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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wallwork, Adrian

Titel

Top 50 Grammar Mistakes : How to Avoid Them [electronic resource]

Auflage

First edition 2018

Ort / Verlag

Cham : Springer International Publishing

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Part 1. Top 50 Grammar Mistakes -- 1. Advise, Recommend, Suggest -- 2. Allow, Enable, Permit, Let -- 3. Already, Just, Still, Yet -- 4. Articles: A, An -- 5. Articles: A / An vs One vs It vs Genitive -- 6. Articles: The vs Zero Article (Ø) -- 7. Be Able, Manage vs Can / Could -- 8. Be Born, Die -- 9. Be Going To -- 10. Be vs Have -- 11. Be vs Have as Auxiliary Verbs -- 12. Been vs Gone -- 13. Can vs May -- 14. Cannot vs May Not -- 15. Collective Nouns -- 16. Comparisons -- 17. Conditionals: Zero and First (If vs When) -- 18. Conditionals: Second and Third -- 19. Continuous Forms -- 20. Countable and Uncountable Nouns -- 21. Each, Every, All, None -- 22. Few, Little, A Few, A Little -- 23. (This Is The) First Time, Second Time -- 24. Genitive: The Possessive Form of Nouns -- 25. Have, Have Got -- 26. Have Something Done
• 27. How Long, How Much Time, How Many Times -- 28. -ing Form vs the Infinitive -- 29. Languages and Nationalities -- 30. Like, Love, Prefer -- 31. Make vs Let -- 32. Much, Many, A Lot of, Lots of -- 33. Must vs Have To -- 34. Must Not Vs Do Not Have To -- 35. Numbers, Dates and Measurements -- 36. Passive vs Active -- 37. People vs Person; Men, Human -- 38. Present Perfect vs Past Simple -- 39. Present Perfect With For and Since -- 40. Pronouns -- 41. So, Too, Very, That + Adjective -- 42. So, Such, So Many, So Much -- 43. Some, Any and Related Issues -- 44. Stop, Remember -- 45. Used To and Present Tense -- 46. Very Much, A Lot: Use at the End of a Phrase -- 47. Want, Would, Would Like, Would Prefer -- 48. Which? What? How? -- 49. Who, Which and What in Questions -- 50. Will vs Present Simple -- Part 2. Revision Tests -- 51. Revision Tests
• This book focuses on the most commonly made grammar mistakes by non-native English speakers. This means that you can set yourself a reasonable target. So rather than trying to learn all English grammar, just concentrate on those issues that tend to be used the most frequently and/or tend to create the most misunderstandings. Each chapter contains: Examples of typical mistakes. Examples of correct usage. Rules / explanations. A short exercise where you can immediately practise what you have learned. Additional exercises. Keys to all exercises. The book also contains a Teachers Introduction. Easy English! is a series of books to help you learn and revise your English with minimal effort. You can improve your English by reading texts in English that you might well normally read in your own language e.g. jokes, personality tests, lateral thinking games, wordsearches. doing short exercises to improve specific areas grammar and vocabulary, i.e. the areas that tend to lead to the most mistakes - the aim is just to focus on what you really need rather than overwhelming yourself with a mass of rules, many of which may have no practical daily value Other books in the Easy English!series include: Wordsearches: Widen Your Vocabulary in English Test Your Personality: Have Fun and Learn Useful Phrases Word games, Riddles and Logic Tests: Tax Your Brain and Boost Your English Top 50 Grammar Mistakes: How to Avoid Them Top 50 Vocabulary Mistakes: How to Avoid Them.