Improve Your Grammar: The Essential Guide to Accurate Writing, 2nd Edition

by Ken Paterson, Mark Harrison, Vanessa Jakeman

Length: 168 pages
Edition: 2
Language: English
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Publication Date: 2016-09-23
ISBN-10: 1137586060
ISBN-13: 9781137586063
Sales Rank: #5404885 (See Top 100 Books)

Featuring clear and comprehensive guidance on the nuts and bolts of grammar, this concise volume will help students to break their bad habits and tackle written assignments with confidence. It enables students to improve their overall performance by addressing common problems, such as spelling and punctuation errors and sentence structure, in an accessible way.

Each unit is presented on a double-page spread, making it easy for users to flick through the book and quickly find the unit they need. Units provide clear, jargon-free explanations of key topics and contain focused exercises for students to complete.

This is an essential resource for students of all disciplines looking to improve their grammar. It can be used on teacher-led modules or as a self-study workbook.

New to this Edition:

Revised and updated throughout, making it even easier for students to identify and correct their mistakes
New material includes a double-page spread on key grammatical terms in context and one on avoiding common grammatical mistakes in CVs and covering letters

Cover
Contents
Introduction
How to use this book
Key terms
	1 Parts of speech
	2 Parts of a sentence
Key grammar
	3 Singular or plural subjects and verbs
	4 Correct tense formation
	5 Using more than one verb tense
	6 Modal verbs
	7 Using the passive
	8 Direct and indirect questions
	9 Conditionals (If …)
	10 Time words and phrases
	11 Emphasising
	12 Negative words and phrases
	13 Gerunds and inﬁnitives
	14 Articles: a/an, the
	15 Relative clauses: who, which, that, etc.
	16 Comparing and contrasting
	17 Describing similarities and differences
	18 Using noun phrases
Key punctuation
	19 Commas (1): correct uses
	20 Commas (2): incorrect uses
	21 Colons and semicolons
	22 Hyphens, dashes and brackets
	23 Apostrophes
	24 Inverted commas
	25 Capital letters
Connections within sentences
	26 Linking: contrasting
	27 Linking: adding
	28 Linking: causes
	29 Linking: results
	30 Signposting
	31 Using pronouns correctly
	32 Avoiding repetition of words
Producing good sentences
	33 Parallel structures
	34 Participles
	35 Incomplete sentences
	36 Avoiding long and disorganised sentences
	37 Avoiding too many short sentences
	38 Building successful long sentences
Features of writing
	39 Generalising
	40 Qualifying a statement
	41 Giving a deﬁnition
	42 Introducing an example
	43 Citing
	44 Paraphrasing
	45 Incorporating data
	46 Formal language (1)
	47 Formal language (2)
	48 The language of argument
Using the right words
	49 Using adverbs
	50 Using prepositions (1)
	51 Using prepositions (2)
	52 Creating longer words
	53 Using single words for impact
	54 Using phrasal verbs
	55 Commonly misused words
	56 Commonly confused words – homonyms
	57 Key spelling rules
	58 Common spelling mistakes
	59 Writing an email to your tutor
	60 Covering letters and CVs
Key
Index