The Big Book of English Verbs with CD-ROM (set)

by Lester, Mark; Franklin, Daniel; Yokota, Terry

• ISBN13: 9780071602884
• ISBN10: 0071602887
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2009-08-04
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

All the English verbs you need to know in one place! This comprehensive.guide is your one-stop resource for learning English verbs. It includes 555 of the highest frequency verbs--unlike Barron's 501, which excludes common verbs such as answer and wash--with conjugations and sample sentences. The Big Book of English Verbs also has a list of all complement types that are used by each verb, as well as all the common phrasal verb constructions that the verb can be used with in a sentence. The CD-ROM contains.more than 200 interactive practice exercises, plus diagnostic and review tests to assess competency.

Author Biography

Mark Lester is an experienced grammarian, ESL expert, and college professor. He was the founding chair of the ESL department at the University of Hawaii, which is now considered one of the best ESL programs in the United States. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Grammar and Usage in the Classroom, the most widely used college grammar textbook in the country. For McGraw-Hill Professional, he authored McGraw-Hill's Essential ESL Grammar and with Larry Beason he coauthored The McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage. Lester is Eastern Washington University professor emeritus of English (he was formally chair of the English department). Dr. Lester obtained his BA in philosophy and English Literature at Pomona College and his PhD in Linguistics from UC Berkeley. He also holds an MBA from the University of Hawaii.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

How To Use This Book

How To Use The CD-ROM 555

English Verbs

Index

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