Auxiliary Verbs – Concept, Uses, Identification, Examples and Exercises

Auxiliary Verbs Auxiliary Verbs also called the helping verbs, are used with the main verb where the main verbs helps to form the semantic content of the clause. For example, I have finished my homework for today. In this example, the main verb “finished” and the auxiliary verb “have” together combine to form the perfect aspect. There … Read more

Articles – Concept, Types, Uses and Examples

Articles Articles – An Introduction Articles are a special case of demonstrative determiners or demonstrative adjectives that assign specificity to a noun or pronoun. Like any other determiner or adjective, articles are used exclusively for nouns, and are influenced by them alone, save for some examples where an adjective precedes a noun. At the end of this article, the reader will be … Read more

Adverbs – Definition, Types, Examples and Uses

Adverbs – Definition and Concept An Adverb is a part of speech that describes or provides additional information about a verb, adjectives or another adverb. Adverbs generally are used to describe verbs and adjective, and very seldom used to describe other adverbs. (Why?) In this article we see the extent of the reach of an adverb and … Read more

Adjectives – Definition, Types and Examples

Adjectives – Definition and Concept An adjective is defined as the part of speech that describes or modifies a noun or a pronoun. This is the longest flight of stairs I have ever seen. We wish that your time here be The video footage was dismissed as circumstantial The adjective longest describes the collective noun flight, the adjective productive describes the common noun time and the adjective circumstantial describes the noun evidence. Adjectives … Read more

Participles, Gerunds and Infinitives – Meaning and Examples

Participles, Gerunds and Infinitives English language and grammar can be confusing, if the fundamentals of the usage of certain things aren’t understood in depth. Participles, Gerunds and Infinitives fall under the category of “verbals” or “non-finite verbs”. The above mentioned words contain verbs but these verbs do not act like verbs in the given sentence. Another important … Read more

Determiners and Quantifiers – Definition, Types, Uses and Examples

Determiners Among all the parts of speech a student is expected to study, “determiner” is the chapter which is always left more or less neglected. Often it is left or sometimes taught incorrectly. So read through this chapter to know “All about determiners.” A determiner is often called as the noun modifier which gives an … Read more

Collective Nouns – Definition, Use and Best Examples from animals, birds, people, insects and things

Collective Nouns Hello and welcome back again. In this post we are going to talk about Collective Nouns. Every day we come across many collective nouns during regular conversations, speech, etc. Words that denote more than one person, thing or place are changed into its plural form in the English Language, but the exception to … Read more

Homophones – Meaning, Types, Uses and Examples

Homophones Hello there and welcome back to another post. In this post, we’ll go through homophones in great detail. This article will teach you about homophones, their meanings, and the importance of using them with examples. There are some confusing words in English that are pronounced same, but they have different meanings. These confusing words … Read more

It’s vs Its

“It’s” vs “Its” Using the incorrect form of “it’s” and “its” is one of the most common pet peeves of grammar rules. “It’s” is the contraction of “it is” or “it has”. The basic grammar rule for the use of “it’s” and “its” is actually very simple. If you mean to write “it is” or “it … Read more

There,Their, and They’re

“There,” “Their,” and “They’re” In this post, I am going to share with you the difference between there, their and they’re. The word “there” is used when you need to talk about a place. “There” is used for all kinds of places such as actual places and imaginary places. Here are some example sentences to … Read more

Past vs Present Tenses

Past vs Present Simple past and present tenses are the basic parts of speech; however, most of the English learners usually get confused about their correct use, which makes it essential to understand the difference between them. Initially, you must understand that the present tense is always in a sentence where it is not necessary to … Read more