Prepositional Phrases

Prepositional Phrases

Every prepositional phrase is a series of words made up of a preposition and its object. The object may be a noun, pronoun, gerund or clause. A prepositional phrase functions as an adjective or adverb.Here are some sample prepositional phrases: by the ocean, near the window, over the cabinet, with us, in your ear, under your hat.

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Relative Clauses

Relative Clauses 

We use relative clauses to give additional information about something without starting another sentence. By combining sentences with a relative clause, your text becomes more fluent and you can avoid repeating certain words.

A relative clause is one that’s connected to the main clause of the sentence by a word such as who, whom, which, that, or whose. 

There are two types of relative clauses, defining relative clauses, and non-defining relative clauses. 

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The Passive Voice

The Passive Voice 

The Passive Voice is a type of a grammatical voice in which the subject is acted upon by the verb. In passive voice sentences, the subject is the receiver of the action.Passive voice verbs are always preceded by the auxiliary verb "be" and are in their past participle forms. While the receiver of the action comes before the verb, the person or thing performing the action (agent) comes after the verb and preceded by the preposition "by" to form a prepositional phrase.

COLLOCATIONS - ENGLISH

                                                 COLLOCATIONS 

A collocation is two or more words that often go together. Learning collocations is essential for making your English sound fluent and natural. These combinations just sound "right" to native English speakers, who use them all the time. On the other hand, other combinations may be unnatural and just sound "wrong". Look at these examples:

Tag Questions

Tag Questions

Tag questions (or question tags) turn a statement into a question. They are often used for checking information that we think we know is true.

Parts of a sentence

A sentence - It is a group of words that are put together to mean something.

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