Easy English Grammar Step-by-Step With 85 Exercises

Take it step-by-step for grammar success! The quickest route to learning a subject is through a solid grounding in the basics. So what you won't find in Easy Grammar Step-by-Stepis a lot of endless drills. Instead, you get a clear explanation that breaks down complex concepts into easy-to-understand steps, followed by highly focused exercises that are linked to core skills--enabling learners to grasp when and how to apply those techniques. This book features: Large step-by-step charts breaking down each step within a process and showing clear connections between topics and annotations to clarify difficulties Stay-in-step panels show how to cope with variations to the core steps Step-it-up exercises link practice to the core steps already presented Missteps and stumbles highlight common errors to avoid You can master grammar as long as you take it Step-by-Step!

Preface
1. Always Right: The Complete Sentence
Choose Standard English
How Can You Recognize a Standard English Sentence?
Introducing Linking Verbs
Where Did I Go Wrong?
Building Complex Sentences
2. More About Subjects, Action Verbs, and Linking Verbs
Subject and Verb Agreements
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Using Linking Verbs
3. Descriptive Words
In the Know About Adjectives
Adjectives and Where to Put Them
Using Adjectives Correctly
4. More About Descriptive Words and Phrases
Adverbs and How to Use Them
When to Use an Adverb
Common Adjective/Adverb Confusions
5. Verbs Tell Time Perfectly
The Use of Tenses
Participles—What Now?
Tenses of to Be
Using Verbs in the Past, Present, and Future
6. Pronouns
Common Pronouns
Why Use Pronouns?
Using Pronouns Correctly
7. Punctuation
Types of Punctuation
Using Punctuation Correctly
8. Punctuation, Continued
More Types of Punctuation
Using Punctuation Correctly
9. Capitalization
Rules for Capitalization
More Rules!
10. Using Words Correctly
Common Errors
Avoiding Errors
Commonly Confused Words
11. Spelling
Spelling Guidelines
Steps to Strengthen Your Spelling
12. Writing Better Sentences
Keys to Stronger Writing
Steps to Improve Your Writing
Appendix A: 100 Most Often Mispelled Misspelled Words in English
Appendix B: Common Homophones
Answer Key
Index