Formation of Questions General rules1. In questions the auxiliary verb comes before the subject. Have you received my letter? Were they interested in the offer? Did they accept the offer? 2. When there is no other auxiliary verb, we use do, does or did to form…
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…
Change of Tenses in Indirect Speech A change of time may mean a change of tense. So after past reporting verbs, the verbs of original speech are usually made more past. A simple present tense in the direct speech becomes simple past in the…
Present or Future Tense Worksheet Complete the following sentences using the most appropriate form of the verb. 1. The plane ———————- at 6.30. (arrives / will arrive) 2. I will phone you if I ————————– time. (have / will have)…
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.…
Sequence of Tenses Worksheet If you begin writing in the past tense, don’t change to the present. Fill in the blanks using appropriate verb forms. Note that the paragraph starts in the past tense and should remain in the past…
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…
Similes and Metaphors Similes and metaphors are confused with each other because they are very much similar and readers have trouble differentiating between them. Go through this article to understand the difference between both and how they are used for…
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…
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…
Nouns – Introduction Noun is a Part of Speech or word class that conveys the name of the person, place, animate or inanimate thing, tangible or intangible thing, collection, etc. Basically any word that is the name of something is a noun.…
Interjections We have all learned different parts of speech like nouns, verbs, adjectives etc. These are the common ones of the lot. Interjections are relatively lesser known. The term may sound unfamiliar to some but it is something that each one of us uses on a…
