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Verbs are a part of our everyday life! In fact, every sentence must contain a verb. 'Go!' is a sentence because it contains a verb and makes sense on its own. Verbs can be defined as 'action words' because many verbs express specific physical actions such as 'do', 'eat' and 'walk'. But some verbs do not express an action. They refer to a cognitive state: 'be', 'enjoy', 'want'. They are not usually used in the continuous form. In every sentence, a verb has a subject. For example, in the sentence 'I like cats', 'I' is the subject, and 'like' is the verb. Your subject and verb must agree in number. If a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular. If a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural. In English, verbs have up to five forms: base form, third-person singular, '-ing' form, past, and past participle. play, plays, playing, played, played

In this section, you can learn some of the key grammar vocabulary terms that are essential for English learners to know. active voice the form of a verb in which the subject performs the action. In the sentence, 'The hunter killed the lion' the subject performs the action. adjective a word that describes a noun or pronoun. In the phrase, 'reliable car' 'reliable' is an adjective. adverb a word that gives more information about a verb, adjective or another adverb such as 'quickly' in 'We have to walk quickly' or 'very' in 'She was very upset.' article the words 'a' and 'an' (the indefinite article) or 'the' (the definite article) auxiliary verb a verb such as 'be', 'do' and 'have' used with another verb to form tenses, questions and negatives. 'Has' is an auxiliary verb in the sentence 'She has completed her training.' clause a group of words th...

Make questions and answer them. Look at the examples below: What is this? This is an apple. What are these? These are apples. What is that? That is a box. What are those? Those are boxes. Useful vocabulary doghouse (kennel) bear nut car bicycle plane barn telephone tree cookie Printable This, that, these, those

1. Is ___ your bag here? A) that   B) these   C) those   D) this 2. Look at ___ woman over there. A) this  B) that  C) these D)  those 3. ___ is gold and ___ is silver. A) This, that, B) This, these  C) That, these, D) These, this 4. ___ jacket here is mine, but ___ one over there is yours. A) That, this  B) These, those,  C) This, that,  D) This, those 5.Please come here and look at ___ pictures. A) this  B) these  C) that  D) those 6. We're going to play handball ___ morning. A) this  B) that  C) these  D) those 7. Take ___ books and put them on the table over there. A) those  B) this  C) that  D) these 8. Are ___ shoes here yours? A) this  B) that  C) these  D) those 9. ___'s my best friend over there beside Jeff. A) This  B) These  C) Those  D) That 10. ___ book is more interesting than ___ book on the shelf. A) This...

English reflexive pronouns end in -self' or -selves and are used when the subject of the verb and the direct object of the verb are the same person. For example, in the sentence 'Jane bought herself a new coat' the reflexive pronoun 'herself' refers back to Jane'. The singular reflexive pronouns are: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself. The plural reflexive pronouns are: ourselves, yourselves, themselves.

A suffix is added to the end of a word to change the word into another word.

An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that does not refer to any particular person, thing or place.   The indefinite  pronouns   ending  in  –body, –one,  - thing and -where   are used  to refer  to people, things, and places  when you do not know who or what they are .   They are written as one word .   Note that no one is written as two separate words .

As you kno w, adjectives and nouns are different parts of speech. A noun is a word that refers to a person, animal, thing, or idea, and an adjective describes a noun. For example, in the phrase 'a clever boy', 'clever' is an adjective, and 'boy' is a noun. In English, some adjectives can function as nouns. These are adjectival nouns.

In English, some adjectives can consist of two or more words. These are compound adjectives. Compound adjectives are usually written with hyphens when they are used in front of a noun they modify. For example, in the phrase ‘ man-eating lion’, ‘man-eating’ is a compound adjective. ‘Man eating lion’ means something different. As you can see, a hyphen changes the meaning of a phrase. Here are some examples of compound adjectives: She has a well-behaved child. He is a good-looking young man. It’s sugar-free chewing gum. They are long-distance lorry drivers. If a compound noun comes after the noun, it can drop the hyphen. a well-balanced diet The team was very well balanced . Compound adjectives can be formed with periods of time. We’ll take a ten-minute break. There has been a two-hour delay. I was on a two-year contract. We don’t add a plural ending to the compound adjectives with periods of time. We’re going on a six-days trip . … a si...

There are no rules to help you recognize adjectives by their forms. But many adjectives are formed from other words by adding prefixes or suffixes.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun. In the phrase red car , red is an adjective. Sometimes we use several adjectives to describe a noun. Example: a small, red, German car. When we use more than one adjective before a noun, the adjectives need to be in a particular order. Most native speakers simply do it naturally. If you want your English to sound more natural, you must use the adjectives in the proper order.

Some adjectives describe the qualities of a noun, for example tall, long, expensive. These are qualitative adjectives. Qualitative adjectives have three forms; the positive, the comparative and the superlative. Positive Comparative Superlative big bigger biggest slow slower slowest difficult more difficult most difficult Comparative adjectives A comparative adjective is used to express a difference between two things. For example, bigger is the comparative form of big . We use the comparative when we want to compare two nouns. The preposition than is used after a comparative adjective in order to introduce the second part of a comparison. He needs stronger painkilling drugs. I'm trying to find a better job. He’s older than me. My daughter is taller than my wife. He was more intelligent than his brother. Superlative adjectives A superlative adjective expresses the greatest degree...