Tense
Tense is the form of the verb used to express the time of an action. Mainly there are three tenses viz. Present Tense, Past Tense and Future Tense.
The ‘Present Tense’ is used:-
To express an action that is happening now.
Examples:
I now ...
Mood
The manner of an action is expressed by the ‘Mood’ of verb. There are three moods of verbs viz. Indicative, Subjunctive and Imperative.
Indicative Mood: The ‘Indicative Mood’ simply describes the facts.
Examples:
Mohan goes school daily.
He is taught Arithmetic.
My writing is legible.
Rama ...
Voice
Voice shows whether the subject of the verb acts or is acted upon.
There are two voices viz. Active Voice and Passive Voice.
Active Voice: A verb is called in ‘Active Voice’ when its subject acts.
e.g. Rama helps Mohan.
Passive Voice: A verb ...
The Verbs
Words stating something about a person or thing are called verbs.
The verbs have been divided into two parts viz. Transitive Verbs and Intransitive Verbs.
Transitive Verbs: The verbs, the action of which is not limited to its subject but reflects to ...
The Articles
Demonstrative adjectives ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ are called ‘Articles’.
‘A’ and ‘an’ are called ‘Indefinite Articles’ as it does not indicate any definite or particular thing.
But ‘the’ is called ‘Indefinite Article’ as it indicates a definite or particular thing.
There must be ...
Adjective
Words describing some speciality of any noun or pronoun are called adjectives.
Classification of Adjectives
Adjectives have been classified into seven classes as per their use. viz. i. Demonstrative Adjectives ii. Interrogative Adjectives iii. Relative Adjectives iv. Possessive Adjectives v. Bulk or ...
The Pronoun
Words which are used instead of nouns are called pronouns.
Classes of Pronouns: Pronouns are divided into seven classes viz. (i) Personal Pronoun, (ii) Relative Pronoun (iii) Demonstrative Pronoun, (iv) Interrogative Pronoun (v)Reflexiv Pronoun, (vi) Indefinit Pronoun and (vii) Distributive Pronoun.
Personal ...
The Noun
We have already defined the noun but for the purpose of revision let us repeat it: Words used as a name of anything are called nouns.
Classes of Nouns
There are five classes of nouns:
Proper Noun: The name of a particular person, ...
Parts of Speech
Words are divided into the following eight parts:
Noun: Words used as a name of anything are called nouns. e.g.
Shakespeare is a great writer.
Pronoun: Words which are used instead of nouns are called pronouns. e.g.
He has written the “Comedy of Twins”.
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Sentence
Meaningful combination of words is called sentence. e.g.
India is a great country.
Kinds of Sentences
Declarative or Assertive Sentence: The sentence which describes something is called declarative or assertive sentence. e.g.
Sanskrit is the mother of all languages.
Interrogative Sentence: The sentence by which ...