Transformation of Sentences. Common Errors in English by Paul Brians. Preposition: Definition, Types, Examples, Exercises. Narration: Direct and Indirect Speech. Rules of Completing Sentence. How to write a good composition. Tag Questions. Synonyms and Antonyms. Right form of verbs.
Grammar in 30 Days! Effective Sentence. Active and Passive Voice. Appropriate Preposition: Prepositional Verbs. Appropriate Prepositions. Basic English Grammar. Changing Voice. Common Errors. Commonly Confused Words. Completing Sentence. Complex Sentence. Conditional Sentences or If Clauses. Countable and Uncountable Nouns. Differences between Common Terms. Do-support or Do-insertion. Elliptical construction. He has finished the work. Rewrite the following sentences, using the contracted form of the auxiliary to have.
For example: It has started. We have telephoned. I have agreed. You have moved. He has looked. We have argued. They have explained. You have waited. She has answered. We have finished. It has cooled. I have ordered. Paying attention to the spelling of the past participles, fill in the blanks using the Present Perfect tense of the regular verbs shown in brackets. They have scarred the hillside. Keeping in mind that the ending ed forms a separate syllable only when it follows the letter d or t, indicate the number of syllables in each of the following past participles.
Read each of the the past participles aloud. Referring to the table of irregular verbs if necessary, fill in the blanks with the Present Perfect tense of the irregular verbs shown in brackets. He has chosen it.
Following the model of the examples, rewrite the following affirmative statements as questions, negative statements, negative questions without contractions, negative questions with contractions, and affirmative statements followed by negative tag questions. For example: I have read this book. They have eaten the cookies.
Have I read this book? I have not read this book. Have I not read this book? He has found the answer. She has told the truth. Has he found the answer?
He has not found the answer. Has he not found the answer? He has run fast. We have watered the plants. Using the Past Perfect tense, fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs shown in brackets. They had been to the opera. For example: He had attended the concert. Had he attended the concert? He had not attended the concert. Had he not attended the concert?
Hadn't he attended the concert? He had attended the concert, hadn't he? You had entered the contest. I had wanted to come. We had arrived on time. She had gone to Colombo. Paying attention to the spelling of the present participles, fill in the blanks using the correct forms of the verbs shown in brackets. Following the model of the example, rewrite the following two affirmative statements as questions, negative statements, negative questions without contractions, negative questions with contractions, and affirmative statements followed by negative tag questions.
For example: They have been enjoying themselves. Have they been enjoying themselves? They have not been enjoying themselves. Have they not been enjoying themselves? It has been snowing. You have been visiting your friends. Using the Past Perfect Continuous tense, fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs shown in brackets. For example: She had been keeping a diary. Had she been keeping a diary? She had not been keeping a diary.
Had she not been keeping a diary? Hadn't she been keeping a diary? She had been keeping a diary, hadn't she? We had been raking the leaves. You had been visiting your cousins. They had been swimming in the lake. For each of the following sentences, paying attention to whether the under- lined auxiliary is a form of to be, to do or to have, fill in the blank with the bare infinitive, present participle, or past participle of the verb given in brackets, as appropriate.
Refer if necessary to the table summarizing the formation of the English present and past tenses. Make the following statements emphatic. For example: He likes cats. You have finished. He does like cats. They were here. We are not ready. I enjoy reading. They do not like music. It snowed. I have found my pen. She cooks well. You were listening to the radio. They found the answer. He was right. She understands. They had locked the door. He did not arrive late. We speak English Sarath shut the door 2.
Marconi invented Radio 3. The waiter stole my watch 4. My mother cooks our food. The principal questioned him. Sri Lanka exports tea and rubber. The chairman opened the hall. Children eat chocolates. Carpenters make furniture. Doctors treat patients. Does Ajith help Rani.? This building Sri Lanka grows rice. The window The shoes The room All the sentences are 6.
The radio The trees The thieves The door The alms giving I shall buy saree next week 3. He will help you. They will bring them next Monday. She will write a letter. A letter Geetha will make a frock. He was eating apple complete,arrest,break,tear,open,write She was shaking the table poish.
