English Grammar Lessons And Worksheets
We can convert a compound sentence into a simple sentence by reducing the number of clauses into one. He got up and walked away. (Compound sentence)Getting up, he walked away. (Simple Sentence) Here we reduced the clause ‘He...
A complex sentence can be converted to a simple sentence by changing noun clauses, adjective clauses and adverb clauses to a word or phrase. Noun clauses He admitted that he was guilty. (Complex sentence)He...
A Simple Sentence has only one subject and one predicate. A compound sentence must have two or more co-ordinate clauses, each with its own subject and predicate. Examples are given below. Climbing up the tree, he plucked some mangoes. (Simple...
A simple sentence can be converted into a complex sentence by expanding a word or phrase into a subordinate clause – which can be a noun clause, an adjective clause or an adverb clause.Noun clause He liked my...
Adjective of quantity answer the question how much?. Examples are: some, any, little, much, enough, sufficient, insufficient, all, whole, great etc. Examples are: We need to buy some coffee. I have little faith in the system. She didn’t each much breakfast. We haven’t got enough time....
The transformation of a sentence is all about changing its form without altering its meaning. We can, for example, transform an exclamatory sentence into an assertive sentence or vice-versa. We can also transform simple...
Would is a modal auxiliary verb. There is no -s in the third person singular. Would is followed by an infinitive without to. He said he would try his best to help me. I would like to know what my duty is....
To make meaningful sentences we need to arrange words in a particular order. The usual order of words in an English sentence is as follows: Subject In an affirmative sentence, the subject usually comes before the...
Will is a modal auxiliary verb. It is followed by an infinitive without to. There is no –s in the third person singular. She will come. (NOT She wills come.) I will do it. Questions and negatives are...
We use who when referring to people. We use which or that when referring to things or animals. The girl came from India. She was welcomed into the school. The girl who came from India was welcomed into the school. The dress...
