Verb Tenses, Forms, and Voice
English verbs answer three questions at once: when did it happen (tense), what shape does the verb take (form), and who is doing the acting (voice). Most verb errors on tests and in real writing – resumes, care notes, emails – come from mixing up one of these three settings. The system is smaller than […]
Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
Once you can spot a clause, every sentence in English sorts into exactly four structures. That is the whole secret. Questions about sentence types look intimidating – compound-complex sounds like advanced machinery – but they all reduce to counting two things: independent clauses and dependent clauses. This lesson gives you the counting method, one clear […]
