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Confusing adjectives
Confusing Adjectives. 1 Little, a little, the little ( tells about quantity) Little: hardly any/ practically no ( negative meaning) Eg: There is little water in the Jar. A little: some ( positive meaning) Eg: A little inspiration can make him confident The little: small quantity ( relatively smaller than a little) […]
Conversion of degrees of adjectives in sentences
Conversion of Degrees in sentences. Here, in this topic, we are going to study the conversions of degrees of adjectives in sentences. First of all, let’s go through the following sentences and analyze it. Jacob is a clever boy. In this sentence we can see the adjective clever , and also the sentence is in […]
Synthetic and Analytic method in degrees of adjectives
Synthetic and Analytic method in the degrees of adjectives Degrees of adjectives are used to compare ‘two’ or ‘more’ nouns to mention the difference in their same quality. Before studying it, let’s be familiar with adjectives. Words that qualify nouns or tell about their quality, quantity, kind, number, etc are termed […]
Question tags in complex sentences
Question tags in complex sentences. Sentences having one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses are known as complex sentences. Main clause:- Part of a sentence having a complete meaning Sub ordinate clause:- Part of a sentence having an incomplete meaning Eg: Though he worked hard, he couldn’t perform well in the exam. Here […]
Question tags in imperative sentences
Question tags in imperative sentences. Sentences denoting a ‘request’, ‘ advice’, ‘warning’, ‘wish’, ‘order’, ‘command’, ‘suggestion’ etc are known as Imperative sentences. The subject of imperative sentences is always the second person ‘You. So the subject is not generally said or written but it is understood to both the speaker and the listener. Imperative sentences […]
Indefinite subjects and their pronouns in question tags
Indefinite subjects and their pronouns in question tags. ‘Somebody’ ‘something’ ‘someone’ ‘everbody’ ‘everything’ ‘everyone’ ‘anybody’ ‘anything’ ‘anyone’ ‘nobody’ ‘nothing’ ‘no one’ These subjects are known as indefinite subjects because they don’t directly say ‘who’ or ‘what’ the subject is. All these subjects are singular. Though the subjects ‘somebody’, ‘someone’, ‘everybody’, ‘everyone’, ‘anybody’, ‘anyone’, ‘nobody’, […]
Pronoun of the subjects in question tags
Pronoun of the subjects in question tag. Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun. Eg: Philip said that he saw a beautiful car. Here, Philip is the noun and he is the pronoun. That is he is used instead of the noun Philip to avoid the repetition of the noun like, Philip said […]
Weak form of ‘not’ with auxiliaries in Question tag.
WEAK FORM OF ‘NOT’ WITH AUXILIARIES IN QUESTION TAG We have studied that, to add negative meaning to a question tag, the weak form of ‘not’, that is ‘n’t’, is to be added with the auxiliary verb. Here in this topic, we are going to study the weak form of ‘not‘ with auxiliary verbs. […]
Reported speech in exclamatory sentences
In exclamatory sentences As we know, exclamatory sentences are used to denote strong feelings, and also they have two different patterns, such as, 1 What + (a + adjective + noun/ pronoun) + V + S + O ! (exclamation mark) eg: What a lovely man is your husband ! Before reporting, change the […]
Reported speech in interrogative sentences
Reported speech in interrogative sentences Interrogative sentences are in two types, that is, 1 Question word beginning interrogative sentences Pattern– QW. + Aux + S + V + O ? Eg: When did he give you the book ? 2 Auxiliary beginning interrogative sentences or ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ questions Pattern – Aux + S + […]
Reported speech – exceptional rules in imperative sentences
Exceptional rules. Rule 1 When the direct speech expresses a ‘wish’, it is to be reported differently from a normal imperative sentence, as explained below; Let’s look the following sentences expressing wishes, May God bless you May the new year materialize your dreams May the coming spring bring you wonderful days Here we can see […]
Reported speech in imperative sentences
Reported speech in imperative sentence. As we know, imperative sentence is used to denote a ‘wish’, ‘warning’, ‘advice’, ‘order’, ‘command’, ‘suggestion’, ‘request’, etc. Before reporting an imperative sentence, the reporting verb in the question is to be changed, according to the sense that the sentence expresses and also in accordance with the tense form […]