A Remedial English Grammar

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A Remedial English Grammar
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CHAPTERS

• ARTICLES
• AGREEMENT OF VERB AND SUBJECT
• CONCORD OF NOUNS, PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVE
  ADJECTIVES
• CONFUSION OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
• DIFFICULTIES WITH COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVES
• CONFUSION OF PARTICIPLES ACTIVE PASSIVE
• PREPOSITIONS
• NEGATIVE VERBS
• TENSES 1, 2 3
• THE INFINITIVE

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Tenses 1

• Present tense Simple and Continuous
• Simple
• Universal truth
• E.g. The earth moves round the sun
• Habitual/recurrent action
• The school starts functioning at 9.30 am
• For permanent situations
• This river flows to the Arabian sea

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Tenses 1

• Continuous
• Activity happening at the time of speaking
• E.g. The bell is ringing at the temple
• Temporary situations
• E.g. Boniface is standing near the bridge

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Tenses 1

• Exceptions
• For verbs come and go, if the sentences begin
  with here and there, simple present tense is used
• E.g. Here they come.
• There goes the bus.
• Verbs denoting physical senses use simple form
• E.g. I see a tram coming

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Tenses 1

• When feel means experience a sensation and
  think means be of the opinion, then simple
  tense is used.
• E.g. I feel tired.
• I think you should reconsider your decision.
• Simple and continuous can refer to future in the
  active form
• E.g. The PM visits Kerala next month.
• The PM is visiting Kerala next month.

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Tenses 1

• Past tense Simple and Continuous
• Activity as in progress in the past
• E.g. When we arrived they were having lunch.
• Habitual activity/past belief
• E.g. We had our lunch at 12.30 in those days

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Tenses 1

• Activity on one particular occasion viewed
  retrospectively
• E.g. The train arrived ten minutes late
• Activity viewed in its entirety after its
  completion
• E.g. I slept for three hours