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previous / next compound sentence: is a group of words which has two or more ‘coordinate clauses’ connected by conjunctions, such as ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘or’, ‘not only…but also’ ‘either…or’, ‘neither…nor’, and connecting words, such as nevertheless, however, furthermore’, etc. e.g. He stood up and (he) walked to the door. ‘He stood up’ — coordinate clause [...]
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previous / next Kinds of Sentences: according to construction _____________ according to expression 1. Simple Sentence ______________ 1. Statement or Declarative 2. Compound Sentence ___________ 2. Interrogative or question 3. Complex Sentence ____________ 3. Imperative 4. Compound-complex sentence _____ 4. Exclamatory ‘according to construction’ = depending on the number of subject parts and predicate [...]
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previous / next Kinds of Sentences [according to the construction] Simple Sentence: is a group of words which has only one subject part and only one predicate part (with only one main verb) of its own, and gives complete sense. It may have any number of phrases but cannot have any other independent or dependent [...]
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previous / next Subordinate Clauses: Noun Clause: does the work of a noun or a noun phrase… The common conjunction: that e.g. We never expected defeat. (‘defeat’ – noun) We never expected to lose the match. (‘to lose the match’ — noun phrase We never expected that we would lose the match. ‘We never expected’ [...]
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previous / next Clause: A CLAUSE is a group of words with a subject and predicate of its own, gives complete sense, and forms a part of a larger group of words called ‘sentence’. e.g. The boys are singing and the girls are dancing. In the sentence above, we have two CLAUSES: ‘The boys are [...]
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DIRECT – INDIRECT SPEECH Introduction When we want to repeat (say or report) what another person(s) says, we say it in two ways: Mr. Penguin and Mrs. Penguin are talking. Mr. Monkey overhears their conversation, and goes to Miss Penguin, their daughter, to report what he hears… Your father said to your mother, “I am [...]
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Additions to Remarks Introduction The other important category of Tag-questions is the ‘Additions to Remarks’. These Remarks are mostly used in conversations. While agreeing or disagreeing with others in conversation, we do not repeat the entire expression (sentence) the other person says; instead, we use some Additions to give our opinion of the topic of [...]
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Tag-questions or Question Tags Introduction A “Tag-question or Question Tag” is rather like a ‘reply question’ we add to our Statement or Imperative sentence, like a price tag tied to an item for sale. It is made up of an Auxiliary (helping verb) + a Personal Pronoun in Nominative Case. It is used at the [...]
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Subject-Verb Agreement Introduction The main (finite) verb of a sentence must agree with the Number and Person of the Subject and the time frame (Tense) mentioned in that sentence. Most mistakes are made when we fail to keep the Verb in agreement with the Subject of our sentence. Though it seems complicated to make both [...]
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Active & Passive Voice Introduction When the subject of a sentence does something, i.e. if the subject of a sentence is the ‘doer’ of some action, we say that the sentence or the verb of that sentence is in Active Voice. When the subject of a sentence does not do anything, i.e. if the subject [...]
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