Auxiliary Verbs What is an auxiliary verb? An auxiliary verb is a verb that helps another verb to form its tense, voice or mood. Auxiliary means helping. The auxiliary verbs are also called …
Noun
Noun Noun is one of the 8 Parts of Speech. In a former post, titled, "Parts of Speech", I have already mentioned that the words we speak can be divided to the following eight main classes, called …
Gerunds
Gerunds What is a Gerund? A Gerund is a verbal noun (A noun formed from a verb) which ends in -ing.For example, A gerund always acts as a noun. Therefore a gerund can be a subject, object, …
Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases
Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases A. Infinitive: What is an infinitive? An infinitive is a verbal*that can function as a noun, adjective or adverb. It is often preceded by the word" to". It …
Types of Phrases
Types of Phrases Let's learn about the types of phrases. A group of words, which makes sense, but not complete sense, is called a phrase. In the following sentences, the words in red colour are …
Simple Compound and Complex Sentences
What are Simple Compound and Complex Sentences? In English language, sentences have been categorized to different types. One such category is “Types of sentences based on structure.” There are …
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