English Grammar: Step by Step 1
English Grammar: Step by Step 1

English Grammar: Step by Step 1

A Simplified Approach to English Grammar Written Especially for Spanish Speakers Who Have No Prior Knowledge of Either English or Spanish Grammar

By Elizabeth Weal, Illustrated by Anastasia Ionkin

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LANGUAGE STUDY

128 Pages, 8.5 x 11

Formats: Paperback

Paperback, $28.50 (US $28.50) (CA $40.00)

Publication Date: July 2013

ISBN 9780979612879

Price: $28.50
 
 

Overview

English Grammar: Step by Step 1 is a carefully structured introduction to the fundamentals of English grammar for beginning learners, especially Spanish speakers. Its clear explanations, accessible layout, and abundant practice make grammar less intimidating and more meaningful. The book starts with the essentials—using to be and to have, forming statements and questions, and understanding nouns, verbs, and adjectives—and gradually builds toward more complex skills like capitalization, punctuation, and sentence structure.

Each of the five chapters follows a consistent, easy-to-navigate format: explanations and examples on the left-hand page, and targeted practice exercises on the right, including fill-in-the-blanks, word-order activities, and short readings. Every chapter concludes with a summary and three pages of review exercises, which can double as informal tests. A bilingual dictionary with pronunciation support and a complete answer key make the book ideal for classroom or independent study.

A free downloadable Teacher’s Manual: Teaching English Step by Step (available at https://www.prolingualearning.com/) expands instruction with communicative activities, vocabulary cards, reproducible pages, listening tasks, and dictations. What sets the Step by Step series apart is its explicit comparison between English and Spanish grammar and its gradual, manageable progressions—helping learners truly understand how English works before moving on to more advanced concepts.

Features

  • Free downloadable Teacher’s Manual: Teaching English Step by Step with reproducible activities and listening practice at https://www.prolingualearning.com/.
  • Five structured chapters introducing essential grammar points and parts of speech.
  • Left-hand explanations with examples and right-hand practice activities for each topic.
  • Three pages of review and testing exercises at the end of every chapter.
  • Explicit notes on differences between English and Spanish grammar.
  • Includes capitalization, punctuation, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and use of to be and to have.
  • Answer key and bilingual dictionary with pronunciation included in the book.
  • Suitable for classroom use, tutoring, or independent study.

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Author Biography

Elizabeth Weal, author of the English Grammar: Step by Step series, is an ESL teacher in Redwood City, CA. Most of her students are from Latin America. When she found that there was no easy book that explained English grammar in simple, easy-to-follow language, she wrote this series to address that important need. She is also the author of Writing in English: Step by Step, published by Pro Lingua Learning.