Elementary English Grammar :
IN this page, we have selected from our larger Grammar those portions which are purely of an elementary character and which are studied by beginners in first going over the subject. The whole of Prosody, all of the chapter on the Derivation of Words and the fine print matter of the other portions are omitted. On the other hand, copious explanations and a complete series of practical exercises are appended to the several definitions and rules. The knowledge of each rule and definition is thus thoroughly tested and impressed on the memory before the pupil is allowed to proceed to more advanced knowledge.
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The beginners will clearly understand and follow these portions on English Grammar. The utmost care is put into these portions to see that no ambiguity is here. These otherwise tested materials are the results of careful preparations and diligent study of English Grammar over a period of long time. Not only our colleagues, but also our students who learnt English from us have contributed both by their writings and by their corrections for betterment of our materials.
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A third imperative demand is that the rules, definitions and other matter to be committed to memory should be expressed with the utmost possible conciseness.
A fourth requisite is that every rule and definition should be supported and illustrated by a goodly array of apt practical examples. These are as necessary in teaching grammar as sums are in teaching arithmetic. How far these things have been secured is for the reader to judge.
- An Elementary English Grammar
- Orthography
- Etymology
- Syntax
- Prosody
- Language
- Orthography,
- Letters
- Silent Letter
- English Alphabet
- Consonants
- Vowels
- Diphthong
- Triphthong
- Triphthongs
- WORDS and SYLLABLES
- A Word
- One-letter words
- Syllable
- Sentence
- Monosyllable
- Dissyllable
- Trisyllable
- Polysyllable
- Tenses in English Grammar
- Rules for Spelling
- Etymology
- Nouns
- Classification of Nouns
- Classification of Words
- Attributes of Nouns
- Attributes of Nouns by Gender
- Proper Nouns
- Common Nouns
- Common Nouns
- Modes of Distinguishing Sex by Difference of Termination
- Modes of Distinguishing Sex by The Use of Different Words
- Modes of Distinguishing Sex by Prefixing or Affixing Another Word
- Nouns and Numbers
- Modes of Forming The Plural
- Singular Nouns
- Plural Nouns
- Nouns Irregular in The Plural
- Nouns and Persons
- The First Person
- The Second Person
- The Third Person
- Cases of Nouns
- Forms of The Cases
- Nominative Case
- Possessive Case
- Objective Case
- Declension of Nouns
- Etymological Parsing
- Inflection of Nouns
- Declension of Nouns
- Articles
- Indefinite Article
- Definite Article
- Adjectives
- An Adjective
- Numeral Adjectives
- Cardinal Adjectives
- Ordinal Adjectives
- Multiplicative Adjectives
- Comparison of Adjectives
- Degrees of Comparison
- Positive Degree of Comparison
- Comparative Degree of Comparison
- Superlative Degree of Comparison
- Regular Comparison of Adjectives
- Irregular Comparison of Adjectives
- Pronouns
- Personal Pronouns
- Declension of The Personal Pronouns
- Remarks on The Personal Pronouns
- Relative Pronouns
- Compound Relatives
- Interrogatives and Responsives
- Adjective Pronouns
- Distributive Adjective Pronouns
- Demonstrative Adjective Pronouns
- Indefinite Adjective Pronouns
- Verb
- Verbs
- Attributes of Verbs
- Voices
- Voices
- The Active Voice
- The Passive Voice
- Mood
- Moods
- Mood of A Verb
- Moods of A Verb
- The Indicative Mood
- The Interrogative Form of The Indicative Mood
- The Subjunctive Mood
- The Potential Mood
- The Imperative Mood
- The Infinitive Mood
- Tense
- Tenses
- The Simple Present Tense
- The Simple Past Tense
- The Simple Future Tense
- The Present Perfect Tense
- The Past Perfect Tense
- The Present Continuous Tense
