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In English, there are four types of Present Tenses. These are:

• Simple Present Tense- Subject + V1 + s/es + Object
• Present Continuous Tense - Subject + am/is/are + V1 + ing
• Present Perfect Tense- Subject + has/have + past participle
• Present Perfect Continuous Tense- Subject + has/have + been + V1 + ing

The formula for the Simple Present Tense is-  Subject + Base form of the Verb (V1) + s/es + Object

Examples of Present Simple Tense:

1) Riya writes in her notebook.

Riya - Subject

Writes - V1 + s

Notebook- Object

2) The dog lick the bone. 

Dog- Subject

Licks- V1 + s

Bone- Object

3) Mr. Simon teaches maths at a local school. 

Subject- Mr. Simon

V1 (teach) + es- Teaches

Maths- Object

No, not exactly. All conjunctions are linking words, but not all linking words are conjunctions. Words like 'however' or 'therefore' are linking adverbs, not true conjunctions.

Coordinating conjunctions join equal parts (e.g., two independent clauses) while Subordinating conjunctions connect a dependent clause to an independent one.

• Yes, we use a comma before a coordinating conjunction when joining two independent clauses.

For example: He was tired, but he kept working.

• No comma is required when the parts are not complete sentences.

For example, He was tired but kept working.

Conjunctions are mainly of three types:

1. Coordinating conjunctions: and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so
2. Subordinating conjunctions: although, because, since, if, when, etc.
3. Correlative conjunctions: either.or, neither.nor, not only.but also.

Active voice is a structure of a sentence where the doer is the subject that performs the action expressed by the verb. Here, the emphasis will be on the doer, making the sentence clear and direct.

For example, Siya was riding a bicycle. Here the emphasis is on Siya instead of on the bicycle.

Active voice occurs when the subject performs an action. While on the other hand, passive voice occurs when the subject receives the action.  Normally it is recommended to use active voice in writing, as sentences get complicated in passive voice.

To convert a sentence from active to passive voice, we first need to make the object of the active voice sentence the subject, then convert the sentence as per active-passive rules mentioned on the page above.  There are some exceptions also which we need to keep in mind while converting a sentence from active to passive voice.

Students who want to master the active and passive voice topics are advised to follow the questions mentioned on this page to practise. It will help them to develop an understanding about the active and passive topic.