Here is a list of questions sent in by our readers.
What is the difference between regular and irregular verbs?
I am confused about negative sentence in the simple past tense. I didn’t meet my friend OR I didn’t meet my friend – Which sentence is correct?
What are collective nouns?
What are Modals?
What is a ‘subject’?
What is a ‘predicate’?
What is an ‘object’ in a sentence?
What is the meaning of ‘Irregular Verb’?
What is ‘Infinitive’?
What is a ‘clause’?
‘There is a few sugar in the jar’ or ‘There is a little sugar in the jar’ – which of the two sentences is correct?
What is the subjunctive mood?
What is a compound adjective?
What is a Determiner?
How do we treat collective nouns? Are they singular or plural?
Can I start a sentence with a conjunction like ‘and’ and ‘but’?
Do we use articles before the names of lakes and mountain ranges? Please give some examples.
‘I plan to visit London on the Christmas’, ‘I will go home on the Diwali’, ‘The Holi is the festival of colours’ – are these sentence correct? If not, why?
What are question tags and when should we use them?
What is the difference between ‘a’ and ‘an’?
When to use "that" in reported speech and when is it omitted?
I am confused about modal verbs. Please help.
What is ‘present perfect tense’?
When to use ‘say’ and ‘tell’ in reported speech?
Is there any relation of collective noun with non count noun?
what is the difference between present continuous and present perfect continuous tense?
What is a non-count noun?
What is the difference between Modal and Auxiliary/Helping Verbs?
Why can’t we start a sentence with ‘because’?
‘On’ or ‘about’ – which preposition should be used with the word ‘insist’?
‘For’ or ‘of’ – which preposition should be used with the word ‘beware’?
What is the difference between to worry and to be worried? When do we use the following sentences, I worry about you or I am worried about you.
I have seen several sentences in English where some writers have written had twice in a row. I am a bit confused about when the grammar calls for using had had. Please help.
What are "Be" forms in english language?
When should we use the "present perfect"?
When shall I use ‘a’ and ‘an’?
What is the difference between ‘ourselves’, ‘themselves’ and ‘yourselves’?
What is the difference between ‘many’ and ‘much’?
I get confused while using ‘you and I’ and ‘you and me’. For example: Is it ‘You and I should go to play’ or ‘You and me should go to play’?
Is there a difference between the usage of ‘that’ and ‘which’?
When to use ‘at’, ‘in’ or ‘on’ when we talk about place?
How do we know where to use ‘I’ and where to use ‘Me’?
How can I improve grammar?
What is the rationale behind arranging the adjectives in the order they are arranged in the sentence ‘John Walsh is a tall white American man’? How do we understand which of the adjectives should come before another to make a grammatically correct sentence?
‘There is a little sugar left in the can’ and ‘I have a few friends’. Why do we use ‘little’ in one sentence and ‘few’ in another?
What is the logic behind arranging the adjectives in the order they are arranged in the sentence ‘I have to buy some good brown Italian leather riding boots’?
"I have finished eating the food" and "I have eaten the food finished". Which of these is correct?
Where shall I use "Who" and "Whom"?
Do we use articles before all types of nouns?
What would be the different tenses of the verb ‘eat’?
What is the difference between ‘didn’t’ or ‘don’t’?
What is the difference between a common noun and a collective noun?
Do we use articles before the name of diseases?
Why do we say ‘I play basketball’ but ‘I am the basketball coach’? Why do we eliminate the article ‘the’ in the first sentence but keep it in the second?
