are You and Your Verbs in the Right Mood? Part IV: All You Need to Know about Descriptions and Comparisons Chapter 14: Writing Good or Well: Adjectives and Adverbs Chapter 15: Going on Location: Placing Descriptions Correctly Chapter 16: For Better or Worse: Forming Comparisons Chapter 17: Apples and Oranges: Improper Comparisons Part V: Writing with Style Chapter 18: Keeping Your Balance Chapter 19: Spicing Up and Trimming Down Your Sentences Chapter 20: Steering Clear of Tricky Word Traps Part VI: The Part of Tens Chapter 21: Ten Over-corrections Chapter 22: Ten Errors to Avoid at All Cost

English Grammar Workbook For Dummies, UK Edition is grammarFirst Aid for anyone wanting to perfect their English and developthe practical skills needed to write and speak correctly. Eachchapter focuses on key grammatical principles, with easy-to-followtheory and examples as well as practice questions and explanations.From verbs, prepositions and tenses, to style, expressions andtricky word traps, this hands-on workbook is essential for bothbeginners looking to learn and practise the basics of Englishgrammar, and those who want to brush up skills they already havequickly, easily, and with confidence.English Grammar Workbook For Dummies, UK Editioncovers:Part I: Laying the Groundwork: GrammarBasicsChapter 1: Placing the Proper Verb in the ProperPlaceChapter 2: Matchmaker, Make Me a Match: Pairing Subjects and VerbsCorrectlyChapter 3: Who Is She, and What Is It? The Lowdown onPronounsChapter 4: Finishing What You Start: Writing CompleteSentencesPart II: MasteringMechanicsChapter 5: Exercising Comma SenseChapter 6: Made You Look! Punctuation Marks That DemandAttentionChapter 7: One Small Mark, a Whole New Meaning:ApostrophesChapter 8: "Let Me Speak!" Quotation MarksChapter 9: Hitting the Big Time: CapitalLettersPart III: The Pickier Points of Correct Verb and PronounUseChapter 10: The Case of It (And OtherPronouns)Chapter 11: Choosing the Best Pronoun for a Tricky SentenceChapter 12: Travelling in Time: Tricky Verb-TenseSituationsChapter 13: Are You and Your Verbs in the Right Mood?Part IV: All You Need to Know about Descriptions andComparisonsChapter 14: Writing Good or Well: Adjectives and AdverbsChapter 15: Going on Location: Placing Descriptions CorrectlyChapter 16: For Better or Worse: FormingComparisonsChapter 17: Apples and Oranges: ImproperComparisonsPart V: Writing with StyleChapter 18: Keeping YourBalanceChapter 19: Spicing Up and Trimming Down YourSentencesChapter 20: Steering Clear of Tricky Word TrapsPart VI: The Part of TensChapter 21: Ten Over-correctionsChapter 22: Ten Errors to Avoid at All Cost

Introduction 1Part I: Laying the Foundations: Grammar Basics 7Chapter 1: Placing the Proper Verb in the Proper Place 9Chapter 2: Matchmaker, Make Me a Match: Pairing Subjects and Verbs Correctly 23Chapter 3: Who Is She, and What Is It? The Lowdown on Pronouns 35Chapter 4: Finishing What You Start: Writing Complete Sentences 49Part II: Mastering Mechanics 65Chapter 5: Exercising Comma Sense 67Chapter 6: Made You Look! Punctuation Marks That Demand Attention 83Chapter 7: One Small Mark, a Whole New Meaning: Apostrophes 93Chapter 8: 'Let Me Speak!' Quotation Marks 105Chapter 9: Hitting the Big Time: Capital Letters 117Part III: The Pickier Points of Correct Verb and Pronoun Use 129Chapter 10: The Case of It (And Other Pronouns) 131Chapter 11: Choosing the Best Pronoun for a Tricky Sentence 145Chapter 12: Travelling in Time: Tricky Verb Tense Situations 161Chapter 13: Getting Your Verbs in the Right Mood 173Part IV: All You Need to Know about Descriptions and Comparisons 183Chapter 14: Writing Good or Well: Adjectives, Adverbs and Articles 185Chapter 15: Going on Location: Placing Descriptions Correctly 197Chapter 16: Forming Comparisons: For Better or Worse 213Chapter 17: Apples and Oranges: Improper Comparisons 225Part V: Writing with Style 237Chapter 18: Practising Parallel Structure 239Chapter 19: Spicing Up and Trimming Down Your Sentences 253Chapter 20: Steering Clear of Tricky Word Traps 267Part VI: The Part of Tens 279Chapter 21: Ten Overcorrections 281Chapter 22: Ten Errors to Avoid at All Costs 285Appendix: Your Final Challenge 289Index 305