Basic English Structure Reference

I'm referring to http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/grammar/ for my notes.

Nouns

• Plural
• Possessive

Pronoun

• Antecedent
• Reciprocal (each other, one another)

Verbs

• Transitive
• Intransitive
• Linking

Recognising Passive Voice

Recognizing Passive Constructions

Passive voice is quite easy to recognize.

• Find any form of the verb "to be": is, was, were, will be, will have been, would be and so on. Note that tense does not affect voice; passive can take any tense.
• Is that form of the verb "to be" followed by a past tense verb? (watched, threatened, considered, thought, and so on.
• Does the word "by" appear after the whole verb or can you put the word "by" after the combination of the "to be" verb and the past tense verb (which is actually a past participle when it follows the "to be" verb)? The word "by" does not have to appear in the sentence in order for the verb to be well and truly passive.

Infinitive, Gerund and Participle

Adjectives

• Attributive
• Predicative

Adverbs

• Always modifies the verb.

Prepositions

• over, below, behind
• Suspect is a structure often used as a relationship

Conjunctions

Clauses

• Specification/Filter...