English Grammar Lessons And Worksheets
Complete the following sentences using appropriate phrasal verbs. The man I saw on the road had …………(1)………… very expensive clothes. When asked where he was going, he told me that he was a tourist...
Read the following sentences. He bought a new bag. He bagged the first prize In the first sentence ‘bag’ is used as a noun whereas in the second it is used as a verb....
Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the word given in the brackets. 1. Everyone seemed impressed with the …………………. of the idea. a) original b) originality c) originate Answer: originality Here...
An egoist is a supremely selfish person. An altruist, on the other hand, is more interested in the welfare of others. Egoism and altruism – these are different personality types. Can you work with...
Every human being is unique. Everyone’s personality is shaped by a number of environmental and genetic factors. This vocabulary exercise examines different personality types.
In English, we use certain suffixes for nouns referring to persons and certain other suffixes for practices or philosophies. Consider Person Practice Adjective Misanthrope Misanthropy Misanthropic Misogynist Misogyny Misogynous/misogynistic Monogamist Monogamy Monogamous Bigamist Bigamy...
Abortive (unsuccessful) Abortive means unsuccessful. The terrorist made an abortive attempt to blow up the bridge. (Their attempt to blow up the bridge was not successful.) I made an abortive effort to bake a...
Abnegate (verb) When you abnegate things, you renounce them; you refuse to take them. In a bid to lose weight, Maya abnegated sweets for one month. Maya likes sweets but she stopped taking them...
Abject (adjective) Abject means ‘hopeless’, ‘defeated’ or ‘extremely sad and servile’ An abject person is a defeated person who has lost all hopes. An example is a slave. The word abject is commonly used...
Abhor (verb) To abhor something is to hate it very much; to detest Hatred is milder than abhorrence, so use this word to refer to something that you really, really, really hate. To abhor...