English Grammar Just for You

Description

Who is this book for?

English Grammar Just for You has been specially written for Indian learners who want to gain reasonably good knowledge of English grammar.

How is the book organized?

This book has 18 sections. Each section covers one specific broad topic in English grammar.

Some of the key features of the sections are these.

• Each section begins with a one-page introduction to the broad grammatical topic it deals with and a brief explanation of some of the typical difficulties Indian learners may have in learning it.

• Every unit within each section has two pages. The page on the left explains the grammatical point and its uses in a question-answer format.

• Common errors and the sources of errors made by Indian learners in using the grammatical structure are highlighted in boxes, wherever relevant, on the left page.

• Special notes explaining how a dictionary provides grammatical information are also included in the units, wherever relevant.

• The page on the right has exercises for learners to practise the structure in meaningful contexts.

Every section concludes with revision exercises.

How to use the book?

• As a coursebook:

Since grammar is an essential component of all English courses, this book may be used as a coursebook for teaching grammar. In such a case, learners may be taken through the book
from beginning to end.

• As a self-study grammar book:

If you have bought this book for improving your knowledge of grammar, you may already know English grammar, though not reasonably well. In such a case, you may want to study only those sections or units that deal with the grammatical points that you have difficulty with. For example, if you have difficulty in using the present perfect, you may want to study just the unit that deals with it.

• As a reference book:

Teachers who teach English grammar may find this book useful for their classroom teaching purposes. The question-answer format, the common errors made by Indian learners, and the
useful reference to the dictionary in learning grammar may be highly useful to them.

What will you gain by using this book?

By using this book, you will be able to use English more accurately, both in speech and writing. You may also become more sensitive to the common errors highlighted in the units and avoid
them in your own use of the language. You may also begin to depend on a good dictionary for the purpose of learning grammar. I hope you will find this book useful in improving your knowledge of English grammar.

About the author

Rajeevan Karal is a consultant in ELT with over forty years of varied experience in teaching, training, materials development and publishing. For nearly two decades he was on the faculty at the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad (now known as EFLU, Hyderabad).