Do you have a strategy for improving your English? You can have a strategy, but first you need to map out a strategy. There ...

When a pronoun, e.g. him, her, them, is the object of a separable phrasal verb, it must go between the verb and the particle. To do. Practise by using the worksheet on this page. NEXT. Tenses with ...

We might call this a tritransitive labile verb. Like English eat, it may or may not have that added argument. Note that this is not an example of differing semantic transitivity: ...

We shall be considering TRANSITIVE VERBS in this piece—verbs that require (direct) objects. Like many of the words in English, some verbs have dual functions. Some verbs can function both as ...

Verbs are supposed to agree in number with their subjects. That’s why “He walks” has an “s” and “They walk” does not. English has easier conjugation rules than a lot of other languages.

In English, there is a tendency to use phrasal verbs more in spoken and colloquial communication than in formal writing. In formal written communication, however, people often prefer to use English ...

Some of us probably can still recall that there are three general moods of verbs in English, mood being that aspect of the verb that expresses the state of mind or attitude of the speaker toward ...

The passive in English is usually formed with the verb "to be," yielding "they were fired" or "the tourist was robbed." But we also have the "get" passive, ...

Today, less than 3% of verbs are irregular but they wield a disproportionate power. The ten most commonly used English verbs – be, have, do, go say, can, will, see, take and get – are all ...