College English Practical Grammar Tutorial

Author: Li Defang
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book consists of 20 units and 27 topics. Among them, 11 units and 15 topics focus on morphology, including nouns and pronouns, determiners, adjectives and adverbs, prepositions, verb tenses, voices, and moods, modal verbs, non-finite verbs (infinitives, gerunds, and participles), conjunctions, and word formation. The remaining 9 units and 12 topics cover syntax, such as direct and indirect speech, noun clauses, adjective clauses, adverbial clauses, the use of "it" in sentence patterns, the "there be" structure, inversion, emphasis, ellipsis, substitution, negation, and agreement. Each topic in the book provides an in-depth yet clear explanation of the key and challenging aspects of general grammatical rules. If a rule deviates from the norm, it is briefly noted in the "Notes." Following each explanation, typical example sentences are provided to help students better understand and apply the rules. Each unit begins with a predictive test, and the book concludes with 300 comprehensive exercises, allowing students to practice theory and application repeatedly, thereby achieving accurate English usage. This book can serve as a grammar textbook for college English, as well as a reference for students preparing for exams such as TOEFL, GRE, EPT, postgraduate entrance exams, the National College English Tests (CET-4 and CET-6), and the college entrance examination. It is also suitable as a reference book for English teachers in primary and secondary schools and as a self-study guide for English enthusiasts.