INFINITIVES

"In English, a verb's infinitive is its unmarked form, such as be, do, have, or sit, often introduced by the particle to. When this particle is absent, the infinitive is said to be a bare infinitive; when it is present, it is generally considered to be a part of the infinitive, then known as the full infinitive (or to-infinitive), and there is a controversy about whether it should be separated from the main word of the infinitive." (taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinitive)



READINGS

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/infinitive.htm
http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/structure/Structure1/inf_func.html
http://faculty.washington.edu/marynell/grammar/infini.html
http://www.myenglishteacher.net/infinitives.html

EXERCISES

http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz97mkm.htm
http://www.cityu.edu.hk/elc/quiz/infving.htm
http://www.towson.edu/ows/exerciseinfinitives.htm
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/infinitive-gerund/exercises?30

GERUNDS

"In English the gerund is identical in form to the present participle (ending in -ing) and can behave as a verb within a clause (so that it may be modified by an adverb or have an object), but the clause as a whole (sometimes consisting only of one word, the gerund) acts as a noun within the larger sentence. For example:

Editing this article is very easy." (Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerund)

READINGS

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/01/
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-gerunds_1.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-gerunds_2.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-gerunds_3.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-gerunds_4.htm
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/gerund.htm

EXERCISES

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-gerunds_quiz.htm
http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisegerunds.htm
http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/gerund1.htm

PREPOSITIONS

"A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition." (taken from http://www.arts.uottawa.ca)

READINGS

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/preposition.htm
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslprep2.html
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/prepositions.htm
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslprep.html


EXERCISES

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/prep03.html
http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/prepositions.html
http://www.world-english.org/prepositions2.htm
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_prep3.htm

ARTICLES

"An article is a word that combines with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. The three main articles in the English language are the, an and a. An article is sometimes called a noun marker, although this is generally considered to be an archaic term." (taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article)




READINGS

http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/grammar/aanthepicture.html
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/grammar/aanthe.html
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/artikel.htm


EXERCISES
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/grammar/main/articles.htm
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/article_ex.htm
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/article_ex2.htm
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/article_ex3.php3

CAPITALIZATION

"Capitalization is writing a word with its first letter as a majuscule (upper case letter) and the remaining letters in minuscules (lower case letters), in those writing systems which have a case distinction. The term is also used more broadly to refer to any aspect of using upper and lower case letters." (taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization)

READINGS

http://jfet.org/mayfield/capitals.htm
http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/capital.asp
http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/capital.html
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/capitals.htm

EXERCISES

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/par_numberless_quiz.pl/caps_quiz.htm
http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/ed-caps.html
http://www.impact-english.com/members/Grammar_Practice/Always/test-grammar/gr_prac_caps.htm

PUNCTUATION

"Punctutation- The use of standard marks and signs in writing and printing to separate words into sentences, clauses, and phrases in order to clarify meaning." (taken from http://www.answers.com/topic/punctuation)



READINGS

http://www.harmonize.com/PROBE/Aids/manual/punctuate.htm
http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/punct.html
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/marks.htm
http://www.correctpunctuation.co.uk/
http://www.esc.edu/esconline/across_esc/writerscomplex.nsf/

EXERCISES

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/skills/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_55.htm
http://www.tcet.com/EAOnline/TerribleTeacher/tt-apostrophes.html
http://www.tcet.com/EAOnline/TerribleTeacher/tt-commas.html
http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/TerribleTeacher/tt-quotations.html

SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

"Subject-verb agreement is a grammatical rule that states that the verb must agree in number with its subject. In English, present tense verbs change to show agreement in the third person singular form (subjects represented by the pronouns HE, SHE, IT) by adding an S or ES." (taken from https://eee.uci.edu/programs/esl/svlink.html)

LESSONS

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/subject.htm
http://grammar.uoregon.edu/agreement/agreement.html
http://www.usca.sc.edu/writingroom/hos/SVagreement.html
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/subverag.html

EXERCISES

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/agreement_add1.htm
http://eslbee.com/cgi-bin/quiztest.cgi?sv_agreement
http://eslbee.com/cgi-bin/quiztest.cgi?svagreement2
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/sva01.htm