A Remedial English Grammar

CHAPTERS ARTICLES AGREEMENT OF VERB AND SUBJECT CONCORD OF NOUNS, PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES CONFUSION OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS DIFFICULTIES WITH COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVES CONFUSION OF PARTICIPLES: ACTIVE & PASSIVE PREPOSITIONS NEGATIVE VERBS TENSES 1, 2 & 3 THE INFINITIVE

Tenses 3 Adverb clauses: future Main clause + subordinate clause (Future time)(present tense) E.g. I shall call and see you when I come to London You will fail unless you work harder I am going to buy a new car when the price comes down

Tenses 3 Adjective clauses: Future It may either take future tense or present tense E.g. We shall award the prize to the person who gets the highest marks. We cannot consider applications that are received after 31 March.

Tenses 3 Condition I If + Present tense + future (open) If it rains I shall stay at home Condition II If + Past tense + would/should (imaginary) If he was present there he would surely protest Condition III If + past perfect + would have (rejected) If he had studied harder, he would have passed the test