English Grammar
Grammar categories
Articles
The Definite Articles
The Indefinite Articles
Comparison
Defective Verbs
Future Time
Nouns
Past Time
The Constructions
The Use of Verb Forms
Present Time
The definite article before ordinal numbers
The definite article also is used before ordinal numbers. Examples : The definite article before numbers Thursday is the fourth day of the week. The twentieth first century. the first the second the third the fifth the eighteenth the twenty-sixth the hundredth
The Use of the Definite Articles
The definite article the is used before common nouns used in a particular sense. Examples The book on the table is yours. The answer is correct. The Moon is full. The girl you met is my sister. In narration when a person or thing is mentioned for the first time […]
The Indefinite Article
The indefinite article has two forms: a and an. a before words beginning with a consonant & an before words beginning with a vowel or mute h. Examples | a – / ə /: a fork / ə fɔːk/ a fork / ə fɔːk/ a lamp / ə ˈlamp / a woman […]
The Definite Article
The definite article the is pronounce / ði / before vowels and mute h. Before all other sounds it is pronounced / ðə /. The / ði /: the artist /ði ˈɑːtɪst/ the apple /ði ˈap(ə)l / the egg /ði ˈɛɡ / the end /ði ˈɛnd/ the hour /ði ˈaʊə/ the honor /ði […]
The sounds of English
When writing English we use the 26 letters of the alphabet. Spoken English has more than 26 sounds though. There are roughly 44 different sounds.
Neuter Gender
In English all words for things which have no sex and abstract notions are considered as neuter. All animals, insects and birds are considered as neuter, but they are often referred to as masculine or feminine.
List of the irregular verbs in English
List of the irregular verbs in English. More than 600 irregular verbs. Searchable list of all irregular verbs in English language.
The noun – PEOPLE
The noun people may be used in the plural or in the singular. The noun people in the meaning of men and women always requires a verb in the plural:
Collective nouns
Collective nouns are used with a verb in the singular or in the plural according to the sense. Such nouns are ...