Fundamentals Of English Grammar

nouns used as adjectives flower gardens),

168

personal pronouns (I, we), 17 1

possessive nouns (student's, studenu'),

176

present tense verbs (eat), 4,12

verbs in adjective clauses (man who ir,

men who are), 354

So:

with and (and so do 0,235

conjunction (It was late, so we lefr),

230

substituted for that-clause (I think so),

418

Some, 313,326

Soltoola'therlneither, 235

Spelling:

-ed, 29

-erl-est, 253-254fn.

ing, 29

-s/-es, 13, 158 r

Stative (non-action) verbs, 17fn.

Stative passive (is married), 292

StiN. 102

Stop (stop doing it vs. stop to do it),

3701%.

Subject pronouns, personal (I, she, they),

171

in adjective clauses (a man who is, a book

which was), 344

Subjects, verbs, objects, 159

transitive vs. inuansitive verbs, 280

Subject-verb agreement, 165

in adjective clauses, 354

Superlatives, 252-253,265

Supposed to, 307

S-V-0-P-T, 164

Tag questions (You know Bob, don't you?),
152
Take, with it to express length of time,
141
Tell vs. say, ask, 425
Tenses:
past perfect (had worked), 112-1 13
past progressive (were workink), 39

present perfect (have worked), 85-87,

95

present perfect progressive (have been

workink), 98-100

present progressive (is workink), 4

future meaning, 70

simple future (will work), 56

simple past (worked), 25-26, 32, 39,

87

simple present(works), 4

future meaning, 65,73

Than:

in comparatives (morel-er), 252,257,

260

following like better, would mther, 2 18

That:

in adjective clauses (a book that I read),

347-348,355

in noun clauses (He said that.. .),

414-415

The, 252,326-327

with names, 338

Their, they're, there, 17 6

Thsrs + be, 165

Think, progressive vs. non-action, 17

Three-word verbs, 446 (SEE ALSO Phrasal

verbs) ,', ,., : ' : i

Time clauses, defined, 239jh.

form, (^48) ' ,' ... ...~. , .. ;., ,~,. :.
future, 65 , -..
past, 48.. , I,
with since, 95
To,,Srom, to express distance, 140
'Zb + simple form (infinitive), 373-374
(in order) to, 39 1
(excess amount), 394
with and (and I do too), 235
Transitive and intransitive verbs, 280
lko-word verbs, 432 (SEE ALSO Phrasal
verbs)
Units of measure (a cup of, a piece ofl,
324
Until, 48,65,67fn.
Used to (past habit), 52
vs. be used to, 305
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