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ESL Grammar The Way You Like It
These books were created by Don Bissonnette for students and teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL). I taught ESL and EFL for 45 years and wanted to provide books and resource material for FREE to anyone who might want or need formal English. In these books, which were based on grammar, one can also find vocabulary, some pronunciation, punctuation, capitalization, and model paragraphs.
- Author
- Don Bissonnette
- Publisher
- South Seattle Community College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC
- Language
- EN
- Category
- English
Contents· 198 sections
- 01: Book 1
- 1.01: Irregular Verbs
- 1.1.01: Practice Irregular Verb Quiz 1
- 1.1.02: Practice Irregular Verb Quiz 2
- 1.1.03: Practice Irregular Verb Quiz 3
- 1.1.04: Practice Irregular Verb Quiz 4
- 1.02: The Verb To Be
- 1.03: Helping Verbs
- 1.04: Parts of an English Sentences
- 1.05: Parts of Speech
- 1.5.01: Articles
- 1.5.02: Nouns
- 1.5.03: Spelling Rules for Nouns and Verbs
- 1.5.04: Pronouns
- 1.5.05: Prepositions
- 1.5.06: Parts of Speech Exercises
- 1.5.07: Conjunctions
- 1.5.08: Adjective and Adverbs of Manner
- 1.06: Present Continuous Tense
- 1.07: Simple Present Tense
- 1.08: Adverbs of Frequency
- 1.09: Simple Past Tense
- 1.10: Past Continuous Tense
- 1.11: Capitalization Rules
- 1.12: Writing Passages
- 1.13: Answer Key
- 02: Book 2
- 2.01: Two-word Verbs
- 2.1.01: Lesson 1
- 2.1.02: Lesson 2
- 2.1.03: Lesson 3
- 2.1.04: Lesson 4
- 2.1.05: Lesson 5
- 2.1.06: Lesson 6
- 2.1.07: Lesson 7
- 2.1.08: Lesson 8
- 2.1.09: Lesson 9
- 2.1.10: Lesson 10
- 2.02: Review Exercises
- 2.2.01: Practice Irregular Verb Quiz 1
- 2.2.02: Practice Irregular Verb Quiz 2
- 2.2.03: Practice Irregular Verb Quiz 3
- 2.2.04: Practice Irregular Verb Quiz 4
- 2.2.05: The Verb to Be
- 2.2.06: Helping Verbs
- 2.2.07: The Homonyms- Whose Who's and Who's
- 2.2.08: Prepositions
- 2.2.09: Spelling Rules for Verbs in the Present and Past Tenses (and Nouns)
- 2.2.10: Present Continuous (Progressive) Tense
- 2.2.11: How to Make Information Questions
- 2.2.12: Making Information Questions with the Present Continuous Tense
- 2.2.13: Simple Present Tense Formation
- 2.2.14: WH Question Formation Exercise- Simple Present Tense and the Present Continuous Tense
- 2.03: Special Present Tense Grammar Rules
- 2.04: Simple Past Tense Review Exercises
- 2.05: Modal Verbs
- 2.5.01: Modal Verbs
- 2.5.02: Modal Verb Formation and Structure
- 2.5.03: Modal Verb Form Errors Analysis and Structure Exercise
- 2.5.04: Sentence Formation with Present and Future Modal Exercises
- 2.5.05: WH Questions with Modals
- 2.5.06: Continuous Modal Verbs
- 2.5.07: Continuous Modal Verb Exercise
- 2.5.08: Past Modal Verbs Used in the Simple Past Time
- 2.5.09: Past Modals for Single Actions in the Past- The Simple Past Tense
- 2.5.10: Had To Sentence Completion Exercise
- 2.5.11: Past Modal Exercise- Should Have Past Participle
- 2.5.12: Past Modal Exercise
- 2.06: Comparative and Superlative
- 2.6.01: The Comparative and the Superlative of Adjectives and Adverbs of Manner
- 2.6.02: Comparative of Adjectives and Adverbs
- 2.6.03: Superlative of Adjectives and Adverbs
- 2.6.04: Paragraphs for Writing
- 2.07: Model Paragraphs
- 2.08: Continuous versus Non-continuous Tenses
- 2.8.01: The Continuous Tenses in English (Active Voice)
- 2.8.02: Non-Continuous Tenses (Active Voice)
- 2.8.03: Differences in Meaning- Continuous Tenses versus Non-continuous Tenses
- 2.09: Pronunciation Practice
- 2.10: Often Misspelled Vocabulary
- 2.11: Answer Key
- 2.12: Irregular Verbs
- 2.13: Some Punctuation Rules
- 03: Book 3
- 3.01: Idioms
- 3.1.01: Sickness Idioms I
- 3.1.1.01: Sickness Idioms Quiz
- 3.1.1.1.01: Sickness Idioms II
- 3.1.1.1.1.01: Sickness Idioms II Quiz
- 3.1.1.1.1.1.01: General Idioms I
- 3.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: General Idioms I Quiz
- 3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: General Idioms II
- 3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: General Idioms II Quiz
- 3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Body Idioms I
- 3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Body Idioms I Quiz
- 3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Body Idioms II
- 3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Body Idioms II Quiz
- 3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Driving Idioms I
- 3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Driving Idioms I Quiz
- 3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Driving Idioms II
- 3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Driving Idioms II Quiz
