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Basic

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Grammar
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 Vocabulary
 Grammar and Technology
 Practice to Win English

Primary Concepts

Language ():
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3. Letter (): letter.
: a, b, c … x, y, z ( )
Alphabet ( ): Letter Alphabet

Alphabet
Vowel Consonant
(a, e, i, o, u=5) ( )

Word()
meaningful letter- word. , I - ,
a- , man- -‘O’ and
‘E’ are vowels ‘O’ ‘E’ word
letter
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word ©
Sentence ()
word ( group
of Words )Sentence : I eat rice.
: sentence- Unit

Sentence- words – word
Verb Verb Sentence
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Grammar:
grammar Sentence
unit
grammar Grammar Grammar is the rules
of language.

grammar :
1. Orthography- Etymology-

2. Syntax- / Punctuation-

3. prosody-
Parts of Speech
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5. Words,

Word -
Wo-


Sentence functioni

1. Noun
2. pronoun
3. Adjective
4. Verb
5. Adverb


6. preposition
7. conjunction
8. Interjection

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Object
Noun
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Rahim knows Karim
Subject verb object
Rahim saw Karim in the bus
Subject verb object preposition noun

I go school -

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GIVE ME A RED PEN
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red

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Walkin -
The old man is walking with a walking stick.
V adj N
stick
stick?-

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I walk in the morning -
Verb
Walking is good for health-
Noun
The old man is walking with a walking stick.
Verb adj


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adverb ( / )
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10. Karim is a very good boy
Adv. Adj. N

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good adje -

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Preposition ( )
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preposition
I go to school
Prep N

Preposition

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12. Conjunction ( )

conj
Rhim and Karim went there.
conj
I know that he will come.
conj
Interjection ( )
Part of speech
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Alas! He is dead.
Interjection
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Preposition
Conjunction
Interjection



Man(Noun)-
I(pronoun)-
Good (Adjective)-
Go(Verb)-
Fast(Adverb)-


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part of speech?

I drink water
noun.
I water -
Verb.

I need a water(adj -
adjective.

Man? He is a good man.
N
He manned over the boat.
V

Book? I read a book.
N
I booked two tickets.
v
He is a book worm
adj N
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Verb + er = Noun
Teach + er = teacher
play + er = player
sing + er = singer
dance + er = dancer
write + er = writer
speak + er = speaker

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Prefix & Suffix
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16. Prefix ( ):


Prefix + Word = New Word/Changed Word.
Un + necessary = Unnecessary
Dis + favour = disfavour
Mis + take = mistake
In + correct = incorrect

Suffix ( )
Prefix-
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Word + Suffix = New Word/Changed word
Rapid + ly = rapidly
Kind + ness = kindness
Examine + tion = examination
Care + ful = careful
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She is a beauty,
N
She is a beautiful girl,
adj
This tree beautifies
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Words

1. Noun(pronoun)
2. Ad-Word (adj. & adv.)
3. Verb
4. Connector (Prep.&
conj)
5. Interjection

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Conjun


Word –



** Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives, and adverbs are vocabulary
word. Learning vocabulary means learning verbs, nouns,
adjectives and adverbs.
Preposition, determiners, pronouns, and conjunction, belong
to much smaller classes. These words are sometime called
grammatical word.


Note: There is also a small class of words called


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19. Formation of Sentence

Word-






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Subject +verb+object+Adverbial


The boys read books regularly.
S V obj. adv.

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22. subject verb Indirect object direct object

Rahim gave Amena a pen.


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23. Rahim gave a pen to Amena.
S v D.O. I.O

Subject + verb + Indirect object + direct object

subject+ verb+ direct object+ preposition+ indirect object.

©
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24. Adverbials.




+ V + I.O + D.O + P.O + Adv.

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Verb

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25. Intransitive
Verb


Verb Without object








There is a school in our villege -
subject.




