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TOEFL
Grammar Content
1. Sentence Structure
Subject-Verb Agreement: Singular and plural subjects with corresponding verbs.
Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences: Understanding and using different sentence structures.
Independent and Dependent Clauses: Recognizing and constructing sentences with main and subordinate clauses.
2. Verb Tenses
Present Simple and Continuous: Usage and differences.
Past Simple and Continuous: Forming and using past tenses correctly.
Present Perfect and Past Perfect: Usage, particularly in comparison to simple past.
Future Tenses: Different ways to express future actions (will, going to, present continuous for future).
3. Modals and Auxiliary Verbs
Modals: Can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would.
Auxiliary Verbs: Be, do, have in different tenses and questions/negatives.
4. Nouns and Pronouns
Countable and Uncountable Nouns: Usage, quantifiers.
Possessive Nouns and Pronouns: Forming and using possessives.
Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns: Myself, yourself, etc.
Relative Pronouns: Who, whom, whose, which, that.
5. Adjectives and Adverbs
Comparative and Superlative Forms: Forming and using comparisons.
Adjective Order: Correct order of multiple adjectives.
Adverbs of Frequency, Manner, Degree: Placement and usage.
Adjective vs. Adverb: Distinguishing between them.
6. Prepositions
Common Prepositions: At, in, on, by, with, etc.
Prepositional Phrases: Forming and using phrases for time, place, and manner.
7. Conjunctions
Coordinating Conjunctions: For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS).
Subordinating Conjunctions: Because, since, although, if, unless, etc.
Correlative Conjunctions: Either/or, neither/nor, both/and, not only/but also.
8. Articles and Determiners
Definite and Indefinite Articles: The, a, an.
Quantifiers: Some, any, much, many, few, little.
9. Punctuation
Commas, Periods, Question Marks: Basic usage.
Apostrophes: Possession and contractions.
Quotation Marks: Direct speech and quotations.
Colons and Semicolons: Advanced punctuation.
10. Conditionals
Zero, First, Second, Third Conditionals: Forms and uses.
Mixed Conditionals: Understanding and using mixed conditionals.
11. Passive Voice
Forming Passive Sentences: Changing active to passive voice.
Uses of Passive Voice: When and why to use passive constructions.
12. Reported Speech
Direct and Indirect Speech: Converting statements, questions, and commands.
13. Subject-Verb Inversion
Questions: Forming yes/no and wh- questions.
Inversion after Negatives: Negative adverbials (e.g., never, rarely) causing inversion.
14. Gerunds and Infinitives
Using Gerunds and Infinitives: When to use -ing forms and to + base verb.
Verbs followed by Gerunds or Infinitives: Differences in meaning.
15. Word Formation
Prefixes and Suffixes: Forming nouns, adjectives, and verbs.
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