Part 1: Fundamentals of Grammar
1.1 What is Grammar?
1.2 Why Grammar Matters in Communication
1.3 Overview of the English Language
1.4 Key Differences Between Spoken and Written Grammar
Part 2: Parts of Speech in Detail
2.1 Nouns
2.1.1 Types of Nouns: Common, Proper, Abstract, Collective, and Compound
2.1.2 Singular and Plural Forms
2.1.3 Possessive Nouns
2.1.4 Gender in Nouns
2.2 Pronouns
2.2.1 Personal, Possessive, and Reflexive Pronouns
2.2.2 Relative and Interrogative Pronouns
2.2.3 Demonstrative and Indefinite Pronouns
2.2.4 Pronoun Agreement and Usage
2.3 Verbs
2.3.1 Types of Verbs: Action, Linking, Auxiliary, and Modal
2.3.2 Transitive vs. Intransitive Verbs
2.3.3 Regular and Irregular Verbs
2.3.4 Verb Conjugations and Inflections
2.4 Adjectives
2.4.1 Types of Adjectives: Descriptive, Quantitative, and Demonstrative
2.4.2 Degrees of Comparison: Positive, Comparative, Superlative
2.4.3 Proper Placement of Adjectives
2.5 Adverbs
2.5.1 Types: Manner, Time, Frequency, Place, and Degree
2.5.2 Formation and Placement of Adverbs
2.5.3 Adverbial Clauses and Phrases
2.6 Prepositions
2.6.1 Prepositions of Time, Place, and Direction
2.6.2 Prepositional Phrases
2.7 Conjunctions
2.7.1 Coordinating, Subordinating, and Correlative Conjunctions
2.8 Interjections
2.8.1 Expressing Emotion and Tone
Part 3: Sentence Elements and Construction
3.1 Basic Sentence Components
3.1.1 Subject, Predicate, and Object
3.1.2 Complements: Subject, Object, and Adjective Complements
3.2 Sentence Types
3.2.1 Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, Exclamatory
3.3 Sentence Patterns
3.3.1 Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
3.4 Sentence Structure Variations
3.4.1 Active and Passive Voice
3.4.2 Cleft Sentences
3.5 Direct and Indirect Speech
Part 4: Clauses and Phrases
4.1 Clauses
4.1.1 Main (Independent) and Subordinate (Dependent) Clauses
4.1.2 Adverbial, Relative, and Noun Clauses
4.2 Phrases
4.2.1 Noun Phrases
4.2.2 Verb Phrases
4.2.3 Prepositional Phrases
4.2.4 Adjective and Adverbial Phrases
Part 5: Verb Usage and Tenses
5.1 Verb Forms: Base, Past, Past Participle, Gerund
5.2 Overview of 12 Verb Tenses
5.2.1 Simple Tenses
5.2.2 Continuous (Progressive) Tenses
5.2.3 Perfect Tenses
5.2.4 Perfect Continuous Tenses
5.3 Future Forms: Going to, Will, Shall
5.4 Irregular Verb List
Part 6: Agreement and Consistency
6.1 Subject-Verb Agreement
6.2 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
6.3 Consistency in Verb Tense and Point of View
Part 7: Modifiers
7.1 Types of Modifiers: Adjectives and Adverbs
7.2 Placement of Modifiers
7.3 Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
Part 8: Punctuation
8.1 Period, Comma, Semicolon, and Colon
8.2 Apostrophes and Quotation Marks
8.3 Hyphens, Dashes, and Parentheses
8.4 Punctuation in Lists and Titles
Part 9: Style and Usage
9.1 Formal vs. Informal English
9.2 Academic and Professional Writing Rules
9.3 Grammar for Creative Writing
Part 10: Advanced Topics
10.1 Conditionals: Zero, First, Second, Third, Mixed
10.2 Subjunctive Mood
10.3 Inversion in English
10.4 Modal Verbs in Depth
10.5 Ellipsis and Substitution
Part 11: Vocabulary Building and Word Formation
11.1 Prefixes and Suffixes
11.2 Compound Words
11.3 Collocations
11.4 Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homophones
Part 12: Common Errors and Pitfalls
12.1 Sentence Fragments
12.2 Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices
12.3 Frequently Misused Words and Phrases
Part 13: Appendices
13.1 Glossary of Grammar Terms
13.2 List of Irregular Verbs
13.3 Common Idioms and Expressions
13.4 Grammar Practice Exercises