TY - BOOK AU - Masaldan,K N TI - Handbook of English Grammar SN - 9789383046782 U1 - 425 MAS PY - 2016/// CY - New Delhi PB - DPS Publishing House N1 - CONTENTS 1. THE PARTS OF SPEECH 2. THE NOUN I. Its Kinds II. Gender III. Number IV. Case 3. THE PRONOUN 1. Use of the Personal Pronouns II. Use of the Reflexive Pronouns III. Use of the Relative Pronouns IV. Use of the Possessive Pronouns V. Use of the Emphatic Pronouns VI. Use of the Interrogative Pronouns VII. Use of the Demonstrative Pronouns VIII. Use of the Distributive Pronouns IX. Use of the Reciprocal Pronouns X. Common Errors in the Use of pronouns 4. THE VERB 1. Kinds of Verbs 11. The Tense III. Strong and Weak Verbs IV. Correct Usage V. The Mood VI. Agreement of the Verb with the Subject VII. The Infinitive VIII. The Participle IX. The Gerund X. Uses of Auxiliary and Defective Verbs 5. THE ADVERB 1. Kinds of Adverbs II. Comparison of Adverbs III. Formation of Adverbs IV. Position of Adverbs V. Some Points about Adverbs VI. Uses of Some Adverbs 6. THE ADJECTIVE I. Kinds of Adjectives II. Adjectives - Comparison 7. THE PREPOSITION I. Kinds of Prepositions II. Use of Prepositions III. Objects for Prepositions IV. Position of Prepositions in a Sentence V. Use of Certain Prepositions VI. Appropriate Use of Some Prepositions VII. Errors in the Use of Prepositions 8. THE CONJUNCTION 1. Noun Clauses II. Adjective Clauses III. Adverb Clauses 9. The Articles 1. Uses of the Indefinite Article 'a' II. Uses of the Indefinite Article 'an' III. Uses of the Definite Article 'the' 10. PUNCTUATION 1. The Full Stop 11. The Comma III. The Semicolon IV. The Colon V. The Note of Exclamation VI. The Note of Interrogation VII. The Dash VIII. The Hyphen IX. The Apostrophe X. The Capital Letters 1. TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES 1. Change of Voice 11. Sentences with or without the Adverb "too" III. Changing the Degree of Comparison IV. Interchanging Affirmative and Negative Sentences V. Interchanging Assertive and Interrogative Sentences VI. Interchanging Exclamatory and Assertive Sentences VII. Conditional Sentences VIII. Sentences Expressing Concession or Contrast IX. The Substitution of one part of Speech for Another X. Conversion of Simple Sentences into Compound (Double) S XI. Conversion of compound (double) sentences into simple sentences XII. Conversion of Complex Sentences into Simple Sentences XIII. Conversion of Compound Sentences into Complex Sentences XIV. Conversion of Complex Sentences into Compound Sentences I. Combining two or more Simple Sentences ER -