Linking Verbs
Look at the sentences given below. He sleeps. He seems tired. The sentence He sleeps makes complete sense. But if you say He seems, the sense is incomplete. You have to supply a word like tired (or sad, happy,...
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Identify The Kind Of Sentence | Class 5 English Grammar Worksheet
There are mainly four kinds of sentences in English: Assertive (or declarative), interrogative, imperative and exclamatory. Test your understanding of different sentence types with this grammar exercise. Blank spaces are given against each sentence and you...
Kinds Of Adverb Clauses
There are different types of adverb clauses. In this lesson we will learn about them. Adverb clauses of degree or comparison Adverb clauses of degree tell us about the degree or extent of an...
How To Combine Two Or More Simple Sentences Into A Compound Sentence
A compound sentence contains two or more independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction. There are mainly four types of coordinating conjunctions: cumulative, adversative, alternative and illative. Cumulative conjunction The cumulative conjunction merely adds one statement with the other or one coordinate...
How To Join Two Sentences With A Present Participle
Joining two sentences with a present participle Consider the examples given below. The thief cut through the padlock. He opened the wooden door. Cutting through the padlock, the thief opened the door. The pilot banked sharply. She managed to...
How To Combine Two Clauses With A Relative Pronoun
A complex sentence contains a main clause and one or more dependent clauses. One way of transforming a simple sentence into a complex sentence is by expanding an adjective or adjective phrase into an adjective clause. As...
Uses Of It
It is a pronoun used for lifeless things and animals. I have bought a table; it is made of teakwood. The dog is ill; it should be taken to the hospital. It is often used to refer to a young...
It As A Preparatory Subject And Object
When the subject is a phrase that includes a gerund, it is used as a provisional subject to begin the sentence. Instead of saying ‘Your trying to deceive us is no good’, we generally say ‘It...
Irregular Verbs
Most English verbs form their past and past participle by adding -ed to the infinitive. Examples are: talk, talked, talked,. Similarly, work, worked, worked. There are, however, some verbs that form their past simple...
Irregular Plurals
Some nouns change their spelling when they become plural. Child: childrenFoot: feetGoose: geeseLouse: liceMan: menMouse: miceOx: oxenTooth: teethWoman: women Some nouns have the same form whether they are singular or plural. Deer: deerMoose: moosePortuguese:...