English Grammar Lessons And Worksheets
Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate option from the ones given below. Ferdinand and Isabella, ……………….. (were informed / informed / informing) of the return and discoveries of their admiral ……………....
Both would and used to can refer to repeated actions and events in the past. Used to can also refer to past states. Would cannot be used to refer to states. Compare: When I...
The present perfect continuous tense is used to talk about actions and situations that started in the past and are still going on. The time expressions since and for are common with this tense form....
Exercise 9 Since and for The time expressions since and for indicate the duration of an action. We use for to say how long something lasts. It has been raining for two hours. The...
Some English verbs are not normally used in the continuous form. Most of them refer to states rather than actions. Some of them refer to thoughts and emotions (think, believe, know). Some others refer...
Interact with English Workbook Unit 1 Solutions – Verb forms Exercise 5 There was a burglary in your neighbourhood. You saw something suspicious. Tell the police officer all about it by filling in the...
The simple past tense is used to talk about finished actions in the past. The past continuous tense is used to say that something was going on at a particular past time. I watched TV...
We use the simple past tense to talk about short, quickly finished actions in the past. The simple past tense can also be used to talk about repeated events and longer situations. Note that...
When we add the prefixes un-, im- and dis- to adjectives, verbs or nouns, we get their opposites. Study the examples given below: Polite x impolite Kind x unkind Able x unable Like x...
Using the prefixes un-, im- and dis- Read the following Able x unable Like x dislike Kind x unkind Possible x impossible When we add the prefixes un-, im- or dis- to adjectives, we...