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Parts of Speech Online Test - Exercise - 2

In the sentences below, the words in italics are used as different pats of speech. Study the sentences and say what parts of speech the words are:
 
1. It is a good book.
2. Please book three tickets for me.
3. Our students leave at 8 p.m.
4. Mr. Sharma is on leave.
5. As he is suffering from Jaundice, he has refused to eat pastries.
6. Ask him to send the books as early as possible.
7. As the clock struck eleven, all the members stood.
8. He has been waiting for you since 9 a.m.
9. Since we are not in a position to attend the seminar on 15th  April, we request you to postpone it.
10. The CBI  has filed a case against the minister.
11. The file is missing.
12. She fell down.
13. He ran down the hill.
14. We like stories.
15. He climbs like a monkey. 
 

Parts of Speech Online Test - Exercise - 1 Grammar - Spoken English At Home

Parts of Speech Online Test Exercise -1


Read the following sentences carefully and say what part of speech each word in italics is: 

1. Delhi is the capital of India.
2. Prevention is better than cure.
3. He has come with his friends to attend the party.
4. Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.
5. The minister has cleverly avoided the most critical issue.
6. My strength is made perfect in weakness.
7. The crowd was dispersed by the police.
8. She comes at 10 a.m.
9. They have accepted the proposal quite reluctantly not wholeheartedly.
10. Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.
11. He has been working since 1995.
12. Though he hails from a family of Scholars, he is not a great scholar.
13. Jealousy arises from a lack of confidence, not in others, but in oneself.
14. He worked hard but he failed.
15. Oh! What have won the match
16. Hurray! We have won the match.
17. There are three faithful friends; an old dog and ready money. 


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Parts of Speech - THE SAME WORD USED AS DIFFERENT PARTS OF SPEECH

THE SAME WORD USED AS DIFFERENT PARTS OF SPEECH

Study the word 'fast' in the following sentences:

1. He didn't take anything during the 'fast' ( Names something )
2. Muslims 'fast' during Ramzan ( Expresses an action;tells what Mulsims do.)
3. I missed the 'fast' train ( Adds to the meaning of the noun " train" . What kind of a train? A fast train)
4. She speaks 'fast' ( Adds to the meaning of  the verb " speaks", tells how she speaks.  The word 'fast' is a noun in 1, a verb in 2, an adjective in 3 and an adverb in 4.

A word can do different jobs in different sentences. some words belong to more than one part of speech. 

The earth is 'round'. (Adjective)
The boys ran 'round' the tree. ( Preposition )
Will you come 'round' to our house this evening? ( Adverb )
We won the first 'round' of the game. ( Noun )
The child's eyes 'rounded' with excitement. ( Verb )

PARTS OF SPEECH Introduction and Exercises

PARTS OF SPEECH

Words are classified according to the particular work they do in a sentence. They are:
1. Noun    2. Pronoun    3. Adjective    4. Verb
5. Adverb    6. Preposition    7. Conjunction    8. Interjection

1. Noun : It is a naming word. It is the name of a person, animal, place, thing or idea.
Ex: Children, Hyderabad, Student, Jealousy.

2. Pronoun: Its a word used instead of a Noun.
Ex: He, her, itself, they, I etc.

3. Adjective: It is a word that adds to the meaning of a noun or pronoun.
Ex: good, large, few, powerful, energetic.

4.  Verb: It is a word "doing"  word.  It expresses an action. It tells what someone or something does or is.

5. Adverb: It is a word that adds to the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
Ex: late, soon, beautifully, bravely, certainly.

6. Preposition: It is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relation to another word.
Ex: on, in, at, since, for, from

7. Conjunction: It is a "joining word" . It joins words or groups of words, phrases, clauses or sentences.
Ex: but, and, or, so.

8. Interjection: It is an exclamatory word, denoting some sudden feeling.
Ex: Wow!, hurry!, oh!, ooh!, aah!, ouch!

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1. Ren & Martin High School English Grammar & Composition from S.Chand

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3. Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis 

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Test on Present Perfect Present Perfect Continuous Tenses


Put the verbs in brackets into Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

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Simple Present and Present Continuous Tense

Put the Verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous or Simple Present Tense:

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Future Perfect Continuous Tense

 The Future Perfect Continuous Tense is formed with 'will have been' and present participle. 