They were learning English and French 1. The building We were feeding our pets. They were playing football. Rani was sweeping the rooms. He was hitting a small boy. I was riding a motorcycle They were holding a meeting. She was writing her notes. He is eating an orange. Geetha was making a clay pot. She is shaking the table Rani was buying vegetables. They are learning French. What was he doing? We are feeding the chickens.
What was he making? What was he wrinting? Rani is sweeping the room. He is hitting a small boy. I am riding a bicycle 1. They have eaten lunch. What are they holding a meeting? She has eaten too much. What is she writing? We have posted the parcels. I have forgetten your name. She has bought sarees. They had eaten lunch She had done a mistake We had posted the parcels.
He had written a letter She had bought a saree. They will have eaten lunch. She will have brought them. We shall have posted the parcels. I will have learnt English She will have bought a saree. Microsoft was a invented in Lyon, France. Television was a invented in Lyon, France. Penicillin was a discovered by Alexander Flemingb written by Charles Dickens. America was a invented in Lyon, France.
The Times was a bought by Rupert Murdoch. The cinema was a written by Elton John. David Copperfield was a written by Elton John. The World Cup was a written by Elton John.
IFL bought Nessafe. Jane upset me by what she said. Fred asked Simon. Caroline paid for the meal. The police arrested 12 people. Harry will meet you at the airport. Shiela might come to see you tomorrow. Frank Sinatra sang My Way.. For example: You are required to attend the meeting.
Are you required to attend the meeting? She is being ignored. Is she being ignored? They should be notified. He might have been allowed to come. You had been told about it. They will be needed. It has been adjourned. They were being prepared. Change the following affirmative statements into negative statements. For example: They would have been instructed to join us. They would not have been instructed to join us. It was sent on time. It was not sent on time. We could have been seen from the island.
It is being dealt with satisfactorily. Make sure you can use all these accurately on this page: Like and As. Go to Modal auxiliary verbs in English to learn about the grammar and use of this essential area of English.
At pre-intermediate level you should aim to study and use the Zero, First and Second conditional. Go to Conditional sentences for this. Most students have problems with English prepositions, and we have an entire section for you! Start with the page Prepositions list which gives you a complete list of English prepositions with their main uses and examples.
Then learn which prepositions to use with common adjectives on the page Prepositions and adjectives. Go to Prepositions of time to learn prepositions of time for, ago, etc as well as prepositions to talk about location place and transport.
Learn which prepositions to use with verbs on the page Learn English Prepositions and Verbs. Finally, learn how to talk about where things are in relation to each other, and how to give directions with common prepositions on the page Prepositions of location and direction. Another difficult area of English grammar is how to make questions.
There are two, final areas of grammar which are often introduced at the end of the pre-intermediate level. Go to the Reported Speech in English page to learn how tenses change; plus how to report questions and modals. The other more complicated area of grammar to start studying at this level is passives. The page How to use the passive voice in English shows you when — and how — to form a passive sentence.
Learn how to use adjectives and adverbs correctly — especially adverbs with double meanings. Review the word order of adjectives, too.
Go to English Adjectives and Adverbs for this. At this level you need to know when to use gerunds and when to use infinitives. Check out the two pages How to use gerunds and English grammar rules for using the infinitive. This page also shows you the different types of infinitives and which verbs are followed by them. Then, make sure you know how to use reflexive pronouns in English. At this level, you also need to learn the difference between defining and non-defining relative clauses, and how to use relative pronouns correctly.
Go to the page Relative Clauses for this. Then try the page English Question Tags. This is a common part of British English speech, but quite hard to get right! The only tense left to learn is the Past Perfect. The page Using Wish explains how to use wish for present and past situations, and which modal verbs to use. Finally, two pages that can help you with writing narrative and longer texts is Time expressions in English with some expressions you might not know and Linking words one of our most popular pages!
What you need to do is keep reviewing problem areas — and reflect on the mistakes you make. One area of grammar to look at is how we use Subjunctive forms in English. Check out the page Using the subjunctive form in English for explanations. English grammar exercises English tenses exercises. Fact: You need correct English grammar to get respect from your colleagues, business partners and customers.
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