English Grammar

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1Simple Present tense CLICK HERE
2Simple Past Tense CLICK HERE
3Simple Future Tense CLICK HERE
4Singular and Plural CLICK HERE
5ArticlesCLICK HERE
6Parts of Speech CLICK HERE
7Contracted FormCLICK HERE
8Question TagCLICK HERE

1. Parts of Speech

Nouns: Words that name people, places, things, or ideas (e.g., cat, school, happiness).

Pronouns: Words that replace nouns (e.g., he, she, it, they).Adjectives: Words that describe nouns (e.g., happy, blue, tall).Verbs: Words that show action or a state of being (e.g., run, is, feel).

Adverbs: Words that describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, often ending in -ly (e.g., quickly, very).Prepositions: Words that show relationships between a noun or pronoun and other words (e.g., in, on, at).

Conjunctions: Words that join words, phrases, or clauses (e.g., and, but, because).

Interjections: Words that show strong emotion (e.g., wow, oh, ouch).

2. Sentence Structure

Simple Sentence: Contains one independent clause (e.g., “The cat slept.”).

Compound Sentence: Contains two independent clauses joined by a conjunction (e.g., “The cat slept, and the dog barked.”).

Complex Sentence: Contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause (e.g., “Although it was raining, we went outside.”).

Compound-Complex Sentence: Contains at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause.

3. Tenses

Present Tense: Describes actions happening now (e.g., “I walk”).Past Tense: Describes actions that happened before (e.g., “I walked”).

Future Tense: Describes actions that will happen (e.g., “I will walk”).

Continuous Tense: Shows ongoing action (e.g., “I am walking” – Present Continuous).

Perfect Tense: Shows completed action (e.g., “I have walked” – Present Perfect).

4. Punctuation

Period (.): Ends a statement.

Comma (,): Separates items in a list, or clauses within sentences.

Question Mark (?): Ends a question.

Exclamation Mark (!): Shows strong emotion.

Apostrophe (’): Shows possession or contraction (e.g., “Mary’s book” or “can’t”).

Quotation Marks (“ ”): Enclose direct speech or quotations.

5. Types of Clauses

Independent Clause: A complete thought that can stand alone as a sentence.

Dependent Clause: Cannot stand alone and depends on an independent clause for meaning.

6. Common Grammar RulesSubject-Verb Agreement: The subject and verb must agree in number (e.g., “She runs,” not “She run”).

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement: Pronouns must agree with the nouns they replace in number and gender.Correct Use of Articles: “A” and “an” for non-specific items, “the” for specific items.

7. Active vs. Passive VoiceActive Voice: The subject performs the action (e.g., “The dog chased the ball”).Passive Voice: The subject receives the action (e.g., “The ball was chased by the dog”).8. Direct and Indirect SpeechDirect Speech: Quoting someone’s exact words (e.g., He said, “I am happy.”).Indirect Speech: Paraphrasing what someone said without using their exact words (e.g., He said that he was happy).9. Common ErrorsMixing up homophones (e.g., “their,” “there,” “they’re”).Using incorrect verb forms.Misplacing punctuation.Sentence fragments and run-on sentences.This overview provides a foundation in grammar, which can be built upon with practice and more advanced topics as students progress.

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