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    COMMUNICATION SKILLS

    Sanjay Kumar, Currently Associate Professor of

    English at JK Lakshmipat University (JKLU), Jaipur

    Pushp Lata, Currently Head, Department of Languages,

    BITS, Pilani

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    Chapter: 2

    Essentials of Grammar

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    Learning Objectives

    To learn in detail about the different parts of speech such as

    nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs

    To know how many types of nouns are there and how they are

    formed

    To learn how pronouns are used and what their types are

    To learn how to use the articles -a, an, and theappropriately in

    your speech and writing

    To learn in detail what a sentence is and its various types

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    Parts of Speech

    In English language, there are certain elements, such as noun,

    pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, etc.,

    which are considered essential parts of speech.

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    Nouns

    Nounis a word used to mean a person, place, or a thing.

    Example

    1. Jackis a stupid boy.

    2.Indiais a great country.

    3. The juryfound the prisonerguilty.

    4.Beautyneeds no ornaments.

    5.I have one sister.

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    Common and Proper Nouns

    These are words that are used to refer to common and non-specificthings, e.g., girl, boy, camera, computer, keyboard, etc.

    As a general rule, a common noundoes not begin with a capitalletter unless it appears at the start of a sentence

    Examples

    1. Jaipur is a fascinating city.

    2. Kathak is a famous dance.

    3. Mohammad Rafi was a great singer.

    4. Nokia is a mobile.5. Delhi is the capital of India.

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    Proper Nouns

    These are names of people, places, organizations businesses,schools universities, etc. They are always written with acapital letter, even if they are in the middle of a sentence.

    Examples:London, Paris, Michael, Angela, MercedesBenz, Honda, Oxfam, King Edward VII, CambridgeUniversity, etc.

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    Collective Nouns

    These are words that are used to describe groups of things, e.g.,platoon, class, band, cast, etc.

    Note:Some collective nouns can only be used to refer tospecific groups, e.g., herd (of cattle), flock (of sheep), gaggle(of geese), caravan (of camels)

    Sometimes, a number of persons or things are taken togetherand spoken of as one, e.g.,

    1)The armyhas besieged the town.

    2)The policewent for a cane charge.

    3)The jur ygave its verdict

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    Abstract Nouns

    These are the words used to name non-physical things. Theseinclude feelings, states of mind, concepts, etc.

    Examples:love, hatred, ambition, cynicism, reluctance,mathematics, sociology, etc.

    Let us look at a few more examples:

    1.Laughteris a good medicine; so, you must laugh.

    2. Though common mortals like you and me die, people like MotherTeresa become immortal; deathcannot kill them.

    3.Friendshipis a great blessing. We must be proud of our friends.

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    Countable and Uncountable

    Nouns

    Those which can be counted, such as cup, orange, book,

    engineer, donkey, etc., are called countable nouns.

    The nouns that we cannot count, such as milk, oil , water,

    bravery,beauty, dedication, etc., are known as uncountable

    nouns.

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    ExerciseFind out whether the nouns given below are countable or

    uncountable.

    Girl

    Wisdom

    Idea

    ImaginationStyle

    Composure

    Kite

    Intuition

    Paper

    Tub

    Pass

    Title

    Chair

    MagazineSeminar

    Crime

    Integrity

    Movie

    Cricket

    Speech

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    Continued

    Choose the correct form Correct Usage

    Rushdie is a man of

    letter/letters.

    Thousands of people

    gathered to pay their lastrespect/respects to the

    departed leader.

    The armed force/forces can

    be seen on a move along the

    border. We have received the

    good/goods sent by you.

    Rushdie is a man of letters.

    Thousands of people

    gathered to pay their last

    respects to the departedleader.

    The armed forces can be

    seen on a move along the

    border.

    We have received the goodssent by you.

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    Avoid Errors while Denoting

    Plural Noun Forms

    Choose Betweens/ -es Correct Usage

    Volcanoes/ Volcanos cankeep simmering on forhundreds of years before

    they burst. The first three cantoes

    /cantos of the book arewonderfully written

    The thiefs /thieves made off

    with the entire jewelry. Photos/ Photoes clicked in

    the broad day light, aregenerally not very clear.

    Volcanoes can keep

    simmering on for hundreds

    of years before they burst.

    The first three cantos of the

    book are wonderfully

    written.

    The thieves made off with

    the entire jewelry.

    Photos clicked in the broad

    day light, are generally not

    very clear.

