Command | A word a day
To command is to order, instruct, direct or require. The king commanded his guards to execute anyone who dared to enter his chamber. Note the word pattern: command + noun/pronoun + to-infinitive The father...
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Class 9 vocabulary worksheet
Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the word given in the brackets. 1. If he were more ……………………., we would know his true feelings. (communication) 2. Every citizen has a ………………….....
The past perfect tense overview
The past perfect tense is used to talk about the earlier of two past events. Form: Subject + had + past participle form of the verb I had finished dinner before dad came home....
Past continuous tense overview
The past continuous tense is used to talk about actions or events that were going on around a particular point of time in the past. What were you doing at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon?...
Sample conversations using simple past and present perfect tenses
Both the simple past and the present perfect tenses are used to talk about past events. There is an important difference. The present perfect tense is used when there is no definite time reference....
Simple past tense overview
To say that something happened some time ago, we use the simple past tense. If you are already familiar with the three forms of the verb (base form, simple past and past participle), you...
Present perfect continuous tense overview
The present perfect continuous tense is used to talk about actions and situations that started in the past and have continued up to the present. Form: Subject + has / have + been +...
Sentence correction worksheet for class 8 | Relative clauses
The following sentences have some errors in them. Identify the error and rewrite the sentence correctly. Notes The relative pronoun acts as the subject or object in the relative clause and replace words like...
Combine using relative pronouns | Class 8 grammar worksheets
Combine the following sentences using an appropriate relative pronoun. Learn more about relative pronouns and relative clauses here. 1. I know a man. He can speak ten languages. 2. This is the estate. I...
Relative clauses worksheet for class 8
The antecedent of a relative pronoun is the noun or pronoun modified by it. Study the example given below. The boy who was lazy was punished by the teacher. Here the relative pronoun ‘who’...