Grammar is said to be the how and why of language. We simply cannot say, write and understand anything in English without some knowledge of it. Early in school, we were taught about the different parts of speech like verb, noun, adjective, adverb, pronoun, conjunction and preposition so that we are able form phrases, clauses, and sentences correctly.
We compile a list of free Grammar lessons for you to browse, read, and study in the order that you like.
Noun
- Recognition of Nouns
- Singular and Plural Nouns
- Count, Noncount, and Proper Nouns
- Concrete and Abstract Nouns
- Proper and Common Nouns
- The Possessive Case of Nouns
- The Apostrophe Possessive and the "OF" Possessive
- Functions of Noun
Pronoun
- Pronoun
- Case, Person, Gender, Subclasses and Number of Pronouns
- Pronoun Case
- The Nominative or Subjective Case
- The Accusative or Objective Case
- The Genitive or Possessive Case
- Functions of Possessives
- Functions of Independent Possessives
- Masculine and Feminine Gender
- Central Pronouns
- Personal Pronouns
- Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns
- Possessive Pronouns
- Reciprocal Pronouns
- Relative Pronouns
- Interrogative Pronouns (Indefinite and Definite Interrogatives)
- Indefinite Pronouns
- Demonstrative Pronouns
- Compound Pronouns
- Universal Pronouns
- Assertive Pronouns
- Nonassertive Pronouns
- Negative Pronouns
Verb
- Recognition of Finite Verbs
- Forms of the Finite Verbs
- Regular and Irregular Verbs
- Primary Verbs- Be, Have and Do
- Mood - Indicative, Imperative and Subjunctive
- Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
- The Passive and Active Voice
- Present and Past Tense
- Modal Verbs
- Future Time
- Shall and Will
- Perfect Tenses
- Progressive Tenses
The Adjective and the Adverb
- Recognition of Adjectives and Adverbs
- Characteristics of the Adjective
- Central and Peripheral Adjectives
- Syntactic Functions of Adjectives
- Attributive and Predicative
- Postpositive
- Intensifying Adjectives
- Subclassification of Adjectives
- Stative/Dynamic
- Gradable/Nongradable
- Inherent/Noninherent
- The Article
- Functions of Adjectives
- Fuctions of Adverbs
- Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
- Confusion of Adjectives and Adverbs
The Verbal
- The Infinitive
- The Present Participle
- Past Participle
- Functions of Verbals
Preposition and Conjunctions
- Recognition of Prepositions and Subordinating
- Simple and Complex Prepositions
- Prepositional Phrases
- Functions of Prepositional Phrases
- Prepositions denoting spatial relations
- Prepositions denoting time
- Conjunctions
- The Use of Coordinators
- The Use of Correlatives