Painless English for Speakers of Other Languages

Name: Painless English for Speakers of Other Languages
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ISBN: 9781438000022

ISBN-10: 1438000022

ISBN-13: 9781438000022

Edition: 2nd 2012 (Revised)

Authors: Jeffrey Strausser, Jose Paniza

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Both ESL students and teachers of ESL courses have found the previous edition ofPainless English for Speakers of Other Languagesextremely helpful, especially in the way it anticipates and answers students' most frequently asked questions about correct American English usage. The new second edition is better than ever. All titles in Barron'sPainless Seriesare being updated in new, improved editions, and they all feature access to brand-new subject-related arcade game apps that will appeal to students. Books in thePainless Seriescover most classroom subjects, and include a variety of fun features for students who find the subjects difficult and confusing--or in some cases, just plain boring.…

Book details

List price: $11.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
Publication date: 8/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Introduction: What This Book Will Do for You



Parts of Speech



Nouns


What Is a Noun?


Proper and Common Nouns


Concrete and Abstract Nouns


Singular and Plural Nouns


Possessive Nouns


Functions of Nouns in Sentences



Pronouns


What Is a Pronoun?


Personal Pronouns


Pronoun Cases


Possessive Pronouns


Reflexive Pronouns


Demonstrative Pronouns


Relative Pronouns


Interrogative Pronouns


Indefinite Pronouns


Making Pronouns Agree



Verbs


What Is a Verb?


Action Verbs


Linking Verbs


Helping Verbs


Verb Tenses: Expressing Past, Present, and Future


Active and Passive Voice


Confusing Verb Pairs


Verbals



Modifiers


What Are Modifiers?


Adjectives


Proper and Common Adjectives


Improving Your Writing with Adjectives


Articles


Demonstrative Adjectives


Indefinite Adjectives


Pronouns as Adjectives


Adverbs


Recognizing Adjectives and Adverbs


Degrees of Adjectives and Adverbs



Prepositions


What Are Prepositions?


Simple and Compound Prepositions


Prepositional Phrases


Prepositional Phrases as Modifiers


Common Preposition Errors



Conjunctions


What Are Conjunctions?


Coordinating Conjunctions


Correlative Conjunctions


Subordinating Conjunctions



Interjections


What Are Interjections?


Using Interjections



Spelling and Vocabulary


Active Listening


Learning the Vowel Sounds


Learning the R Sounds


The Silent Letters


The Final E


Homophones


Parts of a Word


Compound Words



Writing



Sentence Endings and Pauses


Sentence Endings


Periods


Question Marks


Exclamation Points


Quotation Marks


Sentence Pauses


Commas


Semicolons


Colons


Dashes


Parentheses



Writing Sentences


What Is a Sentence?


Subjects and Predicates


Subject-Predicate Agreement


Types of Sentences


Writing Simple Sentences


Beyond the Simple Sentence


More Sentence Writing


Watch Out for Run-ons!



Writing Essays and Stories


What Is a Paragraph?


Writing Paragraphs


Essays and Stories


The Structure of Essays and Stories


The Writing Process


Plagiarism


It's Up to You


Appendix


The American Heritage College Dictionary Pronunciation Guide


Further Reading


Answer Key


Index