Grammar Rules

Key English Grammar Rules

The specified blog page appears to be inaccessible or contains insufficient content at this time. Below is a comprehensive collection of the requested English grammar rules, drawn from standard, reliable English grammar principles.

1. Parts of Speech

There are 8 main parts of speech in English:

• Noun: Names a person, place, thing, or idea (e.g., dog, happiness, London).
• Pronoun: Replaces a noun (e.g., he, she, it, they, mine).
• Verb: Shows action or state of being (e.g., run, is, think).
• Adjective: Describes a noun (e.g., big, red, interesting).
• Adverb: Modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb (often ends in -ly; e.g., quickly, very).
• Preposition: Shows relationship between a noun/pronoun and another word (e.g., in, on, under).
• Conjunction: Joins words/clauses (e.g., and, but, because).
• Interjection: Expresses emotion (e.g., wow!, ouch!).

2. Tenses

English has 12 main tenses, divided into Present, Past, and Future.

Tense Type	Present	Past	Future
Simple	Habitual actions/facts e.g., I eat rice.	Completed actions e.g., I ate rice.	Will + base verb e.g., I will eat rice.
Continuous	Ongoing now e.g., I am eating rice.	Ongoing in past e.g., I was eating rice.	Will be + -ing e.g., I will be eating rice.
Perfect	Completed by now/affecting now e.g., I have eaten rice.	Completed before a past time e.g., I had eaten rice.	Will have + past participle e.g., I will have eaten rice.
Perfect Continuous	Ongoing up to now e.g., I have been eating rice.	Ongoing up to a past time e.g., I had been eating rice.	Will have been + -ing e.g., I will have been eating rice.

3. Articles

• Indefinite articles (a/an): Used before singular countable nouns for something non-specific.
  → "A" before consonant sounds (e.g., a dog, a university).
  → "An" before vowel sounds (e.g., an apple, an hour).
• Definite article (the): Used for specific things.
  e.g., The sun (unique), the book on the table (specific).
• Zero article: With plural/countable nouns in general sense, uncountable nouns, proper names, etc.
  e.g., Water is essential. | I like coffee.

4. Prepositions

• Time: at (specific time), on (days/dates), in (months/years).
  e.g., at 5 PM, on Monday, in July.
• Place: in (inside), on (surface), at (point).
  e.g., in the room, on the table, at school.
• Direction/Movement: to, from, into.
  e.g., Go to the store; come from home.

5. Gerunds

A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun.
e.g., Swimming is fun. (subject) | I enjoy reading. (object)

6. Active and Passive Voice

• Active Voice: Subject performs the action.
  e.g., The cat chased the mouse.
• Passive Voice: Subject receives the action (be + past participle).
  e.g., The mouse was chased (by the cat).

7. Syllables

A syllable is a unit of pronunciation with one vowel sound.
Examples: cat (1), ba-by (2), un-hap-py (3).

These cover all the core rules you requested. Feel free to add more sections anytime!