What Is Vocabulary? It is a set of words that you are familiar with in a language. How does vocabulary help? Vocabulary helps you communicate. It is a useful tool in social interaction. Depending on the extent of your vocabulary, you will be able to...
Articles An article is a kind of adjective which gives information about a noun and is always used with a noun. There are only two articles an and the, but they are used in abundance. The word ‘a’ is called the indefinite article because the...
Conjunctions A conjunction is a word that connects other words or groups of words. Marie and Mark were enemies. (and is the conjunction here because it connects two nouns in the sentence). He will either walk or drive. (or is the conjunction here because or...
Prepositions A preposition is a word which shows relationships among other words in the sentence. The relationships include direction, place, time, cause, manner, and amount. Eg: She comes to dance by the train. (by is the proposition here showing the manner). The UPS parcel will...
Pronouns A pronoun is a word which can be used instead of a noun. For example, instead of saying this is Mary’s uniform, the pronoun her can be used in place of Mary and the sentence becomes – This is her uniform. Pronouns are used...
Adverbs A word that gives more information about a verb, an adjective or another adverb is called an adverb. Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in terms of qualities such as time, frequency, and manner. eg: Marina eats fast. Here fast describes the verb eats....
Adjectives An adjective is a word which describes or gives more information about a noun or a pronoun. Adjectives are words that show off the qualities of nouns. They describe, size, color, number, kind etc. Sam is clever and shrewd. Here clever and shrewd describe...
Verbs A verb is defined as a word which shows action or a state of being. The verb is the soul of a sentence. A sentence is incomplete without a verb. It is easy to recognize the action verbs. eg. The snake bit the mongoose....
Nouns A noun is a word which names a person, animal, place or thing. Here are some examples of nouns: girl, lake, friend, India, square, school, truth, university, idea, Gandhi, uncle, pencil, stamp, vacation, teacher, history. Gandhi is a noun because it is the name...
Parts Of Speech Parts of speech are to grammar what letters are to reading and writing. Parts of speech helps be understanding the use of words and how words can be put together to communicate. Parts of speech are used to organize words in accordance...
