Mrs. Favour

A verb which is in past tense shows what has already happened. Example: Tito liked his grandmother’s story. The verb liked tells that the action in the sentence happened before now.… Read More »THE PAST TENSE

The time of an action or the state of being is expressed by different forms of the verb. These forms are called the tenses of the verb. There are three… Read More »VERBS TENSES

Am, will, can,  would Is, shall, could, must Are, have, may Was, has, should Were, had, might Some verbs, such as do, have and be, can either be used as… Read More »COMMON HELPING VERBS

In some sentences, the verb is more than one word. It is in form of a phrase, which is called a verb phrase. A verb phrase consists of a main… Read More »VERB PHRASES

A linking verb links the subject of a sentence with a word or words that: (i) express (es) the subject’s state of being Example: She is here (expresses state of… Read More »LINKING VERBS

A verb is a word that: (i) Expresses an action (ii) Expresses the state that something exists, or (iii) Links the subject with a word that describes or renames it.… Read More »Verbs

We all know that every sentence must have a subject. Sometimes we incorrectly use a double subject – a noun and a pronoun – to name the same person, place,… Read More »SPECIAL PRONOUNS PROBLEMS

Reflexive and intensive pronouns end in -self or -selves. These are myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourselves, and themselves. There is, however, one difference between reflexive and Intensive pronouns. A… Read More »REFLEXIVE AND INTENSIVE PRONOUNS

An interrogative pronoun is used to ask a question. These pronouns are who, whose, whom, which and what. Examples: Who is the mayor of this town? Whose is the red car?… Read More »INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS

A demonstrative pronoun is used to single or point out one or more persons or things referred to in the sentence. These pronouns are this, that, these, and those. This… Read More »DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that does not refer to a specific person or thing. In English, there are singular indefinite pronouns, plural indefinite and both singular and plural… Read More »INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

PLURAL POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS Correct: Several reported their findings. Incorrect: Several reported his/her findings. Both singular and plural indefinite pronouns All, some, any, none These indefinite pronouns may be singular or plural,… Read More »PLURAL POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

A contraction is a shortened form of two words. One or more letters are omitted and an apostrophe (’) is used in place of the letters left out. A contraction… Read More »CONTRACTIONS WITH PRONOUNS

Object pronouns can replace nouns used after action verbs. These pronouns are: (i) Singular – me, you, him, her, it (ii) Plural – us, you them Examples: The driver drove… Read More »OBJECT PRONOUNS

A pronoun is a part of speech that takes the place of a noun. They include such words as I, we, he, she, thy, me and us. Pronouns enable you… Read More »PRONOUNS

A subject pronoun takes the place of a noun as the subject of a sentence. These pronouns are: (i) Singular forms – I, you, he, she, it (ii) Plural forms… Read More »SUBJECT PRONOUNS

A plural possessive noun shows possession or ownership of a plural noun. Example: The cars that belong to the teachers are parked here. The teachers’ cars are parked here. When… Read More »PLURAL POSSESSIVE NOUNS

A possessive noun shows who or what owns something. A possessive noun can either be singular or plural. A singular possessive noun shows that one person, place, or thing has… Read More »POSSESSIVE NOUNS

These are nouns that represent a group of people or things as a single unit.  Some collective nouns can take plural forms Examples: Crowd (s) flock (s) Group (s) herd… Read More »COLLECTIVE NOUNS

A compound noun is a noun that is made up of two or more words. The words that form compound nouns may be joined together, separated or hyphenated. Examples: Joined: bookcase,… Read More »COMPOUND NOUNS