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Changing to Passive Voice – few tricks

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We will not remove anything from the active sentences. Just change the places of Doer and the Done. Helping verbs will never be removed. Only their forms are changed accordingly and on their position only. Main verbs are always changed to third forms in passive sentences. Above stated is easy. One more thing is more … Read more

Verbs Followed by Infinitive

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Many verbs are followed immediately by the infinitive form of the verb. Other verbs are followed by the gerund form of the verb. Finally, other verbs are followed by a noun, noun phrase or pronoun and then the infinitive. All of these verbs follow no specific rules, and must be memorized. The following list provides … Read more

Will or Shall

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Generally, “shall” = “will.” But in questions, use *shall* only with “I” and “WE”: Shall YOU marry me? 💍 → ❌. Shall WE dance? → ✔. 💃

Inversion of subject and verb

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DECEMBER 13, 2014 In English, the usual order of words in a sentence is subject + verb + object. Sometimes certain adverbs come at the beginning of the sentence. This order is then inverted and the verb comes before the subject. Study the following sentences. Scarcely had I stepped out when the telephone rang. Hardly … Read more

Use of “About to”

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मैं जाने ही वाला हूँ  I am about to go. — It means that the work is going to be completed very soon. When you called me yesterday, I was about to sleep. — it means if the caller would not have called for few more minutes, he would not have got the opportunity to … Read more

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Mind your own business. Do your work. Do your own work. Will you go to Khair? When you will go to Khair, the Market would have been closed. *Khair – Name of place.

Time Expressions and Tenses

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Time Expressions and Tenses . By SunilTams, English as 2nd Language Expert Days of the Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Notice that all days of the week are capitalized. When speaking about an action that is repeated EVERY Saturday, Monday, etc. use the day of the week + ‘s’ Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays … Read more