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Painfree Better English Grammar aims to help you improve your written and spoken English through understanding the structure of the English language.
This is a thorough, useful book with all parts of speech and grammar and using the exercises and answers will help you to feel more confident.
Used by ELT self-study students.Don't let the thought of reading and writing in English fill you with horror, this accessible book is a pain-free route to writing comprehensibly and confidently.
CONTENTS
BETTER ENGLISH GRAMMARGRAMMARTHE SENTENCE AND THE PARAGRAPHThe sentenceMinor sentencesMajor sentencesSubject and predicate Subject PredicateObject Direct object Indirect objectComplementPunctuation of sentencesTypes of sentence Statements Negative sentences Questions Yes-no questions Tag questions Wh-questions Alternative questions Exclamatory questions Rhetorical questions Question by tone of voice Directives ExclamationsKinds of sentence Simple sentences Multiple sentences Compound sentences Complex sentencesThe paragraphEXERCISES 1ANSWERS 1CLAUSES, PHRASES AND PHRASAL VERBSClauses Main clause Punctuation and main clauses Subordinate clause Adverbial clause Types of adverbial clause adverbial clause of time adverbial clause of place adverbial clause of purpose adverbial clause of reason adverbial clause of result adverbial clause of condition adverbial clause of manner adverbial clause of concession Comparative clause Relative clause Types of relative clause Defining relative clause Non-defining relative clause Punctuation in relative clauses Prepositions in relative clauses Noun clause or nominal clause Comment clausePhrases Noun phrase Adjective phrase Adverb phrase Preposition phrase Participial phrasePhrasal verbs Position of object in phrasal verbsEXERCISES 2ANSWERS 2PARTS of Speech IMain parts of speechNouns Common and proper nouns Concrete and abstract nouns Countable and uncountable nouns Verbal noun Collective nouns Singular and plural forms of nouns Regular singular forms of nouns Regular plural forms of nouns Irregular plural forms of nouns Foreign plural forms of nouns Unchanging plural form Nouns used only in the plural form Gender of nouns Dual gender Feminine forms Person in compound nouns Compound nouns Plural forms of compound nouns Nouns and noun phrases in appositionPronouns Personal pronouns I and we: the first person personal pronoun You: the second person personal pronoun He, she, it and they: the third person personal pronoun Possessive pronouns Reflexive pronouns Reciprocal pronouns Demonstrative pronouns Indefinite pronouns Distributive pronouns Interrogative pronouns Relative pronounsEXERCISES 3ANSWERS 3PARTS OF SPEECH IIAdjectives Gradable and non-gradable adjectives Position of adjectives Attributive adjectives Predicative adjectives Post-modifiers Qualitative adjectives Classifying adjectives Colour adjectives Number adjectives Emphatic adjectives Interrogative adjectives Demonstrative adjectives Possessive adjectives Compound adjectives Order of adjectives Adjectives used as nouns Adjective or adverb? Comparative forms of adjectives Comparative and number of syllables Irregular comparatives No comparative form Superlative forms Irregular superlatives No superlative formDeterminers Types of determiner Definite and indefinite articles Definite article Indefinite article Demonstrative determiners Possessive determiners Indefinite determiners Number determinersEXERCISES 4ANSWERS 4PARTS OF SPEECH IIIVerbs Regular verbs Irregular verbs Categories of irregular verbsTense Present tense Simple present tense Continuous present tense Past tense Simple past tense Continuous past tense Perfect tense Continuous present perfect tense Past perfect tense Future tense Traditional grammar Modern usage Other ways of referring to the futureMood Indicative mood Imperative mood Subjunctive moodVoice Active voice Passive voiceTransitive verb and intransitive verbLinking verbAuxiliary verbModal auxiliary verbConcordParts of a verb Infinitive Participles Present participle Past participleEXERCISES 5ANSWERS 5PARTS OF SPEECH IVAdverbs Types of adverb Adverbs of time Adverbs of frequency Adverbs of duration Adverbs of place Adverbs of manner Adverbs of degree Adverbs of emphasis Interrogative adverbsPrepositions Simple prepositions Complex prepositionsConjunctions Coordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions introducing adverbial clausesEXERCISES 6ANSWERS 6PUNCTUATIONTHE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATIONFull stop The full stop and abbreviations The full stop in email and website addressesQuestion markExclamation markCapital letterEXERCISES 7ANSWERS 7Comma The comma as separating device in lists The comma as a separating device in a list of adjectives Commas and relative clauses Commas and subordinate clauses The comma as a separating device in clauses joined by coordinating conjunctions The comma as separating device with initial phrases The comma with terms of address The comma with question tags The comma with interjections The comma used in pairs as a means of separation or parenthesis The comma with nouns or phrases in apposition The comma and numbersEXERCISES 8ANSWERS 8BracketsDashSemicolon The semicolon as a link The semicolon as a separation device in lists The semicolon as separation device in lists of word groups already containing commas The semicolon as a separation device before certain adverbsColon The colon as a separating device in a two-part sentence The colon as a linking device or introductionEXERCISES 9ANSWERS 9Hyphen The hyphen in word-breaksEXERCISES 10ANSWERS 10Quotation marks Quotation marks and direct speech Quotation marks and paragraphs Quotation marks and dialogue Other uses of quotation marks Quotation marks and titles Quotation marks and a direct quotationEXERCISES 11ANSWERS 11Other punctuation marks Apostrophe Asterisk Three-dot ellipsis ObliqueEXERCISES 12ANSWERS 12DEVELOPING YOUR OWN STYLESTYLESentence style Sentence length The middle way Sentence structure Compound sentences Complex sentencesVocabulary Active and passive vocabulary Increasing your word power Dictionaries and thesaurusesRegisterKeep it simpleAdding varietyEXERCISES 13ANSWERS 13EXERCISES 14ANSWERS 14WORDS THAT MAY CONFUSEIDIOMS, CLICHÉS AND EVERYDAY PHRASESCommon idiomsClichésEveryday phrasesHomophonesHomonymsHomographs and heteronyms
For ages 12-17Format Paperback | 256 pagesDimensions 124 x 193 x 23mm | 250gPublication date 01 May 2014Publisher The Gresham Publishing Co. LtdImprint Geddes & GrossetPublication City/Country Glasgow, United KingdomLanguage EnglishISBN10 1842057588ISBN13 9781842057582
