Author: Manjusha Nambiar

Common Errors In The Use Of Participles

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 Structures

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...

Abstract Nouns Worksheet For Class 4

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....

Eye Idioms

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...

Ought To

Ought is a modal auxiliary verb. There is no –s in the third person singular. She ought to understand. (NOT She oughts to …) Ought is different from other auxiliary verbs. It is used with to We ought to respect...