English Grammar

CAN:  be able to + verb She will be able to do it tomorrow. They were not able to come. Will you be able to bring it next week? MUST: have to + verb We will not have to go there. I had to buy new curtains. Did you have to go there? MAY: be allowed to + verb We are allowed to stay out until 8 p.m. Will we be allowed to go to the cinema? They were not allowed to buy anything. Note: These expressions can be also used in the present tense. I am able to win the tournament. Is he allowed to buy a dog? You have to send the letter today.

  An adjective usually describes a noun or pronoun and it is used either before a noun or after a lining verb. Examples: Big, small, beautiful, interesting etc. Qualitative adjectives provide information about the qualities of something or someone. So:  These adjectives identify a quality that a person, an animal or a thing has; large, small, beautiful etc. For examples: Tall boy, big dog, long letter etc.   qualitative : good, bad, happy, blue, French   Because qualitative adjectives describe qualities, you can have more or less of the qualities they refer to. He’s an intelligent man. I saw a large red car outside their house. There was a long hairy caterpillar on the leaf. classifying adjectives .  These adjectives place a noun in a particular class that it belongs to. These adjectives are words like ancient, modern, golden, silver etc. classifying adjective - an adjective that classifies its noun (e.g., `a nervous disease' or `a musical instrument'

 pronouns: Singular Subject Singular Object Singular Reflexive Plural Subject Plural Object Plural Reflexive First I me myself we us ourselves Second you you yourself you you yourselves Third Male he him himself they them themselves Third Female she her herself they them themselves Third Neutral it it itself they them themselves

For many students of English, understanding the core parts of speech is very important. The noun is one of these, and there are different types of nouns in English. A noun is a word used to describe a person, place, thing, event, idea, and so on. Nouns represent one of the main elements of sentences, along with verbs, adjectives, prepositions and articles. Nouns usually function as subjects or objects within sentences, although they can also act as adjectives and adverbs. Here is a list with the different types of nouns: 1. Proper nouns  Used to describe a unique person or thing, proper nouns always start with a capital letter. Examples include Mary , India , and Manchester United . Walt Disney, Mount Kilimanjaro, Minnesota, Atlantic Ocean, Australia, Empire State Building, Fluffy, Sun Country 2. Common nouns  Common nouns are used to describe persons or things in general. Examples include girl , country , and team   man, mountain, state, ocean, country, buildi

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1. Usually add the letter s to the end of a singular noun to make it plural.   book - books Singular Plural boat boats hat hats house houses river rivers  2. In compound nouns, add s only to the main noun.   son -in-law - sons -in-law .   3. If the singular noun ends with a consonant + y , drop the y , replace with an i and add es . Don’t drop the y , if the y is preceded by a vowel.   a baby – babies, a country – countries Singular Plural a cry

                A noun is the name of any person, place or thing  Proper Nouns A Proper noun always begins with a capital letter It is the individual names   While a noun names a person, place, thing, or idea a proper noun gets more specific. It gives us the actual name of the person, place, thing, or idea.  The actual names of people are proper nouns. So are the names of states, streets, rivers, oceans, countries, companies, institutions, churches, and more.  You can see more specific examples below. eg. Mary, Delhi, Toronto   Common Nouns Common nouns are your run-of-the-mill, generic nouns. They name people, places, things or ideas that are not specific. woman, city, dog, shoe Since these nouns are not naming anything specific, they do not need to start with capital letters unless they begin a sentence. A Common noun always begins with a small letter  It is the name of a class  eg. man, girl,  Difference between Common Noun and