- 3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Driving Idioms III
- 3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Driving Idioms III Quiz
- 3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Driving Idioms IV
- 3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Driving Idioms IV Quiz
- 3.02: List of Irregular Verbs in English
- 3.03: Non-continuous Tenses
- 3.3.01: The Continuous Tenses in English (Active Voice)
- 3.3.1.01: Differences in Meaning- Continuous Tenses versus Non-continuous Tenses
- 3.04: Simple versus Perfect Tenses
- 3.05: Review Exercises
- 3.06: Past Tenses in English
- 3.6.01: Two Types of Past Tense Verbs- Regular and Irregular
- 3.6.1.01: Past Modal Verbs Used in the Simple Past Time for Past Repeated Actions
- 3.6.1.1.01: Past Modals for Single Actions in the Past- The Simple Past Tense
- 3.6.1.1.1.01: Had To Exercise
- 3.6.1.1.1.1.01: Past Modal Exercise
- 3.6.1.1.1.1.1.01: Growing Up
- 3.6.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Past Continuous Tense
- 3.6.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Simple Tenses versus Perfect Tenses
- 3.07: Perfect Tenses in English
- 3.7.01: Present Perfect Continuous Explanation and Formation
- 3.7.1.01: Present Perfect Tense Writing Passages
- 3.7.1.1.01: Past Perfect Tense Form
- 3.7.1.1.1.01: The Future Perfect Tense
- 3.08: Gerunds and Infinitives
- 3.09: The Comparative of Equals
- 3.9.01: Nouns and Corresponding Adjectives
- 3.9.1.01: The Comparative and Superlative with Quantity Expressions
- 3.10: Pronunciation
- 3.10.01: Present Tense 3rd Person Singular Verbs- Final S Sounds in English
- 3.10.1.01: Final S Sounds in English (Nouns)
- 3.11: More Punctuation Rules
- 3.12: Answer Key
- 3.13: Adverbial Clauses
- 3.13.01: Groups of Adverbials by General Meanings
- 3.13.1.01: Had To Sentence Completion Exercise
- 3.14: Conjunctions
- 04: Book 4
- 4.01: Prepositions
- 4.02: Passive Adjective Expressions
- 4.03: Passive Voice
- 4.3.01: Non-Continuous Tenses (Active Voice and Passive Voice)
- 4.3.1.01: The Continuous Tenses in English (Active and Passive Voice)
- 4.3.1.1.01: Passive Modals
- 4.3.1.1.1.01: Active to Passive Verb Manipulation Exercise
- 4.3.1.1.1.1.01: Present Tense Passive Exercise
- 4.3.1.1.1.1.1.01: Past Tense Passive Exercise
- 4.04: Active and Passive Adjectives
- 4.05: Adverbial Clauses
- 4.5.01: Groups of Adverbials by General Meanings
- 4.06: Conjunctions
- 4.07: Relative Adjective Clauses
- 4.7.01: WHO and WHOM
- 4.7.1.01: Relative Clauses (Who)
- 4.7.1.1.01: Relative Clauses (Whom)
- 4.7.1.1.1.01: Relative Clauses (Who Whom)
- 4.7.1.1.1.1.01: Relative Clauses (Which)
- 4.7.1.1.1.1.1.01: Relative Clauses (That)
- 4.7.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Relative Clauses (Who Whom Which)
- 4.7.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Relative Clauses (Whose)
- 4.7.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Relative Clauses (When and Where)
- 4.7.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Relative Clauses (Expressions of Quantity)
- 4.7.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Relative Clauses (Object of Prepositions)
- 4.7.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.01: Relative Clauses (In-Class Exercises)
- 4.08: Conditional Hypothetical Clauses
- 4.09: Groups of Transition Words by Group
- 4.10: Pronunciation Practice
- 4.11: More Punctuation Rules
- 4.12: Answer Key
- 4.13: Transition Words Used as Conjunctive Adverbs versus Introducers and Interrupters
- 4.13.01: Conjunctive Adverbs- Sentence Connectors versus Inserters
- 4.13.1.01: Minimal Pairs- Long and Short Vowels
- 05: Book 5
- 5.01: Blooms Taxonomy
- 5.02: Homonyms
- 5.2.01: Whose Whos and Whos Exercise
- 5.2.1.01: The Homonyms- To Too and Two
- 5.2.1.1.01: The Homonyms- Buy Buy and Bye
- 5.2.1.1.1.01: The Homonyms- For Four and Fore
- 5.03: Conditional Hypothetical
- 5.3.01: Conditional Hypothetical Sentences
- 5.04: The Intensifiers So and Such
- 5.05: Noun Clauses
- 5.06: Quoted Speech versus Reported Speech
- 5.07: The Causative and Sensory Verbs
- 5.08: The Subjunctive Mood
- 5.09: Academic Writing Overview
- 5.9.01: Choosing a Place to Go on a Vacation
- 5.10: English Punctuation Rules and Capitalization Rules
- 5.10.01: English Punctuation Rules
- 5.10.1.01: Rules of Capitalization
- 5.11: Answer Key
- 5.12: Negative Adverbs
- 5.13: Transition Words (Review)
- 5.13.01: Transition Words Used as Conjunctive Adverbs versus Introducers and Interrupters
- 5.13.1.01: Conjunctive Adverbs- Sentence Connectors versus Inserters
- 5.13.1.1.01: Transitions Exercise- Traveling to Nashville by Bus or by Car