English Basics 2

English Basics 2

English Basics 2

1st Edition
Mark Cholij
June 1999
Print
9780521648646

Cover the 'mechanics' of English language.

£10.25
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Overview

For students aged 11+ who need to revise the general principles of English language and grammar.

Features

  • English Basics covers the ‘mechanics’ of the English language: spelling, punctuation and grammar. Each book offers a systematic work and study programme for use in the classroom or at home.
  • Each unit consists of three sections. Initial tasks enable students to assess their grasp of a particular language point; a reference section contains accessible explanations and plenty of examples; and further exercises offer extension, revision and consolidation. A full glossary and answer key are also included.

Contents

  • Unit 1. Capital letters
  • Unit 2. Showing what someone has said
  • Unit 3. The colon
  • Unit 4. The dash
  • Unit 5. The comma 1
  • Unit 6. The comma 2
  • Unit 7. More than one (making nouns plural)
  • Unit 8. Singular or plural? (My family was/were...)
  • Unit 9. The apostrophe 1
  • Unit 10. The apostrophe 2
  • Unit 11. Two words in one (e.g. 'beauty' + 'full' = beautiful)
  • Unit 12. One word or two? (maybe/may be)
  • Unit 13. The hyphen
  • Unit 14. Some troublesome nouns (Is it 'arguement' or 'argument'?)
  • Unit 15. Some more troublesome nouns (Is it 'humour' or 'humor'?)
  • Unit 16. Extending words of one syllable (e.g. rub – rubber)
  • Unit 17. Extending words of more than one syllable (travel – traveller)
  • Unit 18. Irregular verbs (e.g. do – did – done)
  • Unit 19. Some tricky verbs (lie/lay
  • rise/raise)
  • Unit 20. Some confusing words (practise/practice
  • affect/effect)
  • Unit 21. -ible and -able
  • Unit 22. -ent and -ant
  • Unit 23. Negative prefixes
  • Unit 24. adverbs
  • Unit 25. Making comparisons
  • Unit 26. 'as' and 'like'
  • Unit 27. Words that sound alike
  • Unit 28. Silent letters
  • Unit 29. Some problems of usage
  • Unit 30. Common spelling errors.

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