Reflexive Pronouns
Reflexive pronouns reflect back to the subject of a sentence. The English reflexive pronouns are: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves. …
Relative Pronouns
Relative pronouns are used to link two sentences that have the same noun or pronoun in …
Infinitives and Gerunds
You have already discovered infinitives and how they are used as verbs. But infinitives can be used …
Punctuation
The period is a commonly used signal that a sentence has ended. It is used after two …
Plurals
Most English plurals are formed quite simply. Just add -s to the end of a noun: dog → dogs …
Contractions
Contractions are a combination of two words. Often they are a pronoun and a verb. But …
Adverbs
You already know that adjectives modify nouns. For example: the blue house, our little brother, a silly poem. Adverbs are also modifiers, but …
Subjunctive Mood
The subjunctive is used in some limited but important ways. It is used to express a demand, …
Passive Voice
The passive voice is a structure that allows you to make a statement without knowing who performed …
Auxiliary Verbs
You have already encountered three auxiliary (or helping) verbs: be, do, and have. They are conjugated and used with another verb …