Geraldine Woods 
Grammar 
1, 001 Practice Questions For Dummies

Practice makes perfect – and helps deepen your understanding
of English grammar

Establishing good grammar habits will set you up for success.
From English class to writing your college essay, from
corporatecommunications, to updating your social media sites,
good grammar is essential and now you have 1, 001 ways to deepen
your understanding and practice your skills.

1, 001 Grammar Practice Problems For Dummies takes you
beyond the instruction offered in a typical English grammar course
and offers a hands-on understanding of grammar and its principles.


* Gives you a chance to practice and reinforce the skills you
learn in a typical English grammar course

* Helps you refine your understanding of English grammar

* Practice problems range in difficulty and include detailed
explanations and walk-throughs



Whether you’re studying grammar at the high school level or
just brushing up on your grammar skills, 1, 001 Grammar Practice
Questions For Dummies offers an on-the-go opportunity to
succeed.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1

Part I: The Questions 5

Chapter 1: Time Travel: Identifying the Verb and Choosing the Correct Tense 7

Chapter 2: Taking a Look at Irregular, Helping, and Descriptive Verb Forms 13

Chapter 3: One to Many: Forming Plurals of Nouns and Pronouns 23

Chapter 4: Identifying Subjects and Perfecting Subject-Verb Agreement 29

Chapter 5: Coming to a Clear Agreement: Pairing Pronouns and Antecedents 35

Chapter 6: Solving the Case (of Pronouns) 39

Chapter 7: Forming Complete Sentences 45

Chapter 8: Moving Beyond the Basics: Adding Descriptions 51

Chapter 9: Taking the Long View: Descriptive Phrases and Clauses 57

Chapter 10: For Better or Worse: Forming Correct Comparisons 63

Chapter 11: Avoiding Capital Punishment: Placing Capital Letters Properly 69

Chapter 12: Exercising Comma Sense: Placing Commas Correctly 75

Chapter 13: Little Things That Mean A Lot: Apostrophes and Quotation Marks 81

Chapter 14: Not Just for Railroad Tracks: Parallelism 89

Chapter 15: Slimming Down: Cutting Repetition and Wordiness 95

Chapter 16: Aiming for Style: Creating Interesting Sentences 101

Chapter 17: Spotlighting Verbs: Voice and Mood 109

Chapter 18: Dealing with Electronic Media 113

Chapter 19: Choosing Language to Suit Your Audience 121

Chapter 20: Tricky Word Traps 127

Chapter 21: Seeing Double: Confusing Word Pairs 133

Chapter 22: Steering Clear of Incorrect Expressions 139

Part II: The Answers 145

Chapter 23: Answers 147

Index 289

Über den Autor

Geraldine Woods teaches English and directs an
independent study program for gifted students at the high school
level. She has more than 25 years of teaching experience and has
helped students prepare for the SAT for more than 30 years. She has
written more than 50 books, including English Grammar For
Dummies.