The Big Book of English Grammar for ESL and English Learners

"The Big Book of English Grammar," 650 pages of important English grammar information. Through its Quick-Find menu system, this latest edition has been designed to help the student to quickly find answers to English grammar questions about: prepositions, phrasal verbs, English irregular verbs, English expressions for real life (advanced ESL), gerunds and infinitives, and English articles (a, an, and the). These are the six English hot spots (difficult areas) for English learners. Embedded within the English phrasal verbs and English expressions sections, the student will find idioms, colloquialisms, slang and common English expressions like, for example, the use of sarcasm in English. The book was especially created for fast searches of topics of importance to the student, with many examples of correct usage plus many exercises to help the student practice. This book is for intermediate through advanced English/ESL learners and a quick reference resource for students studying for IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, and Cambridge exams, and second language students studying for their GED exam.

NOTICE TO ALL ENGLISH LEARNERS: New AUDIO Feature Included FREE: For students wanting to hear the pronunciation of the ENGLISH ARTICLES section, ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS, BEYOND PHRASAL VERBS and BEYOND PREPOSITIONS sections of this book, we now offer FREE audio for each of these sections.

Thomas Celentano has published seven books and multiple articles about English grammar for English students worldwide. His 810-page The Big Book of English Grammar is a culmination of his work. He is also the novelist behind R. Cameron Bryce's When Pigs and Horses Fly (Under the Giant Mimosa) and Killing Tony, Excerpts from My Diary.

He has taught English as a second language for more than 20 years and has held directorships in various ESL schools over his career. A magna cum laude graduate of the University of Hawaii, at Manoa, he holds degrees in foreign language studies and anthropology.

An avid surfer, sailor and adventurer, he has spent years crisscrossing the South Pacific Ocean on his 8.3 meter sailboat, Carrie Ann, capturing, on film and in audio recordings, the sights and sounds of island communities there.