Preposition Off
This word has many meanings including the following: Off: not on, no longer on Her glasses fell off. He fell off the ladder. Off: away They ran off when the police arrived. Off: not working or operating The...
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Preposition Of
This word has many meanings including the following: Of: from He is a native of China. (= He is from China.) Of: concerning Have you heard anything of them. News of Granny Of: belonging to This the official...
Adjectives Of Number | Numeral Adjectives
Numeral adjectives answer the question how many. There are three types of them. Definite numeral adjective | Examples: one, two, three, first, second etc. There are two birds in that nest. I bought twelve...
Plural Forms Of Nouns
Most nouns have both singular and plural forms. Generally speaking, nouns form their plurals by adding -s or -es to the singular. There are, nonetheless, some exceptions to this rule. Here is a list...
What Are Nouns?
Nouns are the names of people, places or things. There are different kinds of nouns. Proper nouns (India, Kerala, Hindi, Arabic, China, Amazon) Common noun (nations, country, student, book, mother, father, boy, girl, dog,...
Noun Clause
A noun clause serves the same purpose as a noun. That means it can be the subject or object of a verb. It can also be the object of a preposition or the complement...
Nor
The conjunction nor is mainly used in the correlative pair, neither-nor. He neither spends his money nor donates it. I like neither apples nor peaches. I know neither Sam nor his wife. He is neither educated nor...
How To Make Negatives In English
We make negative forms by putting not after an auxiliary verb. I do not smoke. He did not come. They are not expected to come. They have not been invited. She has not come. I cannot go. Basic rules 1. Do is used if there is no other auxiliary verb. After do, we...
Negative Questions
Negative questions are of two kinds: contracted and uncontracted. They have different word order. Contracted negative question Word order: auxiliary verb + n’t + subject Why don’t you listen to me? Don’t you understand? Hasn’t she any friends to...
Need As An Ordinary Verb And An Auxiliary Verb
Need is used both as an ordinary verb and as an auxiliary verb. As an ordinary verb As an ordinary verb need is used in the sense of ‘require’. It has the usual forms needs and needed. Ordinary need is...