Getting It Right: An Editing Text for ESL/EFL Students

UNIT 1   GETTING STARTED
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The Parts of Speech
Words Can Sometimes Function as More Than One Part of Speech
Identifying Nouns and Pronouns
Identifying Verbs            
What Is a Complete Verb?
The Verb “Be”  
The Five Main Forms of the Verb
Identifying Adjectives
Identifying Adverbs
Identifying Articles
Identifying Prepositions
Identifying Conjunctions
Parts of Speech Review Exercises
Identifying Subjects and Objects of the Verb
More About Subjects
Summary Page
Testing What You Know
Word Form Exercises

UNIT 2 THE COMPLETE SENTENCE
Three Steps for a Complete Sentence
Every Sentence Must Have a Time Verb and a Subject
Nouns Can Function as Subjects or Objects of the Verb
You Must Find the Time Verb Before You Can Find Its Subject
About Time Verbs
Time Verbs vs. Non-Time Verbs
-ING Words, Past Participles and Infinitives Are Not Time Verbs
Summary Page
Testing What You Know
Word Form Exercises

UNIT 3   -ING WORDS, PAST PARTICIPLES AND INFINITIVES ARE NOT TIME VERBS
-ING Words Are Not Time Verbs
Past Participles Are Not Time Verbs
Infinitives Are Not Time Verbs
Time Verbs vs.Non-Time Verbs: A Review
Completing Incomplete Sentences—A Strategy
Exercises
Summary Page
What You Know
Word Form Exercises

UNIT 4 MORE ABOUT -ING WORDS, PAST PARTICIPLES AND INFINITIVES
-ING Words Have More Than One Function in English Sentences
Past Participles Have More Than One Function in English Sentences
Infinitives Have More Than One Function in English Sentences
Infinitive Errors
8 Introducing Word Form (WF) Errors
Summary Page
What You Know
Word Form Exercises

UNIT 5 MORE ABOUT VERBS
More About the Present Time   
Modals
DO, DOES, and DID Sometimes Function Like Modals
Modals and Questions
Modals in Negative Sentences
Some Common Meanings of Modals       
Putting Together Your Own Personalized Grammar Book
Passive Voice
Past Participle Summary
Subject-Verb Agreement—Editing Strategies
Deciding if a Subject Noun Is a He, She or It         
Avoiding Double Negatives
Summary Page
Testing What You Know
Word Form Exercise

UNIT 6   PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES AND VERB PAIRINGS
Prepositional Phrases—Introduction
Nouns Can Be Objects of the Preposition
Common Prepositions
Prepositional Phrases—Practice
-ING Words as Objects of the Preposition
Verb-Preposition Pairings
-ING Words Summary
-ING Words and Infinitives as Objects of Verbs
Verb + Noun/Pronoun + Infinitive
Verb + Noun/Pronoun + Base Form
Summary Page
Testing What You Know
Word Form Exercises

UNIT 7 THE COMPLETE VERB
The Complete Verb
Forming Questions
Testing What You Know
Word Form Exercises

UNIT 8   EDITING STRATEGIES—PART ONE
Error Correction Symbols
Correction Symbol Quizzes
How Did You Do on the Practice Error Correction Quizzes?
Between WW and WF Errors
Putting It Together: An Error-Correction Strategy
Practice Filling Out Three-Column Sheets with Sentences That Have Multiple Errors
Editing Your Essays for Correct Grammar: Student Writings
Testing What You Know
Word Form Exercises

UNIT 9 EDITING STRATEGIES — PART TWO
Subject-Verb Agreement Errors—Additional Information
Commonly Confused Words
They’re—There—Their 
Self-Editing as an Ongoing Process
Proofreading
Proofreading Exercises
Sentence Errors According to Type — Student Sentences
Word Form Exercises

UNIT 10 COMBINING SENTENCES
Independent vs. Dependent Clauses
Step Three—Beware of Dependent Words
Different Meanings Expressed by Dependent Words
Correcting Fragments — A Strategy
Using Coordinating Conjunctions to Connect Sentences
Reducing Compound Sentences
Parallel Construction
Using Transitional Words to Connect Sentences
Sentence Combining Patterns—Summary
Combining Sentences—More Practice Exercises
Correcting Run-ons—Editing Strategies
Some Words Can Function as Both Dependent Words and Prepositions
Summary of Sentence Punctuation
Correcting Run-ons—Editing Practice
Relative Clauses—A Special Class of Dependent Clauses
Relative Pronoun Deletion
Testing What You Know
Word Form Exercises

APPENDICES
APPENDIX A VERBS
Review of Past, Present and Future Tenses
The Five Main Forms of Regular Verbs—Review
Spelling Conventions for the Five Forms of Regular Verbs
A List of Irregular Verb Forms
Learning Irregular Verb Forms by Groupings
Modals Chart—Some Common Meanings

APPENDIX B        NOUNS AND ARTICLES
Forming Plural Nouns
Article Usage
Identifying Articles
Some Information About Non-count Nouns
Pronoun Charts—Formation and

APPENDIX C EDITING PRACTICE
Corrections Log
Three-Column Error Correction Sheets
Error Correction Symbols Chart
Error Correction Quizzes

ANSWER KEYS TO MOST EXERCISES

INDEX