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The Best Book Of English Grammar

The Best Book of English Grammar

The Best Book Of English Grammar

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The Best Book Of English Grammar

The Best Book of English Grammar VIJAY SHARMA

The Best Book Of English Grammar DID YOU PURCHASE THIS BOOK WITHOUT A COVER? If you did, you should be aware it is stolen property as it was reported unsold and destroyed by a retailer. Neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this book. All the characters in this book have no existence outside the imagination of the author, and have no relation whatsoever to anyone bearing the same name or names. They are not even distantly inspired by an individual known or unknown to the author, and all the incidents are pure invention. All Rights Reserved including ight of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. This edition is published by Beyond Books Hub. The text of this publication or any part thereof may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording. Storage in an information retrieval system, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way o trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the prior consent of the publisher in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

Published in India 2021 ©RESERVED ISBN 978 1 6856 3243 4 Printed by NOTION PRESS Published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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y Name is Vijay Sharma. I didn't speak any English when I crossed the high School. Today, I can speak Standard English like a British Citizen. In this lesson, I will teach you how to speak Standard English that can be understood by any native speaker; and I'll show you step-by-step instructions on how to completely get rid of your accent and speak Standard English like a native.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR ............................................................................................. 5 INTRODUCTION TO PARTS OF SPEECH............................................................ 12 NOUN ....................................................................................................................... 14 KINDS OF NOUN................................................................................................ 15 EXERCISE-1 ........................................................................................................ 17 GENDER ................................................................................................................... 18 NUMBER .................................................................................................................. 20 MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISES ....................................................................... 21 PRONOUN ................................................................................................................ 23 PERSONAL PRONOUN...................................................................................... 24 ACCUSATIVE ......................................................................................... 25 POSSESSIVE PRONOUN ................................................................................... 25 RECIPROCAL PRONOUN ................................................................................. 26 REFLEXIVE PRONOUN .................................................................................... 26 DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS ...................................................................... 27 INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS ........................................................................ 27 RELATIVE PRONOUN....................................................................................... 29 MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISE ......................................................................... 30 LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD............................................................................. 34 VERBS ...................................................................................................................... 37 ADJECTIVES ........................................................................................................... 40

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ADJECTIVES OF QUALITY .............................................................................. 40 Adjectives of quantity ........................................................................................... 41 Adjective of number ............................................................................................. 41 Demonstrative adjectives ...................................................................................... 42 Interrogative adjectives ......................................................................................... 42 Possessive adjectives ............................................................................................ 42 Degrees of comparison ......................................................................................... 43 ADVERB................................................................................................................... 45 KINDS OF ADVERB ........................................................................................... 45 Use of (a) little and (a) few. .................................................................................. 49 EXERCISE ........................................................................................................... 52 THREE LITTLE PIGS ......................................................................................... 57 PREPOSITION.......................................................................................................... 59 IN .......................................................................................................................... 60 ON ........................................................................................................................ 60 AT ......................................................................................................................... 61 ABOVE................................................................................................................. 61 Under .................................................................................................................... 62 UP ......................................................................................................................... 62 Down .................................................................................................................... 62 To .......................................................................................................................... 62 For......................................................................................................................... 63 With ...................................................................................................................... 63 Without ................................................................................................................. 63

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Between ................................................................................................................ 64 Among .................................................................................................................. 64 From...................................................................................................................... 64 Through................................................................................................................. 64 By.......................................................................................................................... 64 About .................................................................................................................... 65 Since ..................................................................................................................... 65 Behind ................................................................................................................... 65 Opposite ................................................................................................................ 65 Exercise................................................................................................................. 66 CONJUNCTION ....................................................................................................... 70 EXERCISE ........................................................................................................... 71 INTERJECTION ....................................................................................................... 72 EXAMPLES............................................................................................................................72 EXERCISE ..............................................................................................................................73

INTRODUCTORY WORDS .................................................................................... 74 Use of IT ............................................................................................................... 74 Use of there ........................................................................................................... 74 ARTICLES ................................................................................................................ 76 Fill the article: a/an/the ......................................................................................... 77 Exercise................................................................................................................. 78 Introduction to vowels and consonants ................................................................. 79 TENSES .................................................................................................................... 80 Present Simple ...................................................................................................... 80

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Sentence Structure............................................................................................ 81 EXERCISE ........................................................................................................... 81 Present continuous ................................................................................................ 81 Sentence Structure............................................................................................ 82 Present PERFACT ................................................................................................ 82 Present PERFACT CONTINUOUS ..................................................................... 83 Simple Past Tense ................................................................................................. 84 PAST CONTINOUS Tense .................................................................................. 85 PAST PERFACT Tense........................................................................................ 86 PAST PERFACT CONTINOUS Tense ................................................................ 86 Simple Future Tense ............................................................................................. 88 Structure ....................................................................................................... 89 Future Continuous................................................................................................. 89 Structure ....................................................................................................... 90 Future PERFACT TENSE .................................................................................... 90 Future PERFACT Continuous TENSE ................................................................. 91 Little Red Riding Hood......................................................................................... 92 Goldilocks and The Three Bears ........................................................................... 94 INFORMATIVE QUESTIONS (QUESTION WORDS/ WH FAMILY) ........... 96 Exercise................................................................................................................. 96 Exercise................................................................................................................. 97 Exercise................................................................................................................. 98 Exercise................................................................................................................. 98 READING ............................................................................................................... 100

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Her Olive skin ..................................................................................................... 100 MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISE ............................................................................ 104 Sentence Formation .............................................................................. 104

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INTRODUCTION TO PARTS OF SPEECH THERE ARE EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Nouns: Describe person, place and thing. Pronouns: Words used in place of nouns. Verbs: Words that express actions or state. Adjectives: Words that show the quality of nouns or pronouns. Adverbs: Words that show the quality of verbs, adjectives or adverbs. Prepositions: Words that relate a noun or pronoun to other noun or pronoun in a sentence. 7. Conjunctions: Words that join sentences.

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8. Interjections: Words expressing feeling and emotions. These 8 parts of speech come together to form a sentence. Sentence is a group of words which make complete sense and the all the words in any language is divided in to the 8 categories referred above which are called parts of Speech. For Example,:- Oh! The quick brown fox jumped smartly over the lazy little dog and ate it.

In the above sentence we find all parts of speech in the following mannerOh! (Interjection) the (article) quick (adjective) brown (adjective) fox (noun) jumped (verb) smartly (adverb) over (preposition) the (article) lazy (adjective) little (adjective) dog (noun) and (conjunction) ate (verb) it (pronoun).

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NOUN

“A noun is the name of person, place, animal, thing, quality, action, feeling etc” 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

My mother is beautiful. (Person) Kolkata is a very large city. (Place) Cows live on grass. (Animal) The pen is in my pocket. (Thing) Beauty cannot be made. (Quality) Lata sings very sweet songs. (Action) Joy is always short-lived. (Feeling)

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KINDS OF NOUN 1. Proper noun: A proper noun is the name given to a particular place, person or thing to single it out from other of its class. Example, The Red Fort is made of Red Stone.

2. Common noun: A common noun is the name of a person, place or thing of whose kind there are many others. Example, The Children Stood up. 3. Collective noun: A collective noun names a group or collection of persons, animals, or things as a complete whole. Example, our army defected the enemy.