Grammar Workbook for the Toefl Exam

by Lim, Phyllis L.; Kurtin, Mary; Wellman, Laurie

• ISBN13: 9780768907827
• ISBN10: 0768907829
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-25
• Publisher: Peterson's Guides

Summary

The finer points of English grammar and usage. For high-level students needing extra help.

Table of Contents

The TOEFL Test and the Structure Section	1	(6)
What is the TOEFL Test?	1	(1)
Format of the Structure Section of the TOEFL CBT	2	(1)
Why Use This Book?	3	(1)
Tips for TOEFL Test Takers	3	(1)
Seven Steps to Using this Book Successfully	4	(1)
Abbreviations	5	(2)
The Diagnostic Test	7	(10)
Error Identification	8	(4)
Sentence Completion	12	(2)
Error Key	14	(3)
Modifiers	17	(38)
Adverbs Like Only	17	(1)
Split Infinitives	18	(1)
Dangling Modifiers	19	(2)
Adjective/Adverb Confusion	21	(2)
Adjectives after Verbs of Sensation	23	(1)
Noun Adjectives	24	(2)
Hyphenated or Compound Adjectives	26	(1)
Demonstratives	27	(1)
Few, Little, Much, and Many	28	(2)
Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers	30	(1)
Sameness and Similarity	31	(2)
Comparatives	33	(2)
Superlatives	35	(2)
Cause and Result	37	(2)
Articles	39	(2)
Too, Very, and Enough	41	(2)
Negation	43	(3)
Chapter Quiz	46	(3)
Error Keys	49	(6)
Verbs	55	(24)
Tense	55	(1)
Time Clauses	56	(1)
Verbs of ``Demand''	57	(2)
Wishes	59	(1)
Conditionals	60	(2)
Modals	62	(2)
Verbals	64	(4)
Past Participles	68	(3)
Present and Perfect Participles and Infinitives	71	(2)
Chapter Quiz	73	(2)
Error Keys	75	(4)
Pronouns	79	(20)
Relative Pronouns	79	(1)
Personal Pronouns-Case	80	(3)
Who/Whom	83	(2)
Possessives	85	(1)
Faulty Reference	86	(2)
Person	88	(1)
Number	89	(3)
Those Modified	92	(2)
Chapter Quiz	94	(1)
Error Keys	95	(4)
Basic Patterns	99	(16)
Indirect Objects	99	(1)
Order of Adverbs	100	(3)
Embedded Questions	103	(2)
To/For (Purpose)	105	(1)
Double Subjects	106	(1)
Clauses	107	(4)
Chapter Quiz	111	(2)
Error Keys	113	(2)
Style	115	(48)
Voice	115	(2)
Parallelism	117	(3)
Wordiness	120	(2)
Substandard	122	(3)
Usage	125	(4)
Words Often Confused, Group I	129	(4)
Words Often Confused, Group II	133	(4)
Words Often Confused, Group III	137	(2)
Correlative Conjunctions	139	(2)
Subject/Verb Agreement	141	(3)
Parts of Speech	144	(2)
Prepositions (General Use)	146	(3)
Prepositions in Combinations	149	(4)
Chapter Quiz	153	(4)
Error Keys	157	(6)
Practice Tests	163
Practice Test 1	164
Practice Test 2	168
Practice Test 3	172
Error Keys	176