Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Part I Grammar for Life; Introduction; The Universals; 1 Nouns; Noun facts; Activities; Nouns worksheet; Nouns worksheet notes; 2 Determiners; Activities; 3 Pronouns; Activities; Pronouns worksheet; Pronouns worksheet notes; Extension activities; Relative pronouns worksheet; Interrogative pronouns worksheet; Demonstrative pronouns; Indefinite pronouns worksheet; 4 Verbs; Activities; Verbs worksheet; Verbs worksheet notes; Extension activities; 5 Agreement; Activities
Agreement worksheetAgreement worksheet notes; Extension activities; 6 Tense; Verb facts; Activities; Tense workshee; Parts of speech progress check 1; 7 Adjectives; Adjective facts; Activities; Adjectives worksheet; Adjectives worksheet notes; 8 Adverbs; Adverbs worksheet; Adverbs worksheet notes; Parts of speech progress check 2; 9 Prepositions; Activities; Prepositions worksheet; Prepositions worksheet notes; Extension activity 9.1-Complex prepositions; Extension activity 9.2-Preposition environment; 10 Conjunctions; Activities; Conjunctions worksheet; Parts of speech final progress check
11 PhrasesActivities; Phrases worksheet; Phrases worksheet notes; 12 Clauses; Activities; Clauses worksheet; Clauses worksheet notes; Part II: Dictionaries; 13 How to start using a dictionary; Discovering the dictionary parts; Dictionary worksheet; Dictionary worksheet notes; Part III: Morphology for Life; 14 Prefixes; Prefixes worksheet; Prefixes worksheet notes; Conclusion; 15 Suffixes; Activities; Suffixes worksheet; Suffixes worksheet notes; 16 Root words; Activities; List of hybrid words from Greek and Latin morphemes; List of hybrid words from a mixture of languages; Portmanteau words
Root words worksheetRoot words worksheet notes; Part IV: Punctuation for Life; 17 Punctuation activities; Activity 17.1-The terminators; The separators; The joiners; The indicators; Unusual punctuation marks; Part V: Information for teachers; 18 Language and literacy; What is literacy?; Language in context; 19 Language impairment; Dyslexia: a case study; Auditory processing disorder: a case study; Conclusion; Notes; 20 Language change; Prescriptivism; Texting; Descriptivism; Note; 21 Language myths; Myths about language as a whole; Myths about particular points of grammar; 22 Redundancy
23 Figurative languageSimile; Metaphor; Personification; Hyperbole; Alliteration and assonance; Onomatopoeia; Idioms; 24 The -ize have it; Part VI: Resources for everyone; Appendix 1-Word cards; Appendix 2-Latin and Greek morphemes; Appendix 3-Mnemonics; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
