Articles
An article is a word used before a noun that indicates whether or not the reference is to a specific entity or entities or an unspecific one.
Nouns
- Kinds, gender, plurals
- The possesive case
- Noun + noun/gerund combinations
Verbs
Adjectives
An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun. In general, the purpose of an adjective is to describe a noun or pronoun and provide more information about it. Adjectives provide answers to questions such as “What kind?” “Which one?” and “Whose is it?
Adverbs
An adverb is a word or an expression that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, determiner, clause, preposition, or sentence. Adverbs typically express manner, place, time, frequency, degree, level of certainty, etc., answering questions such as how?, in what way?, when?, where?, and to what extent?.
Auxiliary Verbs
An Auxiliary Verb (or a helping verb as it's also called) is used with a main verb to help express the main verb's tense, mood, or voice. The main auxiliary verbs are to be, to have, and to do.
- Auxiliary Verbs Exercises
- Can/Could/May - Asking Questions Politely (Video Lesson)
Comparatives & Superlatives
Comparative adjectives enable us to express the difference between two people or things.
- Bob is taller than Jack.
We use superlatives to compare one person or thing to several others.
- Barcelona is the most beautiful city I’ve ever seen.
Conditionals
Conditionals have two parts or clauses that give a condition in the dependent clause and a result in the independent clause. The condition clause usually contains an if statement. There are several different forms of conditional sentences that allow the writer to express various meanings using different tenses.
Demonstrative, distributive and quantitive adjectives and pronouns
- this, that, these, those
- each, every, everyone, everything etc.
- both, either, neither
- a/an, one
- some, any, no, none
- somebody, anybody, nobody
- else placed after someone, anybody, nothing etc.
- other, another, others with one and some
- much, many, little, few
- so, not
Interrogative adjectives, pronouns and adverbs
- who, whom, whose
- whose, what, which
- why, when, where, how
- who ever, what ever, where ever etc.
Possesive adjectives, personal and other pronouns
- my, mine, your, yours etc.
- I, you, he, she, it, we, they, you, one
- they, them, their used with either, neither, someone, anyone etc.
- Relaxive and emphasizing pronouns: myself etc.
Prepositions
We generaly use Prepositions to show a relationship in space or time or a logical relationship between two or more people, places or things.
English Tenses
Tenses are verbs use to express an action and the time that the action was performed or happens, that is, the time that the verb was executed.