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The 500 words you must know before college!

Must Know High School Vocabulary is more than just a vocabulary workbook. It gives you the edge you’ll need now—from improving your reading comprehension for high school and future college course work to scoring higher on AP and college entrance exams.  Its user-friendly approach presents challenging aspects of the topics, exceptions to any rules, and clear answer explanations that will all help you build vocabulary quickly and easily. It’s like a lightning bolt to the brain!

As part of our Must Know series, Must Know High School Vocabulary provides a fresh approach to learning by making sure what you really need to know is clear up-front. Chapters begin with the must know ideas, or concepts. The chapter then shows you how these important concepts will help you succeed in your studies. Plenty of examples and practical exercises at the end of each chapter help boost your confidence that you’ve mastered the essential topics.

Features:

500 words you should know before college, including important academic vocabularyVocabulary entries that include part of speech, pronunciation, definitions, and example sentences showing the word in context, in addition to related words, relevant notes or cautions about usage, and ways to remember the definitionsChapters that focus on literary, historical, social science and science passages, in addition to teaching the way words are tested—as meaningful content in the context of a reading passagePreparation for important college entrance tests, with words taken from past SAT, ACT and AP testsNearly 250 real-life practice questions to test knowledge and boost your confidenceConversational writing style and informative IRL (In Real Life) and BTW (By the Way) sidebarsBonus app includes 100 flashcards to reinforce what you’ve learned

This step-by-step approach helps you learn the rules of grammar quickly and easily!

The English language is full of rules, exceptions, and often confusing concepts, and for many students, English grammar is a difficult subject that only gets tougher as more concepts are learned. That's why Easy English Grammar Step-by-Step, Second Edition is so effective at helping you succeed where other resources and guides fail. Using an original, step-by-step approach, this write-in workbook provides a solid foundation in the basics—the fastest, easiest way to learn English grammar.

You'll learn essential concepts and high-frequency skills in grammar proficiency first, allowing you to grasp the subject almost immediately. You'll then discover how these important concepts link together, through clear explanations, level-appropriate exercises, and helpful worked-out problems. Learning the key concepts in order (e.g., learning what a complete sentence is before descriptive words and phrases, pronouns, and punctuation) ensures you'll get a solid foundation before you move on. Once you complete all the steps, you'll be able to approach English grammar—rules, exceptions, and all—with confidence.

Stay-in-step "pop-ups" offer helpful advice and cautions against common errorsStep-it-up skill-building exercises link practice to the core steps already presentedClear explanations break down concepts into easy-to-understand stepsClear and concise explanations to the exercises and questions throughout the bookFully updated to include current references