English grammar: the master map

All of English grammar on one page: 4 families, 16 pillars.

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# English grammar ## Words ### 1 Word classes & formation - noun · verb · adjective · adverb - pronoun · preposition · conjunction · determiner - prefixes: un- re- dis- - suffixes: -tion -ness -ly - conversion: an email → to email ### 2 Nouns - plural: books · children - countable / uncountable - compound: bus stop · a ten-minute walk - possession: Sara's · the end of the film ### 3 Articles & determiners - a / an · the · no article - this · that · these · those - some · any · much · many · few - numbers & dates ### 4 Pronouns - I · me · my · mine · myself - something · anyone · nobody - you / one / they (people in general) ### 5 Adjectives, adverbs & comparison - a red car (adjective + noun) - quickly · well · always - bigger · the biggest · as … as - very good · absolutely amazing ### 6 Prepositions - place: in · on · at - time: at 5 · on Monday · in May - movement: into · across · through - depend on · interested in ## Verbs ### 7 Tenses & aspect - 3 times: past · present · future - 4 aspects: simple · continuous · perfect · perfect continuous - futures: will · going to · present continuous - habits: used to · would ### 8 Modals - ability: can · could · be able to - permission: can · may - obligation: must · have to · should - deduction: must be · can't be · might have ### 9 Voice - passive: It was built in 1990. - causative: I had my car fixed. - impersonal: He is said to be rich. ### 10 Verb patterns - -ing or to: enjoy doing · want to do - want sb to · make sb do - phrasal verbs: give up · look after - make / do / take + noun ## Sentences ### 11 Sentence structure - word order: S + V + O - questions & negatives (do-support) - question tags: …, isn't it? - there is / it is - agreement: She works · They work ### 12 Clauses - relative: who · which · that · whose - noun: what you said · whether - adverbial: when · because · although - participle: Having finished, … ### 13 Conditionals - 0 · 1 · 2 · 3 · mixed - wish · if only · it's time - inverted: Had I known… ### 14 Reported speech - statements: She said (that)… - questions: He asked if… - commands: She told me to… - reporting verbs: suggest · deny · admit ## Text ### 15 Linking, emphasis & information - connectors: however · therefore · although - ellipsis & substitution: so do I · I think so - inversion: Never have I… - clefts: What I need is… - hedging: It seems that… ### 16 Style & mechanics - formal vs informal - subjunctive: I insist that he be… - spoken & academic grammar - US vs UK - punctuation · spelling rules

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