Learning Basic Grammar Book 2 With

Learning Basic Grammar
Book 2
with
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More in-depth view of
eight parts of speech nouns,
pronouns,
verbs,adjectives, adverbs,
prepositions,
conjunctions, and interjections
with
exercises for you to complete
What youll find in this book
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Nouns
723
Common Nouns 7
Proper Nouns 8
Singular Nouns 11
Plural Nouns 11
Collective Nouns 17
Masculine and Feminine Nouns 20
The Possessive Form of Nouns 22
Pronouns
2431
Personal Pronouns 24
Reflexive Pronouns 26
Possessive Pronouns 27
Demonstrative Pronouns 27
Interrogative Pronouns 28
Indefinite Pronouns 28
Adjectives
3243
Kinds of Adjectives 32
The Order of Adjectives 33
Adjective Endings 35
Describing What Something Is Made of 37
The Comparison of Adjectives 39
Adjective Phrases 42
Determiners
4451
The Articles 44
Using Nouns without Articles 45
Demonstrative Determiners 46
Quantifying Determiners 47
Interrogative Determiners 49
Possessive Determiners 49
Numbers 50
Using Determiners Together 50
Verbs and Tenses
5287
Subject and Verb Agreement 52

Transitive and Intransitive Verbs 55
The Simple Present Tense 58
am, is and are 59
there is and there are 60
The Present Progressive Tense 63
The Simple Past Tense 65

was and were 66
Irregular Verbs 67
The Past Progressive Tense 70
have, has and had 71
The Present Perfect Tense 73
Irregular Past Participles 73
The Future Tense 77
do, does and did 80
The Infinitive 83
The Imperative Form of Verbs 84
Gerunds 85
Auxiliary Verbs
8894
can and could 88

will and would 89
shall and should 89
ought to 90
must 90
may and might 90
Verb Phrases 91
Adverbs and Adverb Phrases
95100
Adverbs of Manner 95
Adverbs of Time 96
Adverbs of Place 96
Adverbs of Frequency 97
Adverbs of Duration 97
Adverbs of Emphasis 98
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Preposition or Adverb? 101

Prepositions of Place 102
Prepositions of Time 102
Prepositions of Direction 103
Prepositions with Special Uses 103
Prepositions with Adjectives, Verbs or Nouns 105
101108
Conjunctions
109117
and, but and or 109

Conjunctions Linking Phrases 110
Conjunctions with Lists 110
Conjunctions That Join Sentences 111
Other Words for and 111
Other Words for but 112
Other Words for or 112
Conjunctions of Time 113
Conjunctions of Place 113
Conjunctions of Reason 114
Conjunctions of Purpose 114
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Sentences
118133
Four Kinds of Sentence 118

Sentences with Objects 119
Verbs with Two Objects 120
Verbs with No Object 120
Simple Sentences 123
Compound Sentences 123
Conditional Sentences 124
Positive and Negative Sentences 124
Questions 128
Question Tags 130
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Direct and Indirect Speech
134139
Direct Speech 134

Indirect Speech 134
Indirect Commands 135
Indirect Questions 136
12
Punctuation
140148
Punctuation Marks: period, comma, question mark,

exclamation point, apostrophe, quotation marks, colon 140
Capital Letter 144
A List of Irregular Verbs
149152
There are two main types of nouns: common nouns and proper nouns.
Common Nouns
Words for people, places and things are called common nouns.
These common nouns are words for things.
ruler chair hammer bicycle truth

pen table saw ship calculator
crayons sofa axe truck television
pencil loyalty drill ferry fridge
book lamp ladder train cooker
dictionary carpet lawnmower bus computer
courage telephone spade laziness printer
These common nouns are words for animals. Notice that special names for
young animals are included.
animal its young

dog puppy
cat kitten
cow calf
horse foal
sheep lamb
goat kid
frog tadpole
These common nouns are words for places.
bank airport
hotel gas station
library park
museum farm
mall zoo
theater factory
hospital nursery
animal its young
fox cub
elephant calf
kangaroo joey
bear cub
lion cub
tiger cub
whale calf
school post office
university police station
office restaurant
mosque supermarket
temple stadium
shop synagogue
gym church
Nouns
These common nouns are words for people who do certain things.
singer manager sailor gardener

dancer secretary pilot police officer
artist teacher driver plumber
photographer doctor writer farmer
magician dentist friend clerk
athlete lawyer brother technician
Proper Nouns
The names of particular people, places and things are proper nouns. They
always begin with a capital letter.

These peoples names are proper nouns.
Robin Hood Florence Nightingale Mom Miss Park

Aladdin Muhammad Ali Dad Mrs. Taylor
Frankenstein George Washington Granny Mr. Young
Harry Potter David Beckham Grandad Dr. Lee
Santa Claus Julia Roberts Uncle David Professor Raj
Mahatma Gandhi Nelson Mandela Aunt Diana Jose
Confucius Alex Rodriguez Ms. Hall Yang Ming
The names of the days of the week and the months of the year are proper
nouns.
days of the week months

Monday January July
Tuesday February August
Wednesday March September
Thursday April October
Friday May November
Saturday June December
Sunday
Nouns: Proper Nouns

AUGUST
Sunday 4 11 18 25
Monday 5 12 19 26
Tuesday 6 13 20 27
Wednesday 7 14 21 28
Thursday 1 8 15 22 29
Friday 2 9 16 23 30
Saturday 3 10 17 24 31
Nouns: Proper Nouns

The names of special days and celebrations are also proper nouns.
New Years Day Veterans' Day
Mothers Day Thanksgiving

Independence Day Memorial Day
Valentines Day Halloween
Labor Day Christmas
Ramadan Yom Kippur
The names of famous places, buildings and monuments are proper nouns.
Big Ben the Empire State Building

the Sphinx the Taj Mahal
Graceland the Eiffel Tower
the Grand Canyon the Golden Gate Bridge
the Sydney Opera House the Great Wall of China
Buckingham Palace Chaco Canyon Pueblo
the Leaning Tower of Pisa the Statue of Liberty
The names of people who live in a particular country are also proper
nouns.
country people
Afghanistan Afghans
Australia Australians
Britain the British
China the Chinese
France the French
Germany Germans
India Indians
Indonesia Indonesians
Italy Italians
Japan the Japanese
Korea Koreans
Malaysia Malaysians
country people
Samoa Samoans
New Zealand New Zealanders

Pakistan Pakistanis
the Philippines Filipinos
Russia Russians
Nicaragua Nicaraguans
South Africa South Africans
Spain Spaniards
Switzerland the Swiss
Thailand Thais
USA Americans
Vietnam the Vietnamese
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Verbs and Tenses

Subject and Verb Agreement 52

The Simple Past Tense 65

can and could 88

Adverbs and Adverb Phrases

Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Preposition or Adverb? 101

and, but and or 109

Four Kinds of Sentence 118

Direct and Indirect Speech

Direct Speech 134

Punctuation Marks: period, comma, question mark,

A List of Irregular Verbs

ruler chair hammer bicycle truth

animal its young

singer manager sailor gardener

always begin with a capital letter.

Robin Hood Florence Nightingale Mom Miss Park

days of the week months

Nouns: Proper Nouns

Nouns: Proper Nouns

New Years Day Veterans' Day

Mothers Day Thanksgiving

Big Ben the Empire State Building

New Zealand New Zealanders

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