Future Perfect Continuous Tense is used: 

i) To indicate the duration of an event at a specific time in the future.  
ii) To describe a period which precedes a point in the future.
iii) To describe an activity which leads up to a point in the future.
Ex: By March 1999, he will have been working for this organization for twelve years.
       The register will have been running  for a year in May.   
       We will have been living here for 2 years by July.

NOTE: i) Simple Present Tense is used for a plan or arrangement in the future. 

It suggests a fixed, official programme or time-table.

Ex: Schools re-open in July.
       The Plane arrives at 6 p.m.
       The Manager comes at 11 a.m. 

ii) Present Continuous Tense is used to talk about a plan, programme arrangement in the near future.

Ex: The PM is coming tomorrow.
       We are leaving for Delhi this evening. 
       My friend is coming from America.

iii)  be + going to + base form of the verb  is used when future is coloured with intention and id the action is already decided upon and preparations have been made.

Ex: I am going to help you.
      What are you going to do now ?
      We are going to open a Medical Shop.

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Future Perfect

Future Perfect Tense is formed with will/ shall and have plus past participle.

Future Perfect Tense is used:

i) To refer to something that has not happened yet but will happen before particular time in the future.

It is used for an action that will be completed at a time in the future.

Ex: By the end of next month we will have lived here for six months.
       May be when you come up, you'll have heard from your sister.

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Future Continuous

Future Continuous Tense is formed with will/ shall and 'be' plus present participle.

Affirmative Statements                                Negative Statements


I will be writing.                                             I will not be writing.


Affirmative Questions                                 Negative Questions  

Will you be writing ?                                             Will you not be writing ? 

The Future Continuous Tense is used: 

i) To refer to an action as continuous at some time in the future.


Ex: We will be paying tennis at that time.
       She will be sleeping, when we go there.

ii) To describe an action that is fairly certain to happen in the future.

Ex:  I will be seeing them. I will be waiting for you outside.
        He will be staying at office tomorrow.


 

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Simple Future

The Simple Future Tense is formed with will/ shall plus base form of the verb.

Simple Future Tense is used:

i) To say that something is planned to happen, or that you think it is likely to happen in the future, i.e. future which is not coloured with intention, arrangement or likelihood.

Ex: He will arrange it.
      We shall do everything for you.
       She will know the answer.

Affirmative Statements                                Negative Statements

I will write.                                                    I will not write. 

Affirmative Questions                                  Negative Questions

Will your write ?                                           Will you not write ?

Past Perfect Continuous Tense With Examples - Spoken English At Home

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Past Perfect Continuous Tense is formed with 'had been' plus present past participle.

Affirmative Statements                                Negative Statements

I had been writing ?                                       I had not been writing ?

Affirmative Questions                                 Negative Questions  

Had I been writing ?                                      Had I not been writing ?

Past Perfect Continuous Tense is used: 

i) For an action that began before a certain point in the past and was still going on. It mainly indicates that an action had been in progress when something else happened.

Ex: When I met him last, he had been learning English for six months.
He said he had been waiting for the last one hour.
He looked tired because he had been working for three days. 

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Past Perfect Tense

The Past Perfect Tense is formed with 'had' and the past participle. It is therefore the same for all persons.

Affirmative Statements                                   Negative Statements

I had written.                                                     I had not written.

Affirmative Questions                                    Negative Questions

Had I written ?                                                 Had I not written ?

Past Perfect Tense is used:
i)  To talk about a past event or situation that occurred before a particular time in that past.

Ex: By 8 O' clock, I had done my home work.

ii)  It is often used for an action which happened earlier than another. The simple past is used for the later action.

Ex:  He had already left when we arrived.
When we reached the station, the train had left.
I thanked him for what he had done.
After she had spoken, She realized her mistake.
 

