Singular nouns form their possessive case by adding ‘s to the singular. The boy’s dog My father’s office Only the apostrophe (‘) without s is… Continue reading
Formation of the possessive case
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Formation of plurals – Part II
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Some nouns have identical singular and plural forms. Examples are: swine, sheep, deer, cod, salmon, aircraft, spacecraft, series, species etc. The following nouns are always… Continue reading
The Noun: Case
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Read the following sentence: John broke the window. The boy killed the spider. In sentence 1, the noun John is the subject. It is the… Continue reading
Uses of the participle
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To form the continuous tenses The present participles are used to construct the continuous tense forms. I am writing. They are coming. It was raining.… Continue reading
What are participles?
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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