Fundamentals of English Grammar

Book Description

“Fundamentals of English Grammar” is a wonderful book on English grammar that is designed for all learners of any levels of grammar; that is, beginner, intermediate and advanced learners can use this book in order to gain, strengthen and refresh their knowledge of grammars of the English language through its wonderfully and beautifully crafted lessons.

As the name suggests, the book touches on the core topics of English grammar that each and every learner must focus on when they starts the grammar learning journey. A thorough reading of the book can bring a lot of benefits for the readers in terms of grammars and rules of the English language.

Why Use This Book for Grammar

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1. Unique Style of Teaching: How much you can extract from any book depends on the teaching style of the book author. Therefore, The author of the book concerned has made sure to employ his unique method of grammar teaching to students which is easy to understand.
2. Relevant Topics: In a book designed for students, the writer has to stick to the relevant topics that are essential from learners’ perspective and that can prove to be useful and enjoyable. You can fully realize this part of the book when you start reading its contents.
3. Supportive Examples: Any grammar book contains a lot of grammars and rules which is considered to be a theory book. A theory book without proper supportive examples can be futile and useless. Therefore, the author has made an onerous effort and kept in mind the fact in this book.

Table of Book Contents

Preface to the Third Edition

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Present Time

The simple present and the present progressive

Forms of the simple present and the present progressive

Frequency adverbs

Final -s

Spelling of final -s/-es

Non-action verbs

Present verbs: short answers to yes/no questions

Chapter 2: Past Time

Expressing past time: the simple past

Forms of the simple past: regular verbs

Forms of the simple past: be

Regular verbs: pronunciation of -ed endings

Spelling of -ing and -ed forms

The principal parts of a verb

Irregular verbs: a reference list

The simple past and the past progressive

Forms of the past progressive

Expressing past time: using time clauses

Expressing past habit: used to

Chapter 3: Future Time

Expressing future time: be going to and will

Forms with be going to

Forms with will

Sureness about the future

Be going to vs. will

Expressing the future in time clauses and if-clauses

Using the present progressive to express future time

Using the simple present to express future time

Immediate future: using be about to

Parallel verbs

Chapter 4: The Present Perfect and the Past Perfect

Past participle

Forms of the present perfect

Meanings of the present perfect

Simple past vs. present perfect

Using since and for

Present perfect progressive

Present perfect progressive vs. present perfect

Using already, yet, still, and anymore

Past perfect

Chapter 5: Asking Questions

Yes/no questions and short answers

Yes/no questions and information questions

Where, why, when, and what time

Questions with who, who(m), and what

Spoken and written contractions with question words

Using what + a form of do

Using what kind of

Using which

Using whose

Using how

Using how often

Using how far

Length of time: it + take and how long

More questions with how

Using how about and what about

Tag questions

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Pronunciation of final -s/-es

Plural forms of nouns

Subjects, verbs, and objects

Objects of prepositions

Prepositions of time

Word order: place and time

Subject-verb agreement

Using adjectives to describe nouns

Using nouns as adjectives

Personal pronouns: subjects and objects

Possessive nouns

Possessive pronouns and adjectives

Reflexive pronouns

Singular forms of other: another vs. the other

Plural forms of other: other(s) vs. the other(s)

Summary of forms of other

Chapter 7: Modal Auxiliaries

The form of modal auxiliaries

Expressing ability: can and could

Expressing possibility: may and might

Expressing permission: may and can

Using could to express possibility

Polite questions: may I, could I, can I

Polite questions: would you, could you, will you, can you

Expressing advice: should and ought to

Expressing advice: had better

Expressing necessity: have to, have got to, must

Expressing lack of necessity: do not have to

Expressing prohibition: must not

Making logical conclusions: must

Giving instructions: imperative sentences

Making suggestions: let’s and why don’t

Stating preferences: prefer, like … better, would rather

Chapter 8: Connecting Ideas

Connecting ideas with and

Connecting ideas with but and or

Using auxiliary verbs after but and and

Using and + too, so, either, neither

Connecting ideas with because

Connecting ideas with even though/although

Chapter 9: Comparisons

Making comparisons with as … as

Comparative and superlative

Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs

Completing a comparative

Modifying comparatives

Comparisons with less … than and not as … as

Unclear comparisons

Using more with nouns

Repeating a comparative

Using double comparatives

Using superlatives

Using the same, similar, different, like, alike

Chapter 10: The Passive

Active sentences and passive sentences

Form of the passive

Transitive and intransitive verbs

Using the by-phrase

The passive forms of the present and past progressive

Passive modal auxiliaries

Using past participles as adjectives (stative passive)

Participial adjectives: -ed vs. -ing

Get + adjective; get + past participle

Using be used/accustomed to and get used/accustomed to

Used to vs. be used to

Using be supposed to

Chapter 11: Count/Noncount Nouns and Articles

A vs. an

Count and noncount nouns

Noncount nouns

More noncount nouns

Using several, a lot of, many/much, and a few/a little

Nouns that can be count or noncount

Using units of measure with noncount nouns

Guidelines for article usage

Using the or Ø with names

Capitalization

Chapter 12: Adjective Clauses

Adjective clauses: introduction

Using who and whom in adjective clauses

Using who, who(m), and that in adjective clauses

Using which and that in adjective clauses

Singular and plural verbs in adjective clauses

Using prepositions in adjective clauses

Using whose in adjective clauses

Chapter 13: Gerunds and Infinitives

Verb + gerund

Go + -ing

Verb + infinitive

Verb + gerund or infinitive

Preposition + gerund

Using by and with to express how something is done

Using gerunds as subjects; using it + infinitive

It + infinitive: using for (someone)

Expressing purpose with in order to and for

Using infinitives with too and enough

Chapter 14: Noun Clauses

Noun clauses: introduction

Noun clauses that begin with a question word

Noun clauses with who, what, whose + be

Noun clauses that begin with if or whether

Noun clauses that begin with that

Other uses of that-clauses

Substituting so for a that-clause in conversational responses

Quoted speech

Quoted speech vs. reported speech

Verb forms in reported speech

Common reporting verbs: tell, ask, answer/reply

Appendix 1: Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs: introduction

Phrasal verbs: intransitive

Three-word phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs: a reference list

Appendix 2: Preposition Combinations

Preposition combinations: introduction

Preposition combinations: a reference list

Answer Key

Index

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