Page 8 - Basic English Usage

List of entries

236 participle clauses 270 questions: basic rules
237 passive structures: introduction 271 questions: word order in
238 passive verb forms spoken questions
239 past tense with present or 272 questions: reply questions
future meaning 273 question tags
240 past time: the past and 274 quite
perfect tenses (introduction)
241 past time: simple past 275 real(ly)
242 past time: past progressive 276 reflexive pronouns
243 past time: present perfect 277 relative pronouns
simple 278 relative pronouns: what
244 past time: present perfect 279 relative pronouns: whose
progressive 280 relatives: identifying and
245 past time: past perfect simple non-identifying clauses
and progressive 281 remind
246 perfect tenses with 282 reported speech and direct
this is the first time... , etc speech
247 personal pronouns (I, me, it etc) 283 reported speech: pronouns;
248 play and game ‘here and now’ words; tenses
249 please and thank you 284 reported speech: questions
250 possessive ’s: forms 285 reported speech: orders,
251 possessive ’s: use requests, advice etc
252 possessive with determiners 286 requests
(a friend of mine, etc) 287 road and street
253 possessives: my and mine, etc
254 prepositions after particular 288 the same
words and expressions 289 say and tell
255 prepositions before particular 290 see
words and expressions 291 seem
256 prepositions: expressions without 292 shall
prepositions 293 short answers
257 prepositions at the end of 294 should
clauses 295 should, ought and must
258 prepositions and adverb particles 296 should and would
259 prepositional verbs and 297 should after why and how
phrasal verbs 298 should: (If | were you)
260 present tenses: introduction Ishould...
261 present tenses: simple present 299 similar words
262 present tenses: present 300 since (conjunction of time):
progressive tenses
263 progressive tenses with always 301 singular and plural:
264 punctuation: apostrophe spelling of plural nouns
265 punctuation: colon 302 singular and plural:
266 punctuation: comma pronunciation of plural nouns
267 punctuation: dash 303 singular and plural:
268 punctuation: quotation marks irregular plurals
269 punctuation: semi-colons and 304 singular and plural:
full stops singular words ending in -s