English Grammar - A Complete Guide.
Language is generally used to express one’s thoughts and feelings in words, in written or spoken form. It can ease the channel for communication and allow the spontaneous flow of thoughts and can be used to state facts as well as to arouse feelings. Learning English Language is not that hard if you do it the right way. Instead of learning all the rules of grammar, try to understand how each grammatical component can be used and how it works differently under different conditions.
Here, you can find a set order of English Grammar topics that you can follow to learn Grammar quickly and effectively.
A. If you are a beginner who is learning the English language for the very first time, then begin with the alphabets, vowels, consonants and syllables.
- The English language has 26 alphabets. There are 5 vowels in the English language – a, e, i, o and u. All the other 21 alphabets are consonants.
- A syllable is a combination of a vowel and consonant sounds that are used to form a word, and they are of four main types – Monosyllabic words (1 syllable – e.g., dog), Disyllabic words (2 syllables – e.g., table, where ‘ta’ and ‘ble’ are the two syllables), Trisyllabic words (3 syllables – e.g., custody, where ‘cus’, ‘to’ and ‘dy’ are the three syllables), and Polysyllabic words (4 or more syllables – e.g., hospitality, where ‘hos’, ‘pi’, ‘ta’, ‘li’ and ‘ty’ are the different syllables).
B. Once you know the alphabets, syllables and words, you can slowly start reading simple sentences and paragraphs and then, you can start learning the Advanced English grammar components.
- You can start with parts of speech. This will help you to learn the function of words - that means, where and how to use them. There are 8 main parts of speech - Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Prepositions, Conjunctions and Interjections.
- When you are sure about parts of speech, its functions and usage. Then, you can move on to the sentence structure, which explains where each part of speech can be placed in a sentence. There are 5 main components in a sentence – Subject, Verb, Object, Complement and Adjunct. You can structure the sentences in various patterns like SV, SVO, SVOC, SVOA, ASVO, ASVC, etc.
- Once you are done with sentence structure then you can learn the Kinds & Types of sentences. There are 4 Kinds of sentences – Assertive or Declarative Sentences, Interrogative Sentences, Exclamatory Sentences and Imperative Sentences. As far as sentence types are concerned, there are 3 Types of sentences – Simple Sentences, Compound Sentences and Complex Sentences.
- The Next in line are Tenses. This is one of the most important topics in English grammar. Without proper knowledge of tenses, you will not be able to communicate in a meaningful and sensible manner. There are 3 Types – Present, Past and Future. Which are further divided into 4 forms (Simple, Continuous, Perfect and Perfect Continuous) in each tense.
- Then last but not the least comes Phrases & Clauses, Active Voice & Passive Voice, Figures of Speech, Idioms, are the topics that can be learnt a little later as these components are used to modify and garnish your English language.
As you work with these grammar topics, try reading short stories & newspaper articles and make attempts to identify the different grammatical components you have learnt so far. Check for the parts of speech, identify their function, find out the sentence pattern used, determine the tense to check how much you understand.
# Grammar
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I - Parts of Speech :
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# Nouns
- Common Nouns
- Proper Nouns
- Collective Nouns
- Abstract Nouns
- Countable Nouns
- Uncountable Nouns
- Possessive Nouns
- Noun Gender
- Noun Numbers
# Adjectives
- Descriptive Adjective
- Possessive Adjectives
- Interrogative Adjectives
- Compound Adjectives
- Demonstrative Adjectives
# Articles
- Indefinite Article (A / An)
- Definite Article (The)
# Pronouns
- Personal Pronouns
- Demonstrative Pronouns
- Reflexive Pronouns
- Interrogative Pronouns
- Relative Pronouns
- Indefinite Pronouns
- Distributive Pronouns
- Numerals Pronoun
- Possessive Pronouns
- Reciprocal Pronouns
# Verbs
- Main Verbs
- Helping Verbs
- Regular Verbs
- Irregular Verbs
- Auxiliary Verbs
- Modal Verbs
- Phrasal Verbs
- Finite & Non Finite Verbs
- Transitive & Intransitive Verb
- Linking Verbs
- Stative Verbs
- Action Verbs
- The Infinitive
- The Participle
- The Gerund
# Adverbs
- Conjunctive Adverbs
- Adverb Clauses
# Prepositions
- Simple Prepositions
- Compound Prepositions
- Phrase Prepositions
- Participial Prepositions
# Conjunctions
- Coordinating Conjunctions
- Subordinating Conjunctions
- Correlative Conjunctions
# Interjections
# Determiners
- Articles
- Demonstratives
- Possessives
- Distributives
- Quantifiers
- Interrogatives
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II - The Sentence :
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# Kinds of Sentences.
- Declarative sentence
- Interrogative sentence
- Imperative sentence
- Exclamatory sentence
# Subject and Predicate.
# The Phrase and The Clause.
# Punctuations.
# Structure of Sentences
- Simple Sentences
- Compound sentence
- Complex sentence
# Tenses
- Past Tense
- Present Tense
- Future Tense
# Subject Verb Agreement.
# Active Voice & Passive Voice.
# Direct Speech & Indirect Speech.
# Figure of Speech :
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Personification
- Hyperbole
- Onomatopoeia
- Irony
- Alliteration
- Oxymoron
- Imagery
- Rhyme Scheme
# Idioms & Phrases
# Writing
- Diary Entry
- Notice Writing
- Poster Making
- Advertisements
- E-mail Writing
- Dialogue Writing
- Article Writing
- Story Writing
- Paragraph Writing
- Speech writing
- Essay Writing
- Report Writing
- Biographical Sketch
- Letter writing
- Application Writing
# Vocabulary
- Animal Names
- Body Parts
- Body Sounds
- Shapes Names