Found 345 articles starting with P: Page #2
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parliament - noun (capitalized when referring to a particular parliament) Example: He served with distinction in the English Parliament.... |
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adjective |
Every main verb has two kinds of participles: a past participle and a present participle |
We read about the term participle somewhere around in grade 2 or 3 when our English teacher was telling us s... |
particular - adjective and noun |
partner - noun and verb |
We have eight parts of speech in the English language: (1) nouns, (2) verbs, (3) adjectives, (4) adverbs, (5) pronouns, (6) ... |
To become an accomplished writer, you must know all about these eight parts of speech. Each is discussed thoroughly in ths section. See below for a table of contents.Download Our Grammar eBooksYou may download our... |
The word pass has more than two dozen distinct meanings as a verb, another dozen as a noun, and perhaps that many again as part of a ... |
An action verb is either transitive or intransitive. A transitive verb can hook directly to a noun or pronoun (the direct object). An intransitive verb cannot ... |
Passive voice and why we need it Here are some more practical examples of passive voice usage - ... |
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The past participle shows up in verb conjugation in two ways: (1) to form the perfect tenses with the auxiliary verb have (I ... |
Past Participle - The -ed Verb Every verb also has a past-participial form, which, for most verbs, you create by adding ‑ed, ‑d, or ‑t. As with present participles, you’ll sometimes have to double up an ending consonant: The past participle of occur... |
Beginners of English language sometimes face difficulties in understanding and applying the correct tenses w... |
Tenses hold vital importance in English grammar and language. The term tense has literal meaning of stress o... |
The past tense of a main verb shows what happened or what state of being existed earlier at a definite time. When you use the past tense, the activity or state of being is over, finished, done (I ... |
Here’s the tense the novelist should use, for the past tense describes what took place yesterday and not right now on the beach. Thus, from our novel of purple beach prose above: Juan looked longingly at Teresa, who ... |
Past Tense vs. Past Participle Past Tense vs. Past ParticipleSome people confuse the past tense with the past participle. Usually, they will use the past participle instead of the correct past tense. You will hear some people say I ... |
Regular verbs typically form their past participles by adding ‑ed. Irregular verbs, however, form their past participles in some other way. For example,... |
past-perfect progressive tense There are six progressive tenses |
The perfect tenses are formed by using the auxiliary verb to have and adding the past participle of the main verb |
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