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    Choosing Plural Forms

    AppropriatelySometimes, we go wrong while making the plural form of

    compound nouns.

    Compound Noun: To give some specific information about

    something or someone, we use one defining type of noun aheadof another which is known as compound noun, e.g., a book rack

    (a + noun + noun).

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    Compound Noun Usage

    Incorrect Correct

    The good trains derailed

    on its way to Delhi. The cloth shop is just

    round the corner.

    Jane has been working as

    an air-hostess with Indian

    Airline.

    The goods train derailed

    on its way to Delhi. The clothes shop is just

    round the corner.

    Jane has been working as

    an air-hostess with Indian

    Airlines

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    Exercise

    Choose the correct forms of the following nouns:

    India and America have signed quite a few

    memorandums/memoranda.

    What is the criterion/criteria for selection in this

    organization?

    Our country is facing several different types of crisis/crises.

    The phenomenon/phenomena of Indian engineers and doctors

    going abroad has to change.

    The parenthesis/parentheses shown within the text are to be

    removed.

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    Answers

    India and America have signed quite a few memoranda.

    What is the criterion for selection in this organization?

    Our country is facing several different types of crises.

    The phenomenon of Indian engineers and doctors going abroadhas to change.

    The parentheses shown within the text are to be removed.

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    Pronouns

    Pronoun is a word that replaces a noun. Without using

    pronouns, we actually cannot write in a manner that would be

    viewed as polished and proper.

    Examples

    It is I/me who protested the move in the meeting.

    We are not so stupid as they/them are.

    Let I/me speak for a while.

    Mildred and I/me are childhood friends.

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    Continued

    If the pronoun has to be the subject of the sentence, it should be

    in the subjective case, i.e., it should be written as I , He, She,

    They, etc.

    If the pronoun has to be the object of the sentence, it should be

    in the objective case, i.e., it should be written as Me, Him, Her,

    Them, etc.

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    Continued

    We have to use the pronoun in

    the subjective case(I , We, You, They, He, She, I t,etc.)

    the objective case (Me, Us, You, Them, H im, Her, I t,etc.)

    or the possessive case (My, Our, Your, Their, H is, Her, I ts, etc.)

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    Continued

    Different nuances with regard to the usage of pronouns, lets see the

    different types of pronouns

    Personal pronouns (He, She, They, I, We, You, etc.)

    Impersonal pronouns (It) Demonstrative pronoun (This, Those, These, etc.)

    Distributive pronouns (Each, Either, Neither, etc.)

    Indefinite pronouns (Some, Many, Everyone, Someone, etc.)

    Relative pronouns (Who, Which, Whose, That)

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    Contd

    Reflexive and Emphatic Pronouns (Myself, Yourself, Themselves,

    Herself, Himself, etc.)

    Examples

    It is raining quite hard this time. (Its raining quite hard thistime.)

    Its been ages since I met him (It has been ages since I met him.)

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    Exercise

    Fill in the blanks with appropriate pronouns

    1._______ am the one who cares for ________.

    2. When ______ came to the room, ______ was locked.

    3. Here is ______ book, take ______ away.

    4. He loves _____ wife and cannot live without _____.

    5. _______ has lent ______ scooter to _____ for a week.

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    Answers

    1. I; you

    2. I/he/she; it

    3. your; it

    4. his; her

    5 .He; his; him

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    Adjectives

    A word used to add to the meaning of a noun or pronoun is an

    adjective.

    Examples:

    1. Amita is aclevergirl.

    2. Rohan gave me fivebooks.

    3.There is littletime for preparation.

    4. Eachboy must wait for his turn.

    5. Neitherstatement is true.

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    Contd

    When words such as each, either, neither, etc. are used with some

    nouns, they are called Distributive Adjectives.

    When words like thi s, that, those etc. precede some nouns, they

    are called Demonstrative Adjectives.

    When words like which, what, etc. precede a noun or a pronoun,

    they are known as Interrogative Adjectives.

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    Contd

    Adjectives of Qualitygood, bad, wonderful , stupid, beauti ful ,ugly

    Definite Numeral Adjectives

    Cardinalone, two, three

    Ordinalf irst, second, thi rd

    Indefinite Numeral Adjectivesall, few, many, some, certain,

    enough

    Distributive Adjectivesthis, that, those

    Demonstrative Adjectiveseach, neither

    Interrogative Adjectiveswhich, what

    Emphasizing AdjectivesVery, own

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    Difference between few, a few, and the

    few; and little, a little, and thelittle

    Fewsuggests hardly anything or anybody.

