CONTENTS

Preface 5
PART I: British and American English
1. Differences Between British English and American English 6
PART II: Grammar Review
2. Sentence Pattern 11
3. Nouns 12
4. Count and Non-Count Nouns 13
5. Articles 16
6. Distinction Between OTHER / ANOTHER 22
7. Tenses 23
8. Subject— Verb Agreement 31
9. Pronouns 35
10. Verbs as Compliments 40
11.Pronouns as Compliments 42
12.The Verb NEED 42
13. Questions:
Information Questions 43
Embedded Questions 45
Tag Questions 47
14. Negation 50
15. Affirmative and Negative Agreement 51
16. Conditional Sentences 52
17. USED TO / USED TO + Ving 60
18. Would Rather 63
19. Modals 64
20. Adjectives and Adverbs 66
21. Linking Verbs 69
22. Comparisons 70
23. Nouns Functioning as Adverbs 74
24. Hyphenated Adjectives 75
25. ENOUGH with Adjectives, Adverbs and Nouns 77
26. Cause Connectors: BECAUSE / BECAUSE OF; SO / SUCH 78
27. Passive Voice 82
28. Causative Verbs 84
29. Relative Clauses 87
30. Subjunctive 90
31. Inclusives: NOT ONLY...BUT ALSO, BOTH...AND, AS WELL AS 92
32. KNOW/KNOW HOW 93
33. Clauses of Concession: DESPITE / IN SPITE OF / ALTHOUGH 94
34. Problem Verbs 96