21 Essential English Grammar Lessons E-Book

H. E. Colby

• Herausgeber: H. E. Colby
• Kategorie: Fremdsprachen
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

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21 Essential English Grammar Lessons

Leseprobe

21 Essential English Grammar Lessons

H.E. Colby

Published by H.E. Colby, 2014.

While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.

21 ESSENTIAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR LESSONS

First edition. November 21, 2014.

Copyright © 2014 H.E. Colby.

Written by H.E. Colby.

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

PREFACE

Lesson 1:  Present Simple vs. Present Simple Continuous

Unit 2:  Past Simple vs. Present Perfect

Unit 3:  Present Perfect Simple vs. Present Perfect Continuous

Unit 4:  Future Time

Unit 5:  Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Unit 6:  Frequency Adverbs

Unit 7:  Passive Voice

Unit 8:  Connecting Ideas

Unit 9:  Gerunds and Infinitives

Unit 10:  Used to and Would

Unit 11:  No, None (of), Nothing/Nobody

Unit 12:  Modals: Ability, Requests, and Offers (CAN/COULD)

Unit 14:  Noun Clauses

Unit 15:  First and Second Conditional

Unit 16:  Verb + Preposition

Unit 17:  Relative Clauses: Who, Whom, That, Which

Unit 18:  Present Subjunctive

Unit 19:  Past Subjunctive

Unit 20:  Causatives – Let / Make / Have / Get

Unit 21:  Indirect Speech: Imperatives

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About the Author

 

To Noel, Alex, Heather, Melissa, and Winn with Love

PREFACE

Thank you for purchasing a copy of 21 Essential English Grammar Lessons!

Your interest in English grammar is understandable given its importance in expressing, presenting, and selling your ideas to colleagues and clients.

Whether you write for business, university or just for pleasure, you will be much more competent and start to really understand how English works with 21 Essential English Grammar Lessons.

This book is written for students and professionals who want to study the essential part of English grammar without the guidance of a teacher.

It is intended for pre-intermediate to advance level students who have fundamental questions about how the different parts of English grammar fit together.

How to use this book

The twenty-one units of grammar are not in any particular order. Each can be reviewed independently at the convenience of the student.

Exercises follow each presentation of grammar lessons which allow students to test their knowledge of each unit.

Answers follow each grammar exercise.

Finally, this book may be used simply as a reference without doing the exercises.

Good luck,

Professor H. E. Colby

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