Includes appendices and a glossary.

“Successful academic writing requires many skills, including advanced reading, critical thinking, knowledge of academic vocabulary, and the ability to write in an appropriate style. To apply these skills effectively, academic writers need to use grammatically accurate sentences as well as a range of different sentence structures. This is where Grammar for Academic Purposes 1 can help! The concise textbook is made up of 10 units, each covering a key aspect of grammar and sentence structure. Each unit includes a clear and detailed explanation of rules, carefully designed tasks involving identification and analysis, writing practice activities, and a concise summary." (Introduction, p. III)

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

UNIT 1 Articles and Noun Phrases

UNIT 2 Past, Present, and Future Tenses

UNIT 3 Independent and Dependent Clauses

UNIT 4 Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences

UNIT 5 Relative Clauses and Participle Phrases

UNIT 6 The Passive Voice

UNIT 7 Punctuation: Commas, Semicolons, Colons, and Apostrophes

UNIT 8 Modal Auxiliary Verbs of Likelihood and Obligation

UNIT 9 Conditional Sentences

UNIT 10 Sentence Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-On Sentences

APPENDIX 1 Linking Words in Academic Writing

APPENDIX 2 25 Mistakes to Avoid in Academic Writing

GLOSSARY

C1 (CEFR)