Getting Grammar

Author : Donna Topping,Sandra Josephs Hoffman
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39076002625346

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Getting Grammar by Donna Topping,Sandra Josephs Hoffman Pdf

Important, yet playful, grammar -- Sensible sentences and categories of clauses -- Naming nouns and pronouns -- Vivid verbs -- Admirable adjectives and adverbs -- Among prepositions and conjunctions and interjections. Wow! -- Putting it all together -- Final thoughts: a spoonful of sugar -- Appendix A. Grades at which grammatical concepts commonly are taught -- Appendix B. Test yourself -- Appendix C. A collection of collective nouns -- Appendix D. Jean's suggested music for Rachmaninoff to reggae to rap -- Appendix E. Additional resources for classroom use -- Appendix F. Reproducibles -- Works cited

Author : Darren Crovitz,Michelle D. Devereaux
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134836871

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Grammar to Get Things Done by Darren Crovitz,Michelle D. Devereaux Pdf

CO-PUBLISHED BY ROUTLEDGE AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH Grammar to Get Things Done offers a fresh lens on grammar and grammar instruction, designed for middle and secondary pre-service and in-service English teachers. It shows how form, function, and use can help teachers move away from decontextualized grammar instruction (such as worksheets and exercises emphasizing rule-following and memorizing conventional definitions) and begin considering grammar in applied contexts of everyday use. Modules (organized by units) succinctly explain common grammatical concepts. These modules help English teachers gain confidence in their own understanding while positioning grammar instruction as an opportunity to discuss, analyze, and produce language for real purposes in the world. An important feature of the text is attention to both the history of and current attitudes about grammar through a sociocultural lens, with ideas for teachers to bring discussions of language-as-power into their own classrooms.

Author : N.M. Gwynne
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781984897961

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Gwynne's Grammar by N.M. Gwynne Pdf

Anxious about apostrophes? In a pickle over pronouns and prepositions? Fear not—Mr. Gwynne is here with his wonderfully concise and highly enjoyable handbook. Within these witty, opinionated, and astonishingly useful pages, adults and children alike will find all they need to rediscover the neglected science of writing good English. Mr. Gwynne believes that happiness depends at least partly on good grammar—and Mr. Gwynne is never wrong.

Author : Kris Spisak
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781632659125

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Get a Grip on Your Grammar by Kris Spisak Pdf

“A useful reference [and] a fun read, chock-full of telling examples and pop-culture references.” —Charles Euchner, author of Keep It Short Most of us are not poets or novelists, but we are all writers. We email, text, and post; we craft memos and reports, menus and outdoor signage, birthday cards and sticky notes on the fridge. And just as we should think before we speak, we need to think before we write. Get a Grip on Your Grammar is a grammar book for those who hate grammar books, a writing resource filled with quick answers and a playful style—not endless, indecipherable grammar jargon. Designed for student, business, and creative-writing audiences alike, its easily digestible writing tips will finally teach you: • How to keep “lay” and “lie” straight • The proper usage of “backup” versus “back up” • Where to put punctuation around quotation marks • The meaning of “e.g.” versus “i.e.” • The perils of overusing the word “suddenly” • Why apostrophes should not be thrown about like confetti and 244 more great tips

Author : Simon Cheshire
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : English language
ISBN : 9781408862551

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How to Get a Grip on Grammar by Simon Cheshire Pdf

How to Get a Grip on Grammar is packed full of amazing activities to get your grammar skills up to speed! Have fun with terrific tenses, awesome adverbs and super sentence structure! For useful tips and inspiring ideas, How to Get a Grip on Grammar is jam packed full of outrageous activities that will have you mastering the world of grammar in no time!

Author : Jennifer Meldrum,Barbara Reimer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Activity programs in education
ISBN : 1859647480

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Get Going with Grammar by Jennifer Meldrum,Barbara Reimer Pdf

Get Going with Grammar: Games for practising grammar Get Going with Grammar has been specially created to encourage students to practise specific grammar points through games. Teacher's Notes are provided for every game. There is a built-in adaptability component to these games: you can use the game provided or play one of the suggested variations. For many of the games, templates have been provided that allow the teacher to make his or her own version. Grammar points covered include: adverbs of frequency comparatives and superlatives conditionals countable and non-countable nouns gerunds and infinitives modals parts of speech passive voice phrases and clauses plurals possessives prepositions present perfect tense pronouns quantifiers suffixes tag questions verb tenses. Key features 25 photocopiable games to motivate and inspire students to improve specific grammar points Teacher's notes for each game, with suggested variations to the game Templates for teachers and students to create their own versions

Author : Martin H. Manser,Jan Smith,Alice Grandison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-01
Category : English language
ISBN : 1858546397

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Getting to Grips with Grammar by Martin H. Manser,Jan Smith,Alice Grandison Pdf

Author : Darren Crovitz,Michelle D. Devereaux
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429514753

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More Grammar to Get Things Done by Darren Crovitz,Michelle D. Devereaux Pdf

CO-PUBLISHED BY ROUTLEDGE AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH Complementing Crovitz and Devereaux’s successful Grammar to Get Things Done, this book demystifies grammar in context and offers day-by-day guides for teaching ten grammar concepts, giving teachers a model and vocabulary for discussing grammar in real ways with their students. Through applied practice in real-world contexts, the authors explain how to develop students’ mastery of grammar and answer difficult questions about usage, demonstrating how grammar acts as a tool for specific purposes in students’ lives. Accessibly written and organized, the book provides ten adaptable activity guides for each concept, illustrating instruction from a use-based perspective. Middle and high school preservice and inservice English teachers will gain confidence in their own grammar knowledge and learn how to teach grammar in ways that are uniquely accessible and purposeful for students.

