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Common ESL Errors Workbook
Understanding College Writing in English
Practice: Purpose and Ethos
The Elements of Academic Argument
Practice: The Elements of Argument
Seven Strategies to Improve Your Grammar
Singular or Plural Verb
Singular/Plural Agreement
Count/Noncount Nouns
Determiners and Qualifiers
Practice 1: Identifying Count/Noncount Nouns
Practice 2: Agreement with Determiners
Practice 3: Is/Are
Verb Tenses and Forms
Verb Tenses
Five Basic Verb Forms
Eight Rules for Better Verb Use
Past Tense Rules (liked, have liked, had liked)
Practice 1: Past Tense Verbs
Practice 2: Verb Tenses
Passive Voice: The boy was helped by Mary.
Forming the Passive Voice
Passive Forms
When to Use the Passive Voice
Practice 1: Changing Active to Passive Voice
Practice 2: Choosing Active or Passive Voice
Practice 3: Using the Passive Voice
Conditional Forms: If I did my homework, my teacher wouldn’t be upset.
Conditional Clauses
Practice 1: Conditionals
Verbs Followed by Gerunds (-ing) or Infinitives (to ...)
Verbs Followed by Gerunds or Infinitives
Practice 1: Gerunds and Infinitives
Practice 2: Gerunds and Infinitives
Prepositions after Verbs
Verb/Preposition Reference List
Other Preposition Problems: days, times, locations
Practice 1: Prepositions after Verbs
Practice 2: Prepositions
Articles: the, a, an
Definite and Indefinite Articles
Articles with Proper Nouns
Other Troublesome Articles
Practice 1: Using Articles
Adjective Clauses: which and that clauses
Adjective Clauses
Practice: Adjective Clauses
Troublesome Words: passed or past
Definitions and Examples
Practice: Troublesome Words