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Singular or Plural Verb

Singular/Plural Agreement
Count/Noncount Nouns
Determiners and Qualifiers
Practice 1: Identifying Count/Noncount Nouns
Practice 2: Agreement with Determiners
Practice 3: Is/Are

Verb Tenses and Forms

Verb Tenses
Five Basic Verb Forms
Eight Rules for Better Verb Use
Past Tense Rules (liked, have liked, had liked)
Practice: Past Tense Verbs

Passive Voice: The boy was helped by Mary.

Forming the Passive Voice
Passive Forms
Practice 1: Changing Active to Passive Voice
Practice 2: Choosing Active or Passive Voice

Conditional Forms: If I did my homework, my teacher wouldn’t be upset.

Conditional Clauses
Practice: Conditionals

Verbs Followed by Gerunds (-ing) or Infinitives (to…)

Verbs Followed by Gerunds or Infinitives
Practice: Gerunds and Infinitives

Prepositions after Verbs

Verb/Preposition Reference List
Other Preposition Problems: days, times, locations
Practice: Prepositions after Verbs

Articles: the, a, an

Definite and Indefinite Articles
Articles with Proper Nouns
Other Troublesome Articles
Practice: Using Articles

Adjective Clauses: which and that clauses

Adjective Clauses
Practice: Adjective Clauses

Troublesome Words: passed or past

Definitions and Examples
Practice: Troublesome Words

Reference Tools