General English

Conditional Sentence

 Conditional Sentence Conditional Sentences are also known as Conditional Clauses or If Clauses. They are used to express that the action in the main clause (without if) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled. There are three types of Conditional Sentences. Conditional Sentence Type 1 → It is possible and also very likely that the condition will be fulfilled. Form: if + Simple Present, will-Future Example: If I find her address, I’ll send her an invitation. more on Conditional Sentences Type I ► Conditional Sentence Type 2 → It is possible but very unlikely, that ... Read more

QUESTION TAG

 QUESTION TAG   Golden Rules of Question Tags in English Grammar The sentence and the question tag  must be in the same tense. For negative question tag, use the Contracted form of ‘helping verb’ and ‘not’ .E.g didn’t, hadn’t, won’t etc If the Sentence is positive, the question tag must be negative and vice versa. Always use pronoun in the question tag.   Rule-1: Some words are negative in meaning . For e.g. hardly, seldom, scarcely, rarely, barely etc. Hence they will take positive question tag after them. E.g.- He hardly does any work, does he? He found barely anything to eat , did he? He is seldom absent, is he?   Rule-2:If a sentence starts with “There”, the ... Read more

Illegal And Unenforceable Contracts

 Illegal and unenforceable Contracts An illegal contract is a contract that was made for an illegal purpose and, consequently, violates the law. Contracts are illegal if the performance or formation of the agreement will cause the parties to engage in activity that is illegal. The illegality must relate directly to the subject matter creation of the contract and not some intervening circumstance. Technically, an illegal contract or agreement is not a contract at all, and courts will not enforce them. Thus, they are said to be void or “unenforceable”- it is as if the contract never existed, and ... Read more

Conjunction

      Conjunctions   What are conjunctions?   A conjunction is a part of speech that joins two words, phrases or clauses together.   There are three types of conjunctions: Coordinating Conjunctions Correlative Conjunctions Common Subordinating Conjunctions for and nor but or yet so either…or neither…nor not only…but also both…and whether…or after before although though even though as much as as long as as soon as because since so that in order that if lest even if that unless until when where whether while     Coordinating conjunctions   Coordinating conjunctions, also called coordinators, are conjunctions that connect two or more equal ... Read more

Narration

 Narration (Direct- indirect speech) General Rules [i]Assertive Sentence or Statement 1. If the reporting verb is in the present or future tense, the tense in the Reported speech is not changed. (a)Direct: Nabil says, “I am fine.”    Indirect: Nabil says that he is fine. (b)Direct: The man says, “I shall do it.”    Indirect: The man says that he will do it. (c)Direct: He says, “I went there yesterday.”    Indirect: He says that he went there yesterday. (d)Direct: He will say, “I am ready to go.”    Indirect: He says that he is ready to go. ... Read more

Pronoun

 Pronoun   Important Notes & Rules of Pronoun Generally (but not always) pronouns stand for (pro + noun), a word that takes the place of or refers to a noun.   Subjective case pronouns are pronouns that act as subjects of sentences. It includes (I, you, he, she, and it, we, they). I am your Friend. She is my girlfriend.   Objective case pronouns, are pronouns that act as objects of sentences. It includes (me, you, him, her, and it, us, them). Will you meet us in the movie theatre? Return this book to him.   Possessive pronoun forms (mine, ... Read more

SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

 Subject verb agreement Subjects and verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or plural). Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural. Being able to find the right subject and verb will help you correct errors of subject-verb agreement. Basic Rule. A singular subject (she, Bill, car) takes a singular verb (is, goes, shines), whereas a plural subject takes a plural verb.   Example: The list of items is/are on the desk.If you know that list is the subject, then you will choose is for the verb.     Rule 1. A subject will come before a phrase beginning with of. This is ... Read more

Tense

 Tenses The English Tense System The text below are to lessons for each of the 12 basic English tenses. In each lesson we look at two aspects of the tense: Structure: How do we make the tense? Use: When and why do we use the tense?   Verbs come in three tenses: past, present, future. The past is used to describe things that have already happened (e.g. earlier in the day, yesterday, last week, three years ago). The present tense is used to describe things that are happening right now, or things that are continuous. The future tense describes things ... Read more

Noun

 Noun Important Notes & Rules of Noun A noun is a group of word that is usually forms the name of a person, place, thing, quality, or ideas. Nouns can be singular or plural. Noun can be grouped into many forms like, Proper noun (includes names), countable noun & Uncountable noun. General Rules to make plural of a Noun: Latin words (…..us changes to ….i) Syllabus – Syllabi, Fungus – Fungi, Focus – Foci, Radius – Radii Locus – loci …..on changes to ….a Criterion – Criteria, Phenomenon – Phenomena …..um changes to ….a Datum – Data Bacterium ... Read more

Adjective

 Adjectives   Important Rules on Adjectives Adjectives are words used to describe or modify nouns or pronouns. The adjectives express physical and other qualities (large, quiet, friendly) and the writer’s opinion or attitude(excellent, beautiful).   Adjectives have many forms. Adjective are formed when we add a suffix to a noun or verb. For example, Adding suffix -ful to the noun beauty, makes the adjective beautiful, Adding the suffix -able to the verb read makes the adjective readable. Other suffixes often used to create adjectives include -al, -ary, -able and –ible, –ish, -ic, -ical, -less, -like, -ous, -some, and -y. Some adjectives take the form of participles (verbs ending in -ed or -ing), and Many are not formed from nouns or ... Read more