- The Past Continuous Tense
- The Future Continuous Tense
- The Present Perfect Continuous Tense
- The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- The Future Perfect Continuous Tense
- The Future Perfect Tense
- Simple Present Tenses
- Tense Definition
- Present Continuous Verb Tense
- Learn Past Tense
- Participles
- The Present Participle
- The Perfect Participle
- The Past Participle
- The Compound-Perfect Participle
- The Virtues
- The Way to Happiness
- Verb and Number
- Verb and Person
- Numbers and Persons of The Verb
- First Person Singular
- First Person Plural
- Second Person Singular
- Second Person Plural
- Third Person Singular
- Third Person Plural
- Classes of Verbs
- Transitive Verbs and Intransitive Verbs
- Transitive Verb
- Transitive Verbs
- Intransitive Verbs
- Intransitive Verb
- Regular Verbs and Irregular Verbs
- Irregular Verbs
- Regular Verbs
- Past Tense of Have
- Past Tense of Feel
- Past Tense of Ring
- Past Tense of Hang
- Impersonal Verbs
- Defective Verbs
- Auxiliary Verbs
- Helping Verbs
- Remarks on The Auxiliary Verbs
- Conjugation
- Conjugation of The Verb TO BE
- Indicative Mood
- Subjunctive Mood
- Potential Mood
- Imperative Mood
- Infinitive Mood
- Participles
- Remarks on The Conjugation
- Conjugation of The Verb TO LOVE
- Active Voice and Indicative Mood
- Active Voice and Subjunctive Mood
- Active Voice and Potential Mood
- Active Voice and Imperative Mood
- Active Voice and Infinitive Mood
- Active Voice and Participles
- Intransitive Verbs and Passive Voice
- Passive Voice and Indicative Mood
- Passive Voice and Subjunctive Mood
- Passive Voice and Potential Mood
- Passive Voice and Imperative Mood
- Passive Voice and Infinitive Mood
- Passive Voice and Participles
- Exercises in Conjugation
- Progressive Form of A Verb
- Exercises in The Progressive Form
- The Emphatic Form of A Verb
- Conjugation of the verb in the Emphatic Form
- The Emphatic Form and Indicative Mood
- The Emphatic Form and Subjunctive Mood
- The Emphatic Form and Imperative
- Parsing Exercises
- Exercises in Participles
- Models for Parsing
- Adverbs
- An Adverb
- Comparison of Adverbs
- Irregular Comparison of Adverbs
- Adverbs of Manner
- Classes of Adverbs
- Adverbs of Quality
- Adverbs of Quality
- Adverbs of Place
- Adverbs of Time
- Adverbs of Quantity
- Adverbs of Direction
- Adverbs of Number
- Adverbs of Order
- Adverbs of Affirmation
- Adverbs of Negation
- Adverbs of Interrogation
- Adverbs of Comparison
- Adverbs of Uncertainty
- Parsing Exercises
- Conjunctions
- A Conjunction
- Parsing Exercises on Conjunction
- Prepositions
- A Preposition
- Simple Prepositions
- Compound Prepositions
- Parsing Exercises on Prepositions
- Interjections
- The Principal Interjections
- Parsing Exercises on Interjections
- Words Used as Different Parts of Speech
- The Principal Parts of A Sentence
- Syntax
- Simple Sentence
- Nominative Case Independent
- Compound Sentence
- Nominative Case Absolute
- Models for Parsing in Syntax
- Exercises in Syntax
- Syntactic Rules
- Verb and Subject
- Verb and Subject Agreement
- Verb and Subject Agreement Rules
- Models for Parsing in Verb and Subject Agreement Rules
- Exercises in Verb and Subject Agreement Rules
- Transitive Verb in Active Voice
- Models for Parsing in Transitive Verb in Active Voice
- Exercises in Transitive Verb in Active Voice
- Preposition and Objective Case
- Models for Parsing in Preposition and Objective Case
- Parse The Prepositions
- Parse The Nouns
- Parse The Pronouns
- Noun in The Possessive Case
- Pronoun in The Possessive Case
- Models for Parsing in Pronoun in The Possessive Case
- Parse The Nouns
- Parse The Pronouns
- Noun and Pronoun in Apposition with One Another
- Model for Parsing Noun in Apposition with Pronoun
- Model for Parsing Pronoun in Apposition with Noun
- Exercises in Parse The Nouns and Pronouns
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