LEARNING ENGLISH - GRAMMAR

 GRAMMAR 

ALPHABET: 

There is only one alphabet. 

It has 26 letters. 

ACCORDING TO THE SIZES: 

Capital letters 

Small letters 

ACCORDING TO THE SOUND: 

44 Sounds in 26 letters 

Vowels 

Consonants 

Semi vowels 

VOWELS: 

A E I O U 

CONSONANTS: 

B C D F G H J K L M N P Q R S T V X Z 

SEMI VOWELS: 

W Y 

LETTER: 

A B C D E a b c d e F G H I J f g h I j K L M N O k l m n o P Q R S T p q r s t U V W X Y Z u v w x y z

WORD: 

Group of letters form a word. 

SENTENCE: 

Group of words form a sentence. 

PARAGRAPH: 

Group of sentences form a paragraph. 

ESSAY: 

Group of paragraphs form an essay. 

PARTS OF SPEECH 

There are Eight parts of speech. 

Noun 

Pronoun  

Verb 

Adverb 

Adjective 

Preposition 

Conjunction 

Interjection 

Articles / Determiners

One kind of Adjectives….But these are also comes under parts of speech. NOUN: 

Naming word. 

It denotes the name of the person, place or thing. 

It is also called as “subject”

Examples: 

Cat / Bangalore /Apple / Suresh / Science 

Suresh is a good boy. 

Science is my favourite subject. 

An apple is the healthiest fruit. 

KINDS OF NOUN: 

Proper noun ( more specific) 

Common noun ( commonly mentioned) 

Abstract noun ( cannot be touched ) ( peace / love) 

Collective noun (Group )(bunch of grapes / basket of fruits) Material noun ( Iron , cotton , wood , plastic….) 

Possessive noun ( me , your ,our, …..) 

Countable noun / uncountable noun 

Compound noun ( Two or more nouns) 

Singular noun / plural noun 

Concrete noun ( seen , touched , smelt , taste) 

Gender ( masculine , feminine , neuter , common) 

Gerunds ( verb + ….ing) 

PROPER NOUN : 

Particularly Mentioned. 

Jimmy is my pet animal. 

Starting letter must be in Capital letter. 

COMMON NOUN: 

Commonly mentioned. 

Dog is a pet animal. 

PRONOUN: 

Instead of Noun , we can use pronoun 

I - I We - Teachers You - You He - Sam She - Sneha It - Puppy They - Students

SUBJECT OBJECT POSSESSIVE POSSESSIVE REFLEXIVE  PRONOUN PRONOUN ADJECTIVE PRONOUN PRONOUN 1ST Person I me my mine myself Singular 

1st Person We Us Our Ours Ourselves Plural 

2ndperson(Singular/Plural) 

You You Your Yours Yourself / 

 Yourselves 

3rd Person He Him His His Himself Sing/ male 

3rd Person She Her Her Hers Herself Sing/female 

3rdperson It It Its - Itself Sin/ neuter 

3rdperson They Them Their theirs Themselves plural

VERB: 

Action of the Noun 

TYPES: 

Action verb ( main verb) 

Auxiliary Verb ( Helping verb) 

ACTION VERBS: 

Play , dance , go , run , drink, study, sleep , feel… 

AUXILIARY VERB: 

Be verb: 

Am , is, are, was, were, be, been, being 

Do verb: 

Do , Did , Does 

Have verb: 

Have , has , had 

Modal verb: 

Can , could, may , might, shall, should, will, would, must 

Semi modals verb: 

Need , dare, used to, ought to 

ADVERB: 

Add + verb 

Additional information of verb 

Time , place Manners (ly) 

Example: 

`Sunday , house, quickly, nicely, slowly, etc…. 

Adverb of Time: 

Today , soon, since, now, early, before, already, after, always, never, once,  everyday, sometimes, often, twice……. 

Adverb of place: 

Inside , away, home, outside, near, there, everywhere, here, school, hotel,  temple…. 

Adverb of manners: 

Easily , loudly, happily, quickly, slowly, sadly, silently, bravely……

ADJECTIVE: 

Description of a noun 

About a  

new 

How they  

feel 

How a  

color 

Adjective 

Size 

Number  Quantity 

How  

noun looks How  

something  

sound 

Examples: 

something  behaves

Small , big , large, tiny, enormous, blue, red, circular, triangular, square, hard, smooth, soft, loud, seven, many, few, spicy, sweet, sour, salt, rainy,  windy, sunny, foggy, cloudy. 

PREPOSITION: 

Position of the noun 

Used before a noun / phrase / pronoun 

Approximately 80-100 prepositions. 

Examples: 

In , on , under, to, at, after, behind, etc…… 

TIME: 

On Sunday 

In December 

At night 

Go to school 

Good at mathematics 

CONJUNCTION: 

Connection word 

Examples: 

and , but, or, because, when , though, but , also 

John and Mary 

Tea or coffee 

So, for, if, as, while, until, unless, not only, other than INTERJECTION: 

Express a sudden utterance 

Exclamation word 

Examples: 

Well, Ouch, Wow, Oh, Oops, Hi, Bravo….  1. Wow ! it’s a nice shirt 

2. Hurrah ! I won the game 

3. Ouch ! Bloody hell 

4. Hi ! how are you? 

5. “Bravo ! Bravo !”

