Demonstrative Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns Demonstrative pronouns are used to point out the persons or things for which they stand. English has just five of them and they are: this, that, these, those and such. This is...
English Grammar Lessons And Worksheets
Demonstrative Pronouns Demonstrative pronouns are used to point out the persons or things for which they stand. English has just five of them and they are: this, that, these, those and such. This is...
Reflexive Pronouns When words like myself, yourself, ourselves, itself etc., are used as the object of a verb, they are called reflexive pronouns. We use reflexive pronouns when the object refers to the same...
A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun. 1) Alice is my friend. She is a good girl. 2) John is a good singer. He has won several prizes. Here the pronoun...
Read the following sentences. John is a good singer.Peter is a good singer.Tom is a good singer. All three of them are good singers. But do they sing equally well? Probably not. How do...
Case shows how a noun or a pronoun is related to another word in a sentence. A noun or pronoun can be in the following cases: 1) Nominative case 2) Objective (or accusative) case...
Read the following sentences. Tokyo is a big city. She is a beautiful girl. We need some rice. This boy studies in my school. It was a wonderful experience. You will probably have noticed...
Questions can be changed into the passive. We will learn about changing questions into the passive in this chapter. Read the following sentences. Did she invite you? (Active Voice) Were you invited by her?...
We will learn more about passive voice in this chapter. The imperative sentence in the passive voice takes the following form: Let + object + be + past participle When the active voice is...
The active voice is used when the subject is to be made prominent. The passive voice is used when the object is to be made prominent. The passive voice is preferred to the active...
Study the following table carefully and note how the verb write changes its form when it is changed to the passive. Tense Active Verb Passive Verb Simple Present write/writes is/am/are written Present continuous is/am/are writing...