ESL Grammar The Way You Like It

by Don Bissonnette

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These books were created by Don Bissonnette for students and teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL). I taught ESL and EFL for 45 years and wanted to provide books and resource material for FREE to anyone who might want or need formal English. In these books, which were based on grammar, one can also find vocabulary, some pronunciation, punctuation, capitalization, and model paragraphs.

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Publisher
South Seattle Community College
Subjects
Humanities, Languages
Licence
CC BY-NC 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Book 1
  7. 1.1: Irregular Verbs
  8. 1.1.1: Practice Irregular Verb Quiz 1
  9. 1.1.2: Practice Irregular Verb Quiz 2
  10. 1.1.3: Practice Irregular Verb Quiz 3
  11. 1.1.4: Practice Irregular Verb Quiz 4
  12. 1.2: The Verb To Be
  13. 1.3: Helping Verbs
  14. 1.4: Parts of an English Sentences
  15. 1.5: Parts of Speech
  16. 1.5.1: Articles
  17. 1.5.2: Nouns
  18. 1.5.3: Spelling Rules for Nouns and Verbs
  19. 1.5.4: Pronouns
  20. 1.5.5: Prepositions
  21. 1.5.6: Parts of Speech Exercises
  22. 1.5.7: Conjunctions
  23. 1.5.8: Adjective and Adverbs of Manner
  24. 1.6: Present Continuous Tense
  25. 1.7: Simple Present Tense
  26. 1.8: Adverbs of Frequency
  27. 1.9: Simple Past Tense
  28. 1.10: Past Continuous Tense
  29. 1.11: Capitalization Rules
  30. 1.12: Writing Passages
  31. 1.13: Answer Key
  32. 2: Book 2
  33. 2.1: Two-word Verbs
  34. 2.1.1: Lesson 1
  35. 2.1.2: Lesson 2
  36. 2.1.3: Lesson 3
  37. 2.1.4: Lesson 4
  38. 2.1.5: Lesson 5
  39. 2.1.6: Lesson 6
  40. 2.1.7: Lesson 7
  41. 2.1.8: Lesson 8
  42. 2.1.9: Lesson 9
  43. 2.1.10: Lesson 10
  44. 2.2: Review Exercises
  45. 2.2.1: Practice Irregular Verb Quiz 1
  46. 2.2.2: Practice Irregular Verb Quiz 2
  47. 2.2.3: Practice Irregular Verb Quiz 3
  48. 2.2.4: Practice Irregular Verb Quiz 4
  49. 2.2.5: The Verb to Be
  50. 2.2.6: Helping Verbs
  51. 2.2.7: The Homonyms- Whose, Who's and Who's
  52. 2.2.8: Prepositions
  53. 2.2.9: Spelling Rules for Verbs in the Present and Past Tenses (and Nouns)
  54. 2.2.10: Present Continuous (Progressive) Tense
  55. 2.2.11: How to Make Information Questions
  56. 2.2.12: Making Information Questions with the Present Continuous Tense
  57. 2.2.13: Simple Present Tense Formation
  58. 2.2.14: WH Question Formation Exercise- Simple Present Tense and the Present Continuous Tense
  59. 2.3: Special Present Tense Grammar Rules
  60. 2.4: Simple Past Tense Review Exercises
  61. 2.5: Modal Verbs
  62. 2.5.1: Modal Verbs
  63. 2.5.2: Modal Verb Formation and Structure
  64. 2.5.3: Modal Verb Form Errors Analysis and Structure Exercise
  65. 2.5.4: Sentence Formation with Present and Future Modal Exercises
  66. 2.5.5: WH Questions with Modals
  67. 2.5.6: Continuous Modal Verbs
  68. 2.5.7: Continuous Modal Verb Exercise
  69. 2.5.8: Past Modal Verbs Used in the Simple Past Time
  70. 2.5.9: Past Modals for Single Actions in the Past- The Simple Past Tense
  71. 2.5.10: "Had To" Sentence Completion Exercise
  72. 2.5.11: Past Modal Exercise- Should Have + Past Participle
  73. 2.5.12: Past Modal Exercise
  74. 2.6: Comparative and Superlative
  75. 2.6.1: The Comparative and the Superlative of Adjectives and Adverbs of Manner
  76. 2.6.2: Comparative of Adjectives and Adverbs
  77. 2.6.3: Superlative of Adjectives and Adverbs
  78. 2.6.4: Paragraphs for Writing
  79. 2.7: Model Paragraphs
  80. 2.8: Continuous versus Non-continuous Tenses
