Sentence Agreement
Subjects must agree with verbs and pronouns must agree with antecedents. The basic rule of sentence agreement is really quite simple: A subject must agree with its verb in number. (The number can be...
Category: Grammar
Type 2 Conditional | Second Conditional
In Type 2 conditional, we use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would / could / might + infinitive in the main clause. Type 2 conditional is also called Second conditional. Type...
Direct And Indirect Speech
Reporting verb Reporting verb is the verb which reports the speech. She said, “I am fine.” (Reporting verb: said) He asked, “Can I have more of that cheese?” (Reporting verb: asked) She says, “I am going.” (Reporting verb: says) Said is preferred when there...
Relative Pronouns
Who, which and that can be the subjects of the verbs in relative clauses. Who refers to people and which to things; that can refer to both people and things. The boy who stole the watch was punished. (NOT The boy which stole …) It...
Relative Clauses
Adjective clauses that begin with one of the relative pronouns (e.g. who, whom, whose, which and that) are also called relative clauses. Relative clauses are used to modify nouns and some pronouns – to identify people...
Relative Adverbs
Relative adverbs are words like where, when and why. Although they are adverbs, they are used to introduce adjective clauses. Where The relative adverb where is used to introduce an adjective clause that modifies a noun of place. It is used...
Reflexive Pronouns
Reflexive pronouns add information to a sentence by pointing back to a noun or pronoun near the beginning of the sentence. Reflexive pronouns end in -self or -selves. The English reflexive pronouns are myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves,...
Common Errors In The Use Of Pronouns
In this lesson we will learn about some common mistakes in the use of pronouns. Correct the following sentences. Incorrect: One should keep his promises. Correct: One should keep one’s promises. Correct: A man or woman...
Pronouns
A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun. Pronouns help the unnecessary repetition of nouns in your writing and speech. Consider the examples given below. Mr. Peter gave Mr. Peter’s pen to...
Progressive Infinitive
The ordinary infinitive is the simplest form of the verb. Examples are: (to) work, (to) know, (to) earn, (to) break, (to) write. Note that that to is not really a part of the infinitive. In fact, infinitives can be...
