How To Improve Your English
You cannot learn a second language in two weeks. In fact, it is a long process that takes a great deal of time and patience. The good news is that your language skills are...
Author: Manjusha Nambiar
If Clauses
Study the examples given below. If we go by the bus, it will take longer to reach the airport. When we are certain that something will happen, we use a simple present tense in...
How To Identify Verbs
Verbs are action words. They tell us what the subject does/did. All verbs have an ing form. All of them can also be used with the marker to. In the following sentences, underline the...
Identifying Relative Clauses
Read the following sentences and say whether the relative clause is identifying or non-identifying. Note that identifying relative clauses are also known as defining or restrictive relative clauses. Similarly, non-identifying relative clauses are also...
How To Identify Prepositions
The word is probably a preposition if it is followed by a noun or a noun equivalent. Of course, this can be misleading because verbs are also followed by noun objects. That said, identifying prepositions is not all that difficult....
How To Identify Conjunctions
The word is probably a conjunction if it is a connector between words, phrases or clauses. Like prepositions, there are only a limited number of conjunctions in English. Common examples are: and, but, or, yet, for, so, because, since, as, when, while, after, before, that, whether, if etc. My...
How To Identify Adverbs
Adverbs are words used to modify verbs. They can also modify adjectives and other adverbs. See also: How to identify adverbs Kinds of adverbs worksheet for class 7 Underline the adverbs in the following...
How To Know Whether A Word Is An Adjective
Adjectives usually go before nouns. They describe a quality of that noun. Or they may describe a number, quantity or amount. Humans have two hands and ten fingers. She wore a funny hat. She...
Expressions With How
How is used to introduce questions or the answers to questions. How did you do that? I don’t know how he did it. Tell me how you did it? How can be used in exclamations. Note that in exclamations the verb...
Grammatical Structures With Have
Have + object The structure have + object is often used to talk about actions and experiences. Let us have a drink. I was having a bath. Have a nice time. In these expressions, have is used in the sense...