Systems in English Grammar
An Introduction for Language Teachers
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments iv
Introduction v
To the Teacher vii
UNIT I: THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ENGLISH
Chapter 1. Words 3
Chapter 2. Groups of Words 17
UNIT II: THE VERB
Chapter 3. The Auxiliary System 39
Chapter 4. The Verb Tense System 46
Chapter 5. The Negation System 109
Chapter 6. The Modal System 119
Chapter 7. The Question System 136
UNIT III: THE NOUN
Chapter 8: Subjects and Objects 163
Chapter 9: The Pronoun System 195
Chapter 10: The Determiner System 213
Chapter 11: The Adjective System 241
UNIT IV: THE ADVERB
Chapter 12: The Adverbial System 269
Chapter 13: The Preposition and Particle Systems 286
UNIT V: SENTENCE COMBINING
Chapter 14: The Coordination and Subordination System 317
Chapter 15: The Complement System 340
APPENDIXES
Answer Key to Exercises 379
Irregular Verbs 470
Separable and Nonseparable Phrasal Verbs 471
Index 473
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