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Universal Auxiliaries

Check out this product to Speak English confidently. Unique product with hundreds of situational conversations  Let us know about universal auxiliaries. So far we have learnt about 14 tenses and the formation of sentences. Now we would come to learn three pure auxiliaries. The three pure auxiliaries are will, shall and be which are used in future tense.But there are still 17 more pure auxiliaries left. They are CAN, MIGHT, MAY, SHOULD, COULD, WOULD, MUST, NEVER, USED TO, DARE, NEED, KEEP, KEPT, OUGHT TO, GOING TO, BEING and BEEN.  These 17 auxiliaries are also known as UNIVERSAL AUXILIARIES because they are used for all persons and they do not belong to any particular tense. We can use them in more than one tense. Some of the universal auxiliaries will require the help of other auxiliaries.Let us briefly know about each of the auxiliaries:1. CAN Inorder to show the ability or capacity to do a work this “can” should be used. We do not use can in cases where there is no re...

Three Forms of Verbs

Let us come across certain verbs and their present, past and past participle forms. SL.NO.   PRESENT FORM            PAST FORM                PAST PARTICIPLE FORM 1. Arise                               Arose                                Arisen 2. Awake                            Awoke                              Awaken 3. Attack                             Attacked                           Attacked 4. Bear                 ...

Compound Sentences

In this post we will learn about the types of sentences with some examples. The compound sentences may be combining form of two sentences with actual meaning. The combing forms may be for, and, or, yet and so on. If 'and' is used the second sentence must be in the same idea. If 'or' is used the second sentence contains an equal option. If 'but' is used the second sentence contains an equal and opposite idea. If 'so' is used the second sentence has equally important result. If 'yet' is used the second sentence contains the same sense with opposite idea. Like this the above combining forms also called coordinators of English language can be used in the sentences. These coordinators are used to connect the sentences which are perfect in meaning. Then what is a complex sentence? Complex sentence:- This complex sentence is also has an independent clause which  is joined by one or more dependent clause. Here the ...

Types of Sentences

A sentence is the tool of expression of a clear-cut thoughts or feelings of one. We can express our thought or feeling of our mind using a sentence, which may be in any form in structure. The expression will differ situation to situation. Based on the usage of sentences the structure of the sentence will differ. In general, the structure of the sentence in English language are of three types, such as: 1. SIMPLE SENTENCE 2. COMPLEX SENTENCE 3. COMPOUND OR MIXED SENTENCE All sentences are in the two forms that is one may ask any question and the other may tell the answer. So one sentence will always be a question or an answer. If a sentence is a question, it should have one INTERROGATIVE part in it. Interrogative utterances are expressed in the words, such as 1. WHAT 2 WHICH 3. WHO 4. WHOM 5. WHOSE 6. WHERE 7. WHEN 8. WHY 9. HOW 10. HOW MUCH 11. HOW MANY 12. HOW LONG 13. HOW FAR INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS: In the above list of Interrogative words W...

Interjections in English Grammar

Interjection is a mark or icon or symbol used in sentences to illustrate an unexpected reaction such as happiness, shock, or distress. This sign of interjection can be used with a single word in a sentence or can put after a sentence too to express that illustration of the unexpected reaction. Whenever a skilled actor acts in an emotional scene, he probably needs to give modulations in his dialogue delivery like raise his voice to express his intense anger lower his voice to express smooth romantic feelings. Simultaneously he will change his body gestures according to the voice raising and lowering. These changes while writing a sentence can be expressed only with the use of INTERJECTION ! Now we will see some examples:- 1. Wow! I won the championship. 2. What a great poet Shakespeare is! 3. Alas! I lost my cycle. 4. Oh! How tall is the building? This lesson completes PARTS OF SPEECH. From the next lesson we are going to learn about STRUCTURE OF SENTENCE...

Articles in Grammar

ARTICLE is a single word such as A, AN, THE are used in a sentence to indicate the quantity of the nouns, especially common nouns. In more, an article explains about the numerals of the general nouns. For example, when we use a general or common noun such as chair, computer, table, girl, woman etc., in a sentence, we should put ‘a’ before that common noun. A singular common noun should be signified using ‘a’ before it. In a sentence common noun is signified by A, AN, THE, SOME, FEW, ANY, and NONE. These three are the articles used in English language. In the above three A, AN, THE, A and AN are indefinite articles i.e. as an indefinite article A and AN are used to represent all common nouns in vague manner. THE is a definite represent a common noun specifically. USE OF “A”: Represents a singular noun. “A” is an articles word used to signify singular common nouns in a sentence. Examples: 1. There is A chair. 2. A car has been standing near my house since last mont...

Alternative Cancer Treatments

There are many kinds of alternative treatment methods to treat cancer all over the world.  The conventional alternative cancer treatment methods are of using therapies like chemotherapy, chemoembolization method, radiation therapy, hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, and immunotherapy.  Even some methods of alternative cancer treatment techniques are costly.  They are useful in lessening the pain and discomfort of the patient.  In many cases, these alternative treatment methods give devastating and overwhelming side effects after it, but they are in no way important in reducing the symptoms of cancer. Chemotherapy is a conventional method of treating cancer using drugs.  These chemotherapeutic drugs will obliterate and demolish cancer cells by obstructing and slowing down the development and duplication of the cancer cells.  Some chemotherapeutic drugs are Accutane, Mesnex, and PROCRIT. Chemoembolization is another alternative t...