The basic sentence patterns; the be-verb pattern--The basic sentence patterns: patterns with verbs other than be--Sentence patterns with verb phrases--The simple tenses--The present perfect tense--The past perfect and future perfect tense--The modal auxiliaries--The passive voice--Word modifiers--Preposition and prepositional phrases--Verbals--Coordination--Adjective Clauses--Noun clauses--Adverbal clauses--More adverbial clauses.