Getting It Right: An Editing Text for ESL/EFL Students

   

Table of Contents:
UNIT 1   GETTING STARTED Icons Used in This Book The Parts of Speech Words Can Sometimes Function as More Than One Part of Speech Identifying Nouns and Pronouns Identifying Verbs             What Is a Complete Verb? The Verb “Be”   The Five Main Forms of the Verb Identifying Adjectives Identifying Adverbs Identifying Articles Identifying Prepositions Identifying Conjunctions Parts of Speech Review Exercises Identifying Subjects and Objects of the Verb More About Subjects Summary Page Testing What You Know Word Form Exercises UNIT 2 THE COMPLETE SENTENCE Three Steps for a Complete Sentence Every Sentence Must Have a Time Verb and a Subject Nouns Can Function as Subjects or Objects of the Verb You Must Find the Time Verb Before You Can Find Its Subject About Time Verbs Time Verbs vs. Non-Time Verbs -ING Words, Past Participles and Infinitives Are Not Time Verbs Summary Page Testing What You Know Word Form Exercises UNIT 3   -ING WORDS, PAST PARTICIPLES AND INFINITIVES ARE NOT TIME VERBS -ING Words Are Not Time Verbs Past Participles Are Not Time Verbs Infinitives Are Not Time Verbs Time Verbs vs.Non-Time Verbs: A Review Completing Incomplete Sentences—A Strategy Exercises Summary Page What You Know Word Form Exercises UNIT 4 MORE ABOUT -ING WORDS, PAST PARTICIPLES AND INFINITIVES -ING Words Have More Than One Function in English Sentences Past Participles Have More Than One Function in English Sentences Infinitives Have More Than One Function in English Sentences Infinitive Errors 8 Introducing Word Form (WF) Errors Summary Page What You Know Word Form Exercises UNIT 5 MORE ABOUT VERBS More About the Present Time    Modals DO, DOES, and DID Sometimes Function Like Modals Modals and Questions Modals in Negative Sentences Some Common Meanings of Modals        Putting Together Your Own Personalized Grammar Book Passive Voice Past Participle Summary Subject-Verb Agreement—Editing Strategies Deciding if a Subject Noun Is a He, She or It          Avoiding Double Negatives Summary Page Testing What You Know Word Form Exercise UNIT 6   PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES AND VERB PAIRINGS Prepositional Phrases—Introduction Nouns Can Be Objects of the Preposition Common Prepositions Prepositional Phrases—Practice -ING Words as Objects of the Preposition Verb-Preposition Pairings -ING Words Summary -ING Words and Infinitives as Objects of Verbs Verb + Noun/Pronoun + Infinitive Verb + Noun/Pronoun + Base Form Summary Page Testing What You Know Word Form Exercises UNIT 7 THE COMPLETE VERB The Complete Verb Forming Questions Testing What You Know Word Form Exercises UNIT 8   EDITING STRATEGIES—PART ONE Error Correction Symbols Correction Symbol Quizzes How Did You Do on the Practice Error Correction Quizzes? Between WW and WF Errors Putting It Together: An Error-Correction Strategy Practice Filling Out Three-Column Sheets with Sentences That Have Multiple Errors Editing Your Essays for Correct Grammar: Student Writings Testing What You Know Word Form Exercises UNIT 9 EDITING STRATEGIES — PART TWO Subject-Verb Agreement Errors—Additional Information Commonly Confused Words They’re—There—Their  Self-Editing as an Ongoing Process Proofreading Proofreading Exercises Sentence Errors According to Type — Student Sentences Word Form Exercises UNIT 10 COMBINING SENTENCES Independent vs. Dependent Clauses Step Three—Beware of Dependent Words Different Meanings Expressed by Dependent Words Correcting Fragments — A Strategy Using Coordinating Conjunctions to Connect Sentences Reducing Compound Sentences Parallel Construction Using Transitional Words to Connect Sentences Sentence Combining Patterns—Summary Combining Sentences—More Practice Exercises Correcting Run-ons—Editing Strategies Some Words Can Function as Both Dependent Words and Prepositions Summary of Sentence Punctuation Correcting Run-ons—Editing Practice Relative Clauses—A Special Class of Dependent Clauses Relative Pronoun Deletion Testing What You Know Word Form Exercises APPENDICES APPENDIX A VERBS Review of Past, Present and Future Tenses The Five Main Forms of Regular Verbs—Review Spelling Conventions for the Five Forms of Regular Verbs A List of Irregular Verb Forms Learning Irregular Verb Forms by Groupings Modals Chart—Some Common Meanings APPENDIX B        NOUNS AND ARTICLES Forming Plural Nouns Article Usage Identifying Articles Some Information About Non-count Nouns Pronoun Charts—Formation and APPENDIX C EDITING PRACTICE Corrections Log Three-Column Error Correction Sheets Error Correction Symbols Chart Error Correction Quizzes ANSWER KEYS TO MOST EXERCISES INDEX