Basic English Grammar: A Guide for New and Prospective ESL Teachers covers all the essential grammar that teachers at the start of their careers need to know before entering the classroom. With clear, concise, accurate explanations as well as relevant examples, this book will give you the knowledge necessary to begin teaching ESL grammar with confidence and to give competent lessons. Topics covered include tenses, relative clauses, conditionals, reported speech, modal verbs, comparative adjectives, the passive voice and many other important structures. This grammar book is now updated with 11 new chapters.