My Blue Book of Grammar for Class 8

A Grammar Series That Uses the Functional ApproachBook Description My Blue Book of Grammar is a course that has been conceptualized and designed keeping in mind the increasingly dynamic role of the English language in today’s world. Especially in our country where English serves as the lingua franca a grammar course has to offer not only an exposition of the pedagogy but also the exhibition of the utility of that pedagogy. Table of Contents GRAMMAR 1. Sentences: Complex Compound Complex–Compound 2. Correct and Incorrect Use of Ellipsis 3. Articles: a an the 4. Determiners 5. Quantifiers 6. Subjunctive 7. Verbs Used in Subjunctive 8. Parallel Structure 9. Dangling Modifier 10. Capitalising Titles 11. Subject–Verb Agreement with Compound Subjects 12. Commas Semicolons Colons and Dashes 13. Commas with Interrupters and Appositives 14. Compound Possessive 15. Conjunctive Adverbs Test Paper 1 VOCABULARY 16. Adjectives: good better best bad worse worst 17. Adverbs: well better best badly worse worst 18. Compound Object with I and Me 19. Removing Redundancy 20. Prefixes: semi– mid– en– em– 21. Suffixes: –ence –ance –an –ian 22. Using Latin and Greek Roots to Find Out the Meaning of Words 23. Using the Thesaurus 24. Allusion 25. Analogy – Revision 26. Finding the Meaning of the Word from the Context 27. Formal and Informal Language Test Paper 2 WRITING 28. Circular 29. School Circular 30. Writing a Story as a Play 31. Story Writing 32. Argumentative Essay 33. Article for the School Magazine 34. Report for the School Newspaper Test Paper 3 COMPREHENSION 35. Stay Hungry Stay Foolish 36. Hallow-Fair 37. Sqay 38. Bhikaji Cama