Grammar Starting with "P"
38 entries
- Parallelism in rhetoric Using matching grammatical structures for effect
- Participle Clauses Using -ing and -ed forms to connect clauses concisely
- Participle Clauses (Time) Reducing time clauses to participles
- Passive Continuous Passive voice in continuous/progressive tenses
- Passive Continuous Passive voice with continuous aspect
- Passive Perfect Infinitive Passive form referring to completed actions
- Passive with 'by' Adding the agent (who did the action) to passive sentences
- Passive with Modals Using passive voice with modal verbs
- Passive with Reporting Verbs It is said/believed/thought structures
- Past Continuous Describes ongoing actions at a specific time in the past
- Past Perfect An action completed before another past action
- Past Perfect (had + past participle) Describing an action completed before another past action
- Past Perfect Continuous Emphasizes the duration of an activity before another past event
- Past Perfect in Narratives Using past perfect to show background events in stories
- Past Simple Describes completed actions in the past
- Past Simple Passive Describes what was done to something (was/were + past participle)
- Personal Passive Person as subject with verbs of saying/thinking
- Possessive Adjectives Words showing ownership: my, your, his, her, its, our, their
- Possessive Pronouns mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
- prefer / would rather Expressing preferences
- Prepositions in Relative Clauses Where to place prepositions with relative pronouns
- Prepositions in Relative Clauses Where to place prepositions with relative pronouns
- Prepositions with Relative Pronouns Formal placement of prepositions in relative clauses
- Present Continuous Describes actions happening now or temporary situations
- Present Continuous for Future Using present continuous for planned arrangements
- Present Passive Passive voice in present simple tense
- Present Perfect Continuous Actions that started in the past and continue now, with emphasis on duration
- Present Perfect Continuous Emphasizing duration of ongoing activities up to now
- Present Perfect Continuous Emphasizes the duration or recent nature of an ongoing activity
- Present Perfect Passive Passive voice in present perfect tense
- Present Perfect Simple Connects past actions to the present moment
- Present Perfect vs Past Simple Choosing between these two tenses
- Present Simple Describes habits, routines, facts, and general truths
- Present Simple for Schedules Using present simple for timetables and fixed events
- Present Simple Passive Describes what is done to something (is/are + past participle)
- provided (that) / as long as Conditions for something to happen
- provided/providing (that) Strong condition meaning 'only if'
- Pseudo-Cleft Sentences What/All/The thing...is constructions for emphasis