Longman English Grammar Practice (English Edition)

Author: (English) Fawcett, Hall
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Publishing Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Longman English Grammar Practice is published by Pearson Education and introduced into China for domestic distribution by the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. The entire book is written in English, with simple and easy-to-understand language, making it suitable for English majors in China, a wide range of English teachers, and other intermediate to advanced English learners. This book can not only be used as a grammar textbook in the classroom but also for personal self-study and reference by English professionals. Compared to general English grammar books, this book has the following features:
- Up-to-date content: It not only selects and focuses on major grammar items from clauses to full texts, covering all the content found in general grammar books but also has a recent publication date, providing some new information on grammatical phenomena.
- Emphasis on practical exercises: After introducing grammar theory, each chapter includes targeted exercises and drills to reinforce the knowledge learned at the right time.
- Diagnostic exercises: Before the main text, diagnostic exercises are set for each of the 36 chapters in the book to help readers identify their weaknesses and gaps, enabling them to study selectively and target areas that need improvement.
- Unique cartoon illustrations: The book is equipped with numerous humorous illustrations while explaining grammar theory and during practice exercises. These not only make learning more enjoyable but also vividly highlight relevant grammatical phenomena, complementing the text descriptions.
- Natural and authentic language: Most of the example sentences in the book are selected from the British National Corpus and the Longman Corpus.