February 2013

Past continous tense exercise

February 28, 2013

The past continuous tense is used to talk about actions or situations that were going on at a specified time in the past. I was reading a novel at 8 o’clock last night. My mother was watching TV when I got home. The boys were listening to the cricket commentary all day yesterday. She was [...]

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Rewrite in the proper order

February 27, 2013

The sentences given below are taken from a story, but they are jumbled. That means they are not arranged in their proper order. Rearrange them in their logical sequence. 1. The young man sold his share of the property and left for another country. 2. The father tried to dissuade his son, but he wouldn’t [...]

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Match up

February 26, 2013

Match ups are a great way to test your knowledge of English grammar and structure. In this exercise, sentence fragments are given under column A and column B. You have to match them and make meaningful sentences. A B My sister broke down after the unions called off the transport strike. The teacher told her [...]

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As and like: grammar exercise

February 25, 2013

Both as and like can be used to say that things are similar. Note that like is a preposition. It is followed by a noun or pronoun which acts as its object. She looks like her mother. He is a teetotaler like his father. He fought like a lion. As is a conjunction. It is [...]

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