EWLEG : English Grammar

• Verbs :>> 1 - Auxiliary verbs
• Verbs :>> 2 - Modal verbs
• Verbs :>> 3 - The imperative
• Verbs :>> 4 - Simple present (indicative)
• Verbs :>> 5 - Present progressive
• Verbs :>> 6 - Present perfect
• Verbs :>> 7 - Present perfect progressive
• Verbs :>> 8 - Conditional
• Verbs :>> 9 - Past conditional
• Verbs :>> 10 - Past progressive
• Verbs :>> 11 - Habitual actions in the past
• Verbs :>> 12 - The preterit
• Verbs :>> 13 - Pluperfect
• Verbs :>> 14 - The subjunctive
• Verbs :>> 15 - Irregular preterits and past p
• Verbs :>> 16 - Near future
• Verbs :>> 17 - The simple future
• Verbs :>> 18 - Future progressive
• Verbs :>> 19 - Future perfect
• Nouns :>> 20 - Gender of Nouns
• Nouns :>> 21 - Plurals of Nouns
• Nouns :>> 22 - Capital letters of Nouns
• Adjectives :>> 23 - Forms of Adjectives
• Adjectives :>> 24 - Usage of Adjectives
• Prepositions :>> 25 - Space of Prepositions
• Prepositions :>> 26 - Usage of prepositions
• Prepositions :>> 27 - Transportation of prepositions
• Prepositions :>> 28 - Time of prepositions
• Prepositions :>> 29 - Indirect objects of Prepositi
• Prepositions :>> 30 - Verbs with prepositions
• Prepositions :>> 31 - Prepositional Verbs
• Pronouns :>> 32 - Personal pronouns
• Pronouns :>> 33 - Relative pronouns
• Pronouns :>> 34 - Reflexive pronouns
• Pronouns :>> 35 - Reciprocal pronouns
• Pronouns :>> 36 - Demonstrative adjectives and p
• Articles :>> 37 - Definite articles
• Articles :>> 38 - Indefinite articles
• Articles :>> 39 - Partitive article:"some"
• Constructions :>> 40 - Adverbs
• Constructions :>> 41 - Possession
• Constructions :>> 42 - Negation
• Constructions :>> 43 - Questions
• Constructions :>> 44 - Passive voice
• Constructions :>> 45 - Comparatives
• Constructions :>> 46 - Superlatives
• Constructions :>> 47 - Present participles
• Constructions :>> 48 - Causative constructions
• Constructions :>> 49 - Direct and indirect discourse

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TOEFL Vocab

1.		Nothing could ever abash him.
		(A)	please
		(B)	delight
		(C)	embarrass
		(D)	infuriate
2.		The doctor gave him some medicine to abate his pain.
		(A)	increase
		(B)	reduce
		(C)	augment
		(D)	revive
3.		The king abdicated the throne in order to marry a commoner.
		(A)	grabbed
		(B)	usurped
		(C)	abandoned
		(D)	retained
4.		A rich kid was abducted yesterday.
		(A)	rescued
		(B)	kidnapped
		(C)	killed
		(D)	betrayed
5.		The young man stole the money in a moment of aberration.
		(A)	deviation
		(B)	conformity
		(C)	anecdote
		(D)	sanity
6.		We abhor a traitor.
		(A)	admire
		(B)	scorn
		(C)	respect
		(D)	revere
7.		A good citizen abides by law.
		(A)	violates
		(B)	removes
		(C)	shifts
		(D)	adheres to
8.		We don't force anyone to abjure his religion.
		(A)	adopt
		(B)	give up
		(C)	cherish
		(D)	abduct
9.		Grace has abominable taste in clothes.
		(A)	graceful
		(B)	detestable
		(C)	delightful
		(D)	classy
10.		His garden abounds in beautiful flowers.
		(A)	teems with
		(B)	lacks
		(C)	abhors
		(D)	abdicates

Conversation

I couldn't help it !!!

Daryl	I am upset. Somebody told my boss I have a part-time job.
Smith	And he doesn't like that ?
Daryl	No, he doesn't. He thinks that I am too tired to work.
Smith	I am sorry. I have to admit I told him.
Daryl	You told him ? Why ?
Smith	I couldn't help it. He asked me point-blank.

Explanation :

If you can't help the way you feel or behave, you cannot control it or stop it from happening. You can also say that you can't help yourself.

