Ed Swick - Böcker

Your key to learning the English verb system

Whether used as a textbook supplement in an ESL course or as a self-study text for learning and review, English Verb Drills will simplify the complexities of this crucial area of your language studies.

This comprehensive book features:

With help from English Verb Drills you'll master

Improve your English writing skills through guided activities

Writing in any language can be a difficult skill to acquire; writing in a second language can be even more challenging. Writing Better English for ESL Learners helps you achieve this goal with easy-to-follow exercises and practical writing activities, so you can apply what you've learned and keep track of your progress.

This book provides clear guidance on improving your ability to write in English. First you will assess your readiness to write, working with essential elements of grammar. You will proceed to sentence writing, where you will practice completing different kinds of sentences and then write your own original ones. You can repeat any section until you feel confident with that particular skill. For even more help, the answer key features suggestions on writing appropriate sentences for any of the exercises. When you complete this book, you will have learned how to:

Writing Better English for ESL Learners has all the tools you need to develop practical writing skills and communicate in English with confidence.

Your one-stop guide to mastering the basics of English

Can one book have all you need to communicate confidently in English? Yes, and that book is English Verbs & Essentials of Grammar for ESL Learners. It offers a solid foundation of major verb and grammar concepts of the language, from reflexive verbs to phrasal verbs and from pronouns to punctuation.

Each unit covers one topic, so you can immediately find what you need and receive focused instruction. Written with you-the ESL learner-in mind, the explanations are supported by lots of examples to help you master the different concepts. In addition, two useful appendices are included to help you conjugate regular and irregular verbs in the various tenses.

English Verbs & Essentials of Grammar for ESL Learners offers:

Based on the successful approach of the Practice Makes Perfect series, German Pronouns and Prepositions offers a clear and engaging presentation of all aspects of pronoun and preposition usage, combined with extensive practice, for beginning and intermediate language learners. This new edition features a new review chapter that allows learners to pull together the grammar skills they’ve acquired.

About the BookThis new edition in the successful Practice Makes Perfect series, Practice Makes Perfect: German Pronouns and Prepositions offers a detailed examination of these two essential aspects of grammar, which language learners need to master to communicate with confidence. Learners of a foreign language often have difficulty with these areas because the usage of pronouns or prepositions rarely translates directly from English to the new language. Thus, language learners need much more practice in the areas of pronoun and preposition usage than is provided in general grammar books.

This book provides clear explanations of the usage of pronouns and prepositions, followed by practical examples illustrating and clarifying each point. Extensive and varied exercises provide ample opportunity to practice. Answers to all questions are provided at the back of the book, providing immediate feedback.

The new edition features a brand-new review chapter that allows learners to pull together the grammar skills they’ve acquired throughout the book.

An engaging presentation of pronoun and preposition usage in English, combined with extensive practice for beginning and intermediate ESL learners

Practice Makes Perfect: English Pronouns and Prepositions offers a detailed examination of these two essential aspects of grammar, which language learners need to master to communicate with confidence. This book provides clear explanations of the usage of pronouns and prepositions, followed by practical examples illustrating and clarifying each point. A variety of exercises provide ample opportunity to practice.

Master the words and phrases necessary for handling everyday situations

Practice Makes Perfect: German Vocabulary helps you develop your vocabulary by providing practice in word-building and encouraging you to analyze new words for an ever-increasing vocabulary. Each chapter of this comprehensive book focuses on a theme, such as family or travel, so you can build your language skills in a systematic manner. As you lay the foundation for an increasing vocabulary, you are able to perfect your new words with plenty of exercises and gain the confidence to communicate well in German.

Practice Makes Perfect: German Vocabulary offers you:

With help from this book, you can easily speak or write in German about:Different occupations and jobs * German holidays and traditions * Taking the train * Growing your own garden * Where it hurts on your body * Your house * Your family and friends * What you studied in school * Your favorite TV show * Your family's background . . . and much more!

Tackle head-on all the hurdles that you find hard about learning German

Practice Makes Perfect: German Problem Solver doesn't pretend that learning German is easy. Instead of covering the entirety of the language, it hones in on those areas where you might have difficulty--areas such as der vs. die vs. das, capitalization and punctuation, subject-verb agreement, determiners and adverbs of degree, and phrasal verbs.

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Don't sweat those troublesome grammar areas any more! Practice Makes Perfect: German Problem Solver is your perfect learning tool for ironing out your troubles.

Tackle head-on all the hurdles that you find hard about learning English as an ESL student

Practice Makes Perfect: English Problem Solver doesn't pretend that learning English is easy. Instead of covering the entirety of the language, it hones in on those areas where you might have difficulty--areas such as definite vs. indefinite articles, little vs. few, using get, and restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses.

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Don't sweat those troublesome grammar areas any more! Practice Makes Perfect: English Problem Solver is your perfect learning tool for ironing out your troubles.

When you're ready to go further with your German skills, Practice Makes Perfect will take you to the next level

Using extensive explanations, examples, reading passages, and practice exercises, Practice Makes Perfect: Intermediate German Grammar helps you grow your understanding and usage of such grammar topics as verbs tenses and moods. It also increases your ability to communicate in German using idiomatic expressions with the appropriate structures: verbs, prepositions, nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in a variety of contexts. Offering a winning formula for continuing to build language skills, Practice Makes Perfect: Intermediate German Grammar is your indispensable resource for communicating effectively in German.

