Webster's Word Power Better English Grammar. Improve Your Written and Spoken English PDF
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CONTENTS BETTER ENGLISH GRAMMAR GRAMMAR THE SENTENCE AND THE PARAGRAPH The sentence Minor sentences Major sentences Subject and predicate Subject Predicate Object Direct object Indirect object Complement Punctuation of sentences Types of sentence Statements Negative sentences Questions Yes-no questions Tag questions Wh-questions Alternative questions Exclamatory questions Rhetorical questions Question by tone of voice Directives Exclamations Kinds of sentence Simple sentences Multiple sentences Compound sentences Complex sentences The paragraph EXERCISES 1 ANSWERS 1 CLAUSES, PHRASES AND PHRASAL VERBS Clauses Main clause Punctuation and main clauses Subordinate clause Adverbial clause Types of adverbial clause adverbial clause of time adverbial clause of place adverbial clause of purpose adverbial clause of reason adverbial clause of result adverbial clause of condition adverbial clause of manner adverbial clause of concession Comparative clause Relative clause Types of relative clause Defining relative clause Non-defining relative clause Punctuation in relative clauses Prepositions in relative clauses Noun clause or nominal clause Comment clause Phrases Noun phrase Adjective phrase Adverb phrase Preposition phrase Participial phrase Phrasal verbs Position of object in phrasal verbs EXERCISES 2 ANSWERS 2 PARTS of Speech I Main parts of speech Nouns Common and proper nouns Concrete and abstract nouns Countable and uncountable nouns Verbal noun Collective nouns Singular and plural forms of nouns Regular singular forms of nouns Regular plural forms of nouns Irregular plural forms of nouns Foreign plural forms of nouns Unchanging plural form Nouns used only in the plural form Gender of nouns Dual gender Feminine forms Person in compound nouns Compound nouns Plural forms of compound nouns Nouns and noun phrases in apposition Pronouns Personal pronouns I and we: the first person personal pronoun You: the second person personal pronoun He, she, it and they: the third person personal pronoun Possessive pronouns Reflexive pronouns Reciprocal pronouns Demonstrative pronouns Indefinite pronouns Distributive pronouns Interrogative pronouns Relative pronouns EXERCISES 3 ANSWERS 3 PARTS OF SPEECH II Adjectives Gradable and non-gradable adjectives Position of adjectives Attributive adjectives Predicative adjectives Post-modifiers Qualitative adjectives Classifying adjectives Colour adjectives Number adjectives Emphatic adjectives Interrogative adjectives Demonstrative adjectives Possessive adjectives Compound adjectives Order of adjectives Adjectives used as nouns Adjective or adverb? Comparative forms of adjectives Comparative and number of syllables Irregular comparatives No comparative form Superlative forms Irregular superlatives No superlative form Determiners Types of determiner Definite and indefinite articles Definite article Indefinite article Demonstrative determiners Possessive determiners Indefinite determiners Number determiners EXERCISES 4 ANSWERS 4 PARTS OF SPEECH III Verbs Regular verbs Irregular verbs Categories of irregular verbs Tense Present tense Simple present tense Continuous present tense Past tense Simple past tense Continuous past tense Perfect tense Continuous present perfect tense Past perfect tense Future tense Traditional grammar Modern usage Other ways of referring to the future Mood Indicative mood Imperative mood Subjunctive mood Voice Active voice Passive voice Transitive verb and intransitive verb Linking verb Auxiliary verb Modal auxiliary verb Concord Parts of a verb Infinitive Participles Present participle Past participle EXERCISES 5 ANSWERS 5 PARTS OF SPEECH IV Adverbs Types of adverb Adverbs of time Adverbs of frequency Adverbs of duration Adverbs of place Adverbs of manner Adverbs of degree Adverbs of emphasis Interrogative adverbs Prepositions Simple prepositions Complex prepositions Conjunctions Coordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions introducing adverbial clauses EXERCISES 6 ANSWERS 6 PUNCTUATION THE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATION Full stop The full stop and abbreviations
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