Would, Could, and Should are termed as auxiliary verbs or modal verbs and are part of our day life conversation. Like all other modal auxiliaries, would, could and should usually don’t change their form. Keep in your mind that would is used to talk about something that will happen in an imagined situation. We use could to talk about … Read more
Active voice sentences are the sentences where a subject of a sentence that acts upon its verb on the other hand, passive voice sentences are those sentences where a subject of a sentence is a recipient of a verb’s action. What’s the difference between active and passive voice? Active voice In active voice the subject of a sentence performs … Read more
Direct and indirect speech are two ways to report what someone else has said. In direct speech, the exact words spoken by a person are quoted within quotation marks. In indirect speech, the words of the speaker are reported without using their exact words and without using quotation marks. Instead, the reported speech is often … Read more
Will and would are modal auxiliaries in English grammar that are frequently used in sentences and are a central part of English grammar. Both words have some similarities that make it difficult to use and require sufficient attention to use them properly in a sentence to achieve correct meaning of a sentence. Wrong use of these modal auxiliaries can … Read more
What Are Conditional Sentences? Conditionals are important in the English language since they assist us with communicating things that might occur in the present and future. Conditionals fill many needs and take a few unique structures. They are used to offering guidance, express emotions and examine realities, besides other things. Linguistically, the types of all … Read more
English words are divided into different parts of speech. Generally, we divide words into eight parts of speech: noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. Sometime we place articles and determiners into different category and sometime we place these under adjective category. Generally, a word belongs to a single category, but sometimes a … Read more
Will and shall both are modal verbs or auxiliary verbs and used with the main verb to elaborate the function of the main verb in a clause or sentence. Both shall and will have similar meaning in a sentence but both are used in different grammatical context. There are two main varieties of English: British … Read more
It is a common process in development of language over time. When two consonant sounds are adjacent, the first is transformed to other sound. Native speakers can pronounce a word easily, but same word comes to non-natives, they become confused and pronounce it wrong some time. The letter “d” makes the /j/ sound usually when … Read more
Definition of Determiners There are major content words in English as nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, and minor function words as pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, determiners and Interjections. Determiners are minor function words in English language. Let us look at the definition of determiners and types of determiners. Determiners are the words that are placed before … Read more
What are Interjections? Interjections are the words or group of words that are used to express and exclaim extreme emotions. We always use these words with an exclamation mark. Interjections do not have any grammatical function in a sentence. The words that are commonly used as Interjections are as follows: Hurrah! Alas! Oh no! Oh … Read more