The Grammar Guide

Developing Language Skills for Academic Success

By: Nancy M. Ackles

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Paperback | 28 February 2003

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The Grammar Guide was written for bilingual and second language English students (including Generation 1.5) who already know a lot of English but who may not have studied a lot of grammar and haven't felt confident in a grammar class. This is an advanced textbook of grammar that explains some of the more difficult but important aspects of grammar that will help students in colleges and universities succeed in their academic work.

Among the grammar points taught are modals, tenses, passive voice, articles,subject-verb agreement, modifiers and comparisons, gerunds and infinitives, adverb clauses, adjective clauses, the subjunctive, conditionals, and participial phrases.

The Grammar Guide also:

develops writing skills, through a focus on grammar and vocabulary
increases academic vocabulary using the 800 words that most frequently appear in academic writing, the Academic Word List
stresses collocations, word parts, and word forms.

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List of Reference Charts	p. xv
Tools for Language Learning	p. 1
Parts of Speech	p. 1
Sentences	p. 6
Dictionaries	p. 14
Verb Tenses	p. 19
Present Tenses	p. 21
Past Tenses	p. 26
Modals	p. 36
Time	p. 38
Ability	p. 38
Necessity	p. 40
Advisability and Hindsight	p. 41
Expectation	p. 42
Options	p. 43
Certainty and Lack of Certainty	p. 44
Polite Forms	p. 49
Passive Voice	p. 52
Forming Passive Voice Verb Phrases	p. 52
Reasons to Use Passive Voice	p. 55
A/an and the	p. 60
Count Nouns and Noncount Nouns	p. 61
Article Use: Singular Count Nouns	p. 65
Article Use: Plurals and Noncount Nouns	p. 67
Generic Use of Nouns	p. 71
Helpful Guidelines	p. 72
Subject-Verb Agreement	p. 78
Agreement	p. 78
Troublesome Subjects	p. 79
Modifiers and Comparisons	p. 86
Modifiers of Nouns	p. 87
Adverbs	p. 92
Comparisons	p. 95
Gerunds and Infinitives	p. 100
Gerunds	p. 100
Infinitives	p. 104
Make, Let, and Have	p. 114
Parallel Structure	p. 116
Using Parallel Structure	p. 116
Subordination and Transition: Adverb Clauses	p. 119
Ways to Connect Ideas	p. 121
Troublesome Subordinating Conjunctions	p. 124
Troublesome Transitional Expressions	p. 128
A Few More Troublesome Expressions	p. 131
Using Transitional Expressions to Organize an Essay	p. 132
Adjective Clauses	p. 136
Subject Adjective Clauses	p. 137
Object Adjective Clauses	p. 139
Preposition Adjective Clauses	p. 143
Restrictive versus Nonrestrictive Adjective Clauses	p. 147
Adjective Clauses with Whose	p. 148
Other Uses of Which Clauses	p. 150
Adjective Clauses with of Which or of Whom	p. 150
Noun Clauses	p. 153
Noun Clauses with Question Words	p. 153
If Noun Clauses	p. 155
That Noun Clauses	p. 156
That Noun Clauses versus Noun Clauses with Question Words	p. 157
It Sentences with Noun Clauses	p. 159
Noun Clauses as Complements	p. 160
The Formal Sequence of Tenses for Reported Speech	p. 163
Subjunctive Verb Forms	p. 166
Ordinary Conditionals ("Real" Conditionals)	p. 166
Hypothetical Conditionals ("Unreal" Conditionals): Present/Future Time	p. 169
Hypothetical Conditionals ("Unreal" Conditionals): Past Time	p. 172
Hypothetical Conditionals ("Unreal" Conditionals): Mixed Time	p. 174
Hidden and Implied Conditionals	p. 175
Rare Forms	p. 178
Subjunctive Complements	p. 179
Wish	p. 182
Participial Phrases	p. 186
Adjectival Participial Phrases	p. 187
Time Relationships in Participial Phrases	p. 191
Adverbial Participial Phrases	p. 194
Other Participial Phrase Forms	p. 196
Readings	p. 198
Reading Poetry	p. 198
Reading Prose	p. 201
Words from the Academic and University Word Lists	p. 211
Answer Key	p. 223
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