Grammar

Subject pronouns

The subject of a sentence is the person or thing that performs the action of the verb. The subject pronoun replaces this person or thing. »

Auxiliary Verbs

Auxiliary verbs, including be, do, have, and modals like can and will, are used with a main verb to form a statement or a question. They are sometimes referred to as “helping verbs” because the main verb needs “help” in order to complete a sentence or question. »

Definite article

The English definite article, the, is used very little in comparison to the definite articles in some languages, including French and Spanish. On the other hand, the definite article is used a lot more in English than in languages like Chinese, Japanese, and Russian, which do not have articles at all. »

Simple past -ed pronunciation

There are three ways to pronounce the final -ed of regular verbs in the simple past tense. This pronunciation is determined by the final sound of the verb in the infinitive: Is it a voiced consonant, an unvoiced consonant, or a vowel sound? »

Contractions with Do

The present and past tense of the verb “do” can be contracted with the negative word “not”: lesson. »

Simple past of regular verbs

The simple past is used to describe an action that occurred and was completed in the past. For regular verbs, the simple past is formed by adding -ed to the base form of the verb (the infinitive without to) – Simple past of regular verbs »

Yes/No Questions

Yes/no questions are asked using one of these verbs: be, have, do, or a modal verb. They can be answered with a simple yes or no. »

Negation with “do”

In negation, do is an auxiliary verb. It is used to help make a sentence negative. »

Modal Verbs

Learn about modal verbs: can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, must, and ought. »

English Possessive Adjectives

Possessive adjectives describe to whom or to what something belongs. There is one possessive adjective for each grammatical person. »