Arshave's Journal

THEORY A present participle is a form of a verb that uses '-ing' with the base of the word. For example, ' drink'  is the base form of the verb to drink .  The present participle of 'drink' is drinking . Other examples of present participles include walking, singing, eating. Most of the time, present participle performs an adjective.  For example, The winning athlete gets a trophy," the present participle  winning  describes the noun  athlete . A present participle is part of the verb if preceded by the verb "be". For example: "The boy is climbing the tree". The present participle also known as a "-ing" form, and uses the auxiliary form "be" to express a progressive aspect of the tense. For example: "She is sitting now," this sentence indicates when she is in the process of sitting . EXAMPLES 1.  The woman _____ sitting in the yard is my aunt.       A. now      B. is      C. she ...

Theory Subject-verb agreement is one of the most basic parts of English Grammar and commonly repeated in exams.  Subject-verb agreement simply means the subject and verb must agree in number, both need to be singular or both need to be plural. Subject  that tells us what sentence is about, it can be either a noun (pencil, cars, Beth, etc) or a pronoun (she, he, they, etc). It can be either singular or plural. Verb  represents the action of a sentence (is, went, have taken, etc).  In present tenses, nouns and verbs form plurals in opposite ways: nouns ADD an s to singular form BUT verbs REMOVE an s  from singular form. 10 Rules of Subject Verb Agreement 1.  Subjects and verbs must agree in number.      ex: - The cat meows when he is hungry. (singular)            - The cats meow when they are hungry. (plural) 2.  The words between the subject and verb do not affect agr...