    A fewstands for some whereas the fewis used to refer to the

    nouns in the context.

    Littleis almost nothing.

    A li ttlemeans some.

    The li ttlemeans whatever little amount of something.

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    Exercise

    Fill in the blanks with appropriate adjectives from the list of

    adjectives given below:

    Pampered, petrified, latest, sensuous, ghastly, stylish, redundant,

    talented

    1. _________ children always get spoilt.

    2. Keats poetry is remarkably __________.

    3. With dead bodies littered around, it was a ______ sight.

    4. Fashionable girls tend to dress-up in a _____ way.

    5. Avoid using ________ words in your speech.

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    Answers

    1. Pampered children always get spoilt.

    2. Keats poetry is remarkably sensuous.

    3. With dead bodies littered around, it was a ghastly sight.4. Fashionable girls tend to dress-up in a stylish way.

    5. Avoid using redundant words in your speech.

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    Verbs

    The verb is the most essential part of speech in English. You can

    think of a sentence without subject or object but you can not

    think of a sentence without a verb. Even the shortest sentence

    contains a verb.

    Example:Stop!, Come!, Go!, Sit!, etc.

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    Contd

    The verbs in English change in form according to Subject and

    tense. For example, the verb to sing, to dance, to cry, etc.have

    following forms:

    1.to sing, sing, sings, sang, singing, sung2.to dance, dance, dances, danced, dancing

    3. to cry, cry, cries, cried, crying

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    Classification of Verbs

    We divide verbs into two broad categories

    1. Helping verbs

    2. Main verbs

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    There are only about 15 helping verbs : is, are, am, was, were, has,have, had, can, could, may, might, must, will, would

    Modals

    Examples

    I. We can.

    II. People must.

    III.They will.

    L inking Verbs

    Example

    Manisha is intelligent. (Manisha= intelligent)

    Helping Verbs

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    Main Verbs

    These verbs have meaning on their own.

    Examples

    I write.

    Children play. They run.

    We laugh.

    Main verbs are also called lexical verbs.

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    Contd

    Main verbs have meaning on their own unlike helping verbs.

    There are thousands of main verbs, and we can classify them

    in following ways.

    Transitive and Intransitive

    Dynamic and Static

    Regular and Irregular

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    Transitive and Intransitive

    Verbs

    Example

    I. He read a novel yesterday.

    II. My mother has planned a trip to Mumbai.

    III. Snigdha loves swimming.

    Read, planned, and loves require objects in order to complete

    the sentences. Such verbs are called transitive verbs.

    Transitive verbtakes a direct object, e.g., somebody ki l led the

    snake. An intr ansitive verbdoes not require a direct object, e.g.,he died.

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    Dynamic and Stative Verbs

    The verbs which describe action are called dynamic verbs. Thesecan be used with continuous tenses. There are other verbs which

    describe state or a situation and are called stative verbs. They

    cannot normally be used with continuous tenses.

    Examplesof dynamic verbs: hit, kill, fight, run, go, throw, explode,

    write, etc.

    Examplesof stative verbs: be, like, love, prefer, impress, hear, see,

    sound, belong to, consist of, need, appear, resemble, seem, etc.

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    Regular and Irregular Verbs

    Regular verbs: base, past tense, past participle

    Examples

    Cook, cooked, cooked

    Clean, cleaned, cleaned

    Water, watered, watered

    Irregular verbs: base, past tense, past participle

    Examples

    Do, did, done

    Eat, ate, eaten

    Drink, drank, drunk

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    Exercise

    Identify the verbs in the following sentences, as transitiveor

    intransitive.

    1. The children are flying kites in the sky.

    2. Planes are flying in the sky.

    3. He is a man of letters; he writes quite well.

    4. He wrote a letter to his beloved.

    5. Always speak the truth

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    Answers

    1. Transitive

    2. Intransitive

    3. Intransitive

    4. Transitive5. Transitive

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    Adverbs

    Examples Zaheer Khan is a fastbowler.

    He bowls fast.

    But he does not bowl very fast.

    He bowls moderately fast.

    Jatin is my fastfriend.

