25. Idioms

S. No. Idioms Meanings Use 1 A brain wave Bright idea A brain wave led him to a great success 2 A Child’s play Thing, which easily done It is not a Child play to get position in the exanimation. 3 A close fisted person Miser man He is a close fisted person and he [...]

24. Narration

A sentence of narration contains two parts which are separated by a comma. The part that lies between inverted commas is called the reported speech and the other is called the reporting verb. 1. If reporting verb is in Present or Future tense, there will be no change in tense; only pronouns will be changed. [...]

23. Voice of Verbs

Voice is a grammatical term which shows the distinction between doing and being done to. It makes it possible to view the action of a sentence in two ways, without change In the facts reported: a) The cat killed a rat b) A rat was killed by the cat. The sentence (a) is in the [...]

22. Punctuation

Punctuation marks are usually applied to make easy the sentence, though, there is no rigid rule for them, and however, punctuation is necessary for the clarity of sentence. Punctuation means the use of points, stops or marks to divide one sentence from another or one part or a sentence from another. The full-stop, the comma, [...]

21. Capital Letters

1.       Capital Letters at the Beginning of Sentences Capitalize the first word in a sentence. Music is one of my favorite pastimes. Which instrument do you play? Practice your music every day? 2.       Capital Letters in Direct Quotations Capitalize the first word in a direct quotation. Capitalize the first word in the second part of [...]

20. Interjection

An interjection is a word or group of words that express strong feelings. An Interjection has no grammatical connection to any other words. An exclamation mark (!) is put when it stands alone, and if it occurs at the beginning of a longer sentence is followed by comma (,). Example: Oh! Boy we are going [...]

19. Conjunction

A conjunction is a word or phrase used to join words, phrases or classes. Example: I am late because I could not forget a taxi.    A                                       B There are two parts of the sentence (A and B) and the word because joins the two parts together. Another example: He is not intelligent but he [...]

18. Use of Some Common Preposition

Use of some common preposition: In, At, and On (Place) I live in London. At is used for points of time or and in is used for periods of time. Example: The school opens at 02:30 pm. I can complete this work in a week. On is used to talk about a particular day, date, [...]

17. PREPOSITION

Our language is filled with words that connect one idea to another. One important kind of connecting word is called a preposition. Example: The book is on the table. Definition: A preposition is a word that relates a noun or pronoun to another word. Example: Where from have you come? I am in trouble. Divide [...]

16. Adverb

ADVERB An adverb adds to the meaning of a verb, adjective or another adverb. He runs (verb) fast (adverb). Adam is very (adverb) honest (adjective). They cried very (adverb) loudly (adverb). The adverb fast qualifies the verb runs. In second sentence very qualifies adjective honest. In third sentences, adverb loudly is qualified by very. KINDS [...]

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