English Grammar Drills - Mark Lester 2009

Preface

Part 1 Noun Phrases

1 Nouns

Proper and common nouns

Count and noncount nouns

Possessive nouns

2 Adjectives

“True” adjectives

Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives

Sequence of multiple true adjectives

3 Articles

Definite articles

Indefinite articles

4 Post-Noun Modifiers

Adjectival prepositional phrases

Adjective (relative) clauses

Adjective clauses in casual conversation

5 Pronouns

Personal pronouns

Reflexive pronouns

6 Gerunds and Infinitives

Gerunds and gerund phrases

Infinitives and infinitive phrases

7 Noun Clauses

That clauses

Wh clauses

Part 2 Verb Phrases

8 Basic Verb Forms

Base form

Present tense

Past tense

Infinitive

Present participle

Past participle

Modal Auxiliary Verbs

9 Verb Tenses

Traditional classification by time and category

Simple category of tenses

Perfect tenses

Progressive tenses

10 Simple Verb Complements

Overview of basic verb complement terminology

Zero-complement verbs

Single-complement verbs

11 Multiple Verb Complements

1. Indirect object + direct object

2. Object + noun phrase complement

3. Object + adjective complement

4. Object + adverb of place

5. Object + that clause

6. To phrase + that clause

7. Object + infinitive

8. Object + base form

9. Object + present participle

12 Adverbs

How adverbs are formed

The use and meaning of adverbs

Part 3 Sentences

13 Questions and Negatives

Questions

Negatives

Question tags

14 The Passive

15 Indirect Quotation

16 Final Review

Answer Key