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Distinguishing through definition and example

Distinguishing through definition and example   In this lesson, we will try to identify the object/person/anything by its definition or by certain examples. Below same examples are discussed to develop your understanding.  
  •                       A person - residing in a country of which he is not a citizen: Non-resident
  •                       happening every year: Annual
  •                      Living in (or near) water: Aquatic
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Sentences

Sentences   A sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense.   Look at the following groups of words:   1.            What do you need? 2.            Need I tea. 3.            I need a cup of tea. 4.            This shop no tea sell. 5.            This shop does not sell tea.   In the above given five groups 1, 3 and 5 are sentences because they make complete sense.   We should remember three things about a sentence:   more...
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Noun

Noun A Word that is used to denote the name of person, place, thing or quality is called a noun. Kinds of Noun 1.            Proper Noun A noun that gives a special name to a particular person, animal, place or thing is called proper noun. The words Ashish, Shillong, Yamuna and July are proper nouns. 2.          Common Noun A noun that gives a common more...
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Pronoun

Pronoun   A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun. For example: Mrs. Veena Gupta is the Principal of this School. She is a great educationist. Students respect her. She, her - Mrs. Veena Gupta. 'She' and 'her' are pronouns because they are used in place of Mrs. Veena Gupta (noun)   Kinds of Pronoun   1.            Personal Pronouns A pronoun that stands for a person or a thing is called a personal pronoun. The pronouns like I, we, you, he, his, she, her, it, they, them are persona] pronoun. There are more...
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Verb

Verb A verb is a word which indicates an action in present, past or future tense as performed by a subject or acted upon an object. Object of a verb Look at the following sentences and the questions that follow: 1.          Ruchi likes ice-cream. What does Ruchi like? (ice-cream) We say "ice-cream" is the object of the verb "likes. 2.          Monu wastes money? What does Monu waste? (money) "Money" is the object of the verb "wastes." more...
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Articles

Articles   A', an' and 'the' are called articles Articles are Adjective. 'A' and 'AN' are called identifinite Articles. 'the' is called definite article. Article are used with noun.   'A, an':                1.            'A and an' mean one. 'A and an' are placed before counted noun in the singular number: A book, a pen, an apple, an umbrella   2.            We use 'A' before words beginning with a consonant sound. A girl, a map, a one rupee'note, a uniform The girl 'O' in one is pronounced as letter 'W' and the letter 'U' in uniform is more...
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Preposition

Preposition   A preposition is a word which shows the relation between a noun or a pronoun and some other word in a sentence. 1.            The books are in the bag. 2.            The hunter shot the bird with a gun.   Look at these sentences:"   1.            The rat is on the table. 2.            The rat is under the table. 3.            The rat is near the table.   In these sentences, we have used three different prepositions - on, under and near with the noun table. These more...
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Conjunction

Conjunction                    A conjunction is a word that joins words, sentences, phrases and clauses together. (a) Cricket and tennis are my favourite games. (b) I need some coloured papers and a bottle of glue.  1.            We use 'and' to join two words of the same part of speech, or a noun and a pronoun, or two short sentences:- (a) She is sincere and hardworking'. (b) Salim and I study together. 2.            We use 'but' to join contrasting words or   sentences:" (a) Anil is intelligent but careless. (b) John fell off a running more...
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Voice

Voice   Active Voice   In sentences written in active voice, the subject performs the action expressed in the verb; the subject acts.   In each example above, the subject of the sentence performs the action expressed in the verb.   Passive Voice   In sentences written in passive voice, the subject receives the action expressed in the verb; the subject is acted upon. The agent performing the action may appear in a "by the ..." phrase or may be omitted. (agent performing action has been omitted.)   Choosing Active Voice In most non-scientific writing situations, active voice more...
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Direct and Indirect Speech

Direct and Indirect Speech   Direct and Indirect Speech When using indirect or reported speech, the form changes. Usually, indirect speech is introduced by the verb \say\ as in I said, Bill said or they said. Using the verb say in this tense indicates that something was said in the past. In these cases, the main verb in the reported sentence is pat in the past. If the main verb is already in past tense, then flip tense changes to another past tense; it can almost be seen as moving even further into the past.   Changes in verb tense also characterise other situations using indirect speech. With indirect speech, the use of that is optional.   "Note that when a Yes/No question is being asked in direct speech, then a construction more...
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