Introduction
The sentence
Sentence word order 1
The simple sentence 4
The compound sentence 10
The complex sentence 12
Introduction 12
Noun clauses 13
Relative pronouns and clauses 16
Adverbial clauses 24
Participle constructions 30
Nouns
One-word nouns 34
Compound nouns 35
Countable/uncountable nouns 38
Number (singular and plural) 43
Gender 49
The genitive 51
Articles
General information 55
The indefinite article a/an 57
The definite article the 61
The zero article 65
Pronouns
General information 72
Personal pronouns 73
One 76
It 78
Possessive adjectives/pronouns 80
Reflexive pronouns 82
Demonstrative adjectives/
pronouns 85
Indefinite pronouns 86
Quantity
General introduction 88
Particular quantifiers 91
Distributives 98
Adjectives
Formation of adjectives 106
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| The comparison of adjectives | |
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| Adverbs of manner | |
| Adverbs of place | |
| Adverbs of time |
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Types of adjectives and their
Adverbs of frequency 133
Adverbs of degree 135
Intensifies 139
Focu s ad verbs 141
Viewpoint adverbs and
connectives 142
Inversion after adverbs 142
8 Prepositions, adverb particles
and phrasal verbs
General information 144
Movement and position 146
Time 149
Particular uses 150
Verb + preposition/particle 152
Verbs, verb tenses, imperatives
General information 159
The sequence of tenses 161
Simple present 162
Present progressive 164
Simple past 166
Past progressive 170
Simple present perfect 171
Simple past perfect 174
Present/past perfect progressive 176
Simple future 178
Future progressive 180
Future perfect simple/
progressive 181
T h e 'g o in g t o '- f u t u r e 181
Other ways of expressing the
future 183
Future-in-the-past 184
The imperative 184
Be, Have, Do
Be, Have, Do as auxiliary verbs 187
Be as a full verb 188
There + be 194
Verbs related in meaning to be 196
Have ('possess') and have got 198
Have (something other than
'possess') 201
Do as a full verb 204
11 Modal auxiliaries and related
verbs
General characteristics 207
Ability 212
Permission and prohibition 215
Certainty and possibility 218
Deduction 221
Offers, requests, suggestions 222
Wishes wish and if only 224
Preference would rather/would
sooner 226
Advisability, duty, necessity 227
Lack of necessity, prohibition 231
Habit 234
Dare 236
Other uses of modal auxiliaries 237
The passive and the causative
General information about form 241
Uses of the passive 243
The causative 246