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Dive Deeper into the World of Nouns!

The Comprehensive Guide to All Nouns

A Companion Workbook to English Vocabulary and Grammar Basics 2


Features expanded coverage and deeper dives into nouns than our foundational grammar series. 


This workbook offers:

  • Clear definitions and scaffolded lessons for every type of noun
  • Practical exercises with real-world applications, vocabulary, spelling, and grammar rules
  • Engaging formats: fill-in-the-blank, sentence rewrites, charts, quizzes
  • Flexible fun activities for diverse learners—children, adults, ESL students
  • Year-Round use for reinforcement, review, and confident communication
  • Pre-Assessment and Answer Keys

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Friendly Colorful Illustrations 


Easy-to-Understand Charts 


For ESL Adults or Children and 

Other English Learners


Ideal for Class or Home Study


1 Year Plus Curriculums

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Created by an ESL teacher with a special needs background and homeschooling mom!


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Description of Books

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Volume 1 introduces everyday vocabulary and simple sentence structures for while providing the foundation for Volume 2. 


This volume is divided into two parts.


Part 1


  • Alphabet 
  • Pronouncing the letters of the alphabet 
  • Capital and lowercase letters
  • Vowels and consonants
  • Long, short, and combined letter sounds
  • Silent letters 
  • Greetings and introductions 
  • Personal information, forms, and signature
  • Important cards and numbers 
  • Cardinal and ordinal numbers 
  • Money and making change 
  • Calendar
  • Weather
  • US holidays 
  • Teacher instructions
  • The five senses
  • Body parts
  • House 
  • Furniture
  • Time
  • Job titles and descriptions 


Part 2


  • Nouns
  • Pronouns
  • Be Verbs
  • Action verbs
  • Routines
  • Adjectives
  • Prepositions 
  • Frequency adverbs


Volume 1 Includes:


  • Scope and Sequence
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction 
  • Letter to New Teachers
  • How to Use Volumes 1 and 2 in the Classroom
  • Activity ideas
  • Unit reviews
  • Answer keys


Also Included:


  • Preview of Volume 2 Table of Contents
  • Preview of Ailment lessons using have/has (6 pages)
  • Preview of Can lesson (1 page)
  • Preview of Will questions and answers (1 page)
  • Future tense chart (1 page)


20 Units

158 Pages

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 Volume 2 is a comprehensive, one-year plus curriculum that builds on the vocabulary and grammar concepts in volume 1.


This larger book introduces the present, present continuous (progressive), past, and future tenses with increasing levels of difficulty in sentence structures.


New topics include ailments, first aid, family relationships, shopping, food, clothes, household items, appliances, and more.


Also included in Volume 2 are realistic conversations and stories that entertain, improve reading and speaking, and help students manage common everyday situations.


Students will learn:


  • To write sentence structures with increasing levels of difficulty 
  • Additional vocabulary using repetition to enhance comprehension and      self-confidence
  • Use capitalization and punctuation in complete sentences 
  • Proper, common, plural, singular, regular, irregular, compound, and collective nouns
  • Countable nouns (How much?) and non-countable nouns (How many?) and containers
  • Possessive nouns
  • Types of adjectives (size, shape, taste…comparative, opposites, better, worse…)
  • Types of verbs (be, action, helping verbs, some verbs need more words to complete a sentence…)
  • Conjunctions and, but, or and because
  • Positive and negative sentences, questions, and answers
  • Present and present continuous (progressive) tenses 
  • Everyday routines using the present and present continuous tenses
  • Introduction to the past tense (common irregular verbs) 
  • Introduction to the future tense (will/won’t and going to)
  • Wh questions (what, where, when, why, how, how much, how do/does…and answers) 
  • Helping verbs: have/has/had sentences
  • Helping verbs: do/does/did sentences
  • Helping verbs: can/cannot (ability) and may (permission) sentences
  • Adverbs and expressions (always, usually, sometimes, never, how often, a few…)
  • Introduction to irregular nouns and verbs
  • Types of sentences (statement, question, exclamation, command)
  • Completing a form with personal information 
  • Ailments (What’s the matter? She has a…He feels…) and first aid supplies
  • Office supplies using demonstrative pronouns (near, far, this, that, these, those)
  • Kitchen supplies using demonstrative pronouns (here, there, these, those)
  • Maps, prepositions, in, on, at, right/left, giving and taking directions (on the corner of, across the street…)
  • Schedules (two times, once, twice…a week)
  • Pronouncing ed endings (t, id, d sounds)
  • Dollar amounts and writing compound number words using hyphens
  • Clothing chart and shopping for clothes
  • Describing people using physical appearance, clothes, and accessories
  • Family relationships and filling out a personal family tree
  • Food chart, grocery list, and grocery store vocabulary (cart, receipt, pharmacy...)
  • Job descriptions, workers’ titles
  • and so much more!