If you say something point-blank, you say it very directly or rudely, without explaining or apologizing.

Pronouns

The kinds of Pronouns
1.  Pronouns is a word used instead of a noun.
2.  Pronouns are divided into :--

a)  Personal Pronouns            more >>
b)  Interrogative Pronouns      more >>
c)  Relative Pronouns             more >>

Nouns

Nouns

1. A noun is the name of a person, place, or thing.
2. Nouns are divided into five different kinds : --

Proper Nouns 
Common Nouns
Collective nouns
Material Nouns
Abstract Nouns

A Proper Noun is the name of a particular person, place, or thing.
eg :  John ( person ) ;  Palm Beach County ( place ) ; The Chinese ( people );
                                                   Books ( thing )
A Common Noun is a name that can be given to any person or thing of the same kind.

eg : Man, boy, table, dog

A Collective Noun is singular in form though denoting more than one.

eg : Herd, army, flock.

A Material Noun is the name of a substance

eg : Milk, iron, wood.

An Abstract noun is the name of a quality.

eg : Love, truth, color.

Preposition

A Preposition is placed before a noun or pronoun to show the relation between this noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence.
Examples : --

Put his book on the table.
Give this book to him.

Note - The noun or prooun placed after the preposition is called its Object
In the above sentences, the noun " table " is the object of the preposition " on " ; and the pronoun " him " is the object of the preposition " to ".
The following list contains some other examples of the preposition : --

( a ) A lamp is hung above my head.
( b ) He sailed across the sea.
( c ) He returned after many days
( d ) He is not at home just now.
( e ) He stands before the door
( f ) The dog ran behind its master.
( g ) He stood below me in the class
( h ) I sat beside him.
( i ) There is nothing in the room besides a table.
( j ) You must be back by four o'clock.
( k ) He does this sum for his calssmate.
( l )  He came from school.
( m ) Go into the garden.
( n ) He sent me a box of books
( p ) He sat under the tree.
( q ) He killed the bird with a stone.  

Adverb

Adverb

1. An Adverb qualifies any part of speech except a noun or pronoun, but it usually qualifies a verb, and adjective, or another adverb.
Examples : --

( a ) He runs fast
( b ) He runs very fast
( c ) He is quite happy.
 

In ( a ) the adverb " fast " qualifies the verb " run " ; 
in ( b ) the adverb " very " qualifies the adverb " fast " ; and 
in ( c ) the adverb " quite " qualifies the adjective " happy ".

Verb An Auxiliary Verb

Verb

An Auxiliary Verb is used to help an other verb.

( a ) I shall go.
( b ) We have come.

Note : A verb that is helped by an auxiliary verb is called a Principal verb

In a " shall " is an auxilizry verb used to help the verb " go " to form a future time.

In b. " have " is an auxiliary verb used to help the verb " come " to express a time partly past and partly present.

An Intransitive Verb

An Intransitive Verb does not require an object to complete its meaning.
Examples : --

( a ) He sleeps
( b ) We go.

No object can come after such verbs as " sleep ", " go " etc

Verb

A Transitive  Verb requires an object to complete its meaning.
Examples : --

a. The hunter killed a bear.
b. The scholar learned his lesson.

In ( a ) " bear " is the object of " killed ".
In ( b ) " lesson " is the object of " learned ".

Transitive Verb has two voice : --
a  The Active voice
b. The Passive voice
Note : - An Intransitive verb from its nature cannot have voices.

Distributive Adjectives

Distributive Adjectives point out that the objects named are to 

be taken separately.

There are only four distributive adjectives.
Examples : --
I will give a book to each scholar in this class.
Every person in the room was astonished.
You may have either book.
You may have neither book.

Demonstrative Adjectives show which thing is meant.

Adjectives

Demonstrative Adjectives show which thing is meant.

This house is mine.
That house is your.

These adjective sare also subdivided into Definite and Indefinite.
a) Definite demonstrative Adjectives point out some particular objects.

He is in the house.
This book is mine.
That pen is yours.
These books are mine.
Those pens are yours.
I cannot do such a thing as that.
This is the same story as I heard the other day.

b) Indefinite Demonstrative Adjectives do not point out any particular object.
He has an horse.
He has not any brother.
He saw me one day in the theater.
A certain man came here.
Some man came here.
Give me any other box.
I have another box.
Other men would not do so.

