English gramar

  When you change a sentence that has a   separable phrasal verb   and   object   (verb + preposition + object) into an   adjective clause , you can keep the verb and preposition together,   or   you can put the preposition with the relative pronoun that starts the adjective clause.   For people:  The  teacher  gave me good advice.  I  spoke to her  yesterday. The  teacher   whom  I  spoke to   yesterday gave me good advice. The  teacher   who  I  spoke to   yesterday gave me good advice. The  teacher   that  I  spoke to   yesterday gave me good advice. The  teacher   ø  I  spoke to   yesterday gave me good advice. OR The  teacher  to   whom  I  spoke   yesterday gave me good advice.   Notice  that  if  you put the  preposition   before  the  relative pronoun   and you are referring to a  person , you can only use “ whom ”,  not   to who or to that or to nothing.     For things:    The  bag  was empty.  She  looked in it . The  bag  which  she  looked in   was empty. The  bag  that  sh

 In addition to the subject- and object-pattern adjective clauses,   there are also adjective clauses with  whose . In clauses of this   type,  whose  shows  possession . It is   always combined with   a noun or noun phrase. Examples: 1. The author is Jonathan Kellerman. She likes the   author's   books best. ---> The author  whose books  she likes best   is Jonathan Kellerman. The sentence with  whose  has an adjective clause:   whose books   she likes best .   In the clause,   whose   is the relative pronoun and is used with  books .   The clause   modifies the subject  of the sentence:   the author . ________________________________ The people will be glad to help you. The people's names   are on this list. ---> The people  whose names  are on this list   will be glad to help you. Here, the adjective clause is  whose names are on this list .   The adjective clause   modifies the subject of the main sentence:   the people . 2. I enjoyed discussing the author. We had jus

Comparative adjectives Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between the two objects they modify ( larger, smaller, faster, higher ). They are used in sentences where two nouns are compared, in this pattern: Noun (subject) + verb + comparative adjective +  than  + noun (object). The second item of comparison can be omitted if it is clear from the context (final example below). Examples ·        My house is  larger  than hers. ·        This box is  smaller  than the one I lost. ·        Your dog is  faster  than Jim's dog. ·        The rock is  higher  than the roof. ·        Jim and Jack are both fast, but Jack is  faster . ("than Jim" is understood) Superlative adjectives Superlative adjectives are used to describe an object which is at the upper or lower limit of a quality ( the tallest, the smallest, the fastest, the highest ). They are used in sentences where a subject is compared to a group of objects. Noun (subject) + verb + the + superlative adject

Adjectives  are used almost exclusively to modify nouns, as well as any phrase or part of speech  functioning  as a noun. For example: “John wears  red   glasses .” ( Red  modifies the noun  glasses .) “A  loud   group of students  passed by.” ( Loud  modifies the noun phrase  group of students .) “ Excellent   writing  is required for this job.” ( Excellent  modifies the  gerund   writing .) Retrieved from thefreedictionary.com/Adjectives.htm

The past perfect progressive tense indicates a continuous action that was completed at some point in the past. This tense is formed with the modal "HAD" plus "BEEN," plus the present participle of the verb (with an  -ing  ending): "I had been working in the garden all morning. George had been painting his house for weeks, but he finally gave up." Generally, progressive forms occur only with what are called dynamic verbs and not with stative verbs.

  To make questions in the Past Perfect, we put  ‘had’ before the subject  and add the Past Participle form of the verb: Yes/No questions To create a question that will be answered with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’, use ‘ Had ‘ (or ‘ Hadn’t ‘ for a negative question) + Past Participle form of the verb. Retrieved from https://grammartop.com/past-perfect-tense-questions/