Ed Swick - Complete English All-In-One for ESL Learners

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Firstly, it is an excellent instrument for practicing the many intricacies of the grammar and structure of the English language. Secondly, the book is a resource that contains the answers to questions most frequently on the minds of ESL-learners. The book is a compilation of seven ESL books that cover the major grammar topics that describe and explain how the various parts of speech function in a sentence, and, most importantly, it also provides abundant exercises for practice. Ed Swick/Practice Makes Perfect English Grammar for ESL Learners, 3rdEdition Mark Lester/Practice Makes Perfect English Verb Tenses Up Close Loretta Gray/Practice Makes Perfect English Verbs, 2ndEdition Robin Torres-Gouzerh/Practice Makes Perfect Intermediate English Grammar for ESL Learners, 3rdEdition Ed Swick/Practice Makes Perfect English Pronouns and Prepositions, 2ndEdition Ed Swick/Practice Makes Perfect English Sentence Builder, 2ndEdition Jean Yates/Practice Makes Perfect English Conversation, 2ndEdition In just this one book, the student has a tool for learning and practicing his or her new language and a valuable resource that provides immediate answers to questions. Technical terminology has been kept to a minimum but is introduced and explained when it is needed to describe an important concept. But the goal of the book is to hold such terminology to a minimum.

For example, the term elliptical clause is a concept that must be memorized because those two words together have no precise meaning at first glance and merely stand for a special kind of clause. They describe a clause, in which something has been omitted. For example: You are just as smart as Jim. = You are just as smart as Jim is. The verb (is) is left out of the final clause because it is understood. In this book, the term elliptical clause is avoided as much as possible, and the clause is more simply described as omitting the verb or leaving out the verb. Those replacement phrases provide simplicity and an instantaneous understanding of how the clause is structured. Avoiding technical terminology provides ESL-learners with a more immediate understanding of material.

This English All-in-One book provides a comprehensive look at English grammar and its usage. In addition, the large abundance of exercises provides a generous opportunity to practice what has been learned or a concept that learners may wish to master. ESL-learners are encouraged to use the extensive answer key to check for accuracy and as an aid to assess the skill level that has been achieved. One of the great advantages of using a compiled book like this is having access to an all-inclusive collection of English grammar topics, thorough explanations of those topics, and a generous amount of exercises with an answer key. It is to the users advantage to review both small concepts and complete chapters until the ESL-learners new skills can be used comfortably and confidently.