English Grammar Lessons And Worksheets
With With is used in a number of expressions which say how people are showing their emotions and sensations. He was trembling with rage. Alice was jumping up and down with excitement. Other common expressions are: Blue with cold White with fear/rage Red with anger/embarrassment...
We can use wish + infinitive to mean want. Note that progressive forms are not used. I wish to speak to the manager, please. (NOT I am wishing …) If you wish to fix an appointment, please telephone after six o’...
Whose is a relative possessive word, used as a determiner before nouns. It can refer to people or things. This is the man whose house was burgled. I saw a girl whose beauty took my breath away. Of which;...
There is little difference of meaning between which and what. Which/what is the largest continent in the world? Which/what train did you come on? Which is preferred when the speaker has a limited number of choices in mind. We have...
Whether and If We can generally use both whether and if to introduce indirect yes/no questions. I am not sure whether/if she will come. I asked whether/if she had any letters for me. I don’t know whether/if I can come or not. Cases where only whether...
There are numerous words in English. These words are divided into eight classes on the basis of their grammatical behaviour. The eight parts of speech are: noun, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, verb and interjection. Nouns A noun is...
Well and good can have similar meanings, but in this case well is an adverb, while good is an adjective. He teaches very well. (adverb modifying teaches) He is a good teacher. (adjective modifying teacher.) He is good. (NOT He is well.) She speaks English well....
The forms is, am and are are used in the present tense; was and were are used in the past tense. Was and were are used in the past tense. Use was when the subject is a singular noun or a singular pronoun like I, he, she or it. I was waiting for his call....
-ward(s) Words like backward(s), forward(s), northward(s), outward(s) etc. can be used as adjectives or adverbs. Adjectives When they are used as adjectives, they do not have –s. African countries are backward in some ways. He was last seen driving...
Want After want, we normally use an infinitive with to. I don’t want to talk to her again. An object + infinitive structure is also possible. She wants me to clear her doubts. That-clauses are not normally used after want. Structures Want can be followed...