DK Grammar Guide
219 The verb is negative. “Nothing” means that there are no available objects or things. “NOTHING” AND “EVERYTHING” “Everything” ...
220 POSSESSIVE DETERMINERS Possessive determiners are used before a noun to show who it belongs to. They change form depending o ...
221 POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS HOW TO FORM FURTHER EXAMPLES Possessive pronouns can also be used to explain who owns something. Unlike ...
222 An apostrophe and the letter “s” are added to the end of a singular noun to show that what comes after the noun belongs to i ...
223 APOSTROPHES AND PLURAL NOUNS To show belonging with a plural noun that ends in “-s,” just an apostrophe with no “s” is added ...
224 “HAVE” The verb “have” can be used to talk about what people own. HOW TO FORM These subject pronouns take “have.” These subj ...
225 ANSWERING “HAVE” QUESTIONS Short answers to “have” questions can be given using “do” and “don’t.” “Do” is added to form a qu ...
226 A relative clause is a part of a sentence that gives more information about the subject. A defining, or restrictive, relativ ...
227 SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS IN DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES Relative clauses are made up of a subject, a verb, and usually an object. ...
228 Like defining relative clauses, non-defining relative clauses add extra information about something. However, this simply gi ...
229 HOW TO FORM Non-defining relative clauses can come in the middle of a sentence, or at the end. If the relative clause comes ...
230 Relative words introduce phrases that describe a noun in the main part of the sentence. Different relative words are used to ...
231 “ Whose” is the relative word used to show possession or belonging. “ What” is the relative word used to mean “the thing whi ...
232 Adding “-ever” to question words changes their meaning. These words can be adverbs or determiners in their own clauses, or t ...
233 “Whichever” and “whatever” can come before nouns to show that the options are unspecified. “Whenever” can also mean “every t ...
234 “There” can be used with a form of “be” to talk about the existence or presence of a person or thing. Sentences with “there” ...
235 “THERE” IN THE PAST SIMPLE FURTHER EXAMPLES HOW TO FORM In the past simple, “there was” is used to talk about singular or un ...
236 “THERE” IN THE PRESENT PERFECT FURTHER EXAMPLES HOW TO FORM In the present perfect, “there has been” is used to talk about s ...
237 “THERE” IN THE FUTURE FURTHER EXAMPLES HOW TO FORM In the future with “will,” “there will be” is used to talk about both sin ...
238 “It” is often used when a sentence has no clear subject, and is sometimes known as a dummy subject or empty subject. Introdu ...
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