In this section, readers can find lessons regarding grammar topics.
It is the knowledge of grammar that can teach us how to write correctly and speak correctly. Flowery expression or effective expression may not be grammatically correct. So grammar is the root and expression is the fruit. In this section you will find the posts that have been introduced to make the subject more comprehensive and grammar oriented
Nouns – Introduction Noun is a Part of Speech or word class that conveys the name of the person, place, animate or inanimate thing, tangible or intangible thing, collection, etc. Basically any word that is the name of something is a noun. Nouns form the second largest word class in the English language, the largest being verbs. Pronoun are a…
Interjections We have all learned different parts of speech like nouns, verbs, adjectives etc. These are the common ones of the lot. Interjections are relatively lesser known. The term may sound unfamiliar to some but it is something that each one of us uses on a daily basis. Interjections are words which help a person to communicate their feelings in a better manner…
Important Grammar Rules There are numerous Grammar rules in English. Most of the times remembering those rules get really difficult. So instead of following many rules and making the construction of a proper statement more complicated than necessary, follow these ten important rules of grammar. These grammar rules will help you construct grammatically correct sentences without…
Collocations A collocation is formed by combinations of two or more words that are used together in sentences. These two or more words together just sounds correct and form fixed relationships. However, we sometimes use collocation that is unnatural and does not fit together. There are different types of collocations in English. Few examples of…
Conditionals Conditionals or the ‘if clauses’ as they are commonly called are sentences (or rather a part of a sentence) which introduce a probable or hypothetical condition which is followed by a certain consequence. For example- If you burn paper, it becomes ash. If the dog barks, the neighbours will wake up. If I were you, I would…
Auxiliary Verbs Auxiliary Verbs also called the helping verbs, are used with the main verb where the main verbs helps to form the semantic content of the clause. For example, I have finished my homework for today. In this example, the main verb “finished” and the auxiliary verb “have” together combine to form the perfect aspect. There…
Articles Articles – An Introduction Articles are a special case of demonstrative determiners or demonstrative adjectives that assign specificity to a noun or pronoun. Like any other determiner or adjective, articles are used exclusively for nouns, and are influenced by them alone, save for some examples where an adjective precedes a noun. At the end of this article, the reader will be…
Adverbs – Definition and Concept An Adverb is a part of speech that describes or provides additional information about a verb, adjectives or another adverb. Adverbs generally are used to describe verbs and adjective, and very seldom used to describe other adverbs. (Why?) In this article we see the extent of the reach of an adverb and…
Adjectives – Definition and Concept An adjective is defined as the part of speech that describes or modifies a noun or a pronoun. This is the longest flight of stairs I have ever seen. We wish that your time here be The video footage was dismissed as circumstantial The adjective longest describes the collective noun flight, the adjective productive describes the common noun time and the adjective circumstantial describes the noun evidence. Adjectives…
Participles, Gerunds and Infinitives English language and grammar can be confusing, if the fundamentals of the usage of certain things aren’t understood in depth. Participles, Gerunds and Infinitives fall under the category of “verbals” or “non-finite verbs”. The above mentioned words contain verbs but these verbs do not act like verbs in the given sentence. Another important…
Determiners Among all the parts of speech a student is expected to study, “determiner” is the chapter which is always left more or less neglected. Often it is left or sometimes taught incorrectly. So read through this chapter to know “All about determiners.” A determiner is often called as the noun modifier which gives an…
Verb – Introduction Verb is defined as a part of speech or a word class that defines an action performed or a state of being of the noun or pronoun of the sentence. Unlike other parts of speech, a verb is a necessary part of every sentence. Without it, no sentence can have a meaning. Verbs are…
