English Grammar Simplified

ENGLISH GRAMMAR SIMPLIFIED All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transcribed in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher. First Edition 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE: PARTS OF SPEECH NOUNS:.................................................................. Common and Proper nouns............................... Countable and uncountable nouns ................... Singular and Plural nouns................................ Collective nouns.............................................. Compound nouns............................................. Possessive nouns............................................. PRONOUNS:............................................................. Personal pronouns........................................... Possessive pronouns....................................... Contractions with pronouns............................. Idefinite pronouns........................................... Demonstrative pronouns.................................. Interrogative pronouns..................................... Reflexive and Intensive pronouns...................... VERBS..................................................................... Action verbs................................................... Linking verbs................................................. Verb phrases.................................................. Verb tenses................................................... Subject-Verb Agreement................................ Regular and Irregular Verbs........................... Active and Passive Verb Forms........................ Transitive and Intransitive Verbs..................... ADJECTIVES............................................................. Descriptive Adjectives.................................... Demonstrative Adjectives............................... Definite and Indefinite Adjectives................... Interrogative Adjectives................................. Articles and Possesive Pronouns..................... Comparing with Adjectives............................. ADVERBS................................................................ Adverbs Describing Verbs............................... Adverbs Describing Adjectives........................ Describing other Adverbs................................ Specific categories of Adverbs........................ Formation of Adverbs..................................... Negatives Comparing with Adverbs.................. PREPOSITIONS....................................................... Common Prepositions................................... Prepositional Phrases..................................... Preposition Adverb......................................... CONJUCTIONS .................................................. Coordinating Conjuctions................................ Subordinating Conjuctions.............................. Correlative Conjuctions................................... INTERJECTIONS...................................................... CHAPTER TWO: FORMATION AND ORIGIN OF WORDS.. Sound words (onomatopoeias)......................... Eponyms......................................................... Portmanteau words......................................... Prefix ad suffixes............................................ Words usage................................................... Homographs................................................... Homophones.................................................. Synonyms...................................................... Antonyms....................................................... Idioms and sayings......................................... CHAPTER THREE: PHRASES.......................................... Nouns Phrases............................................... Verb Phrases................................................... Prepositional phrases...................................... Gerund Phrases............................................... Participial Phrases........................................... Infinitive phrases............................................ CHAPTER FOUR: SENTENCES........................................ What is a sentence?........................................ Sentence Fragments....................................... Objects........................................................... Complements................................................. Types of sentences......................................... Simple sentences............................................ Compound sentences...................................... Complex sentences......................................... Declarative sentences..................................... Interrogative sentences................................... Exclamatory sentences..................................... Imperatives sentences..................................... Conditional sentences...................................... Direct and indirect speech................................ Question tags.................................................. CHAPTER FIVE: CAPITALIZATION AND PUNTUATION........ Capitalization................................................... Punctuation..................................................... End marks....................................................... The comma...................................................... The Semicolon and the Colon............................ The Hypen........................................................ The Apostrophe................................................ Quotation Marks............................................... PREFACE This book has been specially prepared to meet the needs of Secondary School Students and learners of English as a second language. It embarks on enlightening them on the nature and structure …