QUESTION TAG

 QUESTION TAG   Golden Rules of Question Tags in English Grammar The sentence and the question tag  must be in the same tense. For negative question tag, use the Contracted form of ‘helping verb’ and ‘not’ .E.g didn’t, hadn’t, won’t etc If the Sentence is positive, the question tag must be negative and vice versa. Always use pronoun in the question tag. … Read more

Conditional Sentence

 Conditional Sentence Conditional Sentences are also known as Conditional Clauses or If Clauses. They are used to express that the action in the main clause (without if) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled. There are three types of Conditional Sentences. Conditional Sentence Type … Read more

Conjunction

      Conjunctions   What are conjunctions?   A conjunction is a part of speech that joins two words, phrases or clauses together.   There are three types of conjunctions: Coordinating Conjunctions Correlative Conjunctions Common Subordinating Conjunctions for and nor but or yet so either…or neither…nor not only…but also both…and whether…or after before although though even though … Read more

Narration

 Narration (Direct- indirect speech) General Rules [i]Assertive Sentence or Statement 1. If the reporting verb is in the present or future tense, the tense in the Reported speech is not changed. (a)Direct: Nabil says, “I am fine.”    Indirect: Nabil says that he is fine. (b)Direct: The man says, “I shall do it.” … Read more

Pronoun

 Pronoun   Important Notes & Rules of Pronoun Generally (but not always) pronouns stand for (pro + noun), a word that takes the place of or refers to a noun.   Subjective case pronouns are pronouns that act as subjects of sentences. It includes (I, you, he, she, and … Read more

SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

 Subject verb agreement Subjects and verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or plural). Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural. Being able to find the right subject and verb will help you correct errors of subject-verb agreement. Basic Rule. A singular subject (she, Bill, car) takes … Read more

Tense

 Tenses The English Tense System The text below are to lessons for each of the 12 basic English tenses. In each lesson we look at two aspects of the tense: Structure: How do we make the tense? Use: When and why do we use the tense?   Verbs come in three tenses: past, present, … Read more

Noun

 Noun Important Notes & Rules of Noun A noun is a group of word that is usually forms the name of a person, place, thing, quality, or ideas. Nouns can be singular or plural. Noun can be grouped into many forms like, Proper noun (includes names), countable noun & Uncountable noun. General Rules … Read more

Adjective

 Adjectives   Important Rules on Adjectives Adjectives are words used to describe or modify nouns or pronouns. The adjectives express physical and other qualities (large, quiet, friendly) and the writer’s opinion or attitude(excellent, beautiful).   Adjectives have many forms. Adjective are formed when we add a suffix to a noun or verb. … Read more

ARTICLE

 Articles Indefinite and Definite Articles The words a, an, and the are special adjectives called articles. Indefinite Articles—a, an an—used before singular count nouns beginning with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) or vowel sound: an apple, an elephant, an issue, an orange a—used before singular count nouns beginning with … Read more