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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 428.24 EAN: 9780071441322 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0071441328 Label: McGraw-Hill Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: December 07, 2004 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Studio: McGraw-Hill Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Continuing the success of the bestselling Practice Makes Perfect series, Practice Makes Perfect English Grammar for ESL Learners features well-organized presentations, skill-building exercises, and a focus on practical conversational skills. Here you will find clear explanations accompanied by highlighted examples and boxed summaries of key points. You also get numerous exercises in a variety of formats, including fill-inthe-blank sentences and passages, translations, multiple-choice questions, sentence rewriting, and creative writing exercises. Answers to all questions are provided in the back of the book. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - ESL helperEnglish grammar is tough even for native speakers. If a person is doing it himself,this is one of the best ways to work through the info necessary to reach a working level. By that I mean communicating and understanding what comes back at you. The reason adults have a harder time picking up a language is that they (the adults) are afraid of being embarrassed. Children are fearless. This book, if worked through to the end, will install confidence, and that is 90% of the game. Rating:  - A good practice book for grammar; not a comprehensive courseIf you have/are a student who needs focused practice with the basics of English grammar, this book is a good choice. It doesn't really focus on usage, context, etc. That's fine, though--its purpose is practice and review. It's particularly useful for beginner/false beginner students who never learned or have forgotten basic grammar terms (transitive verb, etc.). Of course,these terms and rules should NOT be the focus of any modern ESL/EFL course. (Why? Because that's not how people actually learn ... Read More Rating:  - The reason people hate grammarI returned this book because it annoyed me on the very first page. It starts with a discourse about the difference between proper and common nouns. The approach is very rule-oriented rather than real-world-use oriented. 
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