The articles in this category are all about Sentences.
They are look at how sentences are made, the grammar of sentences, the building blocks of sentences and then what you can do with sentences and how to teach them in your TEFL class.
Look down even further and there are sub-categories on active & passive voice, reported speech and making questions.
Question tags are used at the end of sentences when we want to check something, when we want someone to do something or when we want to show surprise. They are separated from the main question by a comma: You’re English, aren’t you? You’ve got five minutes to spare, haven’t […]
A Question Mark or ? is a punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence to show that it is a question. It is, if you like, the written equivalent of a rising intonation which, in most languages, shows we are asking for information of someone. When do we […]
This article gives the rules and conventions when it comes to Punctuating Direct Speech, that is the words actually spoken by someone, i.e. direct speech. Inverted Commas Inverted Commas or Quotation Marks are used to enclose whatever someone says. Note that other punctuation comes inside these marks. “Where are you […]
Possessive pronouns are pronouns used to show ownership. They tell us who owns what when we don’t want to or don’t need to repeat the name of what is owned. As with all pronouns, possessive pronouns replace a noun (the word pronoun comes from Latin and means in place of […]
Possessive Apostrophes are added to the end of a noun to show possession. This car belongs to John. It is John’s car. That dog belongs to that girl. It is that girl’s dog. Note, a Possessive Apostrophe is sometimes known as a Saxon Genitive. Plural Nouns If there is a […]