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26. It rains.
It was night then.
It is our duty to serve the country.





noun
Complement |

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He is a man.
Linking verb complement

Adjective
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I made him do the work. www.swapno.in

27. Empty verb

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We often






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We have run for run.
We made a journey.
I took a look.
He gave me a smile.
I go for a ride.


Some sentence patterns

1. Subject + verb + Object (Transitive verb)

a) The women loved the man
b) We eat rice

2. Subject + Intransitive verb (No object)

a) He sleeps.
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28. 3.Subject +verb (Transitive)+Indirect object +Direct object.

a) I lent her my pen.
b) The old man told us a story.

4. S +Vt + D.O + prep. + Indirect / prepositional object .
a) I lent my pen to her.
b) I bought a watch for my friend.

5. Subject + Linking Verb + Complement
a) The thief was rather unlucky.
b) The detective became an inspector.

6. Subject + Verb + Adverbials.

a) The cat was over his arm
b) The conference is every year.

7. Subject + Verb + Object+ Complement.
a) They call the inspector Sir.
8. Subject + Verb (Transitive) + object + Adverbial.
a) He put the coat over his arm.
9. Subject + Verb + Object+ Adjective.
a) The boy pushed the door open.
b) You have made your shirt dirty.

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Classification of verb
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A) Principal verb,




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31. Verb with object

verb without object
Strong Verb
go, went,
gone.
Weak Verb
work-
worked -worked
Verb)
read, eat

Auxiliary Verb
Principal

am, do, shall
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Transitive verb:
I eat rice.
Intransitive verb:
we sleep
at night.
Strong verb:


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Weak Verb:
- work worked worked.
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Principal verb:
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Auxiliary verb:
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Tense ( )
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36. Past

Present

Future


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III) - Verb -
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Verb
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37. (i) Definite and
(ii) Indefinite






Present
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Future
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Participle =
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BE +
Present
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39. Tens
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Present

Past

Future
a) Indifinite
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b)
Continuous/
Imperfect(
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d) Perfect
Continuous
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Definite
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c) Perfect
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a) Indefinite
b) Continuous

d) Perfect Continuous
Present form
Past
form
3. Future Tense = Shall/will +
bare infinitive.
4.Continious = BE+Present
Participle (V+ing)
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40. N.B.


Indefinite Tens
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1. Present Indefinite Tense:
a) -We read books.
-I walk in the morning.
-the earth is round.
subject 3
rd
verb

- Uttpol goes to school.
2. Past indefinite tense:
a) -i went there.
- I walked in the morning.


3. Future indefinite tense:
I shall buy a book.

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41. Shall/will + bare infinitive.

(Be+ Present Participle = Continuous)

1. Present continuous tense
© - -we
are reading.

Continuous = Be+ pr
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2. Past continuous tense
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they were playing.

Continuous = BE + presen
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3. Future continuous tense
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they will be playing.
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42. Continuous = BE + present participle
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Perfect Tense (
(HAVE + Past Participle)

1. Present Perfect Tense



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(Past Indefinite) - I ate


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2. Past Perfect Tense:


I said that I had gone there.
Principal clause Subordinate clause


Past Indefinite Tense





Before: I had slept before you came.
After: you came after I had slept.
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44. Had + past participle = past perfect

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3. Future perfect tense:


I shall have slept before you
will come (Or you come)
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Perfect continuous ( )
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45. 1. Present Perfect Continuous Tense




-We have been Reading for
tow hours.



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2. Past perfect continuous tense




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Perfect

Be + present participle = Continuo


3. Future perfect continuous tense



-we shall have
been playing from 4 pm to 5pm

Perfect.

continuous = BE+ Present Pa
future = shall/ will + Have

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Tense Table


Tenses
Indefinite Continuous
Be+(V+
ing)
Present
Participle
Perfect
(HAVE+P
ast
Participle)
Perfect
Continu
ous
(HAVE
+past
participl
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BE+Pre
sent
participl
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Present

(past
form)
I go I am
going
I have
gone
I have
been
going
Past
(Past
from)
I west I was
going
I had gone I had
been
going
Future
(shall/wil
l+
bare
infinitive)
I shall go I shall be
going
I shall
have gone

I shall
have
been
going


Present Indefinite
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48. 5 kinds of sentence

- - Assertive sentence.