  81. 2.8.1: The Continuous Tenses in English (Active Voice)
  82. 2.8.2: Non-Continuous Tenses (Active Voice)
  83. 2.8.3: Differences in Meaning- Continuous Tenses versus Non-continuous Tenses
  84. 2.9: Pronunciation Practice
  85. 2.10: Often Misspelled Vocabulary
  86. 2.11: Answer Key
  87. 2.12: Irregular Verbs
  88. 2.13: Some Punctuation Rules
  89. 3: Book 3
  90. 3.1: Idioms
  91. 3.1.1: Sickness Idioms I
  92. 3.1.1.1: Sickness Idioms Quiz
  93. 3.2: List of Irregular Verbs in English
  94. 3.3: Non-continuous Tenses
  95. 3.3.1: The Continuous Tenses in English (Active Voice)
  96. 3.3.1.1: Differences in Meaning- Continuous Tenses versus Non-continuous Tenses
  97. 3.4: Simple versus Perfect Tenses
  98. 3.5: Review Exercises
  99. 3.6: Past Tenses in English
  100. 3.6.1: Two Types of Past Tense Verbs- Regular and Irregular
  101. 3.6.1.1: Past Modal Verbs Used in the Simple Past Time for Past Repeated Actions
  102. 3.7: Perfect Tenses in English
  103. 3.7.1: Present Perfect Continuous Explanation and Formation
  104. 3.7.1.1: Present Perfect Tense Writing Passages
  105. 3.8: Gerunds and Infinitives
  106. 3.9: The Comparative of Equals
  107. 3.9.1: Nouns and Corresponding Adjectives
  108. 3.9.1.1: The Comparative and Superlative with Quantity Expressions
  109. 3.10: Pronunciation
  110. 3.10.1: Present Tense, 3rd Person Singular Verbs- Final "S" Sounds in English
  111. 3.10.1.1: Final "S" Sounds in English (Nouns)
  112. 3.11: More Punctuation Rules
  113. 3.12: Answer Key
  114. 3.13: Adverbial Clauses
  115. 3.13.1: Groups of Adverbials by General Meanings
  116. 3.13.1.1: "Had To" Sentence Completion Exercise
  117. 3.14: Conjunctions
  118. 4: Book 4
  119. 4.1: Prepositions
  120. 4.2: Passive Adjective Expressions
  121. 4.3: Passive Voice
  122. 4.3.1: Non-Continuous Tenses (Active Voice and Passive Voice)
  123. 4.3.1.1: The Continuous Tenses in English (Active and Passive Voice)
  124. 4.4: Active and Passive Adjectives
  125. 4.5: Adverbial Clauses
  126. 4.5.1: Groups of Adverbials by General Meanings
  127. 4.6: Conjunctions
  128. 4.7: Relative/ Adjective Clauses
  129. 4.7.1: WHO and WHOM
  130. 4.7.1.1: Relative Clauses (Who)
  131. 4.8: Conditional/Hypothetical Clauses
  132. 4.9: Groups of Transition Words by Group
  133. 4.10: Pronunciation Practice
  134. 4.11: More Punctuation Rules
  135. 4.12: Answer Key
  136. 4.13: Transition Words Used as Conjunctive Adverbs versus Introducers and Interrupters
  137. 4.13.1: Conjunctive Adverbs- Sentence Connectors versus Inserters
  138. 4.13.1.1: Minimal Pairs- Long and Short Vowels
  139. 5: Book 5
  140. 5.1: Bloom’s Taxonomy
  141. 5.2: Homonyms
  142. 5.2.1: Whose, Who’s and Who’s Exercise
  143. 5.2.1.1: The Homonyms- To, Too, and Two
  144. 5.3: Conditional/Hypothetical
  145. 5.3.1: Conditional/Hypothetical Sentences
  146. 5.4: The Intensifiers So and Such
  147. 5.5: Noun Clauses
  148. 5.6: Quoted Speech versus Reported Speech
  149. 5.7: The Causative and Sensory Verbs
  150. 5.8: The Subjunctive Mood
  151. 5.9: Academic Writing Overview
  152. 5.9.1: Choosing a Place to Go on a Vacation
  153. 5.10: English Punctuation Rules and Capitalization Rules
  154. 5.10.1: English Punctuation Rules
  155. 5.10.1.1: Rules of Capitalization
  156. 5.11: Answer Key
  157. 5.12: Negative Adverbs
  158. 5.13: Transition Words (Review)
  159. 5.13.1: Transition Words Used as Conjunctive Adverbs versus Introducers and Interrupters
  160. 5.13.1.1: Conjunctive Adverbs- Sentence Connectors versus Inserters
  161. Back Matter
  162. Index
  163. Glossary
  164. Detailed Licensing