English Grammer Tips

●GRAMMAR TIP 1

■Possessive case of a noun (nouns with 's) is used with living things.

Example : Mohan' s cap, Ram's school, sister's right

Incorrect : This room's carpet must be changed.

Correct : The carpet of this room must be changed. (Room is a lifeless thing)

●GRAMMAR TIP 2

■Sometimes 's is wrongly put in the place of preposition.

Incorrect : This author's book is not good. (Book possessed by this author)

Correct : The book of this author is not good. (Book written by this author)

●GRAMMAR TIP 3

■Double possessives should not be used.

Incorrect : My mother's brother's daughter came.

Correct : The daughter of the brother of my mother came.

●GRAMMAR TIP 4

■In the case of 'somebody else', 'everyone else' anybody else' etc., 's is put after else.

Incorrect : This is somebody's else job.

Correct : This is somebody else's job.

●GRAMMAR TIP 5

■When two nouns are joined by 'and' then 'apostrophe s' ('s) is added to both if we want to denote the possession of both & to last if we denote joint possession.

Incorrect : Suzy's and Juicy's father was present.

Correct : Suzy and Juicy's father was present.

●GRAMMAR TIP 6

■When we speak of two things of the same class, the word 'other' should not be left out.

Incorrect : Neither his brother nor any member of the family helped him.

Correct : Neither his brother nor any other member of the family helped him.

●GRAMMAR TIP 7

■Present Indefinite
Verb form I [ s, es]
He works hard.

■Present Continuous
is/am/are + verb form I + ing
He is working hard.

■Present Perfect
has/have + verb form III
He has worked hard.

■Present Perfect Continuous
has/have + been + verb form I + ing
He has been working hard.

●GRAMMAR TIP 8

■Past Indefinite
verb form II [ did + verb form I]
He worked hard.

■Past Continuous
was/were + verb form I + ing
He was working hard.

■Past Perfect
had + verb form III
He had worked hard.

■Past Perfect Continuous
had + been + verb form I + ing
He had been working hard.

●GRAMMAR TIP 9

■Future Indefinite
will/shall + verb form I
He will work hard.

■Future Continuous
will/shall + be + verb form I + ing
He will be working hard.

■Future Perfect
will/shall + have + verb form III
He will have worked hard for 20 years before he retires.

■Future Perfect Continuous
will/shall + have + been + verb form I + ing
He will have been working hard for more than 8 hours.