High School English Grammar & Composition - Wren

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A very popular book for students for learning English Grammar. A part of a school textbook, this book is used for the ease of using it.

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Well Written and Composed

The topics are well defined and chapters are presents in a very easily graspable form. Each chapter has well-explained concepts and examples. There are a lot of questions for practice.

Table of Contents

Book I. Grammar

1. The Sentence

2. Subject And Predicate

3. The Phrase And The Clause

4. Parts Of Speech

5. The Noun: Kinds Of Nouns

6. The Noun: Gender

7. The Noun: Number

8. The Noun: Case

9. The Adjective

10. Comparison Of Adjectives

11. Adjectives Used As Nouns

12. Position Of The Adjectives

13. The Correct Use Of Some Adjectives

14. Articles

15. Personal Pronouns

16. Reflexive And Emphatic Pronouns

17. Demonstrative, Indefinite And Distributive Pronouns

18. Relative Pronouns

19. Interrogative Pronouns

20. The Verb

21. Verbs Of Incomplete Predication

22. Active And Passive Voice

23. Mood

24. Tenses: Introduction

25. The Uses Of The Present And Past Tenses

26. The Future

27. The Verb: Person And Number

28. The Infinitive

29. The Participle

30. The Gerund

31. Irregular Verbs

32. Auxiliaries And Modals

33. Conjugation Of The Verb Love

34. The Adverb

35. Comparison Of Adverbs

36. Formation Of Adverbs

37. Position Of Adverbs

38. The Preposition

39. Words Followed By Prepositions

40. The Conjunction

41. Some Conjunctions And Their Uses

42. The Interjection

43. The Same Word Used As Different Parts Of Speech

Book Ii. Composition

Part I: Analysis, Transformation And Synthesis

1. Analysis Of Simple Sentences

2. Phrases

3. Clauses

4. Sentences: Simple, Compound And Complex

5. More About Noun Clauses

6. More About Adjective Clauses

7. More About Adverb Clauses

8. Analysis Of Complex Sentences

9. Analysis Of Compound Sentences

10. Transformation Of Sentences

11. Transformation Of Sentences

12. Synthesis Of Sentences

13. Synthesis Of Sentences

14. Synthesis Of Sentences

15. The Sequence Of Tenses

16. Direct And Indirect Speech

Part II: Correct Usage

1. Agreement Of The Verb With The Subject

2. Nouns And Pronouns

3. Adjectives

4. Verbs

5. Adverbs

6. Conjunctions

7. Order Of Words

8. Idioms

9. Idioms

10. Punctuation

11. Spelling Rules

12. The Formation Of Words

13. Figures Of Speech Exercise

Part III: Structures

1. Verb Patterns

2. Question Tags, Short Answers, Etc.

3. More Structures

Part IV: Written Composition Paragraph-Writing

1. Story - Writing

2. Reproduction Of A Story-Poem

3. Letter-Writing

4. Comprehension

5. Precis-Writing

6. Expansion Of Passages

7. Essay-Writing

8. Autobiographies

9. Dialogue-Writing

10. The Appreciation Of Poetry

11. Paraphrasing

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Pros

1. Published in 1935, still very popular

2. Sold many copies in many countries

3. Numerous exercises on grammar and composition

Cons

Keywords

English Grammar, Composition, Grammar Book, Textbook, Workbook

Conclusion

A golden book for those who want to excel in English language writing.