Geraldine Woods - Grammar - 1001 Practice Questions For Dummies (+ Free Online Practice)

Grammar: 1001 Practice Questions For Dummies®, 2nd Edition

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1 Cover

2 Title Page

3 Copyright

4 Introduction What You’ll Find How This Workbook Is Organized Beyond the Book Where to Go for Additional Help

5 Part 1: The Questions Chapter 1: Telling Time: Identifying the Verb and Choosing the Correct Tense The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Locating the Verb Choosing Simple and Perfect Tense Verb Forms Consistently Choosing the Right Verb Tense Chapter 2: Working with Irregular, Helping, and Descriptive Verb Forms The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Handling Irregular Verbs Dealing with To Be and To Have Adding Meaning with Helping Verbs Creating Questions with Helping Verbs Detecting and Placing Descriptive Verb Forms Selecting Tense for Descriptive Verb Forms Chapter 3: One Cool and One Hot Topic: Forming Plurals of Nouns and Pronouns The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Forming Plural Nouns Sorting Singular and Plural Pronouns Chapter 4: Reaching an Agreement: Pairing Subjects and Verbs The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Locating the Subject Fine-Tuning Subject-Verb Agreement Chapter 5: Matchmaking: Pairing Pronouns and Antecedents The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Identifying Pronouns and Their Antecedents Pairing Pronouns and Antecedents Correctly Avoiding Vague Pronoun References Chapter 6: Pronouns on a Case-by-Case Basis The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Sorting Subject, Object, and Possessive Pronouns Using Subject and Object Pronouns Correctly Chapter 7: Forming Complete Sentences The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Recognizing Complete Sentences Combining Ideas Correctly Correcting Run-Ons and Fragments Chapter 8: Moving Beyond the Basics: Adding Descriptions The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Distinguishing Between Adjectives and Adverbs Placing Adjectives and Adverbs in Sentences Dealing with Articles Hyphenating Descriptions Chapter 9: Going Long: Descriptive Phrases and Clauses The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Identifying the Words Being Described Avoiding Misplaced, Dangling, and Vague Descriptions Chapter 10: Writing Gooder Better Comparisons The Questions You'll Work On What to Watch Out For Creating Comparative and Superlative Forms Avoiding Incomplete, Illogical, or Vague Comparisons Chapter 11: Correct with a Capital C: Capitalization The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Capitalizing Names, Titles, Relationships, and Ethnicity Capitalizing Geographical Names, Quotations, and School References Capitalizing the Titles of Artistic or Scientific Works Chapter 12: Exercising Comma Sense: Placing Commas Correctly The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Commas in Lists Using Commas with Identifying and Extra Information Creating a Pause in a Sentence Chapter 13: A Smooth Ride to Meaning: Apostrophes and Quotation Marks The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Creating the Possessive Form of Nouns Creating Contractions with Apostrophes Inserting and Deleting Apostrophes Distinguishing Between Quotations and Paraphrases Placing Quotation Marks and Other Punctuation Punctuating Academic Work Chapter 14: Seeking Unity and Balance: Parallelism The Questions You'll Work On What to Watch Out For Identifying Parallel Elements in Lists Working with Paired Conjunctions Creating Parallel Comparisons Keeping Sentences Parallel Chapter 15: Cutting Repetition and Wordiness The Questions You'll Work On What to Watch Out For Cutting Repetitive Words and Phrases from Sentences Writing Concisely Chapter 16: Breaking