The Word Combination Card

A Writer’s Reference

Mark Alves, Michael C. Berman, Ray Gonzales

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The Word Combination Card is a powerful visual tool that helps English learners write with greater fluency, precision, and academic control. Designed for intermediate to advanced students, this full-color reference card presents the key sentence patterns and grammatical structures used in academic and professional writing. Clear visual sections guide students through constructing cause-and-effect sentences, comparisons and contrasts, examples, reports, topic sentences, and thesis statements. The card also includes a concise guide to high-frequency collocations and the most common prepositions used in academic English—two areas essential for natural, accurate expression. Compact yet comprehensive, The Word Combination Card can be used alongside any writing or grammar course to support essays, research papers, and presentations. A free downloadable Student Workbook provides additional practice for classroom or independent study.

  • Visual guide to key academic sentence structures (cause/effect, comparison/contrast, exemplification, and reporting)
  • Step-by-step reference for writing topic sentences and thesis statements
  • High-frequency collocation lists for natural word combination
  • Overview of preposition use in academic writing contexts
  • Compact, full-color design ideal for classroom reference or individual study
  • Free downloadable Student Workbook for structured practice activities
  • Suitable for intermediate to advanced ESL or EAP learners focused on academic writing

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