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The Big Book of English Verbs



All the English verbs you need to know in one place!



This comprehensive guide is your one-stop resource for learning English verbs. It includes 555 of the highest frequency verbs--unlike Barron’s 501, which excludes common verbs such as “answer” and “wash”--with conjugations and sample sentences. The Big Book of English Verbs also has a list of all complement types that are used by each verb, as well as all the common phrasal verb constructions that the verb can be used with in a sentence



Product Details



Language: English

ISBN-10: 0071602887

ISBN-13: 978-0071602884



About the Author



Mark Lester is an experienced grammarian, ESL expert, and college professor. He was the founding chair of the ESL department at the University of Hawaii, which is now considered one of the best ESL programs in the United States. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Grammar and Usage in the Classroom, the most widely used college grammar textbook in the country. For McGraw-Hill Professional, he authored McGraw-Hill's Essential ESL Grammar and with Larry Beason he coauthored The McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage. Lester is Eastern Washington University professor emeritus of English (he was formally chair of the English department). Dr. Lester obtained his BA in philosophy and English Literature at Pomona College and his PhD in Linguistics from UC Berkeley. He also holds an MBA from the University of Hawaii.



Reviews



"The Big Book of English Verbs" has an adequate approach because the contents are presented in a very simple way, which makes very easy for the student to find English verbs conjugations.

It has 555 English verbs, each brings a synthetic conjugation scheme, with a complements, phrasal, and expressions sections. Also each verb comes in a single page or two page presentation, each verb is identified as regular or irregular, and they are accompany with the most important Tense forms. Trough the book, are identified "the top 40 verbs". Additionally, it comes with an interactive CD with exercises and examples. You can compare it with "Barron's 501 English Verbs".Good for ESOL learners. My student, who is an advanced learner, loves it. I only gave it 4 stars because "regular" and "irregular" verbs should be indicated on the outer corners of the pages so that when you are flipping through them you can locate irregular verbs more quickly. Also, past participles should be highlighted a little better.