Basic English Grammar

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BASIC ENGLISH
GRAMMAR
Book
1
1
BASIC ENGLISH
GRAMMAR
Book
1
Anne Seaton
•
Y. H. Mew
Three Watson
Irvine, CA 92618-2767
Web site: www.sdlback.com
First published in the United States by Saddleback Educational Publishing, 3 Watson, Irvine,
CA 92618 by arrangement with Learners Publishing Pte Ltd, Singapore
Copyright ©2007 by Saddleback Educational Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this book
may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,
recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the
publisher.
ISBN 1-59905-201-6
Printed in the United States of America
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Introduction
Grammar is a very old ield of study. Did you know that the
sentence was irst divided into subject and verb by Plato,
the famed philosopher from ancient Greece? That was
about 2,400 years ago! Ever since then, students all over
the world have found it worthwhile to study the structure
of words and sentences. Why? Because skill in speaking
and writing is the hallmark of all educated people.
Lesson by lesson, this book provides basic instruction
in the eight parts of speech—nouns, pronouns, verbs,
adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and
interjections—as well as the standard patterns of English
sentences.
All students of English, be they native speakers or those
who are studying English as a second language, will
proit from the fundamental introduction and review of
grammar provided by SADDLEBACK’S BASIC ENGLISH
GRAMMAR 1 and 2. Helpful marginal notes throughout
the books have been provided to reinforce existing skills
and call attention to common problem areas.
We wish you every success in your pursuit of English
proiciency.
1
What is Grammar?
5
The Simple Past Tense
98
Regular and Irregular Verbs
99
Was and Were
104
2
The Capital Letter
6
The Past Progressive Tense
106
The Future Tense
108
Can and Could
112
3
Nouns 8
Common Nouns 8
Proper Nouns 1 3
Singular Nouns 21
Plural Nouns 23
Collective Nouns 34
Masculine and Feminine Nouns 37
May and Might
113
Do, Does and Did
115
Would and Should
120
8
Subject-Verb Agreement
123
9
Adverbs
127
4
Pronouns
44
Personal Pronouns
44
10
Prepositions
132
Relexive Pronouns
47
Interrogative Pronouns
48
Demonstrative Pronouns
49
11
Conjunctions
135
5
Adjectives
52
12
Interjections
138
Adjective Endings
54
Kinds of Adjectives
58
Comparison of Adjectives
65
13
Sentences 139
What is a Sentence? 139
Kinds of Sentences 140
The Imperative 141
The Subject and the Object 143
Direct and Indirect Objects 144
Positive and Negative Sentences 146
Questions
6
Determiners
7 1
The Articles
71
Demonstrative Determiners
73
Interrogative Determiners
74
Possessive Determiners
75
147
7
Verbs and Tenses
79
The Simple Present Tense 80
Am, Is and Are 83
The Present Progressive Tense 89
Have and Has
14
Punctuation
150
Period
150
Comma
151
Exclamation Point
152
93
Question Mark
152
The Present Perfect Tense
96
Apostrophe
153
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