Can I say, (1) There are a few of pupils are playing happily in the field. (2) He is sweeping the floor in the classroo m. (3) He goes for a jog / goes jogging at the park. (4) She won a champion / championship in the singing competition. (5)

I believe that the gerund (being male) indicates the speaker (or, alternatively, it) has been in the state of being male for some time. A female speaker can't say this; she should use the infinitive (to be) to indicate an abstract concept. The

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BBC To Boost Spend On Kids And Drama Production With the battle lines now being drawn over the future of the BBC, one of the corporation's top executives has unveiled plans for big increases in children's and drama investment. Speaking to

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Revise any weak, unemphatic sentences by replacing be verbs or passive verbs with active alternatives and, if necessary, by naming in the person or thing doing the action. Some sentences are emphatic; do not change them. 1. A strange sound

Is this a compound sentence, if not, what kind is it?-- No; it is a simple sentence with a compound predicate. How should it be analysed at clause and phrase level?-- Here are the clauses and phrases: He bought a box of colors and copied a

Compound sentence consisting of two independent clauses. He bought a box of paints main clause and ( he) copied a magazine lithograph of a Japanese painting of Fujiyama. main clause Would you like to try first to do more