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Say auf wiedersehen to your fears of learning German with the updated premium edition of this fast, painless guide

Hundreds of quiz and test questions, chapter-opening objectives, and specific recommendations for difficult subtopics and individual weaknesses help you learn basic grammar structures and verb tenses, pronunciation, essential vocabulary, and how to communicate with confidence. In addition to DeMYSTiFieD’s time-tested strategies, this edition features 75 minutes of streaming audio recordings and chapter review quizzes via the unique McGraw-Hill Language Lab app, so you can enhance your study via mobile or online, at home or on the go.

The go-to sentence-building guide now includes a brand-new, fully comprehensive review chapter!

You’ve learned the fundamentals of German grammar, like spelling, word meanings, and parts of speech. Now it’s time to take the next step and put them all together to communicate complete ideas. Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder, Second Edition guides you through the process of putting the “parts” of German together correctly, from connecting words into clauses to writing original sentences to creating whole paragraphs. You’ll get where you want in no time through Practice Makes Perfect’s systematic, crystal-clear approach to building sentences.

Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder, Second Edition features:

• Clear explanations of how to apply grammar to create well-formed sentences• Numerous examples of correctly-formed German sentences • Lesson reinforcement with copious practice exercises, include multiple choice, sentence-correction, and building new sentences from scratch• Answer key, including suggestions for creative exercises

The go-to sentence-building guide now includes a brand-new, fully comprehensive review chapter!

You’ve learned the fundamentals of English grammar, like spelling, word meanings, and parts of speech. Now it’s time to take the next step and put them all together to communicate complete ideas. Practice Makes Perfect English Sentence Builder, Second Edition guides you through the process of putting the “parts” of English together correctly, from connecting words into clauses to writing original sentences to creating whole paragraphs. You’ll get where you want in no time through Practice Makes Perfect’s systematic, crystal-clear approach to building sentences.

Practice Makes Perfect English Sentence Builder, Second Edition features:

• Clearl explanations of how to apply grammar to create well-formed sentences• Numerous examples of correctly-formed English sentences • Lesson reinforcement with copious practice exercises, include multiple choice, sentence-correction, and building new sentences from scratch• Answer key, including suggestions for creative exercises

All the practice and instruction you need to communicate effectively in German—now with new audio recordings

For beginning to intermediate German language learners, getting a handle on German grammar is the key to communicating correctly and effectively. In Practice Makes Perfect: Complete German Grammar, you'll find everything you need, all in one place—instruction, clear explanations, and extensive exercises—to build your knowledge and communicate more effectively in German.

Based on the successful approach of the Practice Makes Perfect series, Practice Makes Perfect: Complete German Grammar, Premium Third Edition covers all aspects of German grammar you need to know, from present tense regular verbs to adverb and adjective use. Crystal-clear explanations, realistic examples and extensive array of engaging exercises helps you focus your efforts on the practical aspects of communicating in German. With an additional boost from both the practical and high-frequency vocabulary used throughout the book and an answer key that provides great reference and quick feedback, Practice Makes Perfect: Complete German Grammar is the best, most indispensable resource for upgrading your command of the German language.

This bestselling workbook for beginning ESL (English as a Second Language) learners helps you master English grammar—now with a streaming audio answer key via the McGraw Hill Language Lab app.

Understanding the rules of grammar is the first step in learning a language, and extensive practice will help you gain mastery. In Practice Makes Perfect: English Grammar for ESL Learners, Premium Fourth Edition, you’ll get the best of both worlds, with crystal-clear explanations, realistic examples, and dozens of exercises in an engaging variety of formats.

From present tense regular verbs to double object pronouns, this comprehensive guide covers all aspects of English grammar, focusing on the practical aspects of English as it is really spoken. You’ll especially appreciate the clarity of presentation, with time-saving vocabulary panels that eliminate having to look words up, advice on how to avoid common errors, and a detailed answer key that allows for quick, easy progress checks. With three review chapters to assess retention of key concepts and 80 quizzes available via the McGraw Hill Language Lab app, Practice Makes Perfect: English Grammar for ESL Learners, Premium Fourth Edition, gives you the skills you need to speak, understand and write English with confidence.

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Build your mastery of German grammar with the most focused review and practice workbook for beginning to intermediate learners—now with extensive audio support!

Understanding the rules of grammar is the first step in learning a language, but gaining true mastery requires reinforcing your knowledge with extensive practice. In German Grammar Drills, you’ll get all the practice you need to build confidence in your German language skills.

Each chapter in German Grammar Drills starts with a review of the concepts at hand, with helpful examples and an extensive progression of rigorous drill exercises. The book includes a final review section, with 45 interactive exercises available in the McGraw Hill Language Lab app. The on-the-go study aid is newly enhanced in this edition with audio recordings of the answers, helping you improve your skills in both listening and speaking the German language.

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All the skill-building English language practice you need to master ESL—with seven books in one value-packed volume—plus support from the McGraw Hill Language Lab app

The most effective way to learn any new language is to practice, practice, and practice. No other workbooks put as much emphasis on this as the Practice Makes Perfect series—and in Practice Makes Perfect: Complete English All-in-One for ESL Learners, you get seven skill-building titles to help you build a solid foundation of verbs, vocabulary, grammar and conversational skills—all in one value-packed workbook.

This one-stop resource includes thorough explanations that are reinforced by hundreds of hands-on practice exercises to help you build the skills needed to communicate in English with confidence. A comprehensive index makes it easy to reference all grammar explanations throughout the book, making this an ideal resource for both beginning and advanced beginning levels. This Premium edition also includes extensive support through McGraw Hill's unique Language Learning app, allowing you to stream audio recordings for audio conversations and take advantage of the helpful "record yourself" feature.