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Past Continuous Tense

The Past Continuous Tense is formed with was/ were plus the present participle.

Affirmative Statements                            Negative Statements

I was writing.                                              I was not writing.
You were writing.                                       You were not writing.

Affirmative Questions                              Negative Questions

Was I writing ?                                          Was I not writing ?   
Were you writing ?                                    Were you not writing ?

Past Continuous Tense is used:

i) To talk about continued state or repeated actions which occurred in the past. It is used for an incomplete action in the past. It describes an action as continuing at some past time.

Ex: Some students were fighting with each other. 
      He was playing chess.
      
ii) It is used in combination with the simple past. If an action was going on for sometime and a new action happened, the past continuous is used for the former and the simple past for the latter.

Ex: We were watching T.V.  When our uncle came to see us.
       He fell down while he was running.
 

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Simple Past Tense

The Simple Past Tense is formed by adding -ed form to the base form, Ex: worked, helped, played.

Affirmative Statements                            Negative Statements

We wrote.                                                   We did not write.
He wrote.                                                    He did not write.

Affirmative Questions                              Negative Questions

Did we write ?                                           Did we not write ?
Did he write ?                                            Did he not write ?

The Simple Past Tense is used: 

i ) To say that an event occurred or that something was the case at a particular time in the Past. 


Ex: We saw the circus yesterday.
        He died in 1984.
        They did not meet any one last week.
        I received a letter a week ago. 

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PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

The  Present Perfect Continuous is formed with have been/ has been and the past participle.

Affirmative Statements                       Negative Statements             
I have been writing.                               I have not been writing.    
He has been writing.                              He hasn't been writing.

Affirmative Questions                        Negative Questions
Have you been writing ?                       Have you not been writing ?
He has been writing ?                           Has he not been writing ?

Present Perfect Continuous Tense is used:

i) To talk about an activity or situation that started at some time in the past, continued, and still happening now.

Ex: We have been learning English.
      She has been teaching English.
      How long have you been learning English ?
      Since when has he not been coming ?

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PRESENT PERFECT

The Present Perfect Tense is formed with have / has the past participle.

Affirmative Statements                       Negative Statements
I have written                                         I have not written.
He has written                                        He has not written.

Affirmative Questions                         Negative Questions
Have I written ?                                     Have I not written ?
Has he written ?                                     Has he not written?

Present Perfect Tense is used:


i) To talk about finished actions when we are thinking about their results in the present.

Ex: She has come. ( She is here now )
       They have gone. ( They are not here )
       He has not eaten any bread. ( The bread is still on the table )
       We have not received the letter. ( It is not with us now )

ii)   To express a past action whose duration is known.

Ex: They have lived for 20 years.
       He  has been ill for five days.

iii) We cannot use past time adverbial with the present perfect
      
     Ex: I have done it yesterday. ( incorrect )
            I have done it. ( correct )

iv) But we can use adverbials like already, before, ever never, yet, so far, up to now, just now. 

    Ex: I have already read the book.
           We have met before.
           She has never met me.
           He was not arrived yet. 
           We have read three novels so far.
           Have you ever read Gita ?

V) We can use 'since' and ' for ' with the present perfect because when they are used in with this way, they refer to a definite time.

Ex: We have lived here for ten years.
       We have lived here since 1987.

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PRESENT CONTINUOUS

The Present Continuous Tense is formed with am/ is/ are plus the -ing form of the verbs:

Examples:

Affirmative Statements                                Negative Statements

I am writing                                                     I am not writing.
You are writing.                                              You are not writing.
He is writing.                                                   He is not writing.

Affirmative Questions                                   Negative Questions


Am I writing ?                                                  Am I not writing ?
Are you writing?                                              Are you not writing?
Is he writing?                                                   Is he not writing?

Present Continuous Tense is Used: 

i)   To express actions going on at the time of speaking:
      Example: We are learning English
                      She is watching T.V.
                      They are playing chess.

ii)  We also use the Present Continuous to talk about something that is going on during this period of time but is not happening just at the moment.
 Example: I am writing a novel.
                 He is reading that novel. Don't take it.
                 They are constructing a bridge.

