English Grammar Lessons And Worksheets
Verbs not used in the passive Not all verbs can have passive forms. Passive structures are not possible with intransitive verbs like die, cry or arrive, which cannot have objects. He died yesterday. (passive) The baby cried aloud. (passive) Some transitive verbs, too,...
Verbs are words that name an action or describe a state of being. Verbs are important, because there’s no way to have a sentence without them. Every sentence must have two parts: a subject and a predicate....
Write whether the highlighted words are used as nouns or verbs in the following sentences. If you have difficulty doing this exercise, you may visit the following study pages. How to identify a noun? How...
Some verbs form their past tense and past participle by a change in the main vowel of the present tense. These verbs are called irregular verbs or strong verbs. Some irregular verbs form the past participle with...
A verb is a word which tells us what a person or a thing is doing. He ran fast. The birds flew away. John opened the can. Here the verbs ran, flew and opened tell us what the nouns he, birds and John do. A verb is the...
We use a special kind of verb to join two parts of a sentence and to express either that the two parts denote the same thing or that the first has the property denoted by the...
In this lesson, we will learn about common mistakes in the use of verbs. Indirect questions Incorrect: I asked had she any letters for me. Correct: I asked if she had any letters for me. Correct:...
Identify whether the highlighted words are verbs or nouns. Notes A verb is an action word. Examples: walk, talk, sit, eat, drink, write, break, read etc. A noun is the name of a person...
Verbs indicate the action performed by the subject. It is easy to identify the verb. It has past and past participle forms. Verbs also have an ing form. Underline the action words (verbs) in...
The part of speech which contains words like see, arrive, sleep, discuss, ask, play, can and take off. Verbs are distinguished from other parts of speech by a number of properties. 1. A verb...
