English Grammar Must-Know for Gaokao - Scoring Pitfalls

Author: Gao Ling
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features:
1. Rich content, broad scope, with strong targeting and practicality. The book includes 854 typical errors, covering all grammatical knowledge required by the "English Curriculum Standards" from levels 1 to 8. The errors primarily manifest in the following forms: singular and plural nouns, countable and uncountable nouns, collocations with articles; sentence patterns when adjectives are used as predicative adjectives; the use and correspondence of verb tenses, confusion between active and passive voice, the use of subjunctive mood, the use of non-finite verbs, the use of auxiliary verbs and modal verbs; the misuse of verb phrases and prepositional phrases; the meaning and position of adverbs; the misuse of conjunctions; subject-verb agreement; pronoun-noun agreement; sentence structure and word order; as well as expressions that do not conform to idiomatic usage.
2. Simple and clear format. Each typical correct and incorrect example is first presented as a sentence, followed by an analysis in the form of "error-corrected explanation." The incorrect sentence translation reflects typical errors, while the correct sentence translation points out the correct usage. The only difference between the two sentences lies in the "error" and "correct" parts, making them clearly distinguishable. The explanation is designed to be clear and concise, hitting the point directly. The "similar examples" further provide additional examples to illustrate the concept, aiming to deepen understanding, reinforce memory, and promote generalization.
3. Clear layout and convenient retrieval.
4. The book includes new exam questions that have appeared in the new college entrance exams, which readers should pay attention to during use.