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    Exercise

    Given below are sentences which choose different adverbs oradverbial phrases. Identify them and define their types:

    1. I have not seen him lately.

    2. He therefore could not achieve success.3. She moved around quite sprightly.

    4. The refugees slept fretfully in the tent.

    5. Probably, he has gone to the market.

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    Answers

    1. I have not seen him lately.

    (lately; adverb of time)

    2. He therefore could not achieve success.

    ( therefore; adverb of reason)

    3. She moved around quite sprightly.( around; adverb of place)

    4. The refugees slept fretfully in the tent.

    (fretfully; adverb of manner)

    5. Probably, he has gone to the market.(probably; adverb of certainty)

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    Exercise

    Read the following sentences and see if the adverbs are rightly

    placed. Rewrite the sentences if required.

    1. He looks often sad and gloomy these days.

    2. Doctors have reported that now one can have cancer also due todepression.

    3. She is intelligent enough to marry a fool like you.

    4. He has been to Kashmir never before.

    5. The committee has been already informed about the incidence.

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    Answers

    1. He often looks sad and gloomy these days.

    2. Doctors have now reported that one can have cancer also due

    to depression.

    3. She is intelligent enough not to marry a fool like you.

    4. He has never been to Kashmir before.5. The committee has already been informed about the

    incidence.

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    Modals

    The words such as can, could, may, might, will, would, shall,should, must, and ought to are called modals.

    Examples

    1. It may rain today.2. It might rain today.

    3. It will rain today.

    4. I can lift this box.

    5. I could lift this box.

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    May and Might; Can and Could

    When I was young, I ________ swim very well.

    ______ you live long.

    You ______ leave now. ______ I, Sir?

    ______ you solve this sum for me? Though its quite late, it ______ just be fine even if we

    reach now.

    _______ you help me cross the road?

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    Answers

    1.When I was young, I could swim very well.(Could for reference to the capability in the past)

    2. May you live long!

    (May for wishes)

    3.You may leave now. May I, Sir?

    (May for seeking and giving permission. Can also possible in

    informal speech)

    4. Could/Can you solve this sum for me?

    (Could for polite request; Can somewhat impertinent)

    5. Though its quite late, it might just be fine even if we reach now.

    (Might for expressing slight hope)

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    Shall, Should and Will, Would

    Look at the following sentences and try to figure out which of

    the modals out of the given options will suit the purpose

    according to the context.

    1. Will/Shall/Should I open the door for you?

    2. Be sincere lest you would/should/may fail miserably in life.

    3. She told me that she will/should/would turn twenty six next

    month.

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    Answers

    1. Shall I open the door for you?

    (Shall Iare used to know the willingness of the person

    addressed)

    2. Be sincere lest you should fail miserably in life.

    (Lestmeaning so that it does not happenis followed byshould)

    3.She told me that she would turn twenty six next month.

    (In indirect narration, wil lbecomes would)

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    Must, Should, and Ought to

    The modalsmust, ought to, and shouldare used to express

    concepts of obligation, necessity, duty, advice, suggestion,

    command, expectation, etc.

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    Exercise

    Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals.

    1. I ________ leave; I am getting late.

    2. ________ that I were selected Miss India!

    3. What is the point in crying over the spilt milk? You ______have listened to us earlier!

    4. I ______ leave for America next month.

    5. Leave it; I _______ do this for you.

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    Answers

    1. Have to/Must

    2. Would

    3. Ought to/Should

    4. Am

    5. Will

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    Exercise

    Choose appropriate modal for the following expressions: Living in such shanties should be/ must be so difficult!

    Mustnt you have/Couldnt you have informed us about it in

    time?

    Would/May you suggest me some more names?

    He could/used to be a fun loving guy before marriage.

    He said I should/might come at any time.

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    Answers

    1. Must be

    2. Couldnt you have

    3. Would

    4. Used to be

    5. Might

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    Prepositions

    Look at the italicized words in the following sentences:

    Majestic, the super boar, loves traveling byair.

    Pussy, the cute cat, sat onthe table.

    Champion, the pampered dog, sat inthe car.

    Petty, the tiny mouse, hid underthechair.

    Prepositions are the words placed before a noun or a pronoun toshow the relation or connection with the remaining part(s) ofthe sentence.

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    Important Points to Remember

    Using prepositions correctly is not always as easy as it

    sounds and many a time, errors are caused in sentences due

    to wrong choice of prepositions in a sentence.

    Since prepositions relate more to collocations than to rules,

    it would be more appropriate to learn them with the help of

    examples.

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    Let us see if you can make out the errors that are caused by wrongchoice of prepositions in the following sentences:

    See you in Christmas.

    Applications must reach the Registrars Office on 31st May.

    You must be home before twelve oclock.

    See you on the theatre. I will discuss this issue on tomorrow.

    On last Sunday, we went on a picnic.

