COLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR TOEIC is written for students who need some extra help with English grammar and usage. It covers all the absolutely essential grammar points, such as subject-verb agreement, dangling modifier, parallel structure, and others that are most often tested on the TOEIC. It is the only self-study reference and practice book that you will ever need to raise your score on the test.
HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL GET:
1. ERROR EXAMPLES: show you what kinds of mistakes most often made at TOEIC and how to correct them; 2. GRAMMAR POINTS: teach you all the English grammar and usage you need to know for the test; 3. PRACTICE TESTS: Use sample Sentence Correction and Sentence Completion questions to test your grammar power and readiness for the real TOEIC; 4. ANSWER KEYS: provide answers and explanations to help you avoid the mistakes forever.
COLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR TOEIC gives you an English professor’s proven method, guaranteed to help you master all the essential grammar and usage for the test. It is a must-have English grammar book that will help you to ace the TOEIC!
CONTENTS:
CHAPTER 1 Verb Tenses
Lesson 1 Problems with Verb Tense Meanings Lesson 2 Use Have + Past Participle and Had + Past Participle Correctly Lesson 3 Use Have + Past Participle with Since, For and By Now Correctly Lesson 4 Use the Correct Tense with Time Expressions Lesson 5 Duration: Use Have + Been + Past Participle Correctly Lesson 6 Predictions: Will Have + Past Participle Lesson 7 Use the Correct Tense with Will and Would Lesson 8 Use the Correct Tense with Had Hoped
CHAPTER 2 Noun Clauses
CHAPTER 3 Adjective Clauses
CHAPTER 4 Adverb Clauses
CHAPTER 5 Subject-Verb Agreement
Lesson 19 Problems with Subject and Verb Agreement Lesson 20 Faulty Subject-Verb Agreement: Modified Subject and Verb Lesson 21 Faulty Subject-Verb Agreement: Subject with Accompaniment and Verb Lesson 22 Faulty Subject-Verb Agreement: Subject with Appositive and Verb Lesson 23 Faulty Subject-Verb Agreement: Indefinite Subject and Verb Lesson 24 Faulty Subject-Verb Agreement: Collective Subject and Verb
CHAPTER 6 Parallel Structures
Lesson 25 Use Parallel Structure with Coordinate Conjunctions Correctly Lesson 26 Use Parallel Structure with Correlative Conjunctions Correctly Lesson 27 Use Parallel Structure with Comparisons Correctly
CHAPTER 7 Conditional Sentences and Wishes
CHAPTER 8 Modals and Modal-Like Verbs
CHAPTER 9 Modifiers and Dangling Participles
Lesson 36 Dangling Modifiers: Use –ing and –ed Modifying Phrases Correctly Lesson 37 Misplaced Modifiers: Position Adjectives and Adverbs Correctly Lesson 38 Use Few and A Few, Little and A Little, Much and Many Correctly