English Grammar Lessons And Worksheets
Study the following sentence. He was struck speechless. (= He could not speak.) Speechless means without speech. Likewise, helpless means without help. Complete the following sentences. Clues are given below. Without help, without hope,...
The conjunctions although and but have the same meaning. Note that although and though are subordinating conjunctions; but is a coordinating conjunction. Clauses beginning with though and although have to be attached to another...
Study the sentence given below. He will be able to solve this problem. We can express the same idea using can. He can solve this problem. ‘Will be able to’ is the simple future...
Study the tenses in the third conditional sentence given below. If I had been younger, I would have cried. Third conditional sentences are used to talk about imaginary or hypothetical situations. In the third...
Study the following sentence. I was too angry to speak. This means the same as: I was so angry that I could not speak. Rewrite the following sentences using so…that… 1. I was too...
The words ought to and should have the same meaning. Study the following sentence. What ought I to do? This means the same as? What should I do? Rewrite the following sentences using ‘ought...
Study the following sentence. It is a command. Go there. We can convert this into a negative command by putting ‘don’t’ at the beginning. Don’t go there. More examples are given below. Go near...
Study the pair of sentences given below. I had never tasted wine. And my brother had never tasted wine. We can express the same idea in another way. I had never tasted wine. Nor...
The verbs like, love, hate and prefer can be followed by both infinitives and –ing forms. There is little difference of meaning. I hate to get up early in the morning. I hate getting...
Superlative adjectives normally take the article the. She is the tallest girl in the class. (NOT She is tallest girl in the class.) This is the best book I have read. (NOT This is...