The section deals with the questions of Jumbled paragraph and sentences and sentence and phrase arrangement of the given phrases or sentences. The student has to choose a logical sequence to make a meaningful sentence or paragraph. This form of exercise tests the student’s ability to: Figure out the logic …
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What is Question Tag? A Question Tags (or Tag Question) is a special construction in English. It is a statement followed by a brief question. Consider the following examples: He is coming tonight, isn’t he? You wouldn’t report me, would you? You don’t like me, do you? Now, look at …
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What is Tense? Tense is the form taken by a verb to indicate time and continuance or completeness of action. The continuance or completeness of action is denoted by four subcategories. Simple Tense: It is used for habitual or routine actions in the Present Tense, action which is over in …
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What are Modal Verbs? Modal verbs are auxiliary verbs (also known as helping verbs). Normally modal verbs cannot work alone and must work with the main verb. Modal Verbs are used with ordinary verbs to express see meanings such as possibility, permission, certainly, etc. List of the Modal Verbs in …
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Degree of Comparison The degree of comparison speaks to the three forms of adjectives that can be used when comparing items: Positive Degree Comparative Degree Superlative Degree There are different ways to form the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives. Add -er or more to form the comparative of most …
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What is an Article? Articles are used to indicate whether a noun refers to a specific or a general item. There are two types of articles, definite and indefinite. However, in your choice about whether to use an article, or which one to use, you have four possible choices: ‘a‘, …
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What is Phrasal Verb? Phrasal Verbs are a particular kind of expression, wherein the verb is made of two or more components. Mostly the combining components are verbs and prepositions. When divided these components will have a meaning of their own but would not suggest anything about the meaning of …
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Tenses for kids: If you are in class 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, you are at the right place. Here we have types of tenses for kids that are explained in an easy way. Definition: The tense of verb is that form of a verb which tells us about the …
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What is a Conjunction? A conjunction is a part of speech that is used to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. There are mainly two types of conjunctions – coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions. 1. Coordinating Conjunctions A coordinating conjunction connects elements of the same kind. Commonly used Conjunctions List: …
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What is an adjective? Adjectives are the words that describe the qualities of a noun or pronoun in a given sentence. Examples of Adjectives Adjective Before the Noun (Attributive Adjectives): An adjective usually comes directly before the noun it describes. Old man Green coat Cheerful one (here ‘one’ is a …
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