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Essential English Grammar: Teach Yourself
Ron Simpson
Paperback
£10.99
ISBN:
9781444105971
Published:
27/08/2010
Extent:
256 pages
Illustrations:
no
Series:
TY English Reference
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Summary:
Is this the right book for me?
Essential English Grammar is packed with easy-to-follow explanations and summaries, practical tips on how to avoid common grammar mistakes, interesting facts about the historical and regional use of English and a special section on punctuation. This clear, straightforward guide to modern English grammar will help you to improve your knowledge of the language and perfect your grammar.
Essential English Grammar includes:
Chapter 1: The history of the English language
Chapter 2: Dividing the word: syllables and morphemes
Chapter 3: Nouns
Chapter 4: Pronouns
Chapter 5: Verbs
Chapter 6: Modifiers: adjectives and adverbs
Chapter 7: Function words: prepositions and conjunctions | Chapter 8: Phrases and clauses
Chapter 9: Kinds of sentence
Chapter 10: Direct and indirect speech
Chapter 11: Affixes: prefixes and suffixes
Chapter 12: Gender and grammar
Chapter 13: Register: formal and informal
Chapter 14: Spelling and punctuation |
Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive features:
Not got much time?
One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.
Author insights
Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.
Test yourself
Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.
Extend your knowledge
Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of the subject.
Five things to remember
Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.
Try this
Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.
- Practical tips to improve your English and help you avoid common grammatical mistakes
- Highlights the importance of spelling and punctuation and instructs you on how to improve in these areas in a unit devoted to this topic
- The book can be worked through as a course or used as a handy reference guide
About the Author(s):
Ron Simpson has an MA (Oxon) in English Language and Literature and a PGCE from Birmingham University. He taught English for 30 years and, during his teaching career, was Head of English at King's School and Pontefract and Head of Sixth Form at Campsmount School, Doncaster. He has worked with JMB, now NEAB, as Review Panel Member (English GCE/GCSE) and is currently Moderator for the GCSE English/English Literature, GCSE Oral English and Certificate of Achievement English. He has also worked as a reviewer and News/Features Editor of the bi-monthly Jazz Rag magazine almost from its inception.
Readership:
Anyone preparing for an English examination or simply wanting to improve the accuracy of their use of English.
Reviews:
"Most grammar books either lose themselves in prescriptive (or worse, proscriptive) admonitions, which quickly become outdated or 'quaint', or are so badly laid out and presented that they are consulted only by the truly desperate. Ron Simpson's book, on the other hand, manages to be entertaining, informative and well-structured."
- Amazon.co.uk Customer Review
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