Notes and Study material for Exams
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.” … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Articles Indefinite and Definite Articles The words a, an, and the are special adjectives called articles. Indefinite Articles—a, an an—used before singular count nouns beginning with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) or vowel Sound: an apple, an elephant, an issue, an orange a—used before singular count nouns beginning with … Read more
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 … Read more