Aspect‏‎ in English Grammar

Aspect describes how a speaker feels about the action they are describing. In English there are generally accepted to be 3 aspects and they change how the verb‏‎ is formed: simple (aka indefinite) continuous (aka progressive) perfect A Simple Example To take an example. Suppose someone says: I drive to […]

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Articles‏‎ in English Grammar

There are three types of Articles in English‏‎. Put simply, we use articles to let people know what kind of noun we’re talking about. Take the word, fly, for example. If I just use the word on its own I’m speaking very generally. These flies are annoying me. If I […]

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Apposition‏‎ in English Grammar

Apposition is when you have 2 nouns (or noun phrases) next to each other and they both refer to the same thing. Each of them provides a bit of information about each other. For example, take these basic sentences: Clark Kent leaped into a phone booth. Clark Kent is an […]

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All About Shall (vs Will)

When we talk about the future, most often we’ll use words like will or be going to: They will arrive tomorrow afternoon. I’m going to see the match. However, there is an alternative: shall. These days, people often talk about shall as though it’s on its way out and that […]

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Adverbs of Time in English Grammar

Adverbs of Time are those adverbs which tell us when something happened. For example: now, then, later, yesterday, today, tonight, tomorrow, etc. Position The position of a typical adverb of time within a sentence varies according to the relevance the speaker wants to give to the time element. relevance – […]

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