In English language every word is identified with a name. It has its own function and position in a sentence. It is a part of speech. There are eight parts of speech in English language. Noun Pronoun Verb Adverb Adjective Preposition Conjunction Interjection NOUN Name of a person, place or thing Chennai is a big
Read More(Let us master the usage of arricles by practice.) Articles are “a, an, the” and are used as adjectives. They come before nouns. “a” or “an” means “one”. “a” is used before a word beginning with a consonant sound. Examples: a team, a boy , a girl, a chair, a dog. “an” is used before
Read MorePractise well the usage and application of eight parts of speech. Every word in a sentence should come under any one part of speech. Analyse a few examples and practise with many examples.
Read MoreLet us understand and learn the steps to be followed. Practise with the examples given. Practise to change all types of sentences into indirect speech. We always report what is said. Only when we know the rules, we can report, speak and write correctly. Learn the correct usage Understand and follow the steps mentioned before
Read MoreWe learn this usage to know what exactly was spoken in the Direct speech. Learn the following steps to change from the reported speech: Example: Statement He told me that I studied well. Steps: Speaker – ‘he’. Listener – ‘me’. Reporting verb – ‘told’. Since the reporting verb is in the past tense, tense would
Read MoreLet us learn to compare the quality, quantity or the state of one person with that of one or more persons (Adjective) To compare the action of more than one person (Adverb) When we compare the quality, quantity or the state of one person with that of one or more persons we use the different
Read MoreIt is a group of words. It has no complete sense. It is a part of a sentence. It has no finite verb. See the following examples : Learn the usage of phrase in a sentence. Examples : He came to school in the morning. They play in the evening. My friend met me in
Read MoreWhy should we learn Simple Compound and Complex sentences? It is useful to express one’s thought without interruption. We can express our thoughts in Simple, Compound and Complex sentences without changing the meaning. We can have variety in usage. Simple Sentence Formula sub+verb+any number of phrases It has only one subject and one predicate. It
Read MoreModel: 1 [Learn the usage of the subordinate conjunction ‘when’, the compound conjunction ‘and’ and the phrase beginning with verb + ‘ing’] [Here two actions go together or follow one another] Compound sentence Complex sentence Simple sentence He went to the market When he went to the market On going to the market MC SC
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