SENTENCES 

SENTENCE: 

Group of words is called Sentence. 

KINDS OF SENTENCES: 

Declarative ( statement ) 

Imperative 

Interrogative 

Exclamatory 

DECLARATIVE SENTENCE: 

Makes a statement 

Gives information 

Ends with a full stop [ . ] 

Example 

Today is a holiday , due to rain 

IMPERATIVE SENTENCE: 

Gives command 

Makes a request / wish 

Mostly ends with a full stop [ . ] 

Sometimes, an exclamation mark. [ ! ] 

Examples

1. Stand up Denotes 

2. Don’t go there Second person (You)

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE: 

Asks a question 

Ends with a question marks [ ? ] 

Example: 

Do you have a pen? 

EXCLAMATORY SENTENCE: 

Expresses happiness , anger , fear and shock. 

Ends with an exclamation marks [ ! ] 

Example: 

What a beautiful picture ! 

How strong he was ! 

Hurry ! 

 SUBJECT AND PREDICATE 

A sentence consists of two parts. 

 Subject  

 Predicate 

SUBJECT: 

Speak about some person, place or thing. 

PREDICATE: 

Say something about that person, place or thing.

MY MOTHER LOVES ME

Subject Predicate 

SUBJECT IN AN IMPERATIVE SENTENCE: You sit down 

You be quiet 

You come inside 

IDENTIFY THE SUBJECT AND PREDICATE: 1. Sita is ill. 

2. Sathish is the cleverest boy in the class. 

3. I have a house of my own. 

4. Birds build their nests. 

5. Don’t spit on the road. 

6. Always walk on the platform. 

QUESTIONS 

“Wh” questions [open question ] 

 “Verbal” questions [yes / no question ] 

“Wh” Questions: 

Who - 

Where - 

When - 

What - 

Why - 

How - 

How many - ( plural noun ) ( countable nouns ) How much - ( singular noun ) ( uncountable noun) How often /How long - 

Whose - 

With whom - 

Examples: 

1. Who are you? 

2. Where is your home? 

3. When is your birthday? 

4. What do you want? 

5. Which is your pen? 

6. Why are you late? 

7. How are you? 

8. Whose pen is this? 

9. With whom do you go? 

10.How many students are there in the class? 

11.How much sand is on the beach?

Exercises: 

1.What time is it? 

It’s 10.30 AM. 

2.Where are you from ? 

I am from Tirupattur. 

3.When will you go to home? 

I will go to home by 5.00 PM. 

4.What is this? 

This is a pen. 

5.Who are all talking? 

They are all talking. 

6.Which is your favourite place? 

My favourite place is Chennai. 

7.Why are you crying? 

Because , I lost my pen. 

8.Whose book is this? 

This is my book. 

9.With whom did you speak? 

I speak with Uma. 

10.How is your life? 

It’s fine. 

11.How many books do you have? I have five books. 

12.How much milk do you want? 5 litres.

VERBAL QUESTION : [ YES OR NO QUESTION ] Am, is , are, was, were 

Have , has, had 

Do , does , did 

Can , could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, must 

FORMATION OF VERBAL QUESTIONS: (HELPING VERBS )  “YES” OR “NO” 

I am a doctor Am I a doctor? Are you a doctor? 

He is from Chennai Is he from Chennai? She is busy Is she busy? It is a cat Is it a cat? You are hungry / Are you hungry? I am hungry 

They are same Are they same? The movie was good Was the movie good? They were busy Were they busy? You / I have arrived Have you arrived? It has started Has it started? It had started Had it started? I can swim can I swim I must leave Must I leave?

RULES: 

SENTENCE : He is from Chennai QUESTION SENTENCE : Is he from Chennai ? HOW TO ANSWER THE VERBAL QUESTIONS: ( YOU – I / WE ) 

QUESTION AFFIMATIVE NEGATIVE ANSWER ANSWER 

Are you? Yes , I am No , I’m not Is he? Yes , he is No, he’s not Am I ? yes , you are No, you’re not Was it ? yes, it was No, I wasn’t Were you? Yes , I was / No, I wasn’t Yes , we were No, we weren’t 

Have you? Yes, he have No, I haven’t Has he? Yes , he has No, he hasn’t Had we? Yes , we had No, we hadn’t 

Do you? Yes , I do No, I don’t Does he? Yes, he does No, he doesn’t Did they? Yes, they did No, they didn’t

QUESTION AFFIMATIVE NEGATIVE ANSWER ANSWER 

Can we? Yes, we can No, we can’t Could you? Yes, I could No, we couldn’t Shall we? Yes, we shall No, we shan’t Should he? Yes, he should No, he shouldn’t May I ? Yes, you may No, you mayn’t Will you? Yes, I will No, I won’t Would you? Yes, I would No, I wouldn’t Must she? Yes, she must No, she mustn’t Might they? Yes, they might No, they mightn’t

EXERCISES: 

FRAME QUESTIONS FOR THE SENTENCES:(HELPING VERB  QUESTION) 

1.He is a boy. 

