Nor
The conjunction nor is mainly used in the correlative pair, neither-nor. He neither spends his money nor donates it. I like neither apples nor peaches. I know neither Sam nor his wife. He is neither educated nor...
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Change Affirmative To Negative | Class 5 Grammar Worksheets
Change the following affirmative sentences into negative sentences. 1. My mother makes delicious cakes. 2. Susan writes plays for television. 3. My sister runs a website. 4. They are anxious about his safety. 5. I was...
How To Make Negatives In English
We make negative forms by putting not after an auxiliary verb. I do not smoke. He did not come. They are not expected to come. They have not been invited. She has not come. I cannot go. Basic rules 1. Do is used if there is no other auxiliary verb. After do, we...
Negative Questions
Negative questions are of two kinds: contracted and uncontracted. They have different word order. Contracted negative question Word order: auxiliary verb + n’t + subject Why don’t you listen to me? Don’t you understand? Hasn’t she any friends to...
Need As An Ordinary Verb And An Auxiliary Verb
Need is used both as an ordinary verb and as an auxiliary verb. As an ordinary verb As an ordinary verb need is used in the sense of ‘require’. It has the usual forms needs and needed. Ordinary need is...
Must vs. Have To
Both must and have to can be used to express the conclusion that something is certain. Note that have to is more common in American English. He must be mad to do this. (OR He has to be mad to...
Modal Auxiliary Verb Must
Must is a modal auxiliary verb. It has no –s in the third person singular. He must go. (NOT He musts go…) Must is followed by an infinitive without to. I must get some rest. You must finish the report today itself. You must...
Degree Modifiers With Comparatives And Superlatives
We cannot use very with comparatives. Instead we use other degree modifiers like much, far, very much, a lot, lots, any, no, rather, a little, a bit and even. She is much older than her husband. (NOT … very older than...
Modal Auxiliary Verbs
An auxiliary verb is one which helps other verbs to make tenses, passive forms etc. There are two groups – primary auxiliaries and modal auxiliaries. Modal auxiliaries The verbs will, would, shall, should, can, could, may,...
Mixed Conditional
There are two types of mixed conditional sentences. One of them states the present result of a past condition and the other state the past result of a present or continuing condition. Present result of a...
