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BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR

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Howard Sargeant

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 bereproduced 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 1-59905-203-2 Printed in the United States of America 13 12 11 10 09 08 07

Note to the Student from the Publisher
Grammar is a very old field of study. Did you know that the sentence wasfirst 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 ofspeech—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 profit from the fundamental introduction and review of grammar provided by SADDLEBACK'S BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR 1 and 2. Helpful marginalnotes 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 proficiency.



What you’ll find in this book


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Nouns
Common Nouns Proper Nouns Singular Nouns Plural Nouns Collective Nouns Masculine and Feminine Nouns The Possessive Form of Nouns

7–23 7 8 11 11 17 20 2224–31 24 26 27 27 28 28 32–43 32 33 35 37 39 42 44–51 44 45 46 47 49 49 50 50

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Pronouns
Personal Pronouns Reflexive Pronouns Possessive Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns Interrogative Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns

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Adjectives
Kinds of Adjectives The Order of Adjectives Adjective Endings Describing What Something Is Made of The Comparison of Adjectives Adjective Phrases

4Determiners
The Articles Using Nouns without Articles Demonstrative Determiners Quantifying Determiners Interrogative Determiners Possessive Determiners Numbers Using Determiners Together



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Verbs and Tenses
Subject and Verb Agreement Transitive and Intransitive Verbs The Simple Present Tense am, is and are there is and there are The Present Progressive Tense The Simple Past Tense was andwere Irregular Verbs The Past Progressive Tense have, has and had The Present Perfect Tense Irregular Past Participles The Future Tense do, does and did The Infinitive The Imperative Form of Verbs Gerunds

52–87 52 55 58 59 60 63 65 66 67 70 71 73 73 77 80 83 84 85 88–94 88 89 89 90 90 90 91 95–100 95 96 96 97 97 98 101–108 101 102 102 103 103 105 

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Auxiliary Verbs
can and could will andwould shall and should ought to must may and might Verb Phrases

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Adverbs and Adverb Phrases
Adverbs of Manner Adverbs of Time Adverbs of Place Adverbs of Frequency Adverbs of Duration Adverbs of Emphasis

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Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Preposition or Adverb? Prepositions of Place Prepositions of Time Prepositions of Direction Prepositions with Special Uses Prepositionswith Adjectives, Verbs or Nouns

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Conjunctions
and, but and or Conjunctions Linking Phrases Conjunctions with Lists Conjunctions That Join Sentences Other Words for and Other Words for but Other Words for or Conjunctions of Time Conjunctions of Place Conjunctions of Reason Conjunctions of Purpose

109–117 109 110 110 111 111 112 112 113 113 114 114 118–133 118 119 120 120 123 123 124...