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Yes/No And Wh Questions

A sentence expressed in a form which requires an answer. Two common types of questions exist: Yes-No questions and WH-questions. Examples are: Are you coming with us? Who is she talking to? Other types...

Pronouns

The part of speech which includes words like it, you, they, he, somebody, anything and who. A pronoun is usually a single word, and it forms a complete noun phrase all by itself. Pronouns...

What Are Prepositions

A preposition is a word like on, in, off, about and over. It is normally followed by a noun or pronoun. There is a cat on the roof. He is fond of children. She...

Possessives

That form of a noun phrase which indicates that it represents a possessor. Possessives are normally made by adding –‘s to the noun. Examples are: my mother’s friends, my father’s house, children’s books and...

Phrasal Verbs And Idioms

Phrasal verb A complex verb consisting of a simple verb and an adverb particle. Examples are: make up, take off, turn on, do up, fill up, run over, take in and put away. The...

Present And Past Participle

Present participle The verb form ending in –ing. The present participle combines with the auxiliary be to form the progressive verb forms. She was crying. Alice was knitting. It can also occur in a...

Passive Voice

The sentence structure in which the logical object of a verb becomes its grammatical subject, while its logical subject is either reduced to a prepositional phrase introduced by by or removed from the sentence...

Participles

A participle is a word which is partly a verb and partly an adjective. English has two participles: the present participle and the past participle. Forms like running, singing, walking and working are called...