English : GRAMMAR





 

Index

01. Tense
02. Voice Change
03. Conversion of Sentence
04. Change of Degrees
05. Modal Auxiliaries
06. Pseudo Modal
07. Causative
08. Preposition
09. Rules of Changing Parts of Speech
10. Linker
11. Conditional
12. Right Form of Verb
13. Completing Sentences

 

 

1.TENSE

Present Indefinite Tense : I eat rice

Present Continuous Tense : I am eating rice

Present Perfect Tense : I have eaten rice

Present Perfect continuous Tense : I have been eating rice for an hour

 

 

Past Indefinite Tense : I ate rice/I would(used to) eat rice

Past Continuous Tense : I was eating rice

Past Perfect Tense : I had eaten rice before he came

Past Perfect Continuous Tense : I had been eating rice for an hour before he came

 

 

Future Indefinite Tense : I shall eat rice

Future Continuous Tense : I shall be eating rice

Future Perfect Tense : I shall have eaten rice before he will come

Future Perfect Continuous Tense : I shall have been eating rice for an hour before he will come.



Conjugation of Verbs
Strong Verbs :

Present ---- Past  ------  Past Participle
arise ------ arose --------- arisen

awake ---- awoke ------- awoke

be ------- was/were ----- been

bear ------ bore --------- borne

beat ------ beat --------- beaten

become -- became ---- become
begin ---- began -------- begun

bend ----- bent --------- bent

bet -------- bet ----------- bet

bind ----- bound -------- bound

bite ------- bit ---------- bitten

bleed ----- bled --------- bled

blow ------ blew -------- blown

break ---- broke ------- broken

bring ---- brought ------ brought

build ----- built --------- built

burst ----- burst --------- burst

buy ------ bought ------ bought

catch ---- caught -------- caught

choose -- chose --------- chosen

come ---- came --------- come

cost ------ cost ---------- cost

creep --- crept ---------- crept

cut ------- cut ------------- cut

deal ---- dealt ----------- dealt

dig ------- dug ------------ dug

do -------- did ----------- done

draw ---- drew ---------- drawn

drink --- drank ---------- drunk

drive --- drove --------- driven

eat ------ ate ----------- eaten

fall ------ fell ----------- fallen

feed ---- fed ------------ fed

feel ----- felt ------------ felt

fight --- fought -------- fought

find ---- found --------- found

fit ------- fit ------------- fit

flee ---- fled ----------- fled

fling --- flung ---------- flung

fly ------ flew -------- flown

forbid -- forbade ---- forbidden

forget -- forgot ----- forgotten

forgive -- forgave --- forgiven

freeze -- froze ------ frozen

get ------ got --------- got

give ----- gave ------- given

go ------ went ------- gone

grow --- grew ------- grown

hang ---- hung -------- hung

have ---- had --------- had

hear ---- heard ----- heard

hide ----- hid -------- hidden

hit ------- hit --------- hit

hold ---- held -------- held

hurt ---- hurt --------- hurt

keep --- kept -------- kept

knit ---- knitted ----- knitted

know --- knew ------- known

lay ----- laid --------- laid

lead ---- led ---------- led

leave --- left --------- left

lend ---- lent --------- lent

let ------ let ----------- let

lie ------ lay ----------- lain

lie ------ lied ---------- lied

light ---- lit ------------ lit

lose ---- lost ----------- lost

make -- made -------- made

mean -- meant ------ meant

meet --- met --------- met

pay ----- paid -------- paid

prove -- proved ----- proved

put ------ put --------- put

quit ----- quit -------- quit

read ---- read -------- read

ride ---- rode -------- ridden

ring ---- rang --------- rung

rise ----- rose -------- risen

run ----- ran ----------- run

say ----- said ---------- said

see ----- saw --------- seen

seek -- sought ------- sought

sell --- sold ----------- sold

send -- sent ---------- sent

set ----- set ------------- set

shake -- shook ------ shaken

shine ---- shone ----- shone

shoot ---- shot ------ shot

shrink -- shrank ---- shrunk

shut ---- shut ------- shut

sing ---- sang ------- sung

sink ---- sank ------- sunk

sit ------ sat --------- sat

slay --- slew ------- slain

sleep -- slept ----- slept

slide --- slid ------- slid

slit ----- slit -------- slit

speak -- spoke --- spoken

spend -- spent ---- spent

spin ----- spun ----- spun

spit ----- spit ------- spit

split ---- split ------ split

spread -- spread -- spread

spring -- sprang --- sprung

stand -- stood ----- stood

steal -- stole ------ stolen

stick --- stuck ----- stuck

sting --- stung ---- stung

stink --- stank ---- stunk

stride -- strode --- stridden