    When I listened to him, I found him quite boring.

    What are doing? I am searching my mobile.

    For many years, Foxy lived at Delhi; now she is at Jaipur.

    The Gujarat Earthquake registered 8.1 in the Richter scale.

    Exercise

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    Correct Usage

    See you at Christmas. Applications must reach the Registrars Office by 31st May.

    You must be home by twelve oclock.

    See you at the theatre.

    I will discuss this issue tomorrow.

    Last Sunday, we went on a picnic. When I listened to him, I found him quite boring.

    What are doing? I am searching for my mobile.

    For many years, Foxy lived in Delhi; now she is in Jaipur.

    The Gujarat Earthquake registered 8.1 on the Richter scale

    At Times Only a Particular

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    At Times Only a Particular

    Preposition Follows Certain Verbs

    Choose Between Correct Usage

    He is endowed with wonderful

    creative talent.

    On a foreign tour, players have to

    adapt to the changed climatic

    conditions.

    I am really grateful to you for all

    your support.

    New meanings can always be

    derived from good writings.

    He was quite poorly judged by his

    teachers.

    He is endowed by/with

    wonderful creative talent.

    On a foreign tour, players

    have to adapt with/to the

    changed climatic conditions.

    I am really grateful to/for you

    to/for all your support.

    New meanings can always be

    derived from/on good

    writings.

    He was quite poorly judged

    with/by his teachers.

    Contd

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    Choose Between Correct Usage

    The Congress has recently beenprofited by infightings in the

    BJP.

    Though a rebel to the core before

    marriage, he now is confined to

    his wife and kids. The Prime Minister was apprised

    of the latest incidents in the riot-

    hit areas.

    The Speakers timely

    intervention prevented themembers from coming to blows

    with each other.

    He just cant help it; he is

    addicted to wine.

    The Congress has recently beenprofited with/by infightings in the

    BJP.

    Though a rebel to the core before

    marriage, he now is confined

    with/to his wife and kids.

    The Prime Minister was apprised

    with/of the latest incidents in the

    riot-hit areas.

    The Speakers timely

    intervention prevented the

    members from/of coming toblows with each other.

    He just cant help it; he is

    addicted with/to wine.

    S t d it T

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    Sentence and its Types

    A sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense.

    Example

    1. The boy sang a song in the class.

    PhraseA group of words that makes partial sense and does not have a

    subject and predicate of its own is called a phrase.

    Example

    sang a song in the class.

    Exercise

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    Exercise

    Now, choose the right prepositions in each of the following sentencesand tally your answers with those given in the answer key:

    When we watch a tragedy, we are overcome in/with emotions. Having been caught using unfair means, he was debarred

    from/with sitting for/in the examinations of/for three years.

    Despite all the rumours, we are quite confident about/of securinga win.

    Many members abstained with/from casting their votes.

    The captain attributed his victory to/on his team.

    You need to apologize for/to her immediately.

    The poem refers with/to the mythical allusions.

    He was disgusted at/with the idea for/of having to change hischilds diapers on/in his wifes absence.

    If you are ignorant of/about everything, you are likely to fail inlife.

    He sounded particularly obliged to/for his family members.

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    Connectives

    Connectives are the words such as and, but, af ter, because,

    though, as, wherein, whereupon, for, unless, lest, whi le,

    whereas, etc. These are also called conjunctions.

    Some of these connectives are known as CoordinatingConjunctionsand some others are called Subordinating

    Conjunctions.

    : To distinguish the Coordinating Conjunction

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    :To distinguish the Coordinating Conjunctionfrom a Subordinating Conjunction, look at the

    following sentences

    Ashe was not well, he could not come to the meeting.

    (The conjunction asconnects the subordinate clause As he was notwell, to the main clause he could not come to the meeting;hence aSubordinating Conjunction)

    He was not well andhe could not come to the meeting.

    (The conjunction andconnects two independent clauses he was notwelland he could notcometo the meeting; hence a CoordinatingConjunction)

    Unlessyou solve sums, you cannot feel confident in Mathematics.

    (The conjunction unlessconnects a subordinating clause unlessyou solve sumsto the main clause you cannot feel conf ident in

    Mathematics;hence a Subordinating Conjunction) She was not beautiful butshe looked attractive in that dress.

    (The conjunction butconnects two independent clauses she was notbeautifuland shelooked attractive in that dress;hence aCoordinating Conjunction)

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    Main Coordinating Conjunctions:

    And, but, or, also, eitheror, neithernor, etc.

