English Grammar

Subject-Verb Agreement

Explanation The subject/s and verb/s in a sentence have both singular and plural forms. It is very important that both the forms match with each other to make the sentence meaningful. That is, they should be in agreement with each other, and this is called “Subject Verb Agreement”. Below we will go through various possible …

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Spelling Rules

Why is Correct Spelling Important? Writing the correct spelling is very important for a student. A wrong spelling doesn’t put good impression on the examiner and is understood as carelessness or inefficiency of the student. It is therefore very important for you to know and write correct spellings in your exams, essays etc. There are …

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Punctuations

Punctuations in English Punctuation Marks are very useful to make a sentence meaningful. If not correctly punctuated a sentence can be misleading conveying completely different meaning than what it actually intended to convey. For instance go through the below paragraph which has no punctuation marks at all- Punctuation Marks in a sentence make it meaningful …

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Modal Auxiliary Verbs

Definition Modal Auxiliary Verbs are one of the types of Auxiliary Verbs which facilitate the main verbs providing more information like- mood, possibility, time, expectation, permission, ability and obligation. One main property of Modal Auxiliary Verbs is that they never change form; either while referring to singular or plural nouns. For Ex- They can, he …

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Active and Passive Voice

Definition Active and Passive Voices are the two ways of expressing an action taken by a subject on an object.  Meaning of the sentence either in active or passive voice doesn’t change except few structural changes. Kindly go through the below example- Active Voice- I draw a sketch. Active Voice is the most direct and …

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Intransitive Verbs

Explanation Intransitive Verbs express the action that is taken by something or somebody upon itself; without any object. Intransitive Verbs doesn’t need an object to take action, unlike in Transitive Verbs where an object is required. Intransitive Verbs are not complemented by an Object. Go through the sentences given below- > He smiled. > Rocky …

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Transitive Verbs

What Are Transitive Verbs? Transitive Verbs are the words which need a direct object to complete the action (of verb) upon that direct object. Without the direct Object the sentence seems incomplete and irrelevant. Transitive verbs are always followed by a noun or an object, on which the action is being performed or is meant …

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Compound-Complex Sentence

Definition with Examples Compound-Complex sentence, as the name suggests is a combination of combination of Compound and Complex sentence. We know that a Compound sentence is formed by joining two independent clauses and a Complex sentence is formed by joining an independent clause with a subordinate clause. A Compound-Complex sentence; therefore must have at least …

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Complex Sentence

Definition with Examples A Complex Sentence is a sentence which combines an independent clause with at least one dependent clause. An independent clause, as we know is a sentence which can stand alone and has a meaning. Dependent (Subordinating) clauses on the other hand which cannot stand alone and to be meaningful they needed to …

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Compound Sentence

Definition with Examples Compound sentences are the sentences in which, two independent clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction, a semicolon or a transitional expression. Independent clauses are simple sentences having a subject and verb. In compound sentences two independent but closely related clauses are joined by the methods mentioned. To better understand the subject; …

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