Basic English Grammar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Book Description

The pdf book “Basic English Grammar”, as the name suggests, is particularly designed for the beginner learners of English grammar. If you’re new baby in the world of English grammar and have just started learning grammars of English, then this book is what you should go with for making yourself knowledgeable about the rules system of the English language.

As the name of the book hints at, you can expect basic grammar topics such as noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction and interjection, tenses, voices, helping verbs, be verb forms, articles, modal verbs: can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might, must, dare, need, etc.

Why Read This Book?

When you just start learning the grammars and rules and sentence structures of the English language, you should look for a grammar guide book which has got a number of features which directly strengthen your base and make you feel confident when you hear the phrase “English grammar.”

Here’s why you should add this book to your reading list:

1. Simplicity of Language: As you’re a beginner learner, the author has to make sure that he or she uses the simple language avoiding jargons and technical terminology to ensure the readers’ understanding faculty power so that the readers can easily comprehend what the author is saying. You know what? this book has made this feature.
2. All Essential Topics: It’s hilarious to think of learning an advanced grammar topic without even completing all the basic topics which are crucial in understanding the further more advanced topics of grammar. The writer, therefore, made a special effort to meet this requirement by discussing all the required basic grammar topics.
3. Usages of Words: A grammar book should not only teach you a certain number of rules but also explain to you the common terms that you often need to use in your conversations. The book talks about a great number of such words that are frequent in everyday conversations.

Table of Contents

Please go through the table of contents in order to make that this book is best fit for you and your level. This table of contents gives an idea of what you should be expecting from it and what you should be extracting from it after you’ve dedicated your time and energy to it.

Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Using BE and HAVE

Noun + IS + Noun: Singular

Noun + ARE + Noun: Plural

Pronoun + BE + Noun

Contractions with BE

Negative with BE

BE + Adjective

BE + A Location

Summary: Sentence Patterns with BE

Yes/No Questions with BE

Questions with BE: Using WHERE

Using HAVE and HAS

Using MY, YOUR, HIS, HER, OUR, THEIR

Using THIS and THAT

Using THESE and THOSE

Asking Questions with WHAT and WHO + BE

Chapter 2: Expressing Present Time (Part 1)

Form and Basic Meaning of the Simple Present Tense

Using Frequency Adverbs: ALWAYS, USUALLY, OFTEN, SOMETIMES, SELDOM, RARELY, NEVER

Pronunciation of Final -S: /Z/ and /S/

Spelling and Pronunciation of Final -ES

Adding Final -S/-ES to Words That End in -Y

Irregular Singular Verbs: HAS, DOES, GOES

Summary: Spelling and Pronunciation of -S and -ES

The Simple Present: Negative

The Simple Present: Yes/No Questions

The Simple Present: Asking Information Questions with WHERE

The Simple Present: Asking Information Questions with WHEN and WHAT TIME

Summary: Information Questions with BE and DO

Using IT to Talk About Time

Prepositions of Time

Using IT to Talk About the Weather

Chapter 3: Expressing Present Time (Part 2)