    Main Subordinating Conjunctions:Though, although, as, when, unless, while, because, etc.

    Contd

    Incorrect Correct

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    1. Hardly I had entered the room, when

    the phone rang.

    2. He neither appeared prepared or

    confident while speaking.

    3. You must work hard lest you should

    not fail.

    4. Not only he is stupid but stubborn as

    well.

    5. Such rituals are seldom or ever

    observed in America.6. She not only makes errors, but she

    does not also admit them.

    7. No sooner we had boarded the train,

    it started to move.

    8. He is a greater scholar; he always

    speaks like an expert.

    9. We can either speak our mind or can

    keep quiet in such situations.

    10. He is in a fix; he cannot either leave

    his job nor can do it well.

    1. Hardly had I entered the room, when

    the phone rang.

    2. He appeared neither prepared for the

    interview nor confident while

    speaking.

    3. You must work hard lest you should

    fail.

    4. He is not only stupid but also

    stubborn. (OR) Not only is he stupid

    but also stubborn.5. Such rituals are seldom or never

    observed in America.

    6. She not only makes errors, but also

    does not admit them.

    7. No sooner had we boarded the train,

    than it started to move.

    8. He is a greater scholar; he always

    speaks as an expert.

    9. We can either speak our mind or keep

    quiet in such situations.

    10. He is in a fix; he can neither leave his

    job nor do it well.

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    Contd.

    A group of words that forms a part of a sentence and alsohas a subject and predicate of its own is called a clause.

    Example

    When we reached home, it was midnight.when we reached home, too seems to make complete sense, but

    it is not as complete as the other part - it was midnight - is.

    Even then, it has a subject (we), a verb (reached) an object

    (home) and an adverb (when). So both these parts are

    clauses.

    Diff b t

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    Difference between

    whereuponand wherein

    Desdemona drops her handkerchiefwhereuponIago misuses

    it.

    The conjunction whereuponmeans immediatelyafterwards, whereinmeans in place.

    Diff b t i f

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    Difference between even if

    and even though

    They allowed me to continue the diploma even thoughI had

    failed in the first two papers.

    Even i fis only conditional whereas even thoughisconcessional.

    Diff b t hi l

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    Difference between whi le

    and whereas

    He is idiotic whereashis wife is quite intelligent.

    I met him while I was going to college.

    The conjunction whilesuggests a simultaneous action whereas

    the conjunction whereasis written to bring out the contrast.

    Difference between Despite

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    Difference between Despite

    and In sp i te o f

    Despitethe fact that he has five daughters, he is not worried.

    OR

    I n spite ofthe fact that he has five daughters, he is not worried.

    The conjunction despiteis not followed by ofthough in spiteis

    Types of Sentences (based

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    Types of Sentences (based

    on Sense)Sentence

    Assertive

    or

    Declarative

    Imperative Interrogative

    NegativeExclamatory

    Contd

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    Contd

    Assertive or Declarative Sentences

    Example

    Cassius does his work on time.

    Negative Sentences

    Example

    Catherine does not do her work on time.

    Interrogative Sentences

    ExampleDoes Brutus do his work on time?

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    Contd

    Imperative Sentences

    Example

    Antony, do you work on time!

    Exclamatory SentencesExample

    You too, Brutus! Then Caesar must die!

    Types of Sentence (based

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    Types of Sentence (based

    on structure)

    Sentence

    Simple Complex Compound

    Contd

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    Simple Sentence

    Example

    I ndia won the match.

    Compound Sentence

    Example

    We tr ied hard but we could not win the match.

    Complex Sentence

    Example

    Although we tr ied hard, we could not win the match

    E i

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    Exercise

    Read the following sentences and state whether they aredeclarative, exclamatory, imperative, interrogative, or

    negative.

    1. Help us, please.

    2. We dont like such things.

    3. What a shame!

    4. Be quiet.

    5. He was stabbed in the party.

    A

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    Answers

    1. Imperative2. Negative

    3. Exclamatory

    4. Imperative

    5. Declarative

    Exercise

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    Exercise

    Read the following expressions and state which of the them are

    compound sentences and which others are complex

    sentences.

    1. All are equal but some are more equal than others.

    2. You must go or I shall slap you.3. When we reached back it was quite dark.

    4. Show me the place where he was killed.

    5. They always claim who never achieve.

    Answers

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    Answers

    1. Compound

    2. Compound

    3. Complex

    4. Complex

    5. Complex

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