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Grammar Exercise Books 
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Pamela Breyer 
Regents Publishing Company, Inc., 19X2 
A series of four exercise books, in which the grammar is presented in meaningful contexts. Book 1 is 
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three. Each lesson consists of the presentation of a grammar point via a diagram or chart, practice in which 
the student manipulates sentences along the lines of the model, and "Make It Work," in which the student 
uses the model in a (usually) illustrated context. The exerc
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ammar Exercises, Part One
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ProLingua Associates, 1984 
This book is a self-study augmentation of Nancy Claire's The Grammar Handbook, described immediately 
below. It supplements her lessons with exte
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needs of students at varying levels of ability will be served. In addition to the grammar focus, each lesson is 
made more interesting by a topic focus. All the exercises in the lesson "talk" about the topic, and the 
necessary vocabulary is listed in the vocabulary summary at the end of each lesson. Topics range from 
"How to use this book" (Lesson 1), to banking, to occupations. 
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Nancy Claire 
ProLingua Associates, 1984 
A basic grammar exercise book, with delightful illustrations. A particular point is explained very simply, then 
followed by various oral and written exercises. The grammar points are basic enough that the book can be 
used with beginners. Lessons are not sequenced, and can be dipped into as the need a
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discussed in class. Another feature is the inclusion of references for teachers after each chapter. Students 
are assumed to have had some English. Many of the written exercises require the student to create 
sentences along the models given. 
ESL Grammar Workbooks I and II for Intermediate Speakers and Writers of English as a Second Language
Allan Kent Dart
Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1978
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charts and followed by a series of written exercises (mostly fill-in-the-blank), each of which has a particular 
focus. The first lesson, for example, is an explanation of the forms of be in the present tense. The second 
lesson's focus is the verb be in statements, and is a fill-in-the-blank exercise. The third lesson's focus is 

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yes/no questions and answers with the verb be, and is also a fill-in-the-blank exercise. The book could easily 
be used as a supplementary text for homework or self-study on the part of intermediate students. 
A Basic English Grammar with Exercises
John Eastwood and Ronald Mackin 
Oxford University Press, 1988 
A book of lessons, each of which consists of a described point of grammar and exercises in which the 
tudent is to practice the grammar point. Lessons range from simple (the first lesson is on word order in 
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simple sentences) to complex (the last lesson is on emphasis, as in "I did do it; you didn't see it."). 
Descriptions of the grammar point are very clear and include examples. Exercises range from standard fill-
in-the-blank-with-the-correct-verb-form to more "fun" activities like picture exercises in which the student 
uses the grammatical form to interpret the picture. At the beginning of the book there is a glossary of 
grammatical terms defined via examples (verb: in the sentence "I go to work by bus," the word go is a verb). 
The last chapters in the book give examples of functions (apologizing, complaining, etc.), a list of irregular 
erbs, punctuation rules, word building, and lists of money and other number terms. The language is very 
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uth Pierson and Susan Vik 
a class for intermediate or advanced students interested in 
rammar. The lessons are sequenced according to grammatical structure (they provide a thorough review of 
e simple structures, tenses, etc., and introduce more complex ones), but include hefty reading passages 
ctice. Grammar points are explained via easy-to-understand diagrams and charts. 
he reading passages and dialogues are much more difficult than the grammar, e.g., the first sentence in 
he alcohol and tobacco they consume.