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Oxford School Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Dictionary eBook
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Oxford School Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Dictionary eBook
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With a clear, colour layout, this is a dictionary with a difference. It covers all the grammar terms required for the KS3 curriculum, punctuation marks and when to use them, and spelling rules, tips and examples. New for this edition is a section on vocabulary and usage which provides perfect support for building language in context and improving writing skills in secondary school. Finally, there is an alphabetical dictionary of tricky spellings with hints and tips on how to avoid making common spelling mistakes. These words are chosen using analysis of real children's writing in the Oxford Children's Corpus. This unique dictionary is a valuable resource for exam preparation, including GCSEs. Online activities provide easy practice at home or can be usedas part of lesson starters and homework. For free downloadable activity worksheets, go to www.oxfordschooldictionaries.com.

Language
English
ISBN
9780192783967
Contents
Introduction
Grammar
Word classes
Nouns
Adjectives
Verbs
Tenses
Active and passive voice
Adverbs
Adverbials
Pronouns
Determiners
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Conjunctions, adverbs and adverbials: cohesive devices
Phrases
Clauses
Relative clauses
Sentences
Verb and subject
Object
Complement
Transitive or intransitive verbs
Types of sentences
Narrative voice
Avoiding common mistakes
Standard and non-standard English
Formal and informal language
Contractions
Direct speech and reported speech
The importance of grammar
Vocabulary and Usage
Synonyms and near-synonyms
Antonyms
Different degrees of intensity
Different degrees of formality
Prefixes and suffixes
Choice of words
General academic vocabulary
Paragraphs and cohesion
Correcting your work
Punctuation
Full stops
Capital letters
Question mark
Exclamation mark
Commas
Colons
Semicolons
Dashes
Brackets, commas and dashes
Ellipses
Hash signs
Hyphens
Inverted commas
Apostrophes
Bullet points
Underlines
Forward slashes
Ampersands
Asterisks
The importance of punctuation
Spelling
Vowel sounds
Making nouns plural
Adding -ing to verbs
Adding -ed to verbs
Adding -er and -est to adjectives
Adding -ly to adjectives
Prefixes
Suffixes
Using apostrophes
Homophones
Homographs
Silent letters
More spelling rules
Become a better speller!
The importance of spelling
Spelling dictionary
Index
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