Practice Exercises 2

This practice session is designed after reading my previous post on Articles. The answers are given for Q2, but you will have to write your answers for Q1.

Articles

Articles are actually adjectives because they describe the nouns that they precede. In English, there are only three articles: the, a, and an. However, the three are not interchangeable; rather, they are used in specific instances.

Practice Exercises 1: Answer Key

This practice exercises is to test the knowledge after the previous lessons on (1) The Eight Parts of Speech, (2) Gerunds and Infinitives, (3) Tenses.

Practice Exercises 1: Questions

This practice exercises is to test the knowledge after the previous lessons on (1) The Eight Parts of Speech, (2) Gerunds and Infinitives, (3) Tenses.

Tenses

It is a term used in grammar to indicate the time of the action or event. In any language, tense is divided into three classes namely; Past tense, Present tense, and Future tense.

Gerunds and Infinitives

A gerund is the ing form of a verb that functions the same as a noun. In a nutshell, a word formed from a verb acting as a noun and ending in ing is a gerund.

The Eight Parts of Speech

There are eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. The part of speech indicates how the word functions in meaning as well as grammatically within the sentence. An individual word can function as more than one part of speech when used in different circumstances. Understanding parts of speech is essential for determining the correct definition of a word when using the dictionary.

Transformation of Sentences

Transformation of Sentences means changing the sentences without changing its meaning. In English, there are mainly three types of sentences; Simple sentence, Compound sentence and Complex sentence. 

A simple sentence has just one clause. A complex sentence has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. A compound sentence has more than one main clause 

Commonly Confused Expressions

Here is a quick overview of some phrases and expressions that are commonly confused by students of English language and literature in Bhutanese schools.