English Grammar Lessons And Worksheets
A participle is a word which is partly a verb and partly an adjective. English has two participles: the present participle and the past participle. Forms like running, singing, walking and working are called present participles. Forms like worked, broken, gone, written and walked are called past...
A participle is a form of a verb that functions as an adjective. There are two kinds of participles: present participles and past participles. Present participles end in -ing (jumping, burning, speaking). Past participles usually end in -ed, -t, or -en (jumped, burnt, spoken). Barking dogs seldom bite. (The present...
Participles are used in absolute phrases with a noun or pronoun going before them. God willing, we shall meet again soon. The sea being rough, they abandoned the Channel swim. The fog having lifted, the plane took off....
Parallel construction Your writing will be clearer if you use parallel construction. By parallel construction, we mean words or expressions of similar form. Consider the sentence given below. Alice likes sewing, painting and to...
Underline the adjectives in the following sentences. You can learn about adjectives here. It was a brilliant idea. She was a kind woman. I am the right person for this job. You have done...
Adjectives are words that modify nouns. They tell us something about a noun. For example, they may tell us about a particular quality of a person or thing. Adjectives usually go before the nouns...
Sentences are given in the present continuous tense. Change them into the past continuous tense. I am typing a letter now. We are waiting for the bus. It is raining now. The children are...
Add suffixes to the following words to make abstract nouns and fill in the blanks with them. (aware, special, admire, happy, scarce, educate) Abstract nouns worksheet The government should create health ………………………… among people....
Open someone’s eyes To open someone’s eyes is to make them discover something. It was an unpleasant experience but it opened my eyes to truth. In the blink of an eye If something happens...
Fill in the blanks with can, will, could or would. This grammar worksheet is for students of classes 4 and 5. You can learn about modal auxiliary verbs here. To learn about can, could,...