Adjectives

Adjectives

Numeral Adjectives express number.
Numeral Adjectives are subdivided into (a) Definite and (b) Indefinite
a) Definite Numeral Adjectives denote some exact number. Those which show how many things there are are called Cardinals;  Those which show in what order things stand are called Ordinals.

Cardinals :  one, two three, etc.
Ordinals   :  first, second, third, etc.

b) Indefinite Numeral Adjectives do not denote any exact number.
Examples : --
All men are mortal.
Some men died young
No men were present.
Many men are poor.
Few men are rich.
More men came today than yesterday.
Most men must work for their living.
Several men came.
Sunday men went away.

Adjectives

Adjectives

Quantitative Adjectives indicate how much of a thing is meant.

He has much rice.
He has little rice.
He has no rice.
He has some rice.
He has not any rice.
He has enough rice.
He has sufficient rice.
He sold all the rice.

Descriptive Adjectives

Adjectives  

Descriptive Adjectives qualify a noun by  adding some quality 
or state to it.

eg :  a.  A brave soldier killed the enemy.
            ( quality )
       b.  There are some sick soldiers in the hospital
                                  ( state )

 

Adjectives

Adjectives

Proper Adjectives are derived from proper nouns.

eg :  a. Chinese soldiers fought bravely.
        b.We are studying the English language.

In ( a ) the word " Chinese " is  a proper adjective because it is derived from the proper noun " China "
In ( b ) the word " English " is a proper adjective because it is derived from the proper noun " England ".
Note -- Every proper adjective should begin with a capital letter.

English Grammar

When we compare two things or people we look at what makes them different from each other.
For example:

Tall / Short

The man on the left is taller than the man on the right.
The man on the right is shorter than the man on the left.

Fast / Slow

A car is faster than a bicycle.
A bicycle is slower than a car.

Comparative adjectives are used to show what quality one thing has more or less than the other. They normally come before any other adjectives.
For example:

Big / Small

The red bag is bigger than the blue bag.
The blue bag is smaller than the red bag.

Forming the comparative

Form	Rule	For example
Words of one syllable ending in 'e'.	Add -r to the end of the word.	wide - wider
Words of one syllable, with one vowel and one consonant at the end.	Double the consonant and add -er to the end of the word.	big - bigger
Words of one syllable, with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end.	Add - er to the end of the word.	high - higher
Words of two syllables, ending in 'y'.	Change 'y' to 'i', and add -er to the end of the word.	happy - happier
Words of two syllables or more, not ending in 'y'.	Place 'more' before the adjective.	beautiful - more beautiful

The following adjectives are exceptions to this rule:

• 'good' becomes 'better'
• 'bad' becomes 'worse'
• 'far' becomes 'farther' or 'further'

!Note - When comparing two things like this we put than between the adjective and the thing being compared.
For example:-

• "Mount Everest is higher than Mount Snowdon."
• "Arguably, Rome is more beautiful than Paris.

Nouns: gender 

1) General rule
English nouns rarely change form, even to indicate gender. As a general rule, only nouns referring to people and some animals reflect gender in their form. By the same token, unlike many other languages, the adjectives modifying nouns will remain unchanged.
Example: My poor little dog died.

2) However, certain nouns -- especially those referring to people -- may have different forms to indicate masculin or feminine usage:
man -- woman
gentleman -- lady
actor -- actress
uncle -- aunt
father -- mother


The same can be said of certain male and female animals:
a buck, a doe
a ram, a ewe
a bull, a cow
a stallion, a mare


3) In other cases, the word "male" or "female" is added, if it is considered necessary to be specific:
a female cat
a male giraffe

4) Pronouns
Note: If the gender of the person or animal is known, one will generally use the pronoun "he" or "she" to refer to it, as appropriate. When the gender is left unstated, the pronoun "he" is generally used when speaking of people, or "it" when speaking of animals. Some objects are also considered to be gendered in certain usages: some people may refer to a boat or a car as "she."

5) Man/Woman
Certain nouns (especially the names of professions) are traditionally associated with men or women, in which case one signals exceptions to the tradition by adding "woman" (or "lady") or "man" to the term:
They are in a group of male dancers.
My wife prefers to see a woman doctor.

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