November 29th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning, ESL, Improve English
Frequency adverbs tell how often something happens. Examples are: often, never, always, sometimes, generally, usually, seldom, rarely, hardly, ever, frequently etc.
Position of Frequency Adverbs
November 28th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning, ESL, Improve English
Subject Complement
Read the sentences given below:
November 28th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning, ESL, Improve English
That part of the sentence which does not include the subject is called the predicate.
November 28th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning, ESL, Improve English
An English sentence must have at least one subject and one predicate. The subject denotes the person or thing about which something is said.
The subject is usually the first noun or noun phrase in a sentence and it represents the thing that the rest of the sentence is about. The subject may consist of one word or several words but it must still have a noun or pronoun it. The main word in the subject is called the subject-word.
November 26th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning, ESL, Improve English
To emphasize an affirmative statement
The anomalous finites do, does and did can be placed before the verb to show emphasis. Note that after do, does and did, we use a verb in its present tense form.
November 26th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning, ESL, Improve English
Verbs in the simple present and simple past tense do not consist of auxiliary verbs. Their negatives are made by the addition of the anomalous finites do not, does not or did not before the main verb.
November 26th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning, ESL, Improve English
The term anomalous finites is used to refer to the group of 24 finites given below: