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جيدinglish Grammer
جيدinglish Grammer
( )1 Parts of Speech::
Ahmed, book
I, he, she, it, etc. ..
Play, played, will play
rich man
Ahmed writes quickly.
.
Ahmed goes to school.
They traveled by plane.
Ali and Ahmad visited us yesterday.
Alas! She died.
! .
This is a book.
.
This is an apple.
.
This is the book I bought yesterday.
.
Noun
Pronoun
Verb
Adjective
Preposition
Adverb
.
:
a, an, the
a
.
an
.
.
Conjunction
Interjection
Article
:
(: ) :
Ali doctor.
:
Ali is a doctor.
Sentences: ) 2 (
Simple Sentences
Compound Sentences
Complex Sentences
Simple Sentences
:
:
I saw a boy. ) 1
The boy was riding a bicycle. ) 2
:
I saw a boy riding a bicycle.
Compound Sentences:
:
and/ but /or
: and:
Ahmed did his homework yesterday. Anas helped him.
:
Ahmed did his homework yesterday and Anas helped him.
: but:
Khaled is rich. He is unhappy.
:
Khaled is rich but he is unhappy.
: or:
We can play football. We can watch TV.
:
We can play football or we can watch TV.
Complex Sentences :
:
Main Clause
Subordinate Clause :
Noun Clause
Adjectival Clause
Adverbial Clause
Verb to BE ) 4 (
It is used as a principal and a helping verb.
:
Subject
Present
Past
I
He, She, It
We, They, You
am
is
are
was
was
were
Past participle
) (
been
been
been
.
.
:Examples
I am a pupil.
They are boys.
I am at home.
You are tall.
Negative
I am not at home.
You are not tall.
+Subject
you
+ Complement
a teacher?
Were
the boys
at school?
Short Answers
Affirmative
Negative
Yes + Subject + Be No + Subject + Be +
not
Yes, I am.
No, I am not.
Yes, they were.
Verb to DO ) 5 (
It is used as a principal and a helping verb.
:
Subject
Present
Past
do
does
did
did
Past participle
) (
done
done
.
Verb to HAVE ) 6 (
It is used as a principal and a helping verb.
:
Subject
Present
Past
I, you,
we, they
He, She,
It
have
had
Past participle
) (
had
has
had
had
I
He
They
+ do/does/did
+ not
+ have
do
does
did
not
not
not
have
have
have
+ Complement
a car.
a new watch.
breakfast this morning.
Do/Does
/Did
+Subject
Do
Does
you
he
Did
they
Short Answers
Affirmative
Negative
+have
+
Yes + Subject +
No + Subject +
Complement do/does/did
do/does/did
+not
have
a car?
Yes, I do.
No, I do not.
have
a new
Yes, he does.
No, he does not
watch?
have
Breakfast Yes, they did.
No, they did not.
this
morning?
:
I have lived here for a long time.
I have not lived here for a long time.
Nouns ) 7 (
Nouns are words we use to name:
:
.
People
Things
Places
Ideas
Feelings
Countable Nouns
These nouns have singular and plural forms.
.
Before singular countable nouns you can use a/an.
You cannot use singular countable nouns alone without words such as:
a, an, one, my, your, his, etc.
.
Plural
two books
many horses
es sh, ch, z, x, s
Singular
match
bus
dish
box
Plural
matches
buses
dishes
boxes
ies Y Y
city
baby
cities
babies
. S Y
boy
key
boys
keys
es o
potato
tomato
.
radio
zoo
potatoes
tomatoes
s o
radios
zoos
es v fe f
knife
shelf
knives
shelves
:
classroom
policeman
classrooms
policemen
:
Singular
man
woman
child
person
foot
tooth
goose
mouse
Plural
men
women
children
people
feet
teeth
geese
mice
Vowels :
a, e, i, o , u
We use a/an
a table
.
an egg
Before a job, a particular group of people
Saleh is a doctor
or a nationality.
He is an engineer. She is
.
an English woman.
With numbers that mean every.
He washes his hands ten
times a day. (means
every day).
Before a singular countable noun.
10
....
11
Pronouns ) 12 (
A pronoun replaces a noun.
