Visual guide to grammar and punctuation
Dignen, Sheila2017
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This title for young school students focuses on English Language grammar and punctuation in a fun new visual way. It provides a clear, precise, and comprehensive book that will give a child the tools to build confidence in grammar, reading, writing, and comprehension tasks, and help teach kids the skills to use them. From when to use a preposition or pronoun to how to use a comma or colon, this book will increase a child's confidence in using the building blocks of writing and reading to help them to enjoy and understand both.
Main title:
Visual guide to grammar and punctuation / written by Sheila Dignen.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2017.©2017.
Collation:
128 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Audience:
Interest grade level: Lower primary.; Upper primary.
Contents:
IIntroduction -- How to use this book -- What is grammar? -- What is punctuation? -- Parts of speech: Nouns -- Proper nouns -- Abstract nouns -- Singular and plural nouns -- Compound nouns -- Collective nouns -- Verbs -- Verbs and subjects -- Subjects and objects -- The verb be -- Pronouns -- I or me? -- Possessive pronouns -- Present and past tenses -- Future tense -- Progressive tenses -- Future tense -- Progressive tenses -- Perfect tenses -- Auxiliary verbs -- Infinitives -- Adjectives -- Where to put adjectives -- Adverbs -- Adjectives into adverbs -- Adverbs of place -- Adverbs of time -- Adverbs before adjectives -- Comparatives and superlatives -- Prepositions of place -- Prepositions of time -- Other prepositions -- Conjunctions -- Coordinating conjunctions -- Subordinating conjunctions -- Interjections -- Determiners -- Parts of speech quiz -- Sentences, phrases and clauses: Sentences -- Statements -- Questions -- Exclamations -- Commands -- Noun-phrases -- Prepositional phrases -- Adverbials -- Fronted adverbials -- Clauses -- Main clauses -- Subordinate clauses -- Relative clauses -- Relative pronouns -- Active and passive sentences -- Direct speech -- Reported speech -- Reported speech -- Direct speech -- Direct to reported speech -- Sentence quiz -- Punctuation: Capital letters -- Full stops -- Question marks -- Exclamation marks -- Commas -- Apostrophes -- Possessive apostrophes -- Its or it's -- Brackets -- Inverted commas -- Dashes -- Hyphens -- Colons -- Semi-colons -- Ellipses -- Bullet points -- Punctuation quiz -- Writing tips -- Common mistakes in grammar -- Common mistakes in punctuation -- Glossary.
ISBN:
9780241283844 (paperback)
Dewey class:
428.2
Language:
English
BRN:
344849
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 428.2 VIS | Available |
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 428.2 VIS | Available |