English Grammar Lessons And Worksheets
Demonstrative pronouns direct attention to a specific person, place, or thing. There are only four demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these and those. When these words stand alone, they are pronouns. When they are used before an adjective, they...
Demonstrative adjectives point out which person or thing we are talking about. There are mainly four of them – this, that, these and those. Use this and that with singular nouns. Use these and...
English adjectives and adverbs recognize three degrees – the positive, the comparative and the superlative. It is usually possible to express the same idea using any of these forms. Note that the structures are different. Study the...
Gradable adjectives and adverbs Some adjectives and adverbs refer to qualities which are gradable. For example, people can be more or less pleasing; jobs can be more or less difficult. Other adjectives and adverbs...
Adverbs of Degree tell us about the degree or extent of an action, quality or manner. Examples are: almost, little, enough, much, too, partly, fully, so, rather, quite, nearly, just, too, hardly, scarcely, very etc. Life is too complicated. (Here the...
A countable noun is the name of people or things that can be counted. They have singular and plural forms. Example are: boy – boys child – children book – books mother – mothers...
Could is a modal auxiliary verb. There is no –s in the third person singular. Could is used to indicate ability that existed in the past. It is followed by an infinitive without to. In my younger days I could run...
Conjunctions used in pairs are called correlative conjunctions. Correlative conjunctions usually connect clauses of equal rank. Before doing this worksheet, you may want to learn more about correlative conjunctions. Answers 1. You must either...
Be is the most common copular verb in English. Its forms are: is. am. are. was and were. Seem, appear, look, turn, become, taste, smell, feel and get are also copular verbs. Copular verbs...
Conjunctions are connecting words. There are mainly two types of conjunctions – coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions. Coordinating conjunctions connect two clauses of equal rank. Examples are: and, but, or, so, for, yet, nor...