Author : Lester Kaufman,Jane Straus
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781119652847

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The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation by Lester Kaufman,Jane Straus Pdf

The bestselling workbook and grammar guide, revised and updated! Hailed as one of the best books around for teaching grammar, The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation includes easy-to-understand rules, abundant examples, dozens of reproducible quizzes, and pre- and post-tests to help teach grammar to middle and high schoolers, college students, ESL students, homeschoolers, and more. This concise, entertaining workbook makes learning English grammar and usage simple and fun. This updated 12th edition reflects the latest updates to English usage and grammar, and includes answers to all reproducible quizzes to facilitate self-assessment and learning. Clear and concise, with easy-to-follow explanations, offering "just the facts" on English grammar, punctuation, and usage Fully updated to reflect the latest rules, along with even more quizzes and pre- and post-tests to help teach grammar Ideal for students from seventh grade through adulthood in the US and abroad For anyone who wants to understand the major rules and subtle guidelines of English grammar and usage, The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation offers comprehensive, straightforward instruction.

Author : Dee C. Konrad
Publisher : Good Year Books
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006-02-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781596471153

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Getting a Grip on Grammar by Dee C. Konrad Pdf

The most feared bounty hunter of the Old West mixes it up in this volume, which features a story about his origins. Hideously scarred and tougher than dirt, Jonah Hex burned a trail across the Wild West as a bounty hunter and gun-for-hire taking on the most dangerous of contracts and leaving in his wake a trail of the dead. In this volume, we learn more about Hex’s savage origins and how love played a crucial part in making him the bounty hunter he became.

Author : Joan L. Bybee,Suzanne Fleischman
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1995-08-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027285720

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Modality in Grammar and Discourse by Joan L. Bybee,Suzanne Fleischman Pdf

This volume brings together a collection of 18 papers that look into the expression of modality in the grammars of natural languages, with an emphasis on its manifestations in naturally occurring discourse. Though the individual contributions reflect a diversity of languages, of synchronic and diachronic foci, and of theoretical orientations — all within the broad domain of functional linguistics — they nonetheless converge around a number of key issues: the relationship between 'mood' and 'modality'; the delineation of modal categories and their nomenclature; the grounding of modality in interactive discourse; the elusive category 'irrealis'; and the relationship of modal notions and categories to other categories of grammar.

Author : Frank Behre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Come (The English word)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035904874

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Get, Come and Go; Some Aspects of Situational Grammar by Frank Behre Pdf

Author : Christine Sinclair
Publisher : Open University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : NWU:35556037746294

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Grammar by Christine Sinclair Pdf

Examining the issues of language use, grammar and punctuation that cause the most difficulties for students, this text blends a story about three students - Barbara, Kim and Abel - with advice on specific areas of grammar.

Author : Geraldine Woods
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781119071150

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Basic English Grammar For Dummies - UK by Geraldine Woods Pdf

Get good guidance on using English well English is a hard language to get right. It's all too easy to make simple mistakes, whether writing or speaking—which can land you in embarrassing social situations or even cost you a job. Luckily, Basic English Grammar For Dummies UK Edition is here to help you get to grips with English. Without the complexity of formal grammar and through plenty of examples and brief exercises, it gets you up and running on common spelling errors, how to structure sentences to make yourself easily understood, and find the right tone and style for any situation, whether you're talking on the phone or writing a letter, email, or text. Is it good or well? There, their or they're? Some people don't have to think twice about using proper English grammar, but for the rest of us it can become tricky and confusing. Easy to understand and free of jargon, this friendly and accessible guide sticks to the basics and makes it easy to build your English grammar skills. In no time, you'll leave the ‘me or I?' debate at the door and speak and write confidently and correctly. Includes quizzes and self-tests Provides guidance on composing letters, emails, and texts Uses easy vocabulary to make the content accessible to all Serves as a great guidebook to English grammar for overseas learners If English is your second language or you simply missed or have forgotten the nuances that were taught in school, Basic English Grammar For Dummies UK Edition is the fast and easy way to brush up on your skills and make a good impression.

Author : Lisa Zimmer Hatch
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781394258307

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ACT Prep 2025/2026 For Dummies by Lisa Zimmer Hatch Pdf

Watch the doors to your college of choice swing open after you rock the ACT The ACT is an important part of the college admissions process. A high score could land you acceptance to your top schools or even help you qualify for scholarships, so it's worth doing your best. ACT Prep 2025/2026 For Dummies gives you a refresher on all four required ACT subject areas—math, science, reading, and English—as well as tips for breezing through the optional essay. You'll also get a rundown on the new digital testing option. With classic Dummies-style explanations, three online practice tests, and more than 100 flashcards, this guide prepares you to ace the ACT and begin your post-high school journey on the right foot. Review all the content covered on the ACT and follow a structured study plan Practice with dozens of flashcards, sample questions, and access to THREE practice tests online Get clear explanations for the concepts that give you the most trouble If you're one of the hundreds of thousands of high schoolers taking the ACT exam this year, ACT Prep 2025/2026 For Dummies is your key to getting ready for test day.