Volume 2 Includes:


  • Scope and Sequence
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction 
  • Letter to New Teachers
  • How to Use Volumes 1 and 2 in the Classroom
  • Activity Ideas
  • Stories and Conversations
  • Unit reviews
  • Answer keys


Also Included:


  • 4 Complete tense charts (plus a going to tense chart)
  • Spelling ied and ies rules chart
  • Spelling ing and ed rules chart
  • Spelling plural nouns rules chart
  • Complete pronoun chart
  • Complete contraction chart
  • Lists of common regular and irregular verbs
  • 30 Common idioms
  • Miscellaneous useful lists and charts


20 Units 

337 Pages

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What Teachers and Students Say


I was thrilled to find this book as it saved me hours spent on the Internet searching for grammar worksheets appropriate for my Level 1 ESL students.


  

Lathy LALALO

A Helpful Resource for Self-Study

September 24, 2025

English Vocabulary and Grammar Basics is a solid self-study guide. I appreciated the logical flow and structured approach—it makes revisiting tricky grammar points simple. Vocabulary sections are practical and well-selected for everyday use. It’s a book that encourages learning through practice, not just reading. Some parts are quite elementary for more advanced users, but that’s expected for a foundational book. Overall, a trustworthy resource for learners wanting steady progress.


I highly recommend for Low Level Literacy and English as a Second Language students. It is suitable for use in the classroom, self-study, and tutoring programs.


Extremely satisfied. 

Great resource for practicing reading with my ESL students. I am using this to teach English to Spanish speakers. They enjoy the lessons.


 

Extremely satisfied

Students used this in my Adult ENL class. They liked the variety and the intro into different ideas/topics of English.



Extremely satisfied

Great resource for practicing reading with my ESL students.


 

Extremely satisfied

Loved this! The pictures make the explanation of dry grammar so much easier to understand. Recommend.


 

Extremely satisfied

Excellent for teaching grammar skills.



Very satisfied

It´s  relly helpful as a guide


 

Very satisfied

I am using this to teach English to Spanish speakers. They are enjoying the activities.


 

Students used with
Adult Education
Primarily students that are emerging bilinguals/ ELs/ ESOLs/ ENLs

Students were engaged


This book helps me!



I love the pictures and exercises.



I study this book at home. It is a good book.



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About the Author

Sherry Seto

  

✍️ About the Author

Sherry Seto is an experienced educator in English as a Second Language (ESL), specializing in fundamental American English vocabulary and basic grammar. Her background includes working with adult ESL students in class and private tutoring sessions, as well as teaching children, including those with learning differences.


Sherry began writing English Vocabulary and Grammar Basics, Volumes 1 and 2, because she saw a need for materials that provided strong visual support. 


Her goal was to create books featuring hundreds of friendly, colorful illustrations and easy-to-follow grammar charts that supported the text and could be easily tailored to meet her students' unique learning needs and abilities. 


Shaped by years of teaching experience and student feedback, these two volumes are trustworthy and practical resources for ESL learners of all ages, and they serve as informative curriculum guides for teachers.


She has just released her third book, A Comprehensive Guide to All Nouns, Companion Workbook to English Vocabulary and Grammar Basics, Volume 2, with more workbooks scheduled for publication soon!


Sherry lives in a woodsy suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, with her husband, Steve, and frisky sheltie, Fox.

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