Basic English Grammar For Dummies, UK Edition

Geraldine Woods has more than 35 years of teaching experience. She is the author of more than 50 books, including English Grammar Workbook For Dummies and Research Papers For Dummies.

• Introduction 1Part I: Getting Started with Basic English Grammar 5Chapter 1: Getting a Grip on Grammar 7Chapter 2: Language in Action 21Part II: The Parts of Speech 31Chapter 3: People to See, Places to Go, Things to Remember: Recognising Nouns 33Chapter 4: Practising Pronouns 47Chapter 5: Doing and Being Words: Verbs 65Chapter 6: Describing with Adjectives and Adverbs 83Chapter 7: Little Things Mean a Lot: Prepositions 101Chapter 8: Joining and Commenting: Conjunctions and Interjections 113Part III: Creating Correct Sentences 125Chapter 9: Making Progress: Verbs Ending in –ing 127Chapter 10: Revisiting the Past: The Perfect Tenses 139Chapter 11: Searching for Subjects 153Chapter 12: Adding Meaning with Complements 169Chapter 13: Finishing the Job: Writing Complete Sentences 183Part IV: Punctuation and Capitalisation 197Chapter 14: Small Punctuation Mark, Big Trouble: Apostrophes 199Chapter 15: Pausing for a Rest: Commas 213Chapter 16: Who Said What: Quotation Marks 229Chapter 17: Big or Small? When to Write Capital Letters 243Part V: Grammar in Action 259Chapter 18: Writing with Electronic Media 261Chapter 19: Presentation Slides and Bulleted Lists 273Chapter 20: Writing at School and on the Job 285Part VI: Common Errors 299Chapter 21: Spelling Your Way to Perfection 301Chapter 22: Tricky Word Traps 311Chapter 23: Avoiding Common Mistakes 323Part VII: The Part of Tens 333Chapter 24: Ten Easy Ways to Improve Your Writing Skills 335Chapter 25: Ten Mistakes to Avoid 341Index 347

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