Columbia English Grammar for TOEIC

To the Student



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

CHAPTER 10 Pronoun and Pronoun References

CHAPTER 11 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

CHAPTER 12 Articles

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