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How do auxiliaries differ from other verbs?

June 12, 2012 -

The auxiliary verbs form their interrogatives simply by inversion. That means we can form a question by putting the auxiliary verb before the subject. Susie… Continue reading

Different uses of about

June 11, 2012 -

The preposition about has several uses. It can refer to movement or position in various directions or places. The children were running about. (= The… Continue reading

Writing numbers

June 10, 2012 -

Large numbers should be read in groups of hundreds. Note that after a number, hundred, thousand, million and billion have no –s. Two hundred (NOT… Continue reading

How to connect sentences?

June 9, 2012 -

One of the easiest ways of changing sentence structures is to connect them using a coordinating conjunction or a subordinating conjunction. There are several coordinating… Continue reading

Conjunctions exercise

June 7, 2012 -

Complete the following sentences using appropriate conjunctions. Answers 1. He is not as clever as his younger brother. 2. He will be punished if he… Continue reading