Basic-English-Grammar

•Illustrated lessons are tightly focused on core concepts of grammar •Nearly 70 practice exercises are included for ready reinforcement •A wealth of examples are provided on every topic •Concise explanations are bolstered by extra grammar tips and useful language notes Younger students at beginning to intermediate levels will greatly benefit from this step-by-step approach to English grammar basics. This is the ideal supplement to your language arts program whether your students are native English speakers or beginning English language learners. Skill-specific lessons make it easy to locate and prescribe instant reinforcement or intervention. BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR Book 1 Book 1 Book 1 Book 1 Book 1 Anne Seaton • Y. H. Mew Book 1 Copyright ©2007 by Saddleback Educational Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher. ISBN 1-59905-201-6 Printed in the United States of America 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Three Watson Irvine, CA 92618-2767 Web site: www.sdlback.com First published in the United States by Saddleback Educational Publishing, 3 Watson, Irvine, CA 92618 by arrangement with Learners Publishing Pte Ltd, Singapore Introduction Grammar is a very old field of study. Did you know that the sentence was first divided into subject and verb by Plato, the famed philosopher from ancient Greece? That was about 2,400 years ago! Ever since then, students all over the world have found it worthwhile to study the structure of words and sentences. Why? Because skill in speaking and writing is the hallmark of all educated people. Lesson by lesson, this book provides basic instruction in the eight parts of speech—nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections—as well as the standard patterns of English sentences. All students of English, be they native speakers or those who are studying English as a second language, will profit from the fundamental introduction and review of grammar provided by SADDLEBACK’S BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR 1 and 2. Helpful marginal notes throughout the books have been provided to reinforce existing skills and call attention to common problem areas. We wish you every success in your pursuit of English proficiency. 1 What is Grammar? 5 2 The Capital Letter 6 3 Nouns 8 Common Nouns 8 Proper Nouns 13 Singular Nouns 21 Plural Nouns 23 Collective Nouns 34 Masculine and Feminine Nouns 37 4 Pronouns 44 Personal Pronouns 44 Reflexive Pronouns 47 Interrogative Pronouns 48 Demonstrative Pronouns 49 5 Adjectives 52 Adjective Endings 54 Kinds of Adjectives 58 Comparison of Adjectives 65 6 Determiners 71 The Articles 71 Demonstrative Determiners 73 Interrogative Determiners 74 Possessive Determiners 75 13 Sentences 139 What is a Sentence? 139 Kinds of Sentences 140 The Imperative 141 The Subject and the Object 143 Direct and Indirect Objects 144 Positive and Negative Sentences 146 Questions 147 8 Subject-Verb Agreement 123 9 Adverbs 127 10 Prepositions 132 11 Conjunctions 135 12 Interjections 138 14 Punctuation 150 Period 150 Comma 151 Exclamation Point 152 Question Mark 152 Apostrophe 153 7 Verbs and Tenses 79 The Simple Present Tense 80 Am, Is and Are 83 The Present Progressive Tense 89 Have and Has 93 The Present Perfect Tense 96 The Simple Past Tense 98 Regular and Irregular Verbs 99 Was and Were 104 The Past Progressive Tense 106 The Future Tense 108 Can and Could 112 May and Might 113 Do, Does and Did 115 Would and Should 120 Here’s an old children’s rhyme about the eight parts of speech of English grammar. It gives you an idea of what grammar is about. Read and remember it. Every name is called a noun, As field and fountain, street and town. In place of noun the pronoun stands, As he and she can clap their hands. The adjective describes a thing, As magic wand or bridal ring. Most verbs mean action, something done, To read and write, to jump and run. How things are done the adverbs tell, As quickly, slowly, badly, well. The preposition shows relation, As in the street or at the station. Conjunctions join, in many ways, Sentences, words, or phrase and phrase. The interjection cries out, “Heed! An exclamation point must follow me!” What is Grammar? 1 Pronoun Verb Adjective Noun Preposition Adverb Interjection Conjunction The capital letter is also called a big letter or upper- case letter, or sometimes just a capital. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z When do you use a capital letter? 4 Use a capital letter for the first letter in a sentence: The dog is barking. Come here! 4 Always use a capital letter for the word : am eight years old. Tom and are good friends. 4 Use a capital letter for the names of people: Alice, Tom, James, Kim, Snow White 4 Use a capital letter for the names of places: National Museum, Bronx Zoo, London, Sacramento 4 Use a capital letter for festivals, holidays, days of the week, months of the year: New Year’s Day, Christmas, Labor Day, Mother’s Day, Sunday, Monday, Friday, January, May, July, October I The Capital Letter 2 I I Exercise 1 Circle the letters that should be CAPITALS. Then write the correct letter in the space above them. 1 peter and i are good friends. 2 we are going to chicago during our summer vacation. 3 there is an interesting football game on sunday. 4 jason lives on thomson avenue. january is the first month of the year. Exercise 2 Look at the signs on the left. Can you find the mistakes? Write the names correctly. hopkins hotel lincoln school newton road orchard street botanic gardens national library shea stadium Word File Nouns are divided into common nouns and proper nouns. Common nouns are words for people, animals, places, or things. These are words for people. They are common nouns. artist acrobat clown Another word for astronaut is spaceman or spacewoman. Here are more words for people: actor lawyer aunt judge baby man baker nurse cook police officer dentist singer doctor soldier giant teacher Common Nouns Nouns 3 astronaut D i d y o u k n o w ? Word File These are words for animals. They are common nouns. bird crocodile deer Here are more words for animals: cat goose cow hen dog horse dolphin mouse duck parrot fish shark goat whale zebra eagle bear 10 Word File These are words for places. They are common nouns. shop beach park library Here are more words for places: airport market cave mountain church playground farm restaurant hill school hospital seashore hotel stadium house supermarket island temple mall zoo Everfresh Co. 11 These are words for things. They are common nouns. basket bed cake drum blanket gate Word File Here are more words for things: bag kite box ladder bread lamp can picture chair radio cot television cup train desk truck door watch egg window 12 Exercise 1 Underline the common nouns in these sentences. 1 There’s a little bird in the garden. 2 Who is your teacher? 3 Don’t eat that rotten apple. 4 Kate has a lovely doll. I like reading stories. My father is a doctor. Every child has a dictionary. Rudy hates bananas. The phone is ringing. 10 Here’s a book for you. Exercise 2 Here’s a mixed bag of words. Put each word under its correct heading. swimmer snail fire engine clown letters flag river barber mountain fox hotel parrot granny taxi gardener camel People Animals Places Things 13 Proper nouns are names for particular people, places or things. They always begin with a capital letter. Your own name and the names of your friends are proper nouns too. Beethoven Omar Lisa Santa Claus Proper Nouns Word File Here are some more names of people: Ali Baba Florence Nightingale Derek Jeter Pauline Johnny Depp Patrick Harry Potter Pinocchio Robin Hood Kim Lee D i d y o u k n o w ? 14 The names of countries and their people are also proper nouns. Country People Country People America Americans Korea Koreans Egypt Egyptians Malaysia Malaysians India Indians Pakistan Pakistanis Italy Italians France the French Japan the Japanese Thailand Thais Thai Indian Egyptian American Italian Pakistani Filipino Malay Korean Japanese