What Are Adjectives?
Adjectives are words like kind, clever, pretty and old. They describe nouns. Adjectives usually go before the nouns modified by them. She is a pretty girl. (Here the adjective pretty goes before the noun...
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Adjective Clauses
Adjective clauses function as adjectives. They describe nouns and pronouns. Most adjective clauses start with the pronouns who, whom, which, that, whose, when, or where. Other pronouns like whoever, whatever, whomever, whichever, what and why can also start an adjective clause. Adjective clauses that...
Adjective Vs. Adverb Worksheet
Adjectives are words used to modify nouns. Adverbs are words used to modify verbs. Adverbs can also be used to modify adjectives and other adverbs. Test your knowledge of adjectives and adverbs using this...
Adjective Or Adverb Worksheet For Class 7
Complete the following sentences using an adjective or adverb. Adjectives are words used to modify nouns. Adverbs are words used to modify verbs. Adverbs can also be used to modify adjectives and other adverbs....
Adjective vs. Adverb
An adjective is a word used to modify a noun. An adverb is a word used to modify a verb. Note that adverbs can also modify adjectives and other adverbs. The team did not play (verb) well (adverb) last season. (NOT …...
When To Use The Passive Verb
Choice of passive structures We use passive structures when we want to talk about an action, but are not interested in stating who or what does/did it. Promises should be kept. (passive) Smoking must be banned. (passive) This house was built in...
15 Grammar Terms You Should Know
1. Adjective An adjective is a word that describes a noun. For example, in ‘She is a beautiful girl’, the adjective beautiful describes the noun girl. 2. Adverb An adverb is a word used to say something about...
10 Tips For Learning English
1. Use of Articles A proper noun (e.g. John, India, Alice, and Chicago) does not take an article. It always begins with a capital letter. My name is John. (NOT My name is john.) He lives in Chicago....
Modal Auxiliary Would
Would is a modal auxiliary verb. There is no -s in the third person singular. Would is followed by an infinitive without to. He said he would try his best to help me. I would like to know what my duty is....
Would vs. Used To
Would Use would to talk about repeated actions and events in the past. The old man would sit in a corner talking to himself for hours. After dinner we all would sit in the drawing room and chat. Use used to talk...