BE + -ING: The Present Progressive Tense

Spelling of -ING

The Present Progressive: Questions

The Present Progressive vs. The Present

Nonaction Verbs Not Used in the Present Progressive

SEE, LOOK AT, WATCH, HEAR, and LISTEN TO

NEED and WANT + A Noun or an Infinitive

WOULD LIKE

WOULD LIKE vs. LIKE

THINK ABOUT and THINK THAT

THERE + BE

THERE + BE: Yes/No Questions

THERE + BE: Asking Questions with HOW MANY

Prepositions of Location

Chapter 4: Nouns and Pronouns

Nouns: Subjects and Objects

Adjective + Noun

Subject Pronouns and Object Pronouns

Nouns: Singular and Plural

Nouns: Irregular Plural Forms

Nouns: Count and Noncount

Using AN vs. A

Using A/AN vs. SOME

Measurements with Noncount Nouns

Using THE

Using Ø (No Article) to Make Generalizations

Using SOME and ANY

Indefinite Pronouns: SOMETHING, SOMEONE, ANYTHING, ANYONE

Indefinite Pronouns: NOTHING and NO ONE

Chapter 5: Expressing Past Time

Using BE: Past Time

Past of BE: Negative

Past of BE: Questions

The Simple Past Tense: Using -ED

Past Time Words: YESTERDAY, LAST, and AGO

Pronunciation of -ED: /t/, /d/, and /əd/

Spelling of -ED Verbs

Spelling of -ED and -ING: Two-Syllable Verbs

The Simple Past: Irregular Verbs

The Simple Past: Negative

The Simple Past: Yes/No Questions

More Irregular Verbs

The Simple Past: Using WHERE, WHEN, WHAT TIME, and WHY

Questions with WHAT

Questions with WHO

Asking About the Meaning of a Word

More Irregular Verbs

BEFORE and AFTER in Time Clauses

WHEN in Time Clauses

Chapter 6: Expressing Future Time

Future Time: Using BE GOING TO

Words Used for Past Time and Future Time

Using A COUPLE OF or A FEW with AGO (Past) and IN (Future)

Using TODAY, TONIGHT, and THIS + Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Week, Month, Year

Future Time: Using WILL

Asking Questions with WILL

Verb Summary: Present, Past, and Future

Verb Summary: Forms of BE

Using WHAT + A Form of DO

MAY/MIGHT vs. WILL

MAYBE (One Word) vs. MAY BE (Two Words)

Future Time Clauses with BEFORE, AFTER, and WHEN

Clauses with IF

Expressing Habitual Present with Time Clauses and IF-Clauses

More Irregular Verbs

More Irregular Verbs

Chapter 7: Expressing Ability

Using CAN

Using CAN: Questions

Using KNOW HOW TO

Using COULD: Past of CAN

Using VERY and TOO + Adjective

Using TOO MANY and TOO MUCH + Noun

Using TOO + Adjective + Infinitive

Using TOO + Adjective + FOR (Someone) + Infinitive

Using Adjective + ENOUGH

Using ENOUGH + Noun and MORE + Noun

Using ENOUGH + Infinitive

Using BE ABLE TO

Polite Questions: MAY I, COULD I, and CAN I

Polite Questions: COULD YOU and WOULD YOU

Imperative Sentences

Using TWO, TOO, and TO

More About Prepositions: AT and IN for Locations

More Irregular Verbs

Chapter 8: Nouns, Adjectives, and Pronouns

Modifying Nouns with Adjectives and Nouns

Word Order of Adjectives

Expressions of Quantity: ALL OF, MOST OF, SOME OF

Expressions of Quantity: Subject-Verb Agreement

Expressions of Quantity: ONE OF, NONE OF

Using EVERY

Possessive Nouns

Possessive: Irregular Plural Nouns

Possessive Pronouns: MINE, YOURS, HIS, HERS, OURS, THEIRS

Questions with WHOSE

Summary: Uses of the Apostrophe

Summary: Uses of Nouns

Connected Nouns: Noun + AND/OR + Noun

Summary: Uses of Adjectives

Summary: Personal Pronouns

Indirect Objects

Indirect Objects: Using FOR

Indirect Objects with BUY, GET, MAKE

Indirect Objects with EXPLAIN and INTRODUCE

More Irregular Verbs

Chapter 9: Making Comparisons

Comparisons: Using THE SAME (AS), SIMILAR (TO), and DIFFERENT (FROM)

Comparisons: Using LIKE and ALIKE

The Comparative: Using -ER and MORE

Using AS … AS; Using LESS

Using BUT

Using Verbs After BUT

The Superlative: Using -EST and MOST

Using ONE OF + Superlative + Plural Noun

Adjectives and Adverbs

Making Comparisons with Adverbs

Using AS … AS with Adverbs

Chapter 10: Expressing Ideas with Verbs

Using SHOULD

Using LET’S

Using HAVE + Infinitive (HAS TO / HAVE TO)

Using MUST

Modal Auxiliaries

Summary Chart: Modal Auxiliaries and Similar Expressions

The Present Progressive and the Past Progressive

Using WHILE with the Past Progressive

WHILE vs. WHEN in Past Time Clauses

Simple Past vs. Past Progressive

Using HAVE BEEN (The Present Perfect)

Using SINCE-Clauses

Form of the Present Perfect

Using NEVER with the Present Perfect

Present Perfect: Questions and Negatives

Using EVER with the Present Perfect

The Present Perfect: Questions with HOW LONG

Past Participles of Common Irregular Verbs

Appendices

1. The English Alphabet

2. Numbers

3. Days of the Week and Months of the Year

4. Ways of Saying the Time

5. Irregular Verbs

Index

 

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