Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Heavy rains in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand have claimed 27 lives since Friday even as rivers continue to be in spate in Bihar....
Fill in the blanks with an adjective of the appropriate degree of comparison. 1. We can no ………………………. (long) depend on them. 2. He is ……………………… than his brother. (brave) 3. She is the...
Articles are words like a, an and the. A and an are called indefinite articles. The is called the definite article. We use articles before nouns. Note that a and an are used before...
Can and must are modal auxiliary verbs. Can shows ability. We can use can to talk about possibility in questions and negative sentences. Must shows necessity and obligation. Must not shows prohibition. We can...
A main clause or independent clause can stand alone. It has a subject and a finite verb of its own and makes complete sense. A subordinate clause, on the other hand, cannot stand alone....
Adverb clauses of time are usually introduced by the time conjunctions after, before, while, until, as soon as, when. When both clauses refer to the future, use a simple present in the time clause....
Small adjectives form their comparative and superlative forms by adding -er and -est to the positive. Adjectives of more than two syllables form their comparatives and superlatives with more and most. A few adjectives...
Fill in the blanks with the simple present tense form of the verb given in the brackets. 1. Janet ……………………… with her grandparents. (live) 2. I ……………………. a loan to buy a car. (need)...
Transitive verbs are followed by objects. The object of a verb can be a noun, pronoun or ing form. Study the examples given below. In order to find the object, put the question word...
Agent nouns are nouns that denote a person or thing performing a certain job. You can form agent nouns by using the following suffixes. By adding the suffix –er Work – worker (agent noun...