There are two voices in English, the active voice and the passive voice: Active Voice Passive Voice [1] Paul congratulated David [2] David was congratulated by Paul Passive constructions are…
TENSE refers to the absolute location of an event or action in time, either the present or the past. It is marked by an inflection of the verb: David walks…
In the examples of -ing and -ed forms which we looked at, you may have noticed that in each case two verbs appeared: [1] The old lady is writing a…
Verbs which have the past or the present form are called FINITE verbs generique viagra en france. Verbs in any other form (infinitive, -ing, or -ed) are called NONFINITE verbs….
So far we have looked at three verb forms: the present form, the past form, and the infinitive/base form. Verbs have two further forms which we will look at now….
When we refer to a verb in general terms, we usually cite its base form, as in “the verb travel“, “the verb sing“. We then add inflections to the base…
Verbs have traditionally been defined as “action” words or “doing” words. The verb in the following sentence is rides: Paul rides a bicycle. Here, the verb rides certainly denotes an…
Nouns are often preceded by the words the, a, or an. These words are called DETERMINERS. They indicate the kind of reference which the noun has. The determiner the is…