Word Classes

• Word Classes

Nouns

• Singular and plural
• Countable vs Uncountable Nouns

Commonly Misused Words

• Complain
• Concern
• Importance
• Lack and its variations
• Satisfy and its various forms
• Staff, staffs

Diction and Vocabulary

• Common Hong Kong Errors
• Definitions
• It is because And This is because
• The Grammar of Apologise
• Chinglish
• Comparatives and Superlatives
• Categorization
• Cause and Effect
• Discourse markers
• Describing Trends

Prepositions

• Preposition Combinations
• Prepositional Phrase
• Prepositions and Geography
• The Use of Prepositions

Sentence Structure and Syntax

• Analysing sentence structure
• Cohesive devices
• Hope + will vs wish + would
• If – explanation of (if) sentences
• Word order
• complex sentences
• Emphatic Structures
• Adjective Order
• Dangling modifers
• Conditionals
• Increasing the range and patterns

Use of Modifiers/Determiners

• Articles
• Articles and Geography
• When to use The for things in General
• -ed v -ing Adjectives

Verbs

• Reporting Verbs Explanations
• Reporting Verb Exercises
• Modal Verbs
• Modal Verbs v01
• The Plan of the English Verb
• Transitive verb
• Future Forms
• Become and other process verbs
• Passive (form or use)
• Subject Verb Agreement
• Subject Verb Agreement v01

Clauses

• Conditional Clauses
• Contrast Clauses
• Contrast Clauses – sentence patterns
• Reason Clauses
• Relative Clauses
• Relative Clauses – an explanation and a practice exercise
• Relative Clauses – Reduced
• Subordination and Dependent Clauses

Grammar for Academic Purposes

• The infinitive and the -ing form
• Adverbs
• Reflexive pronouns
• Prepositional phrases
• Contrast clauses
• Need and needn’t