Rewrite the following sentences using a modal auxiliary verb.

Change the following sentences into the passive voice.

Omission of the relative pronoun

The relative pronoun is usually omitted when it is in the accusative case.

Few and short were the prayers (that) we said.
I am the monarch of all (that) I survey.

The tendency to omit the accusative relative is common in spoken English. In written English it is considered inappropriate.

Correlative

The term correlative refers to a pair of items which work together to connect things in a sentence. Examples are: both…and, not only…but also, either…or, neither…nor and so…that.

She is both beautiful and intelligent.
The box was so heavy that I couldn’t lift it.

Countable noun

Concessive clause

A concessive clause is an adverbial clause which expresses the sense of although. The first clauses in the following sentences are examples of concessive clauses.
Although he was not feeling well, he kept working.
Although she is qualified, Susie didn’t get the job.

Concrete noun

Collective noun
A collective noun denotes a collection of individual persons or objects. Examples are: jury, army, committee, team, herd etc.
In British English a collective noun may be treated either as singular or as plural. In American English a collective noun is always treated as singular.

A relative clause is a kind of subordinate clause which is attached to a head noun within a noun phrase.

There are two kinds of relative clauses: restrictive or defining relative clauses and non-restrictive or non-defining relative clauses.

A restrictive relative clause is required to identify what is being referred to.

The subjunctive mood scarcely exists in present day English. It is marked by distinctive verb forms which are now confined to the verb be and third person singular forms of other verbs. Note that the subjunctive forms still exist in American English.

The following are the forms of the subjunctive.

In the following sentences change the verbs into their corresponding past tenses.

State whether the –ing forms given in the following sentences are participles or gerunds. In the case of participles, name the noun or pronoun they qualify. In the case of gerunds, state what function they serve in the sentence.