Sách English Grammar: Understanding the Basics

Title: English Grammar: Understanding the Basics

Level: All

Author(s): Evelyn P. Altenberg and Robert M. Vago

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Date: 2010

Pages: 286

Size: 1.75 Mb

Format: PDF

Quality: High

Language: American English

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Our goal in this book is to help you learn about English grammar in as simple and straightforward a way as possible. The book was inspired by our students, most of whom panic when we say words like adjective, subject, and passive. We believe that panic will be replaced by knowledge and confidence as readers work their way through this user-friendly book.


Who is this book for? It’s for anyone who needs or wants to understand English grammar.


That includes readers who:

(1) want to improve their writing;

(2) are studying a foreign language;

(3) are or want to be teachers;

(4) are learning English as a second language;

(5) are or want to be professionals such as speech-language pathologists and attorneys;

(6) are interested in how English works.


The book is self-guided and self-paced; it can be used alone or as part of a course.

Contents

Introduction page xi

How to use this book xii

Part I Kinds of words 1

Unit I Nouns 3

Lesson 1 Identifying nouns 3

Lesson 2 Concrete and abstract nouns 5

Lesson 3 Singular and plural nouns 9

Lesson 4 Animate and inanimate nouns 12

Lesson 5 Count and noncount nouns 14

Lesson 6 Proper and common nouns 18

Answer keys:Test yourself questions ^ Unit 1 20

Unit 2 Verbs 23

Lesson 7 Identifying verbs 23

Lesson 8 The verb base 25

Lesson 9 Action verbs and linking verbs 27

Lesson 10 Transitive and intransitive verbs 35

Lesson 11 Phrasal verbs 38

Answer keys:Test yourself questions ^ Unit 2 41

Unit 3 Determiners 45

Lesson 12 Articles 46

Lesson 13 Demonstratives 48

Lesson 14 Possessives 50

Lesson 15 Quanti¢ers 53

Answer keys:Test yourself questions ^ Unit 3 55

Unit 4 Adjectives 58

Lesson 16 Identifying adjectives 58

Answer keys:Test yourself questions ^ Unit 4 63

Unit 5 Prepositions 65

Lesson 17 Identifying prepositions 65

Answer keys:Test yourself questions ^ Unit 5 68

Unit 6 Conjunctions 69

Lesson 18 Coordinating conjunctions 70

Lesson 19 Subordinating conjunctions 73

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Lesson 20 Correlative conjunctions 77

Answer keys:Test yourself questions ^ Unit 6 79

Unit 7 Pronouns 81

Lesson 21 Subject and object pronouns 82

Lesson 22 Re£exive pronouns 85

Lesson 23 Demonstrative pronouns 87

Lesson 24 Possessive pronouns 89

Lesson 25 Interrogative pronouns 93

Lesson 26 Relative pronouns 96

Answer keys:Test yourself questions ^ Unit 7 99

Unit 8 Adverbs 103

Lesson 27 Identifying adverbs 103

Answer keys:Test yourself questions ^ Unit 8 107

Review matching exercise and answer key ^ Part I 109

Part II Kinds of phrases 111

Unit 9 Noun phrases 113

Lesson 28 The basic structure of noun phrases 113

Answer keys:Test yourself questions ^ Unit 9 119

Unit 10 Prepositional phrases 121

Lesson 29 The basic structure of prepositional phrases 121

Answer keys:Test yourself questions ^ Unit 10 125

Unit 11 Verb phrases 126

Lesson 30 The basic structure of verb phrases 126

Answer keys:Test yourself questions ^ Unit 11 135

Unit 12 Auxiliary phrases 138

Lesson 31 The basic structure of auxiliary phrases 139

Lesson 32 Modals 141

Lesson 33 Perfect have 143

Lesson 34 Progressive be 146

Lesson 35 Combining auxiliary verbs 148

Lesson 36 The su⁄xes of auxiliary verbs 151

Lesson 37 Tense 156

Answer keys:Test yourself questions ^ Unit 12 164

Unit 13 Subjects and objects 169

Lesson 38 Subjects 170

Lesson 39 Direct objects 173

Lesson 40 Indirect objects 177

Lesson 41 The functions of pronouns 183

Lesson 42 Implied subjects: commands 186

Answer keys:Test yourself questions ^ Unit 13 189

Unit 14 Compound phrases 193

Lesson 43 Compound noun phrases 194

Lesson 44 Compound verb phrases 195

Answer keys:Test yourself questions ^ Unit 14 197

Review matching exercise and answer key ^ Part II 198

Part III Getting started with sentences 201

Unit 15 The functions of sentences 203

Lesson 45 Identifying sentences by function 203

Answer keys:Test yourself questions ^ Unit 15 206

Unit 16 Combining sentences 207

Lesson 46 Simple sentences 207

Lesson 47 Compound sentences 210

Lesson 48 Complex sentences 214

Lesson 49 Sentences with relative clauses 221

Lesson 50 Compound-complex sentences 229

Answer keys:Test yourself questions ^ Unit 16 231

Unit 17 Related sentences 235

Lesson 51 Looking at related sentences 235

Lesson 52 Active and passive sentences 238

Lesson 53 Positive and negative sentences 246

Answer keys:Test yourself questions ^ Unit 17 250

Review matching exercise and answer key ^ Part III 252

List of Quick tips 253

Glossary 261

Index 270