English Grammar Lessons And Worksheets
Both can and may can be used to talk about possibility. But there is some difference between them. Can is used to talk about theoretical possibility; may is used to talk about factual possibility. Compare: The road may be blocked due to the procession....
May is a modal auxiliary verb. There is no –s in the third person singular. She may be here soon. (NOT She mays …) May is followed by an infinitive without to. You may be right. (NOT You may to be right.)...
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Adverbs of manner say how something happens or is done. Examples are: cleverly, happily, anxiously, pleasantly etc. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate manner adverb. (pleasantly, angrily, eagerly, seriously, carefully, well, fast, slowly, recklessly, cleverly, stupidly,...
Read the following sentences. Ram is clever. Shyam is cleverer. We can combine these two sentences using a comparative structure. Ram is not as clever as Shyam. (Here we make a comparison between Ram and...
Look at the sentences given below. He sleeps. He seems tired. The sentence He sleeps makes complete sense. But if you say He seems, the sense is incomplete. You have to supply a word like tired (or sad, happy,...
There are mainly four kinds of sentences in English: Assertive (or declarative), interrogative, imperative and exclamatory. Test your understanding of different sentence types with this grammar exercise. Blank spaces are given against each sentence and you...
There are different types of adverb clauses. In this lesson we will learn about them. Adverb clauses of degree or comparison Adverb clauses of degree tell us about the degree or extent of an...
A compound sentence contains two or more independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction. There are mainly four types of coordinating conjunctions: cumulative, adversative, alternative and illative. Cumulative conjunction The cumulative conjunction merely adds one statement with the other or one coordinate...
Joining two sentences with a present participle Consider the examples given below. The thief cut through the padlock. He opened the wooden door. Cutting through the padlock, the thief opened the door. The pilot banked sharply. She managed to...