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English verb drills / Ed Swick.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Verb drillsPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: v, 202 p. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 0071608702 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780071608701 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Contents:
Verbs in the present and past tenses -- Auxiliaries of tense -- Linking and intransitive verbs -- Modal auxiliaries -- Complete and incomplete actions -- Questions and verbs -- Imperatives -- Negation and contractions -- Modifying verbs -- Using participles -- Verbals: infinitives and gerunds -- Subject-verb agreement -- Tenses, number, and clauses -- The verb get -- Verbs in relative clauses -- Reflexive verbs and reciprocal pronouns -- Passive voice and stative passive -- Passive voice and modals -- Subjunctive mood -- Functions of phrasal verbs -- Mastery check -- Appendix: Irregular verbs.
Summary: "To master speaking and writing in English, you have to be comfortable using its verb system. Beyond the conjugation of regular and irregular verbs, you must know how to use these words correctly. 'English Verb Drills' will help you confidently use verbs through extensive exercises. 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" -- back cover.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Your key to learning the English verb system

To master speaking and writing English, you have to be comfortable using its verb system. Although the conjugation of verbs in English is simpler than in many other languages, mastering irregular verbs and verb usage is not so easy. English Verb Drills is here to help by allowing you to overcome these obstacles so that you can confidently use verbs when expressing yourself in English.

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:

Numerous exercises that demonstrate how the English verb system works A chapter review called "Mastery Check" to reinforce your learning An answer key to give you immediate clarification on any concept

With help from English Verb Drills you'll master

Present- and past-tense verbs Infinitives and gerunds Passive voice Participles Phrasal verbs Contractions The subjunctive mood . . . and more

Verbs in the present and past tenses -- Auxiliaries of tense -- Linking and intransitive verbs -- Modal auxiliaries -- Complete and incomplete actions -- Questions and verbs -- Imperatives -- Negation and contractions -- Modifying verbs -- Using participles -- Verbals: infinitives and gerunds -- Subject-verb agreement -- Tenses, number, and clauses -- The verb get -- Verbs in relative clauses -- Reflexive verbs and reciprocal pronouns -- Passive voice and stative passive -- Passive voice and modals -- Subjunctive mood -- Functions of phrasal verbs -- Mastery check -- Appendix: Irregular verbs.

"To master speaking and writing in English, you have to be comfortable using its verb system. Beyond the conjugation of regular and irregular verbs, you must know how to use these words correctly. 'English Verb Drills' will help you confidently use verbs through extensive exercises. 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" -- back cover.

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