Learn English Grammar

Kindly notice some sort of change in the second word of each pair :- (1) Tree ---- Trees..... ....(3) Ox ---- Oxen (2) Box ---- Boxes...... ....(4) Man ---- Men Here the if you see you would find that , the first word of each pair denotes 'one' thing , where as second word denotes 'more than one' . A Noun that denotes one person or thing is said to be in the Singular Number ; as , Boy , girl , cow , bird , tree , book , etc...

"GENDER" Gender comes from a Latin word genus , which means kind or sort . Suppose take an example :- (1) Boy ---- Girl (2) Hero ---- Heroine What do you notice ?. The first word of above two example is a male . The second word of above two example is a female . Therefore we conclude that : A noun that denotes a male is said to be the Masculine Gender . A noun that denotes a female is said to be the Feminine Gender . A...

A Noun is a word used as the name of a person , place or thing .Look at the following sentence :-........ Asoka was a wise king .The noun Asoka refers to a particular king , but the noun king might be applied to any king as well as to Asoka .We call Asoka a 'Proper Noun' , and king a 'Common Noun' .Similarly:-Sita is a Proper Noun , while girl is a Common Noun .Hari is a Proper Noun , while boy is a Common Noun .The word girl...

Words are divided into different kinds or classes , called Parts of Speech , according to their use ; that is , according to the work they do in a sentence .The parts of Speech are eight in numbers :-(1) NOUN :- A Noun is a word used as the name of a person , place , or thing ; as ,......... Akbar was a great King . .......... Calcutta is on the Hooghly . ......... The rose smells sweet .......... His courage won him honour .(2)...

There are group of words which make sense , but say they do not make complete sense .Such a group of words , which makes sense , but not complete sense , is called a Phrase .In the following sentences , the groups of words in italics are phrases :-........ The sun rises in the east......... Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall......... There came a giant to my door......... It was sunset of great beauty......... The tops of the mountains...

When we make a sentence -(1) We name some person or thing ; and(2) say something about that person or thing .In other words , we must have a 'subject' to speak about and we must say or 'predicate' something about that subject.Hence every subject has two parts -(1) The part which names the person or thing we are speaking about . This is called the 'Subject' of the sentence .(2) The part which tells something about the subject ....

"THE SENTENCE"1. When we speak or write we use words . We generally use these words in groups ; as ,........Little Jack Horner sat in a corner.A group of words like this , which makes complete sense , is called a Sentence ."KINDS OF SENTENCE"2. Sentences are of four kinds:-(1) Those which make statements or assertions ; as ,........ Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.(2) Those which ask question ; as ,.......... Where do you live ?(3)...