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A Practical English Grammar by A.J. Thomson (11 be, have, do (be as an…
A Practical
English Grammar
by A.J. Thomson
1 Articles and one, a little/ a few, this, that
2 Nouns
3 Adjectives
4 Adverbs
5 all, each, every, both, neither, either, some, any, no, none
6 Interrogatives: wh-? words and how?
7 Possessive, personal and reflexive pronouns: my, mine, I, myself
8 Relative pronouns and clauses
9 Prepositions
10 introduction to verbs
Ordinary verbs
Auxiliary verbs
Use of auxiliaries in short answers, agreements etc.
11 be, have, do
be as an auxiliary verb
be as an ordinary verb
Have as an auxiliary verb
have as an ordinary verb
do
12 may and can for permission and possibility
13 can and be able for ability
14 ought, should, must, have to, need for obligation
15 must, have, will and should for deduction and assumption
16 The auxiliaries dare and used
dare
used
to be/become/get used to
17 The present tenses
18 The past and perfect tenses
19 The future
20 The sequence of tenses
21 The conditional
22 Other uses of will/would, shall/should
23 The infinitive
24 The gerund
25 Infinitive and gerund constructions
Verbs + infinitive or gerund
Verbs + infinitive or gerund without change of meaning
A. begin, start, continue, cease
B. can't bear
C. Intend
D. advise, allow, permit, recommend
If the person concerned is mentioned we use the infinitive:
But if this person is not mentioned, the gerund is used:
E. it needs/requires/wants
can be followed either by the gerund or by the passive infinitive, the gerund being the more usual:
Verbs + infinitive or gerund with change of meaning
regret, remember, forget
agree/agree to, mean. propose
go on, stop, try. used (to)
be afraid (of), be sorry (for) be ashamed (of)
26 The participles
28 The subjunctive
27 Commands, requests, invitations, advice, suggestions
29 care, like, love, hate, prefer, wish
30 The passive voice
31 Indirect speech
32 Conjunctions
33 Purpose
34 Clauses of reason, result, concession, comparison, time
35 Noun clauses
36 Numerals, dates, and weights and measures
37 Spelling rules
38 Phrasal verbs
39 List of irregular verbs