English Grammar = Грамматика английского языка

Содержание книги "English Grammar . Reference and Practice. Version 2.0"

THE VERB
1. The Verb "to be"
2. "There be" Construction
3. The Verb "to have"
4. English Tenses Active
5. The Simple Forms
6. The Continuous Forms
7. Talking about the Future
8. The Perfect Forms
9. The Perfect Continuous Forms
10. Revision on Tenses
11. Tests
MODAL VERBS
1. Definition
2. "Can"
3. "May"
4. "Must"
5. "Should" and "Ought to"
6. "Need"
7. Revision
8. Tests
THE PASSIVE VOICE
1. Formation of the Passive Voice
2. Uses of the Passive Voice Peculiar to the English Language
3. Revision
4. Tests
QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVES
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. Reporting a Dialogue or a Conversation
5. Revision
THE SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD
1. Conditional Sentences
2. Making a Wish
3. Revision
4. 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. Use of Articles with Common Nouns
2. Use of Articles with Nouns of Material and Abstract Nouns
3. Use of Articles with Proper Nouns
4. Special Difficulties in the Use of Articles
5. Use of Articles 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, Forms and Place
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
THE 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. Use of Prepositions in Set Expressions
12. Tests
THE COMPOUND SENTENCE AND THE COMPLEX SENTENCE
1. The Compound Sentence
2. The Complex Sentence
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"
6. Tests
APPENDICES
Appendix 1. List of Grammar Terms and Key Words
Appendix 2. List of Irregular Verbs
Appendix 3. Irregular and Regular Verbs: Confusing Forms
Appendix 4. Regular Verbs: Spelling Rules
Appendix 5. Place and Order of Adverbs in a Sentence
Appendix 6. American English
Appendix 7. Punctuation
Appendix 8. Prepositions and Homonymous Adverbs. Meaning and Use
Literature