English Grammar for Matriductive Learners

Foreword
Preface

Chapter 01 The Journey Begins
1.1 Words of Greetings
1.2 The History of English (in Brief)
1.3 What is Grammar and why do We Need It?

Chapter 02 Parts of Speech
2.1 The Furniture Pieces
2.2 Additional Context

Chapter 03 Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences
3.1 Sentence = Chest of Drawers
3.2 Phrases
3.3 Clauses
3.4 Sentences

Chapter 04 Types of Verbs
4.1 The Crux of English
4.2 What are Verbs?
4.3 Types of Verbs
4.4 Action Verbs
4.5 Linking Verbs
4.6 Auxiliary Verbs
4.7 Modal Verbs
4.8 Double Agents Examples

Chapter 05 Tenses
5.1 All about
5.2 The Twelve Tenses
5.3 The Additional Ideas
5.4 This is Only the Start!

Chapter 06 The Present Tenses
6.1 A Present from the Present
6.2 The Present Simple
6.3 The Present Simple Negative
6.4 Present Simple Questions
6.5 Negatives and Questions
6.6 The Present Continuous

Chapter 07 The Past Tenses
7.1 Memory & The Past
7.2 The Past Simple
7.3 The Past Continuous
7 4 Participles
7.5 The Present Perfect Simple
7.6 The Present Perfect Continuous
7.7 The Past Perfect Simple
7.8 The Past Perfect Continuous
7.9 Used to vs. Would

Chapter 08 The Future Tenses
8.1 J or P?
8.2 The Future is Special
8.3 “Will”
8.4 “Be Going to”
8.5 Other Ways to Discuss the Future
8.6 The Present for Future Events
8.7 The Future Continuous
8.8 The Future Perfect Tenses
8.9 Using the Future for Past Predictions

Chapter 09
Tenses Overview
9.1 Master of Time
9.2 Negatives

Chapter 10 Nouns
10.1 What are Nouns?
10.2 Common Nouns vs. Proper Nouns
10.3 Countable Nouns vs. Uncountable Nouns
10.4 How to Use Nouns in Sentences
10.5 Subject-Verb Agreement
10.6 Abstract vs. Concrete Nouns
10.7 Compound Nouns
10.8 Collective Nouns
10.9 Masculine and Feminine Nouns

Chapter 11 Infinitives and Gerunds
11.1 Verb-Based Nouns
11.2 How to Form Infinitives and Gerunds
11.3 Verb Patterns of Infinitives and Gerunds
11.4 Verb Patterns with Objects
11.5 Verb Patterns with Prepositions

Chapter 12 Pronouns
12.1 English vs. Repetition
12.2 What are Pronouns?
12.3 Personal Pronouns
12.4 Reflexive Pronouns
12.5 Possession
12.6 Indefinite Pronouns
12.7 Table of Designative Pronouns

Chapter 13 Determiners
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Articles
13.3 Quantifiers
13.4 Demonstratives
13.5 Numbers
13.6 Distributives
13.7 Possessives

Chapter 14 Adjectives
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Using Adjectives
14.3 Comparatives
14.4 Superlatives
14.5 Outlook on Adjectives

Chapter 15 Adverbs
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Adverbs of Manner
15.3 Adverbs of Degree
15.4 Adverbs of Time
15.5 Adverbs of Frequency
15.6 Adverbs of Place
15.7 Adverbs of Affirmation & Negation
15.8 Adverbs for Full Sentences
15.9 Outlook on Adverbs

Chapter 16 Prepositions
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Prepositions of Place
16.3 Prepositions of Time
16.4 Other Prepositions
16.5 Dependent Prepositions
16.6 Outlook on Prepositions

Chapter 17 Conjunctions
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Coordinating Conjunctions
17.3 Subordinating Conjunctions
17.4 Correlative Conjunctions
17.5 Outlook on Conjunctions

Chapter 18 Dummy Subjects
18.1 Introduction
18.2 “It”
18.3 “There”
18.4 Outlook on Dummy Subjects

Chapter 19 The Relative Clause
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Relative Pronouns & Their Uses
19.3 Defining & Non-Defining Relative Clauses
19.4 Relative Adverbs
19.5 Shortening Relative Clauses
19.6 Common Mistakes

Chapter 20 The Passive Voice
20.1 Introduction
20.2 How to Form the Passive
20.3 When to Use the Passive
20.4 Outlook on The Passive Voice

Chapter 21 Conditionals
21.1 Introduction
21.2 The Zero Conditional
21.3 The First Conditional
21.4 The Second Conditional
21.5 The Third Conditional
21.6 The Mixed Conditional
21.7 Swapping the Condition and the Result
21.8 Other Conditionals-Related Expressions
21.9 Outlook on Conditionals

Chapter 22 Prefixes and Suffixes
22.1 Introduction to Prefixes and Suffixes
22.2 Prefixes
22.3 Suffixes

Chapter 23 The Usual Suspects
23.1 Introduction
23.2 Capitalization Rules
23.3 Punctuation Rules
23.4 Contractions
23.5 Indirect Questions
23.6 Question Tags
23.7 Reported (Indirect) Quotation

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