Search Results for: subject verb

Subject and object pronouns exercise

July 31, 2014 -

Personal pronouns have subject and object forms. The subject forms are: I, we, he, she, it, you and they. The object forms are: me, us,… Continue reading

Reflexive pronouns in subject position

June 24, 2014 -

Consider the following sentences. ‘Nice job. Who did this?’ ‘Myself and Jane. Do you think ‘myself’ is correctly used in the above sentence? Words like… Continue reading

Using it as a preparatory subject

June 3, 2014 -

In older English, it was a common practice to use an infinitive clause as the subject of a sentence. To wait for people who would… Continue reading

Need as an auxiliary verb and an ordinary verb

April 19, 2014 -

Need is used both as a principal verb and as an auxiliary: When need is used as a principal verb, it means ‘require’. He needs… Continue reading

Classification of verbs

January 30, 2014 -

Transitive and intransitive verbs Verbs can be classified in several ways. First, some verbs require an object to complete their meaning. ‘She read…’ Read what?… Continue reading