The highlighted words below (was built, is visited, etc.) are examples of the passive. We use the passive if we do not know who does something, or if it is not important or not necessary to say who does it.
Grade 10 Grammar Lesson 47 Adverbial clauses: Purpose and result
For what purpose do we use ‘in order/so as+ to infinitive’? Instead of ‘in order/so as+ to infinitive’, can we simply use the ‘to infinitive’? How do we form negatives in ‘so as/in order’? What is the difference in use of ‘for + noun’ and ‘so..that’?
Grade 9 Grammar Lesson 39 Reported speech 1
What is the direct speech? What is the indirect speech? What is the difference between ‘say’ and ‘tell’? What are reporting verbs? What do they do?
3rd Grade Grammar Comparison of Adjectives
Words like oldest, youngest, older, taller, shorter and shortest show comparisons. Oldest, youngest and shortest are examples of the superlative form. Taller and shorter are examples of the comparative form. We use comparative adjectives when we compare two people, places, animals or objects.
Download the complete course nowGrade 9 Grammar Lesson 41 Reported Speech 3
How do we report questions? What is the structure of reported wh- questions? What the structure is of reported yes/no questions? Are both ‘if’ and ‘whether’ equally preferable while reporting yes/no questions?
Grade 2 Grammar Lesson 19 Questions and statements
Grade 9 Grammar Lesson 23 May and might
Grade 9 Grammar Lesson 44 Prepositions
1st Grade Grammar Possessive Verbs Has Have 2
Grade 9 Grammar Lesson 30 Conditionals 3
2nd Grade Grammar Question Words Who Whose What Where and When
Grade 8 Grammar Lesson 2 The present continuous tense
1st Grade Grammar Adjectives 1
4th Grade Grammar Composition Writing
Grade 10 Grammar Lesson 28 A, an and the: things already known