English Grammar Mastery: From Foundations to Fluency

English Grammar Mastery for Academic and IELTS Success provides a clear, structured pathway to grammatical accuracy, complexity, and academic control.

This course moves beyond basic rule memorization to develop true command of English grammar for high-level performance in IELTS, university study, and formal communication.

Inside this course, you will develop:

Foundational Structural Control

A clear understanding of sentence construction, parts of speech, and grammatical functions which forms the backbone of accurate communication.

Complete Tense Mastery

Precise control of all English tense forms, including advanced aspect usage required for Task 1 descriptions, Task 2 arguments, and academic writing.

Grammatical Accuracy and Agreement

Strong command of subject–verb agreement, articles, pronoun reference, and modifier placement — the key areas that affect IELTS band scores.

Complex Sentence Formation

The ability to produce compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences with clarity, cohesion, and academic sophistication.

Academic Tone and Formal Expression

Mastery of passive voice, modal verbs, conditionals, hedging language, and parallel structures used in high-level academic writing.

Error Detection and Self-Correction Skills

Targeted practice designed to eliminate high-frequency learner mistakes and improve editing precision.

This course is not a collection of isolated grammar rules.
It is a structured training system designed to build confidence, accuracy, and academic fluency step by step.

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Modules and Lessons

Module 1: Foundations of English Structure

1.1 What Is Grammar?

• Form vs Meaning vs Function

• Prescriptive vs Descriptive Grammar

1.2 Sentence Fundamentals

• Subject and Predicate

• Complements and Objects

• Phrase vs Clause

• Independent vs Dependent Clause

1.3 Parts of Speech Overview

• Nouns

• Pronouns

• Verbs

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

• Determiners

• Prepositions

• Conjunctions

• Interjections

1.4 Core Sentence Patterns

• SV

• SVO

• SVC

• SVOO

• SVOC

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Module 2: Noun Systems and Determiners

2.1 Noun Classification

• Common vs Proper

• Concrete vs Abstract

• Collective Nouns

• Compound Nouns

• Gerunds as Nouns

2.2 Countability

• Countable vs Uncountable

• Dual-category nouns (e.g., chicken, paper)

• Partitive structures (a piece of advice)

2.3 Number

• Regular Plurals

• Irregular Plurals

• Foreign Plurals

• Plural-only nouns

2.4 Possession

• ’s and s’

• Of-phrases

• Double possessive

2.5 Determiner System (Critical for IELTS)

• Articles (a, an, the, zero article)

• Demonstratives

• Possessive Determiners

• Quantifiers

• Distributives (each, every, either, neither)

• Numbers and Ordinals

2.6 Noun Phrases

• Pre-modification

• Post-modification

• noun phrases for academic writing

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Module 3: Pronoun Systems and Reference

3.1 Personal Pronouns

• Subject / Object

• Case forms

3.2 Possessive Forms

• Possessive Pronouns

• Possessive Adjectives

3.3 Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

3.4 Demonstrative Pronouns

3.5 Relative Pronouns

• Who, Whom, Which, That

• Whose

• Where, When

3.6 Indefinite Pronouns

• Someone, Anyone, Everything

• Agreement issues

3.7 Pronoun Reference

• Clear antecedents

• Avoiding ambiguity

• Formal academic referencing

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Module 4: Verb Systems – Tense, Aspect, and Voice

4.1 Verb Forms

• Base form

• -s form

• -ing form

• Past tense

• Past participle

4.2 Tense and Aspect

• Simple

• Continuous

• Perfect

• Perfect Continuous

4.3 Tense Consistency

4.4 Irregular Verbs

4.5 Subject–Verb Agreement

• Indefinite pronouns

• Collective nouns

• Complex subjects

• Inverted subjects

4.6 Modal Verbs

• Ability

• Permission

• Obligation

• Deduction

• Probability

• Past modals

4.7 Voice

• Active

• Passive (all tense forms)

• Get-passive

• Passive with reporting verbs

4.8 Causative Structures

• Have / Get something done

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Module 5: Adjectives, Adverbs, and Modification

5.1 Adjectives

• Attributive vs Predicative

• Gradable vs Non-gradable

• Order of adjectives

5.2 Degrees of Comparison

• Regular forms

• Irregular forms

• Less / Least

• Double comparatives

5.3 Adverbs

• Types (Manner, Time, Place, Frequency, Degree, Focus)

• Position of adverbs

• Mid-position adverbs

5.4 Comparative Adverbs

5.5 Intensifiers and Downtoners

• Very, Quite, Rather, Fairly, Slightly

5.6 Modifier Errors

• Misplaced modifiers

• Dangling modifiers

• Squinting modifiers

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Module 6: Clause Systems and Sentence Complexity

6.1 Sentence Types

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-complex

6.2 Coordination

• FANBOYS

• Correlative conjunctions

6.3 Subordination

• Noun clauses

• Adjective (Relative) Clauses

• Adverb clauses

6.4 Reduced Clauses

• Reduced relative clauses

• Participle clauses

• To-infinitive clauses

6.5 Conditional Structures

• Zero

• First

• Second

• Third

• Mixed conditionals

6.6 Inversion Structures

• Negative inversion

• Conditional inversion

6.7 Cleft and Emphasis Structures

• It-clefts

• Wh-clefts

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Module 7: Non-Finite Structures

7.1 Gerunds

7.2 Infinitives

7.3 Participles

• Present

• Past

• Perfect participles

7.4 Verb Pattern Control

• Verb + gerund

• Verb + infinitive

• Meaning change verbs

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Module 8: Prepositions and Conjunction Systems

8.1 Prepositions of Time, Place, Movement

8.2 Prepositional Phrases

8.3 Preposition + Gerund

8.4 Dependent Prepositions

8.5 Conjunction Types

8.6 Linking Devices for Essays

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Module 9: Punctuation and Written Mechanics

9.1 Comma Mastery

9.2 Semicolons and Colons

9.3 Apostrophes

9.4 Quotation Marks

9.5 Hyphens, Dashes, Parentheses

9.6 Capitalization Rules

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Module 10: Academic Grammar and Style

10.1 Hedging Language

10.2 Nominalization

10.3 Passive in Academic Writing

10.4 Parallelism

10.5 Cohesion and Coherence

10.6 Eliminating Wordiness

10.7 Formal vs Informal Structures

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Module 11: Error Correction and IELTS Application

11.1 High-Frequency IELTS Grammar Errors

11.2 Sentence Transformation Practice

11.3 Editing Strategies

11.4 Grammar for Task 1

11.5 Grammar for Task 2

11.6 Grammar for Speaking