Subject Pronouns
Object Pronouns
Possessive
Adjectives
Possessive
Pronouns
Reflexive
Pronouns
I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they
me
you
him
her
it
us
you
them
my
your
his
her
its
our
your
their
mine
yours
his
hers
its
ours
yours
theirs
myself
yourself
himself
herself
itself
ourselves
yourselves
themselves
: Object Pronouns
We use an object pronoun
After a preposition.
Reflexive Pronouns
Reflexive pronouns are used:
for emphasis
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Relative Pronouns
The relative pronouns are used to join sentences together.
.
:
-1 .
who
which
.
. that
whose .
.
-2 .
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That
. that
:
This is the boy. You met her.
This is the boy that (whom) you met.
I have a bird. It sings.
I have a bird that (which) sings.
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Making Questions ) 13 (
:
Helping Verbs :
am is are was were have has had will would shall should
can could may might must ought to
:
Are they doctors?
They are doctors.
Can they help us? Can she help us?
Will you go to the market?
: do s ) 1
:
They play tennis. Do they play tennis?
I write books. Do you write books?
: does s ) 2
:
Ahmed plays tennis. Does Ahmed play tennis?
15
Wh Questions
?Where
?When
?Why
?What
?Which
?Who
?Whom
?Whose
?How
?How many
?How much
?How long
?How old
?How far
)1 :
When, Where, Why..etc
)2 ( helping verb ) .
)3 :
* s do
* s does
* did
)4
.
)5 .
16
:
They are going to eat meat.
What are they going to eat?
meat they are *
.
They played tennis at school.
Where did they play tennis?
ed . did *
. at school .
:
:
I you
you I
we my
you your
: .
Who broke the window? Ahmed broke the window.
What describes accidents?
The book describes accidents.
How
He was very pleased when he met his
friend.
How was he when he met his friend?
Thirty boys are in this class.
How many boys are in this class?
I am twenty years old.
How old are you?
You paid five pounds for this coat.
How much did you pay for this coat?
It is 450 KM from Dammam to
Riyadh.
How far is it from Dammam to
Riyadh?
This rope is two meters long.
How long is this rope?
This fence is four meters high.
How high is this fence?
Sami is one meter and a half tall.
How tall is Sami?
How
How
many
How old
How
much
How far
How long
How high
How tall
.
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some / any / ) 14 (
. some
1) We have some books.
2) Somebody was there.
3) He is somewhere.
. any
:
1) Do you have any books?
2) Is anybody at home?
3) Is he anywhere?
:
1) We do not have any books.
2) I did not see anybody.
3) He is not anywhere.
Making Negative ) 15 (
: not
Helping Verbs are:
:
am is are was were have has had will would shall should
can could may might must ought to
:
They are happy. They are not happy.
He can help us. He can not help us.
Short.Forms
(spoken)
Im
Hes
Shes
Its
Youre
Were
Theyre
Long
Forms
(written)
I am not
He is not
She is not
It is not
You are
not
We are not
They are
not
Short Forms
(spoken)
Im not
Hes not
Shes not
Its not
Youre not
Were not
Theyre not
.
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.
not ( do , does , did) :
.
: :
Affirmative
some
bothand ....
either..or ......
sometimes
asas .......
all
every
Negative
no, any
neither.nor
neither.nor
never
not so..as
not all
no, not every
TENSES ) 16 (
Present Simple Tense
(What always happens?)
.
.
:
every
always
generally often
rarely
never
usually
sometimes
from time to time
:
I go to school everyday.
They usually sleep at 11.00 p.m.
We often drink coffee in the morning.
She is never late to school.
. :
Ali drinks milk every morning.
A cow gives us milk.
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.
ed
verbs
:
yesterday
last
ago
in 1988 AD, in 1415 AH:
was
were
I, He, She, it
They, We, You
:
:
I will go to school tomorrow.
They will play football next Friday.
He will join the army in the future.
:
am , is , are
going to
20
look
listen
:
I am reading at the moment.
They are watching television now.
Look! The bus is coming.
love
hate
hear
fear
trust
want prefer
dislike
feel
think
seem
fit
consider
understand
while
as
because
:
.
21
( )
.
When we were eating, my father came.
( )
.
:
:
A thief entered while I was sleeping.
My father came when we were eating.
