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English Basics 2

English Basics 2

Edition:

1st Edition

Author:

Mark Cholij

Published:

June 1999

Format:

Print

ISBN:

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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