English Grammar . Reference and Practice

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THE VERB
1. The Verb "to be"
2. "There" "be" Construction
3. The Verb "to have"
4. English Tenses Active
5. The Indefinite (Simple) Forms
6. The Continuous Forms
7. The Perfect Forms
8. The Perfect Continuous Forms
9. Revision on Tenses
10. Tests
11. Talking about the Future
THE SEQUENCE OF TENSES
1. General Rules
2. Revision
3. Tests
DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH
1. Indirect Statement
2. Indirect Command and Request
3. Indirect Questions
4. Revision
THE PASSIVE VOICE
1. The Formation of the Passive Voice
2. Uses of the Passive Voice Peculiar to the English Language
3. Revision
4. Tests
THE USE OF THE SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD
1. Conditional Sentences
2. Making a Wish
3. Revision
4. Tests
MODAL VERBS
1. Definition
2. Can
3. May
4. Must
5. Should and Ought
6. Need
7. Revision
8. Tests
THE NOUN
1. Formation of Nouns
2. Classification of Nouns
3. The Category of Number
4. The Category of Case
5. Tests
THE ARTICLE
1. The Use of Articles with Common Nouns
2. The Use of Articles with Nouns of Material and Abstract Nouns
3. The Use of Articles with Proper Nouns
4. Special Difficulties in the Use of Articles
5. The Use of Articles with Nouns in Some Set Expressions
6. Tests
THE PRONOUN
1. Classification of Pronouns
2. Tests
THE ADJECTIVE
1. Formation of Adjectives
2. Word Order: adjective noun
3. The Comparison of Adjectives
4. Tests
THE ADVERB
1. Definition and Forms
2. Classification of Adverbs
3. Revision
4. Tests
THE VERBALS (the Non-Finite Forms of the Verb)
1. The Gerund
2. The Infinitive
3. The Participle
PREPOSITION
1. Definition
2. Prepositions of Place
3. Prepositions of Direction
4. Some Prepositions Confused
5. Revision
6. Prepositions with Forms of Transport
7. The Prepositions of Time
8. Prepositions Expressing Abstract Relations
9. Composite Prepositions
10. Revision
11. The Use of Prepositions in Set Expressions
12. Tests
THE COMPOUND SENTENCE AND THE COMPLEX SENTENCE
The Compound Sentence
The Complex Sentence
1. Subject Clauses
2. Predicative Clauses
3. Object Clauses
4. Attributiv e Clauses
5. Adverbial Clauses
EMPHASIS
1. The Emphatic Do
2. Double Negation
3. The Emphatic Construction "It is ... that/which/who/whom"
4. The Emphatic Construction "It is not until ... that"
5. The Emphatic "Not ... till/until"
Appendix 1. List of Irregular Verbs
Appendix 2. Irregular and Regular Verbs: Difficult Cases
Appendix 3. Regular Verbs: Spelling Rules
Appendix 4. List of Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases
Appendix 5. Place of Adverbs
Appendix 6. Verbs Followed by the Infinitive
Appendix 7. American English
Appendix 8. List of Grammar Terms and Key Words
Appendix 9. Punctuation
Appendix 10. Prepositions and Homonymous Adverbs. The Meaning and Use
Appendix 11. Some Verbs Used with Prepositions
Appendix 12. The List of Verbs Used with Prepositions
Appendix 13. The Compound Sentence. Conjunctions and Connectives
Appendix 14. The Complex Sentence. Conjunctions and Connectives
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