Mrunal Shethiya

  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...

  A SCENE IN THE EXAMINATION HALL By Mrunal Shethiya   It was with a feeling of excitement that I went to the college which was my center for the SSC examination. SSC examination considered very important for a student and so my father also accompanied me to the center. This was my very first experience of facing a public examination. The examination was scheduled to start at 11 am. But we reached the center at 9-30 a.m., for I was a bit nervous and wanted to locate my seat. The gate of the college building was locked. I had to wait   by the roadside. There were many other candidates waiting outside the college compound. When I saw that they were also jittery like me. I began to feel a little relieved. At 10 a.m. the watchman opened the gate and we rushed in to read the instructions on the notice-board. A list had been displayed showing the floor and the classroom of the candidates. I shoved my way through the crowd and scanned the list for my number. On account of ...

  ESSAY WRITING by Mrunal Shethiya Dear Friends, You have been writing essays for many years. Yet, it would not be out of place to recapitulate what you have learnt so far about an essay. What is an essay?   The word essay means an attempt. It is an attempt to write in a single prose-piece one's own ideas, impressions, thoughts, feelings or opinions on a given subject. It may be in the form of Information, narration, description, exposition or argument. Difficulties faced by students: Usually students face two difficulties in writing an essay: (1) What to write and (2) How to write it. What to write is the difficulty related to the subject matter. Students may not have sufficient ideas, Information, experience or thinking about the subject of an essay. This difficulty can be overcome by a lot of reading, by observing things around us, by coming into contact with people from various walks of life and by doing things. Students will be able to write well on what they ha...