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Determiner A determiner in English grammar is a word placed in front of a noun to specify quantity or to clarify what the noun refers to. For example: the lake, an apple, my pencil, some paper, five trees, each person, that book  etc. Determiners can be classified as : (1) Article (a/an, the) (2) A Demonstrative determiner (this, that, these, those) (3) A … [Read more...] about Determiners

Vowel Vowel is a sound that we make when the breath flows out through the mouth freely without being blocked. The word vowel ultimately comes from the Latin vox, meaning “voice.” A vowel is a speech sound that is made without significant constriction of the flow of air from the lungs. The tongue can be at various heights in the mouth (e.g., high, mid, or low) and at various … [Read more...] about Vowels and Consonants

Prefix A syllable or a word part added to the beginning of the word is called as prefix. They never change the part of speech. A prefix has a meaning, but it is not a word. Examples of prefix : dis, un, re, co, bi, be  pre, non, im, dis, mis, sub, super, anti, over  un + happy unhappy re+ do redo co+ exist coexist re + pay repay pre + … [Read more...] about Prefix and Suffix

Diphthongs A diphthong is the double vowel sound that can occur when there are two vowels side by side. The sound begins as one vowel sound and moves towards another. Diphthong is a vowel sound in which the tongue changes position to produce the sound of 2 vowels. There are many diphthongs commonly used in English, which are as follows :- aw, au, ew, oo, oi, oy, ow, … [Read more...] about Diphthongs

Preposition Preposition is a word that is used before a noun or a pronoun. They tell you where something is located, when something happened and the way in which something is done. For Example Raman goes to School with his father. The cattle is on the table. Suresh lives in Noida. This gift is for you. The dog barks at night. The book belongs to … [Read more...] about Preposition

Singular Form When a noun is singular, it means there is one of them. For Example: Dog, balloon, toy, friend, house, family, elephant etc. Plural Form When a noun is plural it means there is more than one. To make most nouns plural we simply add -s. There are many irregular nouns that add es. For Example: Dogs, balloons,  toys, friends, houses, families, elephants … [Read more...] about Singular and Plural Forms of the Nouns

Compound words Compound words are formed when two or more words are joined together to create a new word that has an entirely new meaning. These words are formed by either adding a hyphen or just using the two words as a single term. Compound words can be written in three ways: (1) Open compounds An open compound word is created in cases when the modifying adjective is … [Read more...] about Compound Words

Verb Verbs are also known as soul of the sentences in English language. Verb is a word or a collection of words that implies behaviour or a state of being or situation. A verb is the part of a sentence that tells us what is being done by the subject.  Forms of Verb Basically there are three forms of verbs, which are as follows: Present Past Past … [Read more...] about Forms of Verb

Adjective An adjective is a word which is used to describe, identify, modify or quantify nouns or pronouns. Adjectives have three degrees that compare one thing to another. These three degree of adjectives express the intensity of adjective in increasing order. The three degrees of adjectives are : (1) Positive (2) Comparative (3) Superlative Positive … [Read more...] about Degree of Adjectives