GRAMMAR
1. What is English Grammar?
English Grammar is the collection of rules that instruct us to read, write and speak English correctly.
2. What is Alphabet?
An ordered group of letters or sounds is called alphabet.
3. What is letter?
A letter is the smallest unit of a language, using which we write any English word.
4. How many types of letters?
There are two types of letter. Big letter and Small letter. Big letters are also called capital letters and Small letters are also called small letters.
5. How many Kinds of letters?
There are three kinds of letters.
1. Vowel.
2. Consonant.
3. Semi vowel.
6. What is Vowel?
The letters which are pronounced independently are called vowel.
7. What is Consonant?
The letters which are pronounced with the aid of vowels are called consonant. There are nineteen consonant letters in English alphabet. These are B. C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, X, Z.
8. What is Semi vowel?
The letters which produce the sound of both vowels and consonants are called semi vowel. There are two semi vowel in English alphabet. These are W & Y
9. What is word?
A group letters which makes a complete sense is called a word.
10. What is meaning?
A spoken word is a combination of sound that has a meaning.
11. What is spelling?
The order of letters in a word is called ‘spelling.
12. What is pronunciation?
Every letter or word has a sound which is called pronunciation.
13. What is parts of speech?
All the English words are divided into eight groups according to the work they do in a sentence. Each group is called parts
of speech.
14. How many kinds of parts of speech?
There are eight kinds of parts of speech.
[1] Noun
[2] Pronoun
[3] Adjective
[4] Verb
[5] Adverb
[6] Preposition
[7] Conjunction
[8] Interjection.
15. What is noun?
A noun is the name of a person, animal, place or thing. (Naming word)
As: - Sita, Geeta, Bettiah, Delhi, cat, pen, table, bench etc.
16. What is Pronoun?
A pronoun is a word which is used in place of noun. (The word used in place of noun)
As: - I, we. You, he, she, it they etc.
17. What is Adjective?
An adjective is a word which qualifies a noun or pronoun. (Describing word)
As: - good, bed, beautiful, healthy, red, white, big, small etc.
18. What is Verb?
A verb is a word which denotes action of noun or pronoun. (Doing words)
As: - eat, play, come, go, am, is, are, has etc.
19. What is Adverb?
An adverb is a word which qualifies an adjective, verb, or another Adverb. (Other describing word)
As:-slowly, careful, very etc.
20. What is Preposition?
A preposition is a word which come before a noun or pronoun to show its relation another words.
As: - in, at, on, from, to, of etc.
21. What is Conjunction?
A conjunction is a word used to join words or sentences together.(Joining words) As: - and, but, or etc.
22. What is Interjection?
An interjection is a word which expresses the sudden feelings of heart. (Feeling words) As: - Alas, Ah, Oh, Hello, etc.
24. Pick out the nouns in the following sentences and say what kinds of noun they are :-
a. Ram is a good boy.
(Answer: - Ram – proper Noun, boy – common noun)
b. The students are going to school.
c. Patna is the capital of Bihar.
d. Milk is good for health.
e. Samir was reading a book in his class.
f. She is the best girl in the school.
25. In each of the following groups of words, pick out the noun that belongs to different class of noun from the rest:-
a. Gold, rice, ghee, mango, sand.
(Answer: - mango – common noun.)
b. Father, brother, family, son, friend.
c. Doll, Dolly, Ball, Cup, plate.
d. Boy, childhood, girl, son, daughter.
e. Chair, boy, watch, wood, river.
f. Joy, soil, life, love, beauty.
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26. How many kinds of noun? Write its name:-
There are five kinds of noun:-
1. Proper Noun 2. Common Noun
3. Collective Noun 4. Material Noun 5. Abstract Noun
27. How many kinds of modern classification of noun? Write its name:-
There are three kinds of modern classification of noun.
1. Proper noun
2. Countable noun
3. Countable noun
28. What is proper noun /Common Noun /Collective Noun /Material Noun /Abstract Noun / Countable noun / Countable noun?
Proper Noun: - A proper noun is the name of particular person, animal, place or thing.
[Particular naming words]
Common Noun: - A Common noun is a name given in common to every person, animal, place or thing of the same class or kind. [Common naming words]
Collective Noun: - A Collective noun is the name of numbers of person or things taken together and spoken of as one whole.
[Group of naming word]
Abstract noun: -An abstract noun is the name of some quality, state, feeling or idea that we can only think of or feel but cannot see or touch. [Only feeling naming word]
Material Noun: - A material noun is the name of a material substance which is measured or weighed but not counted.
[Measure or weighted naming words]
Countable noun: - A countable noun is the name of person, animal, place or thing that we can count.
[Countable naming words]
Uncountable noun: - An uncountable noun is the name of a thing or idea that we cannot count.
[Uncountable naming words]
29. How many types of gender?
There are four types gender in English grammar.
1. Masculine Gender 2. Feminine Gender
3. Common Gender. 4. Neuter Gender
1. Masculine Gender: - A noun that denotes a male is said to be of the masculine gender.
Father, Brother, Tiger, Actor, Horse, He.
2. Feminine Gender: - A noun that denotes a female is said to be of the feminine gender.
Mother, Sister, Queen, Daughter, Woman, She.
3. Common Gender: - A noun that can denote both male and female is said to be of the common gender.
Baby, Teacher, Child, Student, Parent, I, We, You, They.
4. Neuter Gender: - The noun that denotes a thing that is neither male nor female is said to be of the Neuter gender.
Pen, Chair, Book, Fly, Dog, Cat, I