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Fundamentals of English Grammar

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As a teacher of many grade levels and English fluency levels, I found this book very useful. It has perhaps the best explanation I've read on "perfect" tenses. My ESL student couldn't understand why he should use a simple past tense versus a present perfect tense, and this book helped him.

The book features many useful charts on major and minor grammar topics. I find the charts very effective and easy to learn and teach. There are also plenty of exercises in this book, too.

I've used the book with 5th graders, 12th graders, and ESL adults. I highly recommend it. It's very well organized and quick, quick, quick to use in the classroom.

At UC Berkeley, when I first started, several teachers recommended this book to me. I perused it and used it for the next 16 years - when the program was closed. The large number of exercises, the charts that really show how the verbs function (for visual learners), and the oral exercises (for aural learners and reinforcement) were invaluable. Even now, I sometimes refer to it for answers and ideas in specific areas. However, I must say that two teachers with whom I worked, really disliked this book, and never used it. But, 2 out of 28, still puts it pretty high on the list as far as I am concerned. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
P.S. It is the mid-level book of a 3-book series. The other two are also excellent!

I think this book is really wonderful. I have been teaching ESL/EFL for about eight years, and I have yet to see a book that is so complete. I teach English in Mexico, where everything the students have ever learned comes on a chart, so the charts are a HUGE help. What I most like about this grammar book is the oral exercises. Since I focus mostly on speaking and listening (due to my student's needs, of course) the students generally love the oral drills. I really recommend this book, especially for the oral practice of the grammar points. Any grammar book gives you boring fill in the blank exercises, but this book goes beyond that.

The Black Azar is always a favorite book for intermediate ESL students. Very interactive for a grammar book.

i bought this for my wife, she just came to the US. She was having problems with her grammar in the beginning, but now it is improving with the help of this book i have bought her. Would recommend this to anyone who wants to learn grammar and any new comers to United States. Hope this review helps.

The book is easy to understand. A lot of exercises to practice. I just want to have the answers at the end to compare and correct my work. But that's fine. It's been really usefull in my English classes.

I am new to Teaching ESL and/or EFL but every authority I have encountered says anything by Azar is great! Everything else you need, like ESL games, can be gotten free on the WEB; is also stated!

My mistake, I thought it was a workbook with the the teacher's guide and answer key all in one book. It's not, you need to order the workbook also and my particular seller didn't have it in stock. Useless alone.

i am very satisfied of this book and i offer this to all people who need this book.
Good luck

After almost 30 years of teaching, and finally resigning in 1998, I started again this year with a young lady who was falling through the cracks due to a learning disability. At fifteen she could hardly read when I started home schooling her at the end of September. This is one of the texts we have used and its early emphasis on verbs in incredibly valuable for her. Using this text and several others, she is rapidly making up for many lost years and watching her come alive academically is about as rewarding as teaching can be.

This has been an excellent help for this kind of situation. It does not talk down to her, as would happen if I were using the grammar school texts. It has pages where she has to correct intentional mistakes on a page or two and that is an excellent tool as well. It is teaching her to proof read. She is determined, I am excited to be able to help, and this book has been a very valuable resource.

We do skip the pages where ESL is emphasized in areas she knows quite well as an English speaker. But learning that written English is more formal than spoken English has been one of the advantages this book has to offer. I like this book. I can understand it is not the best for every situation, but for those who have been failed from grade to grade in public schools and are still having a hard time in English as a high school student, this book is an excellent help.