strike -- struck --- struck

string -- strung -- strung

swear -- swore -- sworn

sweep -- swept -- swept

swell -- swelled -- swollen

swim -- swam ---- swum

take --- took ----- taken

teach -- taught -- taught

tear --- tore ------- torn

tell ---- told ------ told

think -- thought - thought

throw ---- threw --- thrown

understand -- understood -- understood

wake ------------ woke -------- woken

wear ------------ wore --------- worn

wed -------------- wed --------- weed

weep ------------- wept -------- wept

wet --------------- wet ----------- wt

win --------------- win ------------ win

write ------------ wrote -------- written

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.VOICE CHANGE
Present Indefinite: am, is, are

Present Continuous: am being, is being, are being

Present Perfect: has been, have been

 

Past Indefinite: was, were

Past Continuous: was being, were being

Past Perfect: had been

 

Future Indefinite: shall be, will be

Future Continuous: shall be being, will be being

Future Perfect: shall have been, will have been.


Example
Present Indefinite: Glass is broken by me
Present Continuous: Glass is being broken by me
Present Perfect: Glass has been broken

Past Indefinite: Glass was broken
Past Continuous: Glass was being broken
Past Perfect: Glass had been broken

Future Indefinite: Glass will be broken
Future Continuous: Glass will be being broken
Future Perfect: Glass will have been broken 
 

 

 

 

 



3.CONVERSION OF SENTENCES
There are 5 types of Sentence 

·                     Assertive(Affirmative & Negative), 

·                     Interrogative, 

·                     Imperative, 

·                     Optative & 

·                     Exclamatory



Affirmative to Negative

Affirmative: I am present
Negative: I am not present 

Affirmative: He plays football
Negative: He does not play football



Assertive to Interrogative

Affirmative: He is present
Interrogative: Is he present?

Affirmative: He went to school
Interrogative: Did he go to school?



Assertive to Imperative

Assertive: You should do the work
Imperative: Do the work

Assertive: He plays football
Imperative: Let him play football



Assertive to Optative

Assertive: Bangladesh will live long
Optative: May Bangladesh live long

Assertive: I wish I could be a child again
Optative: Could I be a child again!



Assertive to Exclamatory

Assertive: It is a very fine bird
Exclamatory: What a fine bird it is!

Assertive: I wish I were a poet
Exclamatory: If I were a poet!

 





4.CHANGE OF DEGREES
There are 3 types of Degrees 

·                     Positive, 

·                     Comparative & 

·                     Superlative

 

Positive - Comparative - Superlative

beautiful - more beautiful - most beautiful

big - bigger - biggest
bright - brighter - brightest

clean - cleaner - cleanest

clever - cleverer - cleverest

confused - more confused - most confused

difficult - more difficult - most difficult

dirty - dirtier - dirtiest

fascinating - more fascinating - most fascinating

famous - more famous - most famous

fast - faster - fastest

late - later - latest

old - older - oldest

poor - poorer - poorest

sharp - sharper - sharpest

short - shorter - shortest

slow - slower - slowest

small - smaller - smallest

strong - stronger - strongest

tall - taller - tallest

thin - thinner - thinnest

ugly - uglier - ugliest

weak - weaker - weakest

wise - wiser - wisest

young - younger - youngest




Example :
Superlative - Positive
Superlative: Jerry is one of the best boys in the class
Positive: Very few boys in the class are so good as Jerry

 

Superlative: He is the oldest man in the village
Positive: No other man in the village is so old as him

Superlative: Mutton chop was the cheapest of all dishes on the menu
Positive: No other dish on the menu was so cheap as mutton chop




Comparative - Positive
Comparative: Jerry is better than most other boys in the class
Positive: Very few boys in the class are so good as Jerry

 

Comparative: He is older than any other man in the village
Positive: No other man in the village is so old as him

Comparative: Edmond is wiser than Brandon
Positive: Brandon is not as wise as Edmond




Superlative - Comparative
Superlative: Jerry is one of the best boys in the class
Comparative: Jerry is better than most other boys in the class

 

Superlative: He is the oldest man in the village
Comparative: He is older than any other man in the village

Superlative: Jamal is the noblest of all men
Comparative: Jamal is nobler than all other men








