TY - BOOK AU - Baker, Lida AU - Brinks Lockwood, Robyn AU - Donnalley Sherman, Kristin TI - Grammar for Great Writing C PY - 2017/// CY - Boston, MA PB - National Geographic Learning KW - English language KW - Grammar KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Usage KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Composition and exercises KW - High intermediate to advanced N1 - Overview; Unit 1 Nouns and Noun Phrases; COMMON ERRORS; 1.1 Does a singular count noun have a determiner? ; 1.2 Does a count noun have a plural ending? ; 1.3 Is the noun plural or not? ; 1.4 Does the noun need an article or not? ; 1.5 Do you need much or a great deal of?; VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING ; Nouns from the Academic Word List: attitude, bias, colleague, device, distinction, enforcement, incidence, outcome, procedure, publication; KINDS OF WRITING ; Classification: Measuring Earthquakes ; Problem-Solution: Job Satisfaction of Hospital Doctors; Unit 2 Writing about the Past; COMMON ERRORS ; 2.1 Do you need simple past or simple present? ; 2.2 Do you need verb + -ing? ; 2.3 Do you need simple past or past progressive? ; 2.4 Do you need simple past or past perfect?; VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING ; Verbs Frequently Used in Past Progressive: become, do, get, have, look, make, take, try, use, work; KINDS OF WRITING ; Descriptive: Guernica ; Narrative: The 1989 World Series; Unit 3 Using the Present Perfect; COMMON ERRORS ; 3.1 Do you need present perfect or simple present? ; 3.2 Do you need present perfect or simple past?; VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING ; Verbs Frequently Used in Present Perfect: be, become, come, find, have, lead, make, see, show, take; KINDS OF WRITING ; Descriptive: Flipped Classrooms ; Narrative: A Brief History of Flight; Unit 4 Using Word Forms; COMMON ERRORS ; 4.1 Is the word form correct? ; 4.2 Do you have the correct suffix?; VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING ; Frequently Used Words with Common Suffixes: community, consistent, creativity, emphasize, finally, individual, mechanism, positive, section, strengthen; KINDS OF WRITING ; Cause-Effect: The Dangers of Sitting ; Summary-Response: Functional Textiles; Unit 5 Writing with Prepositions; COMMON ERRORS ; 5.1 Which preposition is correct? ; 5.2 Do you have a noun form after the preposition? ; 5.3 Does the main verb of the sentence agree with the subject?; VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING ; Frequently Used Preposition Combinations: associated with, consistent with, difference between, due to, lack of, need for, reason for, responsible for, support for, used to; KINDS OF WRITING ; Process: Your Immune System ; Problem-Solution: How New York City Faced a Challenge; Unit 6 Using Modals; COMMON ERRORS ; 6.1 Is the form of the modal correct? ; 6.2 Do you need a modal to hedge? ; 6.3 Do you use I think or maybe for hedging?; VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING ; Frequently Used Modal + Verb Combinations: can help, cannot be, could lead, may be, may need, may result, might have, must be received, should be taken, would have been; KINDS OF WRITING ; Cause-Effect: Warning Labels on Sugar-Sweetened Drinks ; Advantages-Disadvantages: Driverless Cars; Unit 7 Using Gerunds and Infinitives; COMMON ERRORS ; 7.1 Do you need a gerund as the subject? ; 7.2 Does the verb agree with the gerund subject? ; 7.3 Is to a preposition or part of an infinitive? ; 7.4 Do you have by + gerund?; VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING ; Frequently Used Infinitives and Gerunds: becoming, being, having, making, using, to be, to do, to have, to make, to use; KINDS OF WRITING ; Descriptive: Phobias ; Cause-Effect: Treating Acne; Unit 8 Using the Passive Voice; COMMON ERRORS ; 8.1 Do you use the correct form of the verb? ; 8.2 Do you include a form of be in the passive voice? ; 8.3 Do you need passive or active voice?; VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING ; Frequently Used Passive Verb Forms: can be seen, can be used, has been made, have been found, is known, is needed, was based, was conducted, were asked, were reported; KINDS OF WRITING ; Summary: Our Brains Are Designed to Do Good ; Summary: Media Habits of Students; Unit 9 Writing with Participial Adjectives; COMMON ERRORS ; 