Complete Guide English Grammar Notes For Ordinary Level - Form 1, 2, 3, 4
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER ONE : NOUNS.
1. CATEGORIES OF NOUNS
(a) Countable nouns
(b) Concrete and abstract nouns
(c) Common and proper nouns
(d) Collective nouns
(e) Compound nouns
2. NUMBER IN NOUNS
3. ARTICLES IN ENGLISH
(a) Definite Article ‘The’
(b) Indefinite Articles a/an
4. GENITIVE CASE IN NOUNS
(a) Possessive form ‘S
(b) Uses of the possessive
(c) of + Noun
5. NOUN DERIVATION
6. GENDER SENSITIVE WORDS
7. FUNCTIONS OF NOUNS IN SENTENCES
(a) Noun clause – definition
(b) Noun phrase – definition
(c) As subject of a sentence
(d) As objects of a sentence
(e) Noun clauses as compliments of a sentence.
CHAPTER TWO: PRONOUNS
1. CATEGORIES
(a) Personal pronouns
(b) Possessive pronouns
(c) Reflexive pronouns
(d) Interrogative pronouns
(e) Demonstrative pronouns
(f) Relative pronouns CHAPTER THREE: VERBS
1. DEFINITION AND CATEGORIES
(a) Lexical verbs
(b) Auxiliary verbs
3. TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS
4. QUESTION TAGS
5. THE PARTICIPLES
6. PHRASAL VERBS AND IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS
CHAPTER FOUR: ADJECTIVES
1. DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATIONS
2. POSITIONS OF ADJECTIVES
3. PARTICIPLES USED AS ADJECTIVES
4. COMPARISONS IN ADJECTIVES
5. FUNCTIONS OF ADJECTIVES
6. TYPICAL ENDINGS OF ADJECTIVES
CHAPTER FIVE: ADVERBS
1. DEFINITION AND CATEGORIES
2. COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORMS OF ADVERBS
3. POSITIONS AND FUNCTIONS OF ADVERBS
4. ORDER OF ADVERBS IN A SENTENCE
5. TYPICAL ENDINGS OF ADVERBS
CHAPTER SIX: PREPOSITIONS
1. DEFINITION
2. POSITION OF PREPOSITIONS
3. SIMPLE PREPOSITIONS
4. COMPLEX PREPOSITIONS
CHAPTER SEVEN: CONJUNCTIONS
1. DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS CORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS 2. SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
CHAPTER EIGHT:
PHRASES 1. DEFINITION OF PHRASES
TYPES OF PHRASES AND THEIR USAGE
(a) Adverb phrases
(b) Prepositional phrases
(c) Noun and adjectival phrases.
CHAPTER NINE: SENTENCES AND CLAUSES
1. DEFINITIONS
2. TYPES OF SENTENCES
(a) Imperatives
(b) Interrogatives
(c) Exclamatory sentences
(d) Declarative / affirmative sentences
(e) Negative sentences
3. CLAUSES
(a) Simple sentences
(b) Compound sentences
(c) Complex sentences
(d) Compound complex sentences
4. ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
5. CONDITIONAL CLAUSES
6. DIRECT AND INDERECT SPEECH
7. INVERSIONS
8. SENTENCE CONNECTORS
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER ONE : NOUNS.
1. CATEGORIES OF NOUNS
(a) Countable nouns
(b) Concrete and abstract nouns
(c) Common and proper nouns
(d) Collective nouns
(e) Compound nouns
2. NUMBER IN NOUNS
3. ARTICLES IN ENGLISH
(a) Definite Article ‘The’
(b) Indefinite Articles a/an
4. GENITIVE CASE IN NOUNS
(a) Possessive form ‘S
(b) Uses of the possessive
(c) of + Noun
5. NOUN DERIVATION
6. GENDER SENSITIVE WORDS
7. FUNCTIONS OF NOUNS IN SENTENCES
(a) Noun clause – definition
(b) Noun phrase – definition
(c) As subject of a sentence
(d) As objects of a sentence
(e) Noun clauses as compliments of a sentence.
CHAPTER TWO: PRONOUNS
1. CATEGORIES
(a) Personal pronouns
(b) Possessive pronouns
(c) Reflexive pronouns
(d) Interrogative pronouns
(e) Demonstrative pronouns
(f) Relative pronouns CHAPTER THREE: VERBS
1. DEFINITION AND CATEGORIES
(a) Lexical verbs
(b) Auxiliary verbs
3. TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS
4. QUESTION TAGS
5. THE PARTICIPLES
6. PHRASAL VERBS AND IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS
CHAPTER FOUR: ADJECTIVES
1. DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATIONS
2. POSITIONS OF ADJECTIVES
3. PARTICIPLES USED AS ADJECTIVES
4. COMPARISONS IN ADJECTIVES
5. FUNCTIONS OF ADJECTIVES
6. TYPICAL ENDINGS OF ADJECTIVES
CHAPTER FIVE: ADVERBS
1. DEFINITION AND CATEGORIES
2. COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORMS OF ADVERBS
3. POSITIONS AND FUNCTIONS OF ADVERBS
4. ORDER OF ADVERBS IN A SENTENCE
5. TYPICAL ENDINGS OF ADVERBS
CHAPTER SIX: PREPOSITIONS
1. DEFINITION
2. POSITION OF PREPOSITIONS
3. SIMPLE PREPOSITIONS
4. COMPLEX PREPOSITIONS
CHAPTER SEVEN: CONJUNCTIONS
1. DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS CORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS 2. SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
CHAPTER EIGHT:
PHRASES 1. DEFINITION OF PHRASES
TYPES OF PHRASES AND THEIR USAGE
(a) Adverb phrases
(b) Prepositional phrases
(c) Noun and adjectival phrases.
CHAPTER NINE: SENTENCES AND CLAUSES
1. DEFINITIONS
2. TYPES OF SENTENCES
(a) Imperatives
(b) Interrogatives
(c) Exclamatory sentences
(d) Declarative / affirmative sentences
(e) Negative sentences
3. CLAUSES
(a) Simple sentences
(b) Compound sentences
(c) Complex sentences
(d) Compound complex sentences
4. ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
5. CONDITIONAL CLAUSES
6. DIRECT AND INDERECT SPEECH
7. INVERSIONS
8. SENTENCE CONNECTORS