High School English Grammar and Composition - New Edition - With New Appendices

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High School English Grammar and Composition (New Edition) presents an organized study of English grammar and practical writing skills for school students. The book covers key language units—sentence structure, parts of speech, nouns, adjectives, articles, pronouns, verbs, voice, mood, tense, and word functions like adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. It also supports composition through sentence analysis, transformation, and synthesis, with numerous exercises, including structured work on phrases and clauses.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages939

Reading Time24 h 6 min

AccessFree to download

Preface to the New Edition

Contents

Book I. Grammar

Book II. Composition

NEW EDITION HIGH SCHOOL English Grammar & Composition BY WREN & MARTIN (With New Appendices) REVISED BY N.D.V. PRASADA RAO S. CHAND Page i New Edition HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION By P.C. WREN, MA. (OXON) and H. MARTIN, M.A. (OXON), O.B.E. Revised By N.D.V. PRASADA RAO, M.A., D.T.E., Ph.D. Dear Students, Beware of fake/pirated editions. Many of our best selling titles have been unlawfully printed by unscrupulous persons. Your sincere effort in this direction may stop piracy and save intellectuals' rights. For the genuine book check the 3-D hologram which gives a rainbow effect. S. CHAND AN ISO 9001: 2000 COMPANY S. CHAND & COMPANY LTD. RAM NAGAR, NEW DELHI-110 055 Page iii PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION Wren and Martin's monumental work High School English Grammar and Composition now appears in two editions. One is a de luxe edition, illustrated in full-colour, and the other is an ordinary edition without illustrations. The material in the book has been further updated where called for. It has been felt necessary in particular to revise some material in the chapters dealing with adjectives, active and passive voice, articles and prepositions. Appendix I, which deals with American English, has been expanded. Appendix II has been replaced with a newer set of tests covering the important areas of grammar. It was in the year 1972 that the shrewd visionary Mr. Shyam Lai Gupta obtained the permission of Manecji Cooper Education Trust for the revision of this book and commissioned me to revise it thoroughly. The revised edition came out in 1973 and was well received. One of the main features of the revised edition was the addition of a great deal of new material (such as the three chapters on structures) based on the new developments in the study of English structure and usage. Subsequently the book was revised every four or five years and most extensively in 1999. Unlike many traditional grammar books, the book in the present form helps the student to use the language as well as giving detailed information about the language. It providesample guidance and practice in sentence building, correct usage, comprehension, written composition and other allied areas so as to equip the student with the ability to communicate effectively in English. It is gratifying to learn that this classic work, though primarily intended for use in the Indian subcontinent, is also used in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, etc. It is hoped that the book will be found useful in many more countries where English is used asa second or foreign language. N.D.V. Prasada Rao Your Attention Please In this work, on some pages, the Publishers have stated between parallel lines,“A work from S. CHAND & COMPANY LTD.” This has been done to establish that this is a genuine edition of the work. Publishers Page iv CONTENTS BOOK I. GRAMMAR CHAPTER--PAGES 1. THE SENTENCE--1 2. SUBJECT AND PREDICATE--1 3. THE PHRASE AND THE CLAUSE--2 4. PARTS OF SPEECH--3 5. THE NOUN: KINDS OF NOUNS --5 6. THE NOUN: GENDER--8 7. THE NOUN: NUMBER--10 8. THE NOUN: CASE--15 9. THE ADJECTIVE--19 10. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES--24 11. ADJECTIVES USED AS NOUNS--33 12. POSITION OF THE ADJECTIVES--34 13. THE CORRECT USE OF SOME ADJECTIVES--34 14. ARTICLES--37 15. PERSONAL PRONOUNS--43 16. REFLEXIVE AND EMPHATIC PRONOUNS--48 17. DEMONSTRATIVE, INDEFINITE AND DISTRIBUTIVE PRONOUNS--49 I8 . RELATIVE PRONOUNS --52 19. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS--62 20. THE VERB--65 21. VERBS OF INCOMPLETE PREDICATION--68 22. ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE--70 23. MOOD--75 24. TENSES: INTRODUCTION--78 25. THE USES OF THE PRESENT AND PAST TENSES--81 26. THE FUTURE--86 27. THE VERB: PERSON AND NUMBER--88 28. THE INFINITIVE--90 29. THE PARTICIPLE--93 30. THE GERUND--99 31. IRREGULAR VERBS--102 32. AUXILIARIES AND MODALS--109 33. CONJUGATION OF THE VERB LOVE--115 34. THE ADVERB--118

FAQs

What revisions were made in the New Edition?

The new edition updates material where needed, particularly in sections on adjectives, active and passive voice, articles, and prepositions. Appendix I on American English was expanded, and Appendix II was replaced by a newer set of grammar tests.

What topics are covered in Book I (Grammar)?

Book I covers foundational grammar topics such as the sentence, subject and predicate, parts of speech, noun types and forms, adjective use and comparison, pronouns, verbs including voice and tense, and other word classes like adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.

How does the book support composition skills?

Book II focuses on analysis, transformation, and synthesis, guiding learners through sentence-level work such as analyzing simple, complex, and compound sentences, and practicing transformations using grammar rules alongside exercises on phrases and clauses.

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