9.1 Do you need a present or past participle? ; 9.2 Do you have the correct participial form?; VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING ; Frequently Used Participial Adjectives: developing, existing, following, growing, interesting, concerned, gifted, increased, involved, limited; KINDS OF WRITING ; Opinion: The American Dream ; Summary: Millenials and Marriage; Unit 10 Adjective Clauses and Reduced Clauses; COMMON ERRORS ; 10.1 Do you need a subject relative pronoun? ; 10.2 Do you have the correct relative pronoun? ; 10.3 Do you repeat the subject or object pronoun? ; 10.4 Is the subject adjective clause reduced correctly?; VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING ; Nouns That Frequently Precede Adjective Clauses with That: activity, approach, area, element, idea, indication, issue, option, organization, result; KINDS OF WRITING ; Cause-Effect: Ebola ; Narrative: Helen Keller; Unit 11 Adverb Clauses and Reduced Clauses; COMMON ERRORS; 11.1 Do you have the correct subordinating conjunction? ; 11.2 Do you have a subordinating conjunction? ; 11.3 Is the punctuation correct? ; 11.4 Is the clause reduced correctly?; VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING ; Words from the Academic Word List: confirmed, decades, eliminate, empirical, equipment, isolated, mode, somewhat, successive, transmission; KINDS OF WRITING ; Descriptive: Dinesh Patel ; Descriptive: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA); Unit 12 Writing with Noun Clauses; COMMON ERRORS ; 12.1 Do you need question or statement word order? ; 12.2 Do you need that or what? ; 12.3 Do the subject and verb agree?; VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING ; Frequently Used Reporting Verbs: argue, demonstrate, deny, describe, find, observe, propose, report, show, suggest; KINDS OF WRITING ; Cause-Effect: Body Size in Sports ; Reaction-Response: Village Dogs; Unit 13 Writing with Sentence Variety; COMMON ERRORS ; 13.1 Do you have a complete sentence or a fragment? ; 13.2 Is there a conjunction? ; 13.3 Does you sentence need a comma?; VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING ; Words from the Academic Word List: advocate, ambiguous, eliminate, fluctuations, infrastructure, intervention, priority, random, restore, voluntary; KINDS OF WRITING ; Comparison: Two Smart Birds ; Comparison: Neanderthals versus Modern Humans; Unit 14 Using the Conditional; COMMON ERRORS ; 14.1 Is the verb form correct for future real conditional? ; 14.2 Is the verb form correct for present or future real conditional? ; 14.3 Is the verb form correct for past unreal conditional?; VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING ; Words from the Academic Word List: anticipated, ceases, coincide, device, erosion, military, rigid, route, undergo, violation; KINDS OF WRITING ; Cause-Effect: From Garbage to Energy ; Cause-Effect: Save the Bats; Unit 15 Writing with Connectors; COMMON ERRORS ; 15.1 Do you need a connector? ; 15.2 Is the connector correct? ; 15.3 Is a comma needed? ; 15.4 Do you have too many connectors?; VOCABULARY IN ACADEMIC WRITING ; Words from the Academic Word List: appreciation, controversy, crucial, denote, diminished, eventually, format, portion, radical, widespread; KINDS OF WRITING ; Comparison: Print or Electronic Books N2 - "Grammar for Great Writing is a three-book series that focuses on the key grammatical and lexical elements learners need to become more successful academic writers. Ideal for the4 grammar component of a writing and grammar class, Grammar for Great Writing may be used as a companion to the Great Writing series or in conjunction with any academic writing series. Key features: Emphasis on the most common errors found in student writing provides a more effective approach to grammar for academic writing. Corpus-informed vocabulary most frequently associated with the target grammar results in more fluent student writing. A wide variety of editing activities refines students' academic writing and improves accuracy. Writing samples in various rhetorical modes provide relevant practice for learners." (Book Cover) UR - http://ngl.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?Ntt=grammar+for+great+writing%7C729123967115720235220985531232007343664&N=4294918395+200&Ntk=NGL%7CP_EPI&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial ER -