The following verbs are usually not used in any Continuous Tense:

Verbs of the senses                 :         Ex: see, hear, smell, taste.
Verbs of feeling                      :         Ex: want, wish, desire, like, love, dislike, hate.
Verbs of thinking                    :         Ex: think, suppose, know, understand, believe, agree, remember,
                                                         forget.
Verbs of possession               :         Ex: have, possess, own, belong to.
Verbs of appearing                 :         Ex: appear, look, seen.

Incorrect                                         Correct
He is hearing                                    He hears
He is wanting money                        He wants money
I am thinking                                     I think
It is belonging                                   It belongs to me
She is looking at                               She looks sad

Simple Present Tense Introduction with Examples Usage of Simple Present Tense | Spoken English At Home

            

SIMPLE PRESENT

The simple present tense consists of the base from of the verb [ex: write] with‘s’ or ‘es’ added for the third person singular. With I , we,  you, they, we use the base from and with he, she and it, we use the verb with ‘s’ or ‘es’.           

    

Examples:

       

Affirmative statements       

           

I write

He writes

Affirmative questions

Do I write?

Dose he write?

       

Negative statements

I do not write

Dose he not write

Negative questions

Do I not write?

Dose he not write?

This tense is used:

1.    To express a habitual action.

    Ex: we get up at 6 o’ clock.

        He reads English newspaper.

        They play chess.

2.    To say that something is always or generally true.

    Ex: The sun rises in the east.

           Birds fly in the air.

3.     In Commentaries:

The wicket keeper tries to catch the ball but he misses it and the bats man takes another run.

4.    In reviews:

In the film, the hero acts well and the heroine dances excellently.

In the novel, the hero uses slang language.

5.    In newspaper headlines, to describe a past event:

Ex: president resigns.

      India wins the hero cup.

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TENSES

Tense is the form of a verb group which shows whether you are referring to the past, present, or future.


While making a statement, we usually refer to a situation which exists now, existed in the past, or is likely to exist in the future.


A set of verb forms that indicates a particular point in time or period of time in the past, present or future is called a tense.


Read the following sentences:

1. She is learning English.
2. She was learning English.
3. She will be learning English. 

In sentence 1, the verb ‘is’ refers to the present time, and is, therefore, said to be in the present tense. 
In sentence 2, the verb ‘was’ refers to the past time, and is, therefore, said to be in the past tense. 


In sentence 3, the verb ‘will be’ refers to the future time, and is, therefore, said to be in the future tense.


A verb has three main tenses:

1. The Present
2. The Past
3. The Future

The Present Tense has four forms:

1. Simple Present
2. Present Continuous
3. Present Prefect
4. Present Perfect Continuous

The past tense has four forms:

   1. Simple Past
   2. Past Continuous
   3. Past Perfect
   4. Past Perfect Continuous

The Future Tense has four forms:

   1. Simple
Future
   2. Future Continuous
   3. Future Perfect
   4. Future Perfect Continuous

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Answers for Tenses Test -1 (Pre Test ) Contd...
 
11. She gave me her cup.
12. 12. My Uncle has has given me books on India.
13. Swamiji has shown us his love.
14. The condition is improving  gradually.
15. The old man is very week. 
16. Don’t communicate with terrorist.
17. Most of the teachers work for academic recognition without any hard work.
18. The patient is sleeping on the bed.
19. He lives in London.
20. We have seen them from the auditorium

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Answers for Tenses Test -1 (Pre Test )

1. The baby is crying (cry) because her mother has gone (go) out.
2. She laughed at me. 
3. He  Shouts loudly and disturbs the other classes.
4. This land belongs to APSEB. Trespassesrs will be prosecuted.
5. He creates/makes nonsense.
6. Some of the terrorists have surrendered  themselves to the police.
7. The police have arrested him.
8. I have been waiting at the bus stop for 3 hours.
9. He painted/cleaned the house very well. 
10. She ran across the street.

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