A Handbook Of English GrammarFoundation Books, Feb 4, 2006 - 137 pages This Book Introduces Adult Learners Of English To The Fundamentals Of English Grammar. Basic Elements Of The Language Are Introduced In A Graded Manner With Minimum Use Of Jargon Before Introducing The More Complex Structures And Sentence Patterns. |
Contents
PART1 | 1 |
Verbs | 3 |
Singular and Plural | 4 |
Adjectives | 6 |
Pronouns | 8 |
Forms of Verbs | 10 |
Completing Sentences | 12 |
The Verb Be | 14 |
Modal Verbs | 37 |
The Present Continuous Tense | 40 |
Different Uses of the Simple Present and Present Continuous Tenses | 42 |
Articles | 44 |
The Present Perfect Tense | 47 |
Abstract Nouns | 50 |
Verbal Nouns | 54 |
Other Past Tenses | 56 |
Adverbs | 16 |
Prepositions | 18 |
Phrases | 20 |
The Past Tense | 22 |
Possession | 24 |
The Future Tense | 26 |
Asking Questions and Expressing Negatives The Verb Do | 28 |
Comparisons | 30 |
Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns | 33 |
Question Words | 35 |
Participial Phrases | 58 |
The Infinitive | 60 |
Count and Mass Nouns | 62 |
Questions and Negatives with Helping Verbs | 65 |
The Apostrophe | 67 |
More Uses of the Definite Article | 69 |
Different Meanings of Modal Verbs | 73 |
Possessive and Reflexive Pronouns | 77 |
Common terms and phrases
abstract nouns adjectival phrase adverbial phrase adverbs antibiotic apostrophe auxiliary verb base form beautiful called complex sentences count nouns definite article dependent clauses describe drink elephant English examples Explorations express Fables following nouns following sentences future tense grammar helping verb identify indicate indirect object indirect speech infections intransitive Kavun Linking verb looked main clause main verb Mala mass nouns match meaning modal verbs Muralitharan Note noun clause noun phrase object complements parrot passive voice past participle past tense phrasal verbs plural nouns possessive adjective possessive pronoun prepositional phrase present continuous tense present participle present perfect tense present tense proper nouns question words questions and negatives Ravi refer reflexive pronouns relative pronoun Remember Rewrite Rupa simple past simple present simple sentences singular and plural singular noun sometimes talking teacher tense form three paragraphs transitive verbs Unit usage verbal noun write