Read the following sentence: Hearing a loud noise, the boy woke up. Here the word hearing qualifies the noun boy as an adjective does. It… Continue reading
What are participles?
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Semicolon, Colon and Interrogation mark
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Semicolon (;) The semicolon represents a longer pause than the comma. It is used to separate the clauses of a compound sentence, when they contain… Continue reading
Verb Patterns
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A transitive verb is one that has an object. The normal order of words in an English sentence is subject + verb + object. Alice… Continue reading
The Full Stop and Comma
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Punctuation is the right use of stops in a sentence. The following are the principal punctuation marks in English. Full stop (.) Comma (,) Semicolon… Continue reading
Degrees of Comparison
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Read the following sentences: John is tall. Peter is taller than John. Harry is the tallest of the three. In sentence 1, the adjective tall… Continue reading