English Grammar Syllabus

English Grammar Syllabus

1. Parts of Speech

  • Noun (Common, Proper, Abstract, Collective)
  • Pronoun (Personal, Reflexive, Demonstrative, Relative, Interrogative, Indefinite)
  • Verb (Action, Linking, Auxiliary, Modal)
  • Adjective (Descriptive, Quantitative, Demonstrative, Possessive, Interrogative, Proper)
  • Adverb (Manner, Place, Time, Frequency, Degree)
  • Preposition
  • Conjunction
  • Interjection

2. Tenses

  • Present Tense
    • Present Simple
    • Present Continuous
    • Present Perfect
    • Present Perfect Continuous
  • Past Tense
    • Past Simple
    • Past Continuous
    • Past Perfect
    • Past Perfect Continuous
  • Future Tense
    • Future Simple
    • Future Continuous
    • Future Perfect
    • Future Perfect Continuous

3. Voices

  • Active Voice
  • Passive Voice
  • Rules for changing tense in passive voice

4. Direct and Indirect Speech

  • Rules for reporting statements, questions, commands, and requests
  • Tense changes in reported speech

5. Modals

  • Can, Could, May, Might, Shall, Should, Will, Would, Must
  • Usage rules for permission, possibility, ability, obligation, and advice

6. Articles

  • Definite Article: the
  • Indefinite Articles: a, an
  • Rules for usage

7. Punctuation

  • Full stop, Comma, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark, Colon, Semicolon, Quotation Marks, Apostrophe

8. Subject-Verb Agreement

  • Singular vs plural subjects
  • Special cases (collective nouns, indefinite pronouns, compound subjects)

9. Clauses and Sentence Types

  • Main / Subordinate Clauses
  • Noun clause, Adjective clause, Adverb clause
  • Simple, Compound, Complex sentences

10. Vocabulary & Word Formation

  • Synonyms and Antonyms
  • Homophones, Homonyms, and Homographs
  • Prefixes and Suffixes
  • One-word substitutions

11. Prepositions & Conjunctions

  • Prepositions of time, place, direction, instrument
  • Coordinating, Subordinating, Correlative conjunctions

12. Idioms and Phrases

  • Common idiomatic expressions and their meanings

13. Error Detection & Correction

  • Spotting grammatical errors in sentences
  • Correcting tenses, articles, prepositions, and agreement

14. Writing Skills (Grammar-linked)

  • Paragraph writing
  • Letter writing (formal & informal)
  • Essay writing
  • Story writing