5.MODAL AUXILIARIES
s/es is not added with modal auxiliaries verb

 

Should/Ought to
- We should obey our teacher
- We ought to obey our teacher

Can

- He can help me

May

- It may rain

Used to/Would

- He used to go to school
- He would go to school

Need

- I need help

Dare

- Don't dare to go there




6.PSEUDO MODAL
Am to
- I am to do the work

Have to

- You have to do the work
- He has to do the work

Had to

- He had to do the work

Will have to

- I will have to do the work


Am supposed to

- I am supposed to get the work
- You are supposed to get the work


Would like to

- I would like to walk


Had better/Would rather

- I had better go
- I would rather go


Be likely to

- I am likely to pass


Be about to

- I am about to go out


Be going to

- I am going to school


Be yet to

- I am yet to get money


Seem

- He seems to be happy

Look

- She looks beautiful

Feel

- It feels soft

Taste

- It tastes sour




7.CAUSATIVE
Have
Get
Let
Help

Example

- I get my hair cut every month




8.PREPOSITION

In

Inside of Something : My pen is in my pocket

Month : I will come back home in March

Season : I will go to Chittagong in winter

Year : I passed my S.S.C examination in 2000

Time : He will come in a week

Country : Jute grows well in Bangladesh
Language : They speak in Arabic

Job : He is in army

Condition : She is in love

Before Subject : I read in C.S.E

Quality : It was written in pencil

Subject : Jamal is behind the others in writing but ahead in speaking

Big Place : He lives at Toronto in Canada

Type : The man was dressed in tattered clothes

Before morning : I get up early in the morning

 

 

At

Small Place : He lives at Toronto in Canada

Target : He shoots at the birds
Exact Time : I will come at 10:30
Meal : I will come at the time of dinner

Price : Rice is sold here at $10 per kilogram

Degree : Car is running at 60 km/hr

 

 

On

Occasion : He gave a nice gift on my birthday

Upper of Something : The book is on the table
Day : He may come on Monday
Specific Date : I will come on 6th March
Topic : Write an essay on Cow

 

 

To

Side : I went to Dhaka

Direction : All of them came to me

Movement : I want to go

Time span : He works from morning to evening

Compare : He looks about 20 to his 40

Belong : Have you seen the top to this pen?

Left : It’s five minutes to ten

Part : There are seven days to the week

After Dedicate : This victory is dedicated to martyr

Starting : To my surprise, he has won the game

After Sentence : The hooligan was sentenced to death

According : The book wasn’t to my choice

 


By

Using : I came here by bus

Body : He kicked the ball by his right leg

Beside : She always sits by me

Around This Time : Jamal will reach by 5 am

Way : We learn English by the easiest way

Per : I pay the servant by the hour

After Swear : I swear by Allah that I will never do it again

Size : The bullet missed him by an inch

Shift : Do you work by day or by night?

Time : It is 5 pm by my watch

Mean : Send it by post

Side : They wanted to come by field

 


Of

- The course of our centre is very good

- The vehicle is made of gold


Beside

- He sat beside me

 


From

- Where are you from?

 


For

- The boy was crying for food

 


Above

- The sky is above our head

 

 

Into

- Jamal dived into the water

 

 

Over

- There is a piece of cloud over the mountain

 


About

- I will tell you everything about this matter

 


After

- After having lunch, he went away

 


Before

- He came to my house before going to school

 


Since

- I have been reading in this since 2010

 


Below

- I got below 80% marks in science

 


Behind

- The boy was standing behind me

 


Against

- He complained to the principal against me

 


Through

- They went home through the forest

 


Down

- Jamal fell down from the tree

 


Beyond

- The matter was beyond imagination

 


Up

- Climb up the tree

 


Without

- We can not live without water

 


Across

- Go across the street

 


Among

- Divide the mangoes among the little boys

 


Between

- Divide the mangoes between two girls

 


Along

- They were walking along the street

 


Off

- Switch off the fan

 


Under

- He is under the tree now

- The bridge is under construction


With

- I went with my father

 


Within

- I must finish the work within an hour

 

 

 

 

 

9.RULES OF CHANGING PARTS OF SPEECH
There are 8 types of Parts of Speech : 

Noun, Pronoun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection.