:
while .
while .
by
all
at
..
fromto
:
By 7.30 tomorrow, I will be flying to Cairo.
They will be waiting for you at 5 o'clock.
22
.
:
has / have + past participle
:
since
yet
recently
for
ever
already
just
never
:
I have lived in Riyadh for six years.
I have not visited him since 1995 .
Ahmed has already finished his homework.
She has written three letters just now.
2 oclock
Monday
yesterday
last night
last week/ last month
/ last year
1996
last century
he came
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for
a moment
3 minutes
an hour
many hours
3 days/ 5 weeks / 4 months
a year
10 years
a century
.
:
had +past participle
:
after
when
before
as soon as
:
I had washed before I prayed.
They went home after they had finished their work.
Ahmed had done his homework before he went to school.
As soon as they had bought a car, they drove to Makkah.
. *
.
:
will + have + past participle
:
by
at
:
By 2.00 this afternoon, I will have finished my work.
At 10.00 tonight, she will have written five letters.
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since
:
I have been studying English for six years. (I am still studying English)
She has been sleeping since 2 oclock.
(She is still sleeping)
Present Perfect Present Perfect Cont.
:
Maha started making cakes three hours ago. There are now one hundred cakes
on the table.
:
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
She has been making cakes for three hours.
Present Perfect Tense
She has made 100 cakes..
Imperatives
) 17 (
(Affirmative) Push.
( Affirmative)
Insert 2 X 50 SR.
( Affirmative) Keep off the grass..
Make Requests
Please open the door (Affirmative)
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Modals ) 18 (
A modal has only one form of the verb for all persons, but it can have several
meanings and time frames, depending on the context in which it is used.
Form
.
) (shall, should, will would, may, might, can, could, must,
ought to +
Modals have no infinitives or past participles..
Modals
shall
Expresses:
:
Promise
Determination
Threat
should
Duty
Advice or opinion
will
The simple future tense.
Determination or promise
might
Possibility
can, am/is/are
Ability
able to
shall be able,
Ability in the future
will be able
could
Past, present or future
possibility
/ /
must
Necessity
had to
The past form of must:
past necessity
ought to +
Advice
infinitive
ought to
Actions that were
have + past advisable in the
participle
past
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Example
Modals
Affirmative
Negative
Question
Short Answers
Affirmative
Yes, they
should.
Yes, he will.
Negative
No, they should
not.
No, he will not.
Modals
: Comparing Adjectives ) 19 (
Comparing Short Adjectives
: .1
than er
Ali is older than Ahmed.
My Car is faster than yours.
. r e
safer than
safe
simpler than simple
. er i y y
easier than easy
heavier than heavy
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difficult
correct
fluent
. est er
than more
Jeddah is more beautiful than Riyadh.
French is more difficult than English.
the most *
Amal is the most beautiful girl in her class.
This is the most important subject in this book.
) (
) (
) (
good
bad
many
much
little
far
better than
worse than
more than
the best
the worst
the most
less than
farther than
the least
the farthest
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) (as..as (20)
not as.as
as..as ) (
.
Ali is as tall as his brother.
This bag is as big as my bag.
not as..as
.
Ali is not as tall as his brother.
This bag is not as big as my bag.
Personal Information:Name
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Nationality
Religion
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weekly
yearly
often
sometimes
rarely
occasionally
Verb to BE: :
Ali is always on time.
Other Verbs: :
Ali sometimes reads a book.
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Command
: passive active
. let .1
) ( . .2
. be to be .3
. .4
:
Active
Do the work.
Open the door.
Send this letter to your
friend.
Passive
Let the work be done.
Let the door be opened.
Let this letter be sent to your
friend.
:
.
:
Active
Ali does not write letters
Dickens wrote those novels, didnt he?
Dickens didnt write that play, did
he?
Passive
Letters are not written (by Ali).
Those novels were written by Dickens, werent
they?
That play wasnt written by Dickens, was it?
Prepositions ) 26 (
.
.
A preposition shows the relation between the subject and the object. There are
also prepositions of time and prepositions of place.
.
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Use of Prepositions
Use
Prepositions
on
Days
On Monday
Day + morning,
On Friday morning
+ night
Afternoon, evening, My birthday is on June
date
10 .
Special
I will travel on the
days
National Day.
