Subject-Verb Agreement Subject verb agreement refers to a kind of conformity between the subject and a verb in a sentence.There are several underlying principles or rules that guide agreement between a subject and a verb in a sentence, otherwise known as...
Rankscale and Rankshift Before we look at the meaning of Rankscale and Rankshift, let us first look at the meaning of rank. The term ‘rank’ in grammar, therefore, refers to a distinct grammatical unit. It could be a clause, a phrase,...
Tag Questions These are questions formed by adding a question as a tag to a declarative statement. The tag is usually separated from the statement with a comma How to Form Tag Question Tag questions are formed by using an auxiliary...
Adverbial Phrase An adverbial phrase is a group of words without a finite verb that has an adverb as a headword. Or It is a group of related words without a finite verb that is introduced by a preposition and does...
Adjective and Adjectival Phrase An adjective phrase is a group of words without a finite verb that has an adjective as a headword. Examples; very beautiful, very humble, so calm, too hot, extremely beautiful, really etc. Structure of the Adjective Phrase...
ORAL ENGLISH As part of the the final English Paper written at the Senior High School during WASSCE, students are tested on oral English. The oral English paper is made up of sixty (60) multiple choice objective questions. These questions are...
Meaning Prepositional phrase A prepositional phrase is a group of words without a finite verb introduced by a preposition. Structure of a Prepositional Phrase A prepositional phrase is made up of a preposition a noun or noun phrase or a pronoun...
Prepositional errors It is common in our everyday usage of the language to commit prepositional errors because a single preposition can serve multiple purposes. In vs On – medium in which something is seen. In – It is used when something...
Proved vs Proven Many language users mistakenly exchange proven for proved in contexts where they actually needed to have used proved.This error keeps recurring among many language users.Let us cease this opportunity to learn how to use both words correctly, however,...
Meaning of negative questions Negative questions are questions that are formed using the negative particle ‘not’ in interrogative sentences. Most often, the negative particle is used after the the auxiliary verb in the interrogative sentence.E.g Is she not beautiful?Does she not...
