English Grammar Lessons And Worksheets
A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice. An example is given below. 1. The teacher...
The Combined Graduate Level Exam conducted by the Staff Selection Commission has a paper on English Language and Comprehension. This paper typically includes exercises on active and passive voice. A sentence will be given...
The shoemaker had for ages suffered from a heart condition and five years ago, after an attack, it had appeared as though he would either have to sacrifice his business upon the auction block...
So Tiziano continued to draw. But one thing troubled him greatly- all the pictures he made were black, drawn with his piece of black charcoal, yet round about him glowed a perfect glory of...
I was lying on a ridge scanning with field glasses a rock cliff opposite me. On a ledge halfway up the cliff, a tahr, the most sure-footed of all Himalayan goats, and her kid...
A complex sentence contains one main clause (independent clause) and one or more subordinate clauses. A compound sentence contains two or more independent clauses. You can change a complex sentence into a compound sentence...
Here is a list of idiomatic expressions using the word wit. At one’s wit’s end When you are at your wit’s end, you are at the limits of your intellectual resources. She didn’t know...
Against each keyword are given five suggested meanings. Choose the word or phrase which is opposite in meaning to the keyword.
Abate (verb) To abate something is to reduce its degree, severity or intensity. Present: abate / abates Past: abated Past participle: abated Gerund or –ing form: abating Example sentences Her sarcastic remarks didn’t abate...
Abash (verb) Present: abash / abashed Past: abashed Past participle: abashed Gerund or –ing form: abashing To abash someone is to make them feel embarrassed or confused. Her remarks were harsh enough to abash...