To mean The tea is on the table.
above
Season
The trees grow in
spring.
Year
I was born in 1968 .
Month
The test is in May.
The
I go to work in the
morning
morning.
The evening I go home in the evening
To mean
He is in the masjid.
inside
in
:
Prepositions
at
under
in front of
to
in
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Example
Prepositions of Place
Use
at an exact place
at work
at the table
direction/place /
To mean inside
In a country
In a town/street
/
in bed
In a building or
area
In a chair
Example
Prepositions
with
from
behind
between
Use
Example
on
TV
Time
More Examples
Prepositions
in
on
at
near
between
opposite
into
onto
Example
The medicine is in the bottle.
The knife is on the table.
Someone is at the door.
Ahmed is sitting near the window.
The house is between the school and the
masjid.
The bank is opposite to the post office.
The electrician is putting his hand into the TV.
The water is spilling onto the floor.
off
The man is falling off the chair.
out of
The child is falling out of the window.
across
The carpenter cut across the wood.
over/above
The light is over (above) the table.
The fire is under (below) the stairs.
under/below
through
The ball is going through the window.
among
The teacher is sitting among the students.
round
in front of
behind
on top of
at the side of
along
next to
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( )27 Question-Tags
.
.
.
* .
*
.
( )28 Conditional if
will +
)1 ( if + present
.
( If it rains tomorrow, I will stay at home. )
:
If you eat too much, you will become fat.
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)2 ( if + past
will +
.
If Shakespeare lived today, he would use different English.
.
.
: ) would + (
if + subject + past
subject + would +
was were be
.
If I were you, I would buy a new car.
)3 ( if + had +
would have +
)4 ( if + present
present
.
) ( If you boil water, it becomes steam.
becomes
.
)4 ( if + present
Instructions
If the radio is too loud, turn it off. Or Turn the radio off if it is too loud.
If you are under 17 , dont drive a car. Or Dont drive a car if you are under
17 .
Reported Speech ) 29 (
.
Indirect Speech
There are four kinds of direct and Indirect Speech.
:
1) Statement
2) Question
3) Command
4) Exclamation
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Statement
Direct
I live in Riyadh
Indirect
He said that he lived in
Riyadh.
They said that they were
happy.
She said that she had not
been to the school library
recently.
He told me that he would
see me the next day.
We are happy
She said: "I have not been in the school library recently.
He said to me: "I shall see you tomorrow.
: ) .(
:
They said to him: We shall see you tomorrow. They told him that they would see him the
We shall visit Ahmed.
next day and added that they would visit
Ahmed.
: say , says
She says: I will cook the food
tomorrow.
We say: We are playing football now.
Question
: Reported Direct *
: asked -1
Present Past
Past Past Perfect
. -2
. -3
. -4
Direct
What is your name?
Why are you late?
Where is your book?
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Indirect
He asked me what my name
was.
The teacher asked me why I
was late.
He asked me where my book
was.
:
Direct
Is your school very large?
.
Where do you live?
Does he go to school?
Indirect
He asked me if my school
was very large..
He asked me where I lived.
I asked him if he went to
school.
) + past participle + had(
Who is your English teacher?
What are your marks?
Command
: Reported Direct *
. ) Ordered ( -1
. ) Begged (
. ) Advised (
. )
(
Told
To -2
. Please, do -3
. -4
Direct
He said to the servant: bring me a glass of
water.
The son said to his father: please give me
some money.
The doctor said to me: Drink a lot of water.
He said to me: Do not go to the market
tonight.
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Indirect
He ordered the servant to bring him a
glass of water.
The son begged his father to give him
some money.
The doctor advised me to drink a lot of
water.
He told me not to go to the market that
night.
Exclamation
Reported
Direct *
1 : -
with regret
with joy
with anger
with
admiration
with
sadness
That 3 . : :
.! Alas , Hurrah , oh :
Direct
He said : Alas! I will not find my
money.
He said : How foolish I have been.
Indirect
He said with sorrow that he would not find his
money.
He said with regret that he had been foolish.
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Nationality
Saudi
Country
Britain
Nationality
British
Omani
Algerian
Libyan
Palestinian
Syrian
Turkey
China
Lebanon
France
Switzerland
Turkish
Chinese
Lebanese
French
Swiss
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