2.They are friends. 

3.She should work hard. 

4.They will come tomorrow. 

5.We must attend the morning. 

6.It has come recently. 

7.They have five pens. 

8. She can dance beautifully 

9. I am fine  

10.We shall go for an excursion. 

MAIN VERB QUESTIONS: ( ACTION VERB) 1.Cows give milk. 

2.She works hard. 

3.He took my pen. 

4.He drinks tea. 

5.They help us. 

6.They played cricket. 

7.We take exercises. 

8.She speaks truth. 

9.They wrote examples. 

10.She sang songs. 

FORMATION OF VERBAL QUESTIONS: ACTION VERB I drink - Do you drink? 

You drink - Do I drink? 

He drinks - Does he drink? 

She drinks - Does she drink? 

It drinks - Does it drink?

We drink - Do we drink? 

They drink - Do they drink? 

I drank - Did you drink? 

You drank - Did I drink? 

He drank - Did he drink? 

She drank - Did she drink? 

It drank - Did it drink? 

We drank - Did we/ you drink? 

They drank - Did they drink? 

Do – Do not – Don’t I Did – Did not – Didn’t you Does – Does not – Doesn’t Did We Do 

I don’t drink They It didn’t drink He He doesn’t drink She Does They doesn’t drink It

 VERBS LIST 

PRESENT FROM PAST FROM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PARTICIPLE 

Am / is was been being Are were been being Do/does did done doing Have/ has had had having 

Will would - - Shall should - - Can could - - May might - - Agree agreed agreed agreeing 

Celebrate celebrated celebrated celebrated Change changed changed changing

PRESENT FROM PAST FROM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT  PARTICIPLE 

Close closed closed closing Cultivate cultivated cultivated curing Cure cured cured curing Damage damaged damaged damaging 

Describe described described describing Die died died dying Dive dived dived dived Educate educated educated educating Include included included including Increase increased increased increasing Inspire inspired inspired inspiring Love loved loved loving Move moved moved moving Solve solved solved solving Use used used using Waste wasted wasted wasting

PRESENT FROM PAST FROM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT  PARTICIPLE 

Accept accepted accepted accepting Adjust adjusted adjusting adjusting Allow allowed allowed allowing Arrest arrested arrested arresting Attack attacked attacked attacking 

Call called called calling Collect collected collected collecting Convey conveyed conveyed conveying Cross crossed crossed crossing Disturb disturbed disturbed disturbing End ended ended ending Insult insulted insulted insulting Jump jumped jumped jumping Paint painted painted painting Play played played playing Start started started starting Want wanted wanted wanting Drop dropped dropped dropping Fit fitted fitted fitting Omit omitted omitted omitting Permit permitted permitted permitting Plan planned planned planning

PRESENT FROM PAST FROM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT  PARTICIPLE 

Lay laid laid laying Pay paid paid paying Say said said saying Carry carried carried carrying 

Clarify clarified clarified clarifying Classify classified classified clarifying Cry cried cried crying Dignify dignified dignified dignifying Dry dried dried drying Electrify electrified electrified electrifying Hurry hurried hurried hurrying Identify identified identified identifying Intensify intensified intensified intensifying Marry married married marrying Multiply multiplied multiplied multiplying Study studied studied studying

PRESENT FROM PAST FROM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT  PARTICIPLE 

Bind bound bound binding Bring brought brought bringing Buy bought bought buying Dig dug dug digging Feed fed fed feeding 

Feel felt felt feeling Fight fought fought fighting Find found found finding Get got got getting Hold held held holding Keep kept kept keeping 

Kneel knelt knelt kneeling Learn learnt learnt learning Lend lent lent lending Make made made making Meet met met meeting 

Sell sold sold selling Teach taught taught teaching Win won won winning Become became became becoming Come came came coming Run ran ran running

PRESENT FROM PAST FROM PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT  PARTICIPLE 

Arise arose arisen arising Draw drew drawn drawing Eat ate eaten eating Fall fell fallen falling Fly flew flown flying Forget forgot forgotten forgetting Freeze froze frozen freezing Give gave given giving Go went gone going Hide hid hidden hiding Know knew known knowing See saw seen seeing Sing sang sung singing Speak spoke spoken speaking Take took taken taking Write wrote written writing Wear wore worn wearing

Cost cost cost Cut cut cut Hurt hurt hurt 

Hit hit hit Beat beat beat Put put put Quit quit quit Set set set Shut shut shut Fit fit fit Bet bet bet Burst burst burst Cast cast cast Let let let Read read read Rid rid rid Shed shed shed Split split split Spread spread spread Thrust thrust thrust

TEST SERIES: 

Accept give Add get Bake hold Bury lay Clap pay Destroy say Enjoy tell Fry wear Guess Help Introduce Jump Marry Obey Relax Study Beat Become Cost Do Draw Drive Eat Fly TENSE PRONOUN: 

I / We - First person You - Second person He / she / it / they - Third person




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