Barron's E-Z English

Introduction Getting the most from e-z English 1: Simplest Complete Thought What you're always known Recognizing complete and incomplete thoughts Action words: special problems Grammar connection: Nouns and verbs Answer key 2: Performer And Action: Understanding Time And Number Understanding time Understanding number Answer key 3: Adding Descriptive Words Descriptive words: Adding machine Descriptive words: Special problems Grammar connection: Adjectives, adverbs, and articles Answer key 4: Using Descriptive Words Correctly Descriptive words: Using comparison Answer key 5: Adding Descriptive Phrases Descriptive phrases: Adding meaning Descriptive Phrases: Correct placement Answer key 6: Review Exercises For Chapters 1-5 Review exercises Summary of results Skills analysis Answer key 7: Linking Verbs What are linking verbs? Subject and linking verbs: Agreement in number Missing link(ing verb) Answer key 8: Agreement: Special Problems Agreement rules Review exercises Answer key 9: Time: Special Problems Helping words has and have Common misuses of has and have Common misuses of had Common misuses of will have Common errors regarding simultaneous actions Review exercises Answer key 10: Pronouns Pronoun usage rules Review exercises Answer key 11: Review Exercises For Chapters 7-10 Review exercises Summary of results Skills analysis Answer key 12: Balanced Sentences Understanding correct sentence structure Answer key 13: Punctuation End marks Commas Semicolons Answer key

14: Review Exercises For Chapters 12-13

Review exercises

Summary of results

Skills analysis

Answer key

15: Effective Expression

Style and clarity

Problems with logic

Answer key

16: More Punctuation

Quotation marks

Other marks of punctuation: Colon, hyphen, apostrophe, dash, parentheses, brackets

Answer key

17: Capitalization

Capitalization rules

Survey test

Answer key

18: Spelling

Building blocks of words: consonants, vowels, syllables

Spelling rules

Role of accent marks

Spelling review

Commonly misspelled words

Answer key

19: Building Vocabulary

Some facts about vocabulary

Building your vocabulary with prefixes

Building your vocabulary with action and descriptive words

Answer key

20: Word Usage

Commonly misused words

Words and phrases to avoid

Answer key

21: Review Exercises For Chapters 15-20

Review exercises

Summary of results

Skills analysis

Answer key

22: Writing Right

Thinking before you write

Who is your reader?

Letters

Business letter format

E-mails

Momoranda

Reports and proposals

Essays

Editing and rewriting

Summary of steps to simplify and clarify your writing

Writer's block

Answer key

23: Final Review Exercises

Review exercises

Summary of results

Skills analysis

Answer key

Index.