7th Class

   Introduction   Definition: The voice is the form of verb which indicates whether a person or thing does something or has been done to a person or thing.  

   Types of Tense   The Tense is divided into three categories. They are the following:

•   Present Tense
•   Past Tense
•   Future Tense  

         Present Tense It expresses an action or event that takes place in the present time. Present Tense is divided into four categories. They are the following:            Present Indefinite or Simple Present This tense is used to express the habitual actions which is truths, planned activities, quotations and to put questions. This tense shows an action done in general way in the present time.           Look at the following sentences:

•   The earth revolves round the sun.
•   He takes periodic break.

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     Introduction   Tense is the form of a verb, which shows the time of action and its degree of completeness. Tense gives us the knowledge of the time when an action is taking place.   Look at the following sentences:

•   You are looking perturbed.
•   The final report will exonerate him.
•   You had misread him.

In sentence 1, the verb 'are looking' shows an action done in the present time. In sentence2, the verb 'will exonerate' shows the state of being in the future time. In sentence 3, the verb 'had misread' shows an action done in the past time.  

     Definite Article 'The'   Definite Article (the) points out a particular person, animal, thing or place. 'The' is used before a noun beginning with a consonant or a vowel sound.  

•     This is the boy who came first in the race.
•     The Quran is a holy book of the Muslim.

In the above given sentences, 'the' has been used before boy, race, Quran and Muslim (all nouns) which are definite or particular person or thing. These particular person or thing may begin with both sounds - consonant or vowel,            Uses of definite Article 'The' 'The' is used before the following:

• Before a class of noun. E.g. the man is a social animal.
• Before the superlative degrees of Adjective. more...

    Indefinite Articles 'A and An'   Definition: 'A 'and 'An' are called indefinite articles because they refer to any person, animal thing or place.            Uses of indefinite Articles 'A' and 'An' 'A' is used before Singular Countable Noun beginning with either vowel or consonant but sounds like consonant.    

•   There is a girl in the class.
•   My brother is a teacher.
•   He reads in a university.
•   I have a one rupee note.

In the above given sentences, 'a' is used before a word starting from consonant or vowel but sounds like consonant. In the first and second sentences 'a' ts used before girl and teacher. These two words start from consonant and sound like consonant. In the third more...

    Introduction   Definition: "A", "an" and "the" are known as articles. There are two types of article:

•   Indefinite Articles - a and an
•   Definite Article - the  

     Use of Conjunctions   (A) And, As well as These two conjunctions are used to add one statement to another:  

•   The man is poor. The man is blind.

     The man is poor and blind.

•   Steve likes tea. Steve likes coffee.

     Steve likes tea as well as coffee.     (B)  Or, Either -- or, Neither ---- nor These conjunctions are used to indicate a choice between one statement and another.      

•  Is he happy? Is he sad?

     Is he happy or sad?

•  I will come. I will send Smith.

     Either I will come or send Varun.

•  Rajiv is not my friend. He is not my relative.

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    Introduction   Definition: A conjunction is a word that is used to join words, groups of words or sentences.      

•   Maria and John are friends.
•   This pen and that pencil are same.
•   The elephant is big but the mouse is small.
•   Ruby cannot sit because the chair is dirty.  

In the first sentence, the word and is joining two words Maria and John. In the second sentence, the word and is joining two phrases this pen and that pencil. In the third sentence, the word but is joining two sentences the elephant is big and the mouse is small. In the fourth sentence, the word because is joining two sentences Ruby cannot sit and the chair is dirty. In this way the word and, but and more...

     Preposition of Time   A number of prepositions may be used to denote time such as on Monday, before night, during the night, till tomorrow, after lunch, etc. In most cases, it is easy to know which preposition to use.             Uses of Preposition of Time At, on, in (A)    At usually denotes a definite point of time but can also be used for definite periods: Definite points of time at 3 o'clock, at midnight at the beginning of the class at the end of the meeting Indefinite periods of time at dawn, at night at Christmas, at Diwali   (B)    On is used with days and dates: On Monday, on 10th August On the Diwali day, on Christmas eve On the evening of the 8th  April   (C)     In more...

    Introduction   Definition: A preposition is a word that relates a noun or a pronoun to another word in a sentence.      

• A total of eight people have been arrested by the CBI.
• The men at Money Matters allegedly acted as middlemen.
• The frauds were committed m the officers' own capacity.
• The arrests came after a CBI investigation that covered five cities and lasted over a year.
• The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. In the above given sentences, underline words are prepositions.  

        The following is the list of common prepositions: About                   above                   across                   after                      against along                     among                  around                 at                            before  behind                  below                   beneath               beside                  between    by                           down                    during                   more...