- - Interrogative
sentence.

- -Exclamatory sentence.

Read the book. -Imperative sentence.

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May you live long.- Optative sentence.

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5. optative Sentence-


1. Assertive Sentence

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-He eats rice.
-He does not eat rice.

: Subject + Verb + Extension.

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2. Interrogative Sentence
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Inter
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-Do you know me?
-Do you not know me?
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Past Indefinite
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auxiliary verb
auxiliary verb


auxiliary verb auxiliary verb
verb

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Auxiliary verb
Auxiliary verb
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You Know me. (Present Indefinite)-Assertive.

Do you Know me? (Present Indefinite)- Interrogative.

He went there. (Past Indefinite)- Assertive.

Did he go there? (Past Indefinite) Interrogative.

He is going. (Continuous)-IS he going?

I shall go. (Future)-Shall I go?

He has gone. (Perfect)- Has he gone?



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52. Auxiliary verb






Why have you come?

Where are they going?

How did you come?

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3. Exclamatory Sentence (


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Alas! He is dead.



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What a nice bird it is!
How nice the bird is!

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It is a very nice bird.
The bird is very nice.
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Exclamatory
Sentence.

Interrogativ


It
Interrogative sentence


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55. 4. Imperative sentence









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st
3rd
related



Let me read
the book.
Let him read
the book.
Let them read
the book.



Let us read the
book.


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57. st rd




i)


ii)



a)

b)


5. Optative Sentence ( ):

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58. Sentence

May you live long.





i)
ii)


Affirmative Sentence.

- He reads the book. -Affirmative Assertive.

He does not read the book. - Negative
Assertive.

- Does he read the book? - Affirmative
Interrogative.

- Dose he not read the book?-Negative
Interrogative.
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59. Shut the door. Affirmative Imperative.

-Do not shut the door. -Negative
Imperative.


Present or Past Indefinite Tense-
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He is a good man. -
Affirmative.
He is not a bad
man. Negative.


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60. Adverb.

Phrase and Clause

I go -
Sentence.





There is a field in front of our scho


Phrase
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61. clause


Clause

I know that he will come.

I know Clause he will come



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62. Clause he will come
noun I know part of
speech
know object part of
speech Noun he will come

he will come subordinate clausedependent
I know main clause Principal

Main clause

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63. claus Co-ordinate




As he is ill he will not come
Subordinate clause main clause
- subordinating conjunction.


principle clause.
dependent clause.
3) Co-ordinate clause.

par
finite verb

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I know the boy who is blind.
Main clause subordinate clause –adj.

- compoun
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65. I Know that he Will come.
Main clause object =Noun clause

I shall go When he will come.
Main clause adverbial clause

I Know the boy who is blind.
Main clause adjective clause

He is ill and he will not come.
Co- ordinate clause co-ordinate clause
As he is ill, he will not come.
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66. Differences
1.Sentence


2.
Phrase
3.
Subordinate
clause
4. Co-
ordinate
clause
5. Main
clause



verb

sentence

full stop(.) (?)
(!)
clause
phrase



word

group
part of
speech



group-

finite verb

non-finite
verb


Phrase


words
group

part of
speech


group-

finite
verb
main clause

subordinate
clause


subordinate
conjunction
main
clause



words
group
finite
verb
main ciause

compound
sentence

single
part of
speech
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co-
0rdinating
conjunction

compound
sentence


word


clause







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Kinds of sentence
(3 kinds)
Simple, complex, compound






1. Simple sentence: cl


I saw him going -simple sentence.


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I saw that he was going. -Complex Sentence.


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I saw -main clause,
He was going -subordinate clause


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3. Compound Sentence:
co-ordinate clause



I saw him and he was going -Compound Sentence.


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Simple sentence:

Complex Sentence:

Compound sentence: -
co-ordinate con

I saw him going Simple Sentence.

