If we want to improve our English language abilities, there arises a need to tackle grammar issues and therefore
Unit 1-provides a functional description of English grammar, in which grammar is viewed not as a set of rules but as a communicative resource. It explains how the language should be structured; it is divided into chapters on Tenses, Passive Voice, Indirect Speech, Conditional Sentences and Modal Verbs.
Unit 2- Composition focuses on the act of writing dialogues, précis writing, and the drafting of reports.
Units 3, 4 and 5- comprise the literary works of W.S.
Maugham, Leo Tolstoy, O. Henry, A.G. Gardiner, S.
Radhakrishnan, C.E.M. Joad, W. H. Auden, Sir Henry Wotton, James Kirkup and Rudyard Kipling. These unit have selective texts by the above authors as prescribed in the syllabus.
A series of help if provided for the help of target readers at the end of each chapter, including summaries, a list of suggestive questions along with answers, exercises at the end of chapter, introduction to the author and word meanings have been included for their benefit.
Author’s: Dr. Ruchi Sawhney, Kulsum Bano, Mukti Upadhyay, Sunil Pathak.
