Mrunal Shethiya

  VERBS Definition Verbs are the most important words in a sentence. Most verbs are action words, but a few verbs indicate state of being or existence. Action verbs are the most common verbs. Examples : My uncle is a pilot. The cake looks good. You seem upset. The verbs in the sentences are is, looks, and seem. These verbs are state of being or linking verbs. Some common linking verbs are is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been, seem, look, feel, and become. They do not show action. They just show that something exists. Some verbs like appear can be either action or linking verbs. It depends on whether it shows action or not. Appears above is like saying seems which shows no action while appeared above shows the action of the image. Sometimes a verb can be more than one word. When a verb is more than one word, it is called a verb phrase. Verb phrases can be two, three, or four words. Using auxiliary or helping verbs makes verb phrases. These sentences all have aux...

  PRONOUNS Definition : A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun or a group of words used as a noun. It acts as a substitute for a noun. Classification : Pronouns are classified in eight different categories as follows:   Personal Pronouns Personal pronouns refer to the speaker or speakers, also called first person, and include the following pronouns: I, my, mine, me, myself, we, our, ours, us, ourselves. Those spoken to, are said to be in second person , and include the following pronouns: you, your, yours, yourself, yourselves. Those spoken about, are said to be in the third person, and include the following pronouns: he, his, him, himself, she, her, hers, herself, it, its, itself, they, their, theirs, them, themselves. Impersonal Pronouns : Pronouns which substitute nouns, which refer to inanimate objects or are in the neuter gender, are called Impersonal pronouns. The different forms of personal and impersonal pronouns can be summed up in the following tabl...

  ARTICLES AND DETERMINERS Articles Articles are the shortest and most commonly used adjectives. In English, we have two kinds of articles -Definite and Indefinite. 1.      Indefinite Articles: ‘A’ and ‘an’ ‘A’ and ‘an’ indicate that the noun modified is indefinite, referring to any member of a group. These indefinite articles are used with singular nouns when the noun is general; the corresponding indefinite quantity word ‘some’ is used for plural general nouns. The rules are as follows: 1.        A + singular noun beginning with a consonant e.g. a rat 2.        An + singular noun beginning with a vowel e.g. an elephant 3.        A + singular noun beginning with a consonant sound e.g. a user (sounds like ‘yoo zer,’ but begins with a consonant ‘y’ sound, so ‘a’ is used) 4.        Some + plural noun: some refrigerators It is also...