Writing Essentials: Exercises to Improve Spelling, Sentence Structure, Punctuation, and Writing

Language(s): American English

Level(s): Intermediate, High-intermediate, Advanced

Authors : Paige Wilson; Teresa Ferster Glazier

9781413000009

336 Pages Paperback

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Overview

Ideal as a classroom or self-study text, WRITING ESSENTIALS reviews basic English skills needed for proper spelling, sentence structure, punctuation, and writing. Offering brief, clear explanations, and a wealth of exercises, students can practice what they've learned, receive feedback, and apply i ...more

Features

Practical and contextualized exercises engage students' attention as they learn to recognize and craft grammatically correct sentences.

Over 150 exercise sets reinforce coherence in student writing and include practice in writing sentences and proofreading paragraphs.

Answers to all exercises are ...more

Authors

Paige Wilson

PAIGE WILSON, Associate Professor of English, is now primary author of Teresa Ferster Glazier's THE LEAST YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ENGLISH classic textbook series (currently in its 13th edition) and a new co-author of Pamela Altman's SENTENCE-COMBINING WORKBOOK (5th edition). Wilson has enthusiastically taught grammar, writing, and literature at Pasadena City College since 1986 and also works as a Writing Consultant/Grammar Expert for international and local companies.

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Teresa Ferster Glazier

Table of Contents

UNIT 1. WORD CHOICE AND SPELLING
1. Your Own List of Misspelled Words
2. Words Often Confused (Set 1)
3. Words Often Confused (Set 2)
4. The Eight Parts of Speech
5. Contractions
6. Possessives
7. Words that Can Be Broken into Parts
8. Rule for Doubling a Final Letter
9. Using a Dictionary
UNIT 2. SENTENCE STRUCTURE
1. Finding Subjects and Verbs
2. Locating Prepositional Phrases
3. Understanding Dependent Clauses
4. Correcting Fragments
5. Correcting Run-on Sentences
6. Identifying Verb Phrases
7. Using Standard English Verbs
8. Using Regular and Irregular Verbs
9. Maintaining Subject/Verb Agreement
10. Avoiding Shifts in Time
11. Recognizing Verbal Phrases
12. Correcting Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers
13. Following Sentence Patterns
14. Avoiding Cliches, Awkward Phrasing, and Wordiness
15. Correcting for Parallel Structure
16. Using Pronouns
17. Avoiding Shifts in Person
UNIT 3. PUNCTUATION AND CAPITAL LETTERS
1. Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Point, Semicolon, Colon, Dash
2. Comma Rules 1, 2, and 3
3. Comma Rules 4, 5, and 6
4. Quotation Marks and Underling/Italics
5. Capital Letters
UNIT 4. WRITING
1. What is the Least You Should Know About Writing?
2. Basic Structures
3. Writing Skills

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