How do you ask for your mother’s permission to go out and play? Or how do you ask for your teacher’s permission to enter the class? You form sentences with words like can, may, would, etc., right? These words are known as Modal Auxiliary Verbs. We use them in our day-to-day language to show modality, […]
By now, you must have been familiar with Simple Prepositions and Complex Prepositions. So, as you know, prepositions act as connectors which link nouns and pronouns to verbs or adjectives in a sentence. Other than this, prepositions can also play the role of information-givers. Such prepositions are called Prepositional Phrases. They show the relationship between
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When was the last time you spoke to an audience about something? Probably in school while you delivered a scripted speech on Independence Day or any other occasion. Did you feel nervous or did you stammer in between? Don’t worry, feeling this way is quite normal and most people stammer while delivering a speech. But
In this nouns guide we are going to look at examples of common noun and discuss the classification of common noun words we come across in our daily lives under various categories. In English grammar, noun is a basic tool which is used to describe a person, place, thing or an idea. Nouns can be
A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun in a sentence and prevents repeating the name of the noun again and again. For example, George ran so fast that he was about to fall. The Pronoun “he” replaced the noun George. In this blog we will learn the eight types of pronoun words you
Today we’ll learn about the meaning of qualifying adjectives and explore some examples to understand how they are used. What are Qualifying Adjectives? The adjectives used to describe the qualities of living or non-living objects are known as qualifying adjectives. The qualities could be in terms of size, nature, length, state of mind (for living-beings),
In this post we’ll learn about the definition of absolute adjectives and explore some examples to understand their usage. What are Absolute Adjectives? absolute adjectives are a type of extreme adjectives which simply define yes or no of the situation and mostly have opposites. They are non-gradable because are not defined in terms of degree
In this post we’ll learn about the definition of extreme adjectives and explore some examples to understand their usage. What are Extreme Adjectives? Extreme adjectives define quality of living or non-living objects, but they are non-gradable. They are not defined in terms of degree or quality level because they are already indicating about the extreme
In this section we’ll see what is a common noun, how to identify them and see how are they different from other types of noun and at the end we’ll look at some examples so that you can have a better understanding. What is a Common Noun? Common nouns are words used for categorizing or
This ultimate list of second-grade spelling words comprises of words right from starting to end. It will also help first-grade spelling words. These words are quite challenging which are arranged in the manner from easiest to most difficult. Following is a list of alphabetically sorted list of spelling words for a 2nd grader. The words
