Category Archives: English Grammar

Nouns are everywhere in our writing. But what are all the types of nouns you come across, and how do you use them? What is a noun? A noun is a word that names something, such as a person, place, thing, or idea. In a sentence, nouns can play the role of subject, direct object,Continue reading “Noun”

What is a pronoun? A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase. Pronouns refer to either a noun that has already been mentioned or to a noun that does not need to be named specifically. The most common pronouns are the personal pronouns, which refer to the person or people speaking orContinue reading “Pronoun”

What is an adjective? Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns: enormous, doglike, silly, yellow, fun, fast. They can also describe the quantity of nouns: many, few, millions, eleven. Adjectives modify nouns Most students learn that adjectives are words that modify (describe) nouns. Adjectives do not modify verbs or adverbs or otherContinue reading “Adjective”

Verbs are words used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and form the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen etc verb is a word or a combination of words that indicates action or a state of being or condition. A verb is the part of a sentence that tells us what the subjectContinue reading “Verb”

An adverb is a word/a set of words that modifies verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. It tells when, where, and how an action is performed or indicates the quality or degree of the action. Many adverbs end in –ly but some words which end in –ly (such as friendly) are not adverbs. Many words can be both adverbs and adjectives according toContinue reading “Adverb”

Introduction Prepositions are short words that are normally placed either before or after a Noun to indicate the location or position of a Noun. It shows the relation of a Noun/ProNoun to something else (Noun/Verb/AdVerb). For example, The bird is on the tree. (Relation between two Nouns) In this example the Preposition, “on” is showing the relation betweenContinue reading “Preposition”

Conjunctions are used to join clauses, phrases, and words together for constructing sentences. Conjunctions make a link between/among words or groups of words to other parts of the sentence and show a relationship between/among them. Example: Alex and Robin are playing together. Alex plays well, but Robin plays better than him. I play cricket, and Robin plays football. When he wasContinue reading “Conjunction”

Conjunctions are used to join clauses, phrases, and words together for constructing sentences. Conjunctions make a link between/among words or groups of words to other parts of the sentence and show a relationship between/among them. Example: Alex and Robin are playing together. Alex plays well, but Robin plays better than him. I play cricket, and Robin plays football. When he wasContinue reading “Interjection”

The term Gender is derived from a Latin word genus (meaning kind or sort). It tells us about the sex of the noun. Noun can be categorized into Male and Female. A noun referring to Male counterpart is called masculine gender. A noun referring to Female counterpart is called feminine gender. For most of the Nouns weContinue reading “Gender”

Introduction We all use sentences in our day to day life to make others understand what we think, want or feel. A sentence is a group of words which makes a complete sense. For example, I am very happy today. I am going out for cycling. Vienna and Bella are playing chess. Vienna is playingContinue reading “Sentences”