“Building Academic Writing Skills” provides carefully targeted and sequenced instructions in academic writing and editing for intermediate level English as a Second Language (ESL) students.
The older child vacuum the carpet, the younger child dust the furniture, and the parents clean the kitchen appliances. In sentences with “some”, “any”, “all”, or “most” as the subject, if the noun aft...The older child vacuum the carpet, the younger child dust the furniture, and the parents clean the kitchen appliances. In sentences with “some”, “any”, “all”, or “most” as the subject, if the noun after these words is singular, use the singular form of the verb. When a collective noun is used as the subject and is understood as acting together as one unit in the context, it becomes “it” and is followed by a singular form of the verb.
To differentiate between “Be” verbs and “Do” verbs, action verbs and non-action verbs, helping verbs and main verbs, with their various uses though multiple examples and exercises The most common ones...To differentiate between “Be” verbs and “Do” verbs, action verbs and non-action verbs, helping verbs and main verbs, with their various uses though multiple examples and exercises The most common ones are “am, is, are, was, were”. A “Be” verb is often followed by a noun, a pronoun, an adjective, a prepositional phrase, or an expression of age. When you finish the exercise, you can retry or see all the answers. (To highlight, you position your computer curser on the verbs and right click.)