I saw that he was going - Compound Sentence.

I saw him and he was going Complex sentence.
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Simple : I saw a wounded bird.
Non –finite

Complex : I saw a bird which was wounded.
s-clause

Simple : Going there, I meet him.

Complex : After I have gone there, I meet him.

Simple : I know the blind boy.

Complex: I know that the boy is blind.
s-conj s-clause
Subordinate conjunctions: a
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co-ordinate conjunctions



Co-ordinating Conjunctions:


Simple : I saw a wounded bird.

Compound : I saw a bird and it was wounded.

Simple : Going there, I met him.

Compound : I went there and I met him.

Simple : I know the blind boy.

Compound : I know the boy and he is blind.

Compare the sentences:
Simple : He came after sunset
Prep. N

Complex : He came after the sun had set.
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73. Compound : The sun set and he came.
c-conj

Simple: In spite of trying hard, he could not succeed.

Complex:Though he tried hard, he could not succeed.

Compound : He tried hard but he could not succeed.


subordin -



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Complex : I know what his name is.



Complex : If you drink milk, you can get vitamin. www.swapno.in

74. Simple : Drinking milk, you can get vitamin.
Or, By drinking milk, you can get vitamin.
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subordinating conjun
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Simple : Eating rice, he came to school.

Complex : After he had eaten rice, he came to school.

Compound : He ate rice and he came to school.

Complex : If you read, you will learn.

Simple : By reading, you will learn.

Compound : Read and you will learn.

Compound : He is very weak and he cannot walk.

Complex : As he is very weak, he cannot walk. www.swapno.in

75. Or, He is so weak that he can not walk.

Simple : He is too weak to walk.
Or, He can not walk for his very much
weakness. etc.


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I saw him that he was going.



I told him that the earth is round.



He tells me that you went there.

He will say that I knew him.
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77. Co-ordinate conjunction (



Complex Compound sentence
clause complex
Subordinate clause Subordinating
Conjunction
, Compound- Co-ordinate
clause co-ordinating conjunction

Voice ( )




I see a bird -active voice.
A bird is seen by me -passive voice.

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78. Passive Voi





activ passive




i)object subject
initial form
past participle
(BE + past participle = passive)


iii) subjectobject
preposition
agent


- Auxiliary verb, voice change


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79. I have eaten rice. - active
s vt. Obj.

Rice has been eaten by me. passive




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Intransi
cognate object
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Active : He ran a race.
Cognate object

Passive : A race was run by him.
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80. Active : He laughs at me
Group verb

Passive : I am laughed at by him.


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D


Active : He gave me a pen.
I.O D.O
Passive : I was given a pen by him.
Retained object

A pen was given me by him.
Retained object

Factitive object Direct object


Active: We made him captain.
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81. Passive: He was made captain by us.

Dative of Interest - Indirect Object
Indirect


Active: He bought me a pen.
Passive: A pen was bought for me by him.

Factitive object, Adverbial Object



Honey tastes sweet = Honey is sweet when it is tasted

Passive

Active voice





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82. Passive voice-prepositional object Agent


The boy was punished.

BE+ Past participle =
passive.



BE+past
partic
-The thief was
caught.


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83. A bird is seen by me passive.

I see a bird -active.
menta
preposition



Active : He pleased me.
Passive : I was pleased with him.

Active : His conduct satisfied me.

Passive : I was satisfied at his conduct.


Interrogative Sentence
Interrogative Sentence


Active : Do you
know me

Passive : Am I
known to you?
Assertive : you
know me.

Passive : I am
known to you.

Imperative sentence
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84. Imperative Sentence
ve sentence

Active : Do the sum.

Passive : let the sum be done.

Active : let him read be book.

Passive : let the book be read by him.

cla


Active : I know that he will do the sum.

Passive : That the sum will be done by him is known to
me.

It is known to me that the sum will be done by
him.

Simple Sentence Transitive verb
In a clause double passive should be avoided.

they tried to do the work -active.
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