English Grammar Lessons And Worksheets
When adjectives go after be or other copular verbs, they are being used predicatively. Adjectives used in the predicative position describe the subject. He is clever. (Here the adjective clever goes after the verb...
There are mainly two types of words expressing possession. They are possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives. Possessive adjectives go before nouns. Examples are: my, his, her, your, their, our, its Possessive pronouns stand on...
Follow these rules to create possessive nouns. With singular nouns, add an apostrophe (’) and s. girl: girl‘s manuscript student: student‘s ideas With plural nouns ending in s, add an apostrophe (’) after the s. girls: girls’ manuscript students: students’ ideas...
Possessive adjectives are words like my, our, your, his, her and their. They express possession and goes before nouns. She is my daughter. That was your mistake. It is our car. Where is his...
Positive adjectives and adverbs can be used for comparing. Several different grammatical structures are possible. As … as … This structure is used to say that people, things, actions or events are equal in a particular way. A car is as...
Adverbs of Place tell us where something happens. Examples are: upstairs, here, there, nearby, everywhere, in, out etc. Fill in the blanks with an adverb of place. (indoors, outside, everywhere, downhill, somewhere, outdoors, in, away, nearby,...
A phrase is a group of words, without a subject or a verb. It cannot stand alone as an independent unit. A phrase can function only as a part of speech. There are several different kinds...
A phrasal verb is made up of two parts: a base verb followed by an adverb particle. Examples are: ask out, bring about, bring up, call back, call in, call off, figure out, fill out, find...
Agreement with the noun Personal pronouns must agree with the nouns they stand for in number, gender and person. John is a good student. He won a prize in mathematics. Alice sings well. She has a golden voice. The children went...
Perfect infinitives are forms like have sent, have received, have worked and have ordered. They are mainly used after modal auxiliary verbs like would, should and could. You should have informed me earlier. You...