IELTS Basic Grammar Index 1

Learn the Grammatical aspects covered here step by step. If you are already familiar with a topic listed here, skip it and read the next topic. When you finish this lesson, go to the “Advance English Grammar for IELTS” Section.

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List of Topics covered here….

  Nouns
Common Nouns.
Proper Nouns.
Singular Nouns.
Plural Nouns.
Collective Nouns.
Material Nouns.
Abstract Nouns.
Masculine and Feminine Nouns.
The Possessive Form of Nouns.

  Pronouns
Personal Pronouns.
Reflexive Pronouns.
Possessive Pronouns.
Demonstrative Pronouns.
Interrogative Pronouns.
Indefinite Pronouns.

  Adjectives
Kinds of Adjectives.
The Order of Adjectives.
Adjective Endings.
Describing What Something is Made of.
The Comparison of Adjectives.
Adjective Phrases.

  Determiners
The Articles.
Using Nouns without Articles.
Demonstrative Determiners.
Quantifying Determiners.
Interrogative Determiners.
Possessive Determiners.
Numbers.
Using Determiners Together.

  Verbs and Tenses
Subject and Verb Agreement.
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs.
The Simple Present Tense.
Am, Is and Are.
There is and There are.
The Present Progressive Tense.
The Simple Past Tense.
Was and Were.
Irregular Verbs
The Past Progressive Tense
have, has and had
The Present Perfect Tense.
Irregular Past Participles.
The Future Tense.
Do, Does and Did.
The Infinitive.
The Imperative Form of Verbs.
Gerunds.

  Auxiliary Verbs
Can and could.
Will and would.
Shall and should.
Ought to.
Must.
May and might.
Verb Phrases.

Adverbs and Adverb Phrases
Adverbs of Manner.
Adverbs of Time.
Adverbs of Place.
Adverbs of Frequency.
Adverbs of Duration.
Adverbs of Emphasis.

  Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Preposition or Adverb?
Prepositions of Place.
Prepositions of Time.
Prepositions of Direction.
Prepositions with Special Uses.
Prepositions with Adjectives, Verbs or Nouns.

  Conjunctions
‘And’, ‘but’ and ‘or’.
Conjunctions Linking Phrases.
Conjunctions with Lists.
Conjunctions that Join Sentences.
Other Words for ‘and’.
Other Words for ‘but’.
Other Words for ‘or’.
Conjunctions of Time.
Conjunctions of Place.
Conjunctions of Reason.
Conjunctions of Purpose.

  Sentences
Four Kinds of Sentence.
Sentences with Objects.
Verbs with Two Objects.
Verbs with No Object.
Simple Sentences.
Compound Sentences.
Conditional Sentences.
Positive and Negative Sentences.
Questions.
Question Tags.

  Direct and Indirect Speech
Direct and Indirect Speech.
Direct Speech.
Indirect Speech.
Indirect Commands.
Indirect Questions.

   Punctuation
Punctuation Marks: period, comma, question mark, exclamation point, apostrophe, quotation marks, and colon.
Capital Letter.

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