Grammer Basics

 This section provides a complete review of the grammatical aspects needed for the IELTS test. It also contains helpful grammatical explanations and examples. Although grammar is not tested directly on the IELTS exam, but it is tested indirectly in the speaking and writing sections of the exam. An IELTS candidate can gain or lose points based on his/her command of English grammar. 

  Nouns
          Common Nouns.
          Proper Nouns.
          Singular Nouns.
          Plural Nouns.
          Collective Nouns.
          Material Nouns.
          Abstract Nouns.
          Masculine and Feminine Nouns.
          The Possessive Form of Nouns.

  Pronouns
          Personal Pronouns.
          Reflexive Pronouns.
          Possessive Pronouns.
          Demonstrative Pronouns.
          Interrogative Pronouns.
          Indefinite Pronouns.

  Adjectives
          Kinds of Adjectives.
         The Order of Adjectives.
         Adjective Endings.
         Describing What Something Is Made of.
         The Comparison of Adjectives.
         Adjective Phrases.

  Determiners
         The Articles.
         Using Nouns without Articles.
         Demonstrative Determiners.
         Quantifying Determiners.
         Interrogative Determiners.
         Possessive Determiners.
         Numbers.
         Using Determiners Together.

  Verbs and Tenses
        Subject and Verb Agreement.
        Transitive and Intransitive Verbs.
        The Simple Present Tense.
        Am, Is and Are.
        There is and There are.
        The Present Progressive Tense.
        The Simple Past Tense.
        Was and Were.
        Irregular Verbs
        The Past Progressive Tense
        have, has and had
        The Present Perfect Tense.
        Irregular Past Participles.
        The Future Tense.
        Do, Does and Did.
        The Infinitive.
        The Imperative Form of Verbs.
        Gerunds.

  Auxiliary Verbs
        Can and could.
        Will and would.
        Shall and should.
        Ought to.
        Must.
        May and might.
        Verb Phrases.

Adverbs and Adverb Phrases
         Adverbs of Manner.
         Adverbs of Time.
         Adverbs of Place.
         Adverbs of Frequency.
         Adverbs of Duration.
         Adverbs of Emphasis.

  Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
         Preposition or Adverb?
         Prepositions of Place.
         Prepositions of Time.
         Prepositions of Direction.
         Prepositions with Special Uses.
         Prepositions with Adjectives, Verbs or Nouns.

  Conjunctions
         and, but and or.
         Conjunctions Linking Phrases.
         Conjunctions with Lists.
         Conjunctions that Join Sentences.
         Other Words for 'and'.
         Other Words for 'but'.
         Other Words for 'or'.
         Conjunctions of Time.
         Conjunctions of Place.
         Conjunctions of Reason.
         Conjunctions of Purpose.

  Sentences
        Four Kinds of Sentence.
        Sentences with Objects.
        Verbs with Two Objects.
        Verbs with No Object.
        Simple Sentences.
        Compound Sentences.
        Conditional Sentences.
        Positive and Negative Sentences.
        Questions.
        Question Tags.

  Direct and Indirect Speech
        Direct and Indirect Speech.
        Direct Speech.
        Indirect Speech.
        Indirect Commands.
        Indirect Questions.

   Punctuation
        Punctuation Marks: period, comma, question mark, exclamation point, apostrophe, quotation marks, colon.
        Capital Letter.