Relative Pronouns – Uses, Examples and Worksheets

The relative pronouns who, which and that When words like who, whom, which and that are used to introduce relative clauses, they are called relative pronouns. Who, which and that can be the subjects of verbs in relative clauses. Who refers to people and which refers to things. That can refer to both people and things. What is the name of the fat woman who just came in?…

Short Answers to Questions

Short Answers Affirmative short answers to questions are made with ‘Yes + pronoun + auxiliary verb’ / ‘Of course + pronoun + auxiliary’ / ‘Yes, of course’ / ‘Of course’. ‘Could you help me?’ ‘Yes, of course.’ ‘Will you wait for me?’ ‘Of course.’ ‘Can you speak English?’ ‘Of course, I can.’ ‘Do you speak English?’ ‘Yes, I do.’ Notes‘Of…

Reporting Questions – Rules and Examples

Reporting questions In reported questions the subject normally comes before the verb. Direct speech: James asked, ‘Why are you going?’ Indirect speech: James asked me why I was going. (NOT James asked me why was I going.) Direct speech: I asked, ‘Where are they staying?’ Indirect speech: I asked them where they were staying. (NOT I asked them where…

Tenses Worksheet Solved

Tenses Worksheet Fill in the blanks with appropriate verb forms. 1. I —————————- Malaysia last month. a) Have visitedb) Had visitedc) Visited 2. I ——————————– waiting for his reply for two weeks now. a) Have beenb) Amc) Had been 3. I ———————– you. a) Am believingb) Believec) Have been believing 4. I ————————- to Mumbai…

Optative Sentences – Definition and Examples

OPTATIVE SENTENCES An optative sentence is one of the important types of sentences. In this post, I am discussing optative sentences with examples. Definition of Optative SentenceAn Optative Sentence is a sentence that expresses a wish, a prayer, a boon or a curse. An optative sentence usually ends with an exclamation mark (!) or rarely…

Quantifiers – Definition, Types, Position, Uses and Some Common Examples

What are quantifiers? A quantifier is a phrase or word that denotes a number or quantity which is being referred in a sentence. It is a type of determiner in English Grammar which is placed before a noun or a noun phrase. Quantifiers are used for the indication of imprecise or indefinite quantity. They are usually different than numbers or numerals…

Pronouns – Definition, Types, Rules Uses and Examples

Pronouns – Definition and Concept A Pronoun is a part of a speech that is used instead of a noun, to refer to that particular noun. Pronouns are primarily of three types (first, second and third person pronouns). For example: Raj is one of the studious kids of the Jadhavpur branch. We expect a good performance from him …