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In the recent posts we came across several "Universal Auxiliaries". Now in this post we would learn more about universal auxiliaries. In this post we would learn some of the four special auxiliaries which are "used to, keep, kept, and going to". 1. USED TO: The conditions for the auxiliary "used to" is  a. to talk about a regular habit of present time. b. to talk about a past regular habit discontinued some time in the past. c. to express future expectations. Used To Grammar Exercises Some of the rules are 1. In the present tense the auxiliaries "AM USED TO, IS USED TO, ARE USED TO" are used where in the verb form no other verb but a noun must follow. 2. In the past tense the auxiliaries "WAS USED TO, WERE USED TO" are used where in the verb form no other verb but a noun must follow. 3. In the simple past tense the auxiliaries "DID,........ USE TO" are used where in the verb form present form verb is used. In...

In English language reflexive pronouns are useful in expressing emphatic representations. Emphatic pronouns can be created by adding the word SELF to the pronouns, such as HIM, HER, YOUR, MY and IT in singular expressions. The plural expressions such as THEM, YOUR, and OUR, but SELF becomes SELVES when added to these pronouns. Emphatic expressions are used in a sentence to reflect the action back to the subject part in the sentence. We will see some example sentences now. See this sentence, 'I will pay the debt myself.' In this sentence, 'pay' is the verb action that reflects back to the subject 'I' by adding myself at the end of the sentence. Any reflexive pronoun should be preceded by a noun or a pronoun, adverb or an adjective. Examples of Reflexive Pronouns He tested himself in the test. Joseph copied emails of himself. My child hurt herself. He hurts himself. They identified themselves. We cheat ourselves. The other name of the re...

In this post, we are going to deal about emphatic and reflexive pronouns. We all know that a pronoun is usedi n the English language instead of a noun. What is an emphatic pronoun? Emphatic pronoun refers to a personal pronoun and which is employed to emphasize a particular noun. In English language, there are about 23 emphatic pronouns. These pronouns can be used in any part of the sentence, such as in the subject, or in the object, and or in the possessive pronouns. The common pronouns are he, she, it and they. For example, see this sentence, Kamal is a good actor and he realized it. In this sentence, the sentence is a compound sentence attached by 'and.' In this sentence 'Kamal' is the noun and 'he' is the pronoun to denote Kamal and 'it' at the end of the sentence refers the first sentence that Kamal is a good actor. So, HE emphasizes the noun Kamal. In a sentence, any emphatic pronoun can be used for many reasons. To understand clearly about...

In this post we would learn some more about the topic gerund. One of the actual rule is using a gerund alongwith an appropriate preposition to replace an infinitive verb. Gerunds must be used after particular verbs used  firstly. They are appreciate, consider, deny, dislike, enjoy, excuse, fancy, forgive, imagine, keep, mind, pardon, remember, understand and risk. Some of the examples are given below. 1. I appreciate your giving me so much help. 2. Are you considering this hero in the next film? 3. Do you deny seeing me at the farewell function? 4. I dislike shaking hands with him. 5. We do enjoy discussing for hours, don't we? 6. Please excuse our dancing irregularly. 7. Can you fancy my asking the old woman for a supper out? 8. Forgive my asking this help. 9. Imagine my participating in a essay writing contest? 10. Don't keep standing in the outside ground. 11. Do you mind passing a cup of milk? 12. Pardon my saying so, you are ...

In this post we would go through some more examples. 1. The visitor insisted on seeing Sachin who was a boarder. 2. This boy is good at dancing towards music. 3. That short girl over there is very fond of laughing. 4. The headmistresses has no objection to complaining your behavior again. 5. Aren't you interested in listening stories? 6, I felt bored after coming out of the theatre. 7. A meter is an instrument for taking electrical measurements. 8. The police charged the person who was arrested with rioting. 9. You can't touch your toes without bending your toes. 10. My younger sister is used to sleeping late night on Sundays. Note:- Most of the gerunds especially when used as the subject or the object can be replaced by infinitives.Some of the examples are given below. 1. Richita doesn't like lying. A. Richita doesn't like to lie. 2. Don't all of us love playing? A. Don't all of us love to laugh? 3. Seeing is ...

Let us discuss some of the gerunds when the verb is in the present form. We will describe breifly as  1. Play - Playing, 2. Swim - Swimming, 3. Steal - Stealing, 4. Ride - Riding, 5. Jump - jumping 6. Act - acting, 7. Recieve - Recieving, 8. Smoke - Smoking, 9. Fish - Fishing, 10. Dance - Dancing Let us come through some of the examples where gerunds appear in the middle of a sentence. 1. You must practise writing every day. 2. Stop acting in the film until you are clear in the action. 3. Rama loves designing room. 4. Reshma start playing as yet. Before a gerund possessive pronoun is used which describes any noun which will be either an adjective or a possessive pronoun and placed to the left side of  the noun. Here are some of the examples. Good girl, smart boy, ugly crow, large box, my instrument, her sister, his brother, their boat. As in the above case we can use a pronoun or a noun before a gerund and it must be in the possessive f...

Until the prior post,we have learnt about Infinitives. From this lesson, we will learn about Gerunds. When we introduce what is a gerund, we can consider any verb and adding 'ing' to it. For example, take the verb 'go', this is an order to go anywhere of someone, with this verb add 'ing', and we will get going.  Other examples are reading, coming, swimming, etc., In all the present form verbs, we can add 'ing' to make it a gerund. After adding 'ing' to any verb, it becomes a gerund and to it is a NOUN. We can use these nouns in the sentences as nouns and it can be used both in subject part of the sentence or in the objective part of the sentence. For example, Going to my aunt's house will make my father angry. In this sentence going is used in the subject part of the sentence. Other examples of using gerunds in the subject part of a sentence. Gerund as subject in the sentences: 1. Fishing is my best hobby. 2. Bathin...