Rule: am/is/are/was/were + verb + ing

Example: He was thinking

Rule: am/is/are/was/were + adjective

Example: He was anxious

Rule: there + am/is/are/was/were + noun

Example: There was an anxiety in him







 




10.LINKER
At first, At the beginning


Moreover, Besides, Furthermore, And, But, Then, After that, Similarly


On the other hand, However, Nevertheless


For example, Such as


Therefore, So, As a result, Consequently, Finally


Example

At first, I look around everywhere in the road. Then I cross the road. After that, I go to buss stoppage. On the other hand, most of the people do not care traffic rules. For example, the people who are late and in hurry to go work in time. As a result, we face some unexpected problems in street.






11.CONDITIONAL

First Conditional

Structure : If + Present, Future

If he comes, I will tell

If it rains, they will not play

If you want to shine, work hard

You will catch cold, if you play in the rain

If it rains, bus may delay

 

 

Second Conditional

Structure : If + Past Indefinite, Would

If you told, I would go

If I were you, I would not do the work

 

 

Third Conditional

Structure : If+ Past Perfect, Would have

If I had seen him, I would have told him the matter.

This person could have been taken, if I had seen him.






12.RIGHT FORM OF VERB

Rule 1: When subject is third person singular number, s/es is added with the present form of verb

·                     My mother cooks.

 

 

Rule 2: Universal Truth/Habitual Fact is present indefinite tense

·                     Sun rises in the east

·                     He wakes up early in the morning

 

 

Rule 3: Normally, always, regularly, sometimes, often, generally, daily, everyday, occasionally, usually - all of those indicate present indefinite tense

·                     He always finishes his work in time

 

 

Rule 3: Now, at this moment - indicates present continuous tense

·                     He is passing time to watch TV at this moment

·                     What are you doing now

 

 

Rule 3: Just, just now, already, yet, ever, lately, recently - indicates present perfect tense

·                     Have you ever been to Dhaka?

 

 

Rule 3: Yesterday, ago, long since, last night - indicates past form

·                     I came home yesterday

 

 

Rule 4: Present form of verb is used for had better, had rather, would better, would rather, let, must, need, dare

·                     You had better go



 

Rule 5: Past perfect tense + before + past indefinite tense.

·                     The patient had died before the doctor came.

 

 

Rule 5: Past indefinite tense + after + past perfect tense.

·                     The train came after we had arrived.

 

 

Rule 6: Nation is plural common noun that's why plural verb is used

·                     The Muslims are a brave nation.

 

 

Rule 7: Collective noun is singular

·                     This family has been living here for four years

 

 

Rule 8: Past participle form of main verb is used after to be

·                     The principal told the notice to be hung.

 

 

Rule 9: After while ing is added with the verb. But if there is any subject after while, the part of while will be Past Continuous Tense.

·                     A police killed him while trying to cross the border

·                     A police killed him, while he was trying to cross the border

 

 

Rule 10: Present Indefinite/Perfect Tense + SINCE + Past Indefinite Tense

·                     It's long since we met.

·                     Many years have been passed since we worked together.

 

 

Rule 10: Past Indefinite Tense + SINCE + Past Perfect.

·                     It was long since they had discussed among them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.COMPLETING SENTENCE

Too....To

- He is too short to touch the roof

- The load is too heavy for me to carry





So.....That

- The weight was so heavy that we could not pull it




So that

- I closed the door so that no one can enter into that room

- She saves money so that she can buy car

 

 

Unless 

Unless means If….not

- Unless you read attentively, you will fail

- No one can not shine unless they work hard 

 

 

Until/Till

- Wait until I come back

- Doctor will not let him go till he becomes well

 

 

As long as

- Wait here as long as it rains

 

 

Since, Because, As

- Crops did not grow well since there was drought

- Since he was weak, he could not work hard

- Everybody loves him because he is honest

- He was rewarded as he was honest in his work

- As he behaved rough, he was punished

 

 

Because of, on account of, owing to, due to

- Everybody loves him because of his honesty

- On account of his illness he could not attend in the meeting

- The writer dared not to drive due to fog

 

 

Though, Although

- Though he is poor, he is honest

- He could not catch the bus although he ran fast

 

 

In spite of, despite

- In spite of his poverty, he is honest

- Despite his good result, he did not get a good job

 

 

In stead of, in lieu of

- In stead of history he took logic

- The boy used pen in stead of pencil

- He bought fish in lieu of meat

 

 

So much / so many

So much indicates quantity and so many indicates number

- I do not have so much time that I can spend time with you

- There are so many problems that I can not solve them

 

 

 

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