English Grammar Lessons And Worksheets
Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word. Choose your answers from the options given below. (outgrowth, outfit, outburst, onerous, outlandish, ordeal, opaque, optimum, ostracize, ostentatious) 1. His sudden ……………….. of anger shocked us...
Dilemma Dilemma comes from the Greek phrase di (two) + lemma (a premise / proposition) Dilemma means difficult choice, problem, predicament, quandary etc. The doctor’s dilemma was whether he should tell the patient the...
To discriminate is to demonstrate bias or show disfavor toward somebody. The company was accused of discriminating against female employees. (= The company was accused of demonstrating bias against female employees.) Discriminate can also...
Superlative adjectives normally take the article the. She is the tallest girl in the class. (NOT She is tallest girl in the class.) This is the best book I have read. (NOT This is...
Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word. Circumlocution, chore, chasm, chauvinism, chagrin, censure, celestial, cessation, categorical, caustic 1. The minister made a ………………… denial of the charges leveled against him. 2. His ………………....
The words confidant and confident have very different meanings. Confidant (male) and confidante (female) are nouns. She is my closest confidante. (= She is my closest friend.) A confidant or confidante is a person...
The verbs lend and loan are interchangeable. Lend me 50 dollars. OR Loan me 50 dollars. Use loan when speaking of money and use lend when speaking of objects. Will you lend me your...
Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase. This grammar exercise tests your understanding of basic grammar rules. 1. We are going …………………… a) more slowly and more slowly b) more and...
Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the word given in the brackets. 1. A few people lingered after the ………………. of the meeting. (terminate) 2. The belief that the universe is...
These words are often confused. There has two uses. It can be an adverb of place. Put the vessels there. (= Put the vessels in that place.) I went there yesterday. (= I went...