English Grammar Lessons And Worksheets
An auxiliary verb is one which helps other verbs to make tenses, passive forms etc. There are two groups – primary auxiliaries and modal auxiliaries. Primary auxiliaries Be, do, have and their various forms are called primary auxiliaries. Be is used with other...
Be able to Be able to can be used to talk about ability. It often has the same meaning as can/could. He is able to support her. (He can support her.) They were able to catch the thief. (They could...
With the Present Participles Be is used with the present participles of verbs to make the present and past progressive tenses. I am writing. (Present Progressive) She was standing at the gate. (Past Progressive) She is knitting a sweater. (Present Progressive) You were sleeping. (Past progressive) With the...
Attributive adjectives go before the nouns they qualify. She is a beautiful (adjective) girl (noun). They have a big (adjective) house (noun) in the city. This is a vexed (adjective) problem (noun). She married a rich (adjective) man (noun). Attributive adjectives after nouns 1. Attributive...
At is a preposition used to show the place, direction, time or manner of something. He works at the market. We live at home. Throw the ball at the stumps. We have breakfast at eight. She ran at top speed. After some verbs, at is used to...
Complete the following sentences using appropriate articles. You can learn about the correct use of articles on this study page. Articles Exercise for Class 5 1. There is …………… spider on ……………. 2. Rohan...
A singular countable noun always takes an article. I have a pet dog. (NOT I have pet dog.) She has written a story. (NOT She has written story.) Have you got a brother? (NOT Have you got...
The articles a/an (the indefinite article) and the (the definite article) belong to a group of words called determiners. They normally go at the beginning of noun phrases. Alice is a financial advisor. She is working for an insurance company. I have been to the doctor....
It is not always easy to know which preposition to use after a particular noun, verb or adjective. Here are some of the most common combinations. Note that alternatives are sometimes possible. Abide by You must abide by the...
An appositive is a noun or pronoun that renames another noun or pronoun. Appositives are placed directly after the noun or pronoun they identify. She, my sister, is always late. (The appositive ‘my sister’ renames ‘she’.) Smarty, my cat, understands my moods. (The appositive ‘my cat’ renames ‘Smarty’....
