English Grammar
Adverb Clauses (Step-71)
ADVERB CLAUSES. Form and Function Study the examples: The italicized parts are Adverb Clasues. They are connected to the main clauses with words like becasues, so that , that, than, etc. Which are called subordinating conjuctions or sub-ordinators. In examples I, ii and III the adverb clauses modify the verb ‘bought’, ‘wore’ ‘return’ respectively. In …
Conditional Clause (Step-70)
CONDITIONAL CLAUSES Study the following sentence carefully and mark the verb forms in them: 0. If you heat iron, it expands. Each of the above sentences may be divided into two main parts: let it be ‘x’ and ‘y’ parts. Type 0: Xpart If you heat iron, Ypart it …
Simple Sentence (Step-65)
The simple Sentence Study the following sentences: (i) Birds fly. (ii) He is working in the field. (iii) I have completed my work. (iv) They have been playing in the play ground. (v) Who came here? (vi) Father gave me a book. Each of these sentences has a subject and a fine verb in its …
Adverb-II (Step-55)
ADVERBS AND ADVDERBIALS Adverbs tall us more about verbs Look at the answers to the following questions carefully 1. a. How did she sing? b. She sang beautifully. 2. a. When did you see him? b. I saw him yesterday. 3. a. Where were the children playing? b. They were playing there/in the park. 4. …
Adverbials (Step-56)
Adverbs and adverbials very often mean the same thing. An adverbial has more than one word. She came into the room quietly. She came into the room in the room in a quiet manner. Adverbials can be of the following categories. 1. An adverb phrase: We were driving very slowly. They played wonderfully well. 2. …
Interrogatives (Step-57)
INTERROGATIVES YES/NO QUESTIONS (A) Study the following sentences: 1. It is raining. 2. Is it raining? Sentence (1) is a declarative sentence but sentence (2) is an interrogative sentence. We have two verbs; ‘is’ and ‘raining’ in the verb phrase. Here ‘is’ (be) is an auxiliary verb and ‘raining’ is the main verb. In …
Negative (Step-58)
Negatives 1. Mr Sinha is a doctor. 2. Mr Sinha is not a doctor. In sentence (1), ‘is’ is the main verb and the sentence is affirmative. In sentence (2), ‘not’ is used after the verb ‘is’ to make the sentence negative. Similarly: Affirmative Negative They are students. They are not students. I am …
Predicate Phrase: Verb, Object, Complement, and Adjunct (Step-59)
PREDICATE PHRASE (VERB, OBJECT, COMPLEMENT AND ADJUNCT) Study the following sentence: (i) Mita laughed. (ii Madhu caught the ball. We have already seen that a sentence has two main parts –The subject and the predicate. In each of the above sentences the first word is the subject and the remaining words of the sentences belong …
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