What are word classes? How can we recognize them? What role do they play in regards to punctuation? Grammar in Theory and in Practice was written for those who want straight answers, in plain English, to these crucial, yet rarely asked, questions.This essential guide empowers students to identify parts of speech rapidly, to employ punctuation marks confidently, and to examine syntax precisely, in four popular GCSE texts: Lord of the Flies, Animal Farm, Frankenstein, and 1984. Grammatical categories are neatly defined in the glossary, and each chapter is packed with practical and demanding exercises, testing your knowledge of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, and prepositions. Topics range from the relatively simple, such as common pronoun errors or subject-verb agreement problems, to the somewhat complex, such as appositives, participles, or rhetorical devices. At the end of the course, there is a large punctuation section that revises the usage of commas, colons, semicolons, hyphens, and apostrophes.
This lesson looks at some basic definitions of the parts of speech. If you would like a PDF of 'Grammar in Theory and in Practice', send 12 pounds to https://www.paypal.me/MrSkypelessons , and I will send a copy to your email. Paperback version is available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grammar-Theory-Practice-David-Nicholls/dp/B08QWK88NQ/ref=sr_1_2?crid=N5IVHY3CQQBG&dchild=1&keywords=grammar+in+theory+and+in+practice&qid=1611221275&sprefix=Grammar+in+%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-2
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What are gerunds, and 'to + infinitive'? How do we use them? This elementary lesson explains the difference between gerunds and to + infinitive, and how to use them effectively in English.
USE GERUND AFTER THESE VERBS (I hate going to the shops!)
like, love, hate, enjoy
start, finish, stop, begin
suggest, recommend, regret, admit, avoid, deny
can't stand, can't bear, can't help
mind, imagine, keep, miss
prefer, risk, practice
USE INFINITIVE (without to) AFTER ALL MODAL VERBS (I can't stop smoking)
would, should, can, could, may, might, will, and negative forms too.
USE INFINITIVE (with to) AFTER MOST OTHER VERBS (I want to go to the cinema)
USE GERUNDS AFTER PREPOSITIONS (He's interested in learning English)
USE GERUNDS AS THE SUBJECT OF THE SENTENCE (Cooking is lots of fun)
USE INFINITIVE (with to) AFTER ADJECTIVES (It's difficult to study a new language)
USE INFINITIVE (with to) TO SHOW PURPOSE (Let's go to the shops to buy some milk)
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And phrasal verbs are here
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