English Grammar Lessons And Worksheets
Simple Present Active verb form: write/writes He writes a letter. I write letters. Passive verb form: is/am/are + written A letter is written by him. Letters are written by me. Present Progressive Active verb form: is/am/are + writing He is writing a letter. I am writing letters. Passive verb...
When we say what people and things do, we use active verb forms. When we say what happens to people and things – what is done to them – we often use passive verb forms. They built this...
Words of a language are divided into several classes on the basis of their grammatical behaviour. These different word classes or lexical categories are called the parts of speech. English has eight parts of...
A participle is a non-finite verb. It is partly a verb and partly an adjective. There are two types of participles – the present participle and the past participle. The present participle is the...
When participles combine with other words, we get participle phrases. Underline the participle phrases in the following sentences. Standing at the gate, he was bitten by a snake. Running fast, he overtook his opponents....
Study the examples given below. I was feeling bored. I decided to watch a movie. We can combine these two sentences using a present participle. We can write: Feeling bored, I decided to watch...
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...