Grammar

Confusing words There are some words which can cause confusion if we are not careful about their spelling because they can be mistaken for another word which is very similar in spelling. Complete the following sentences. 1. The plants are ………………… They need more water and sunlight. (die / dye) 2. The floor has a rough surface which makes …………………… very difficult. (mop / mope) 3. I was ………………… that I would win the first prize. (hope / hop) 4.......

Idioms – W Idiomatic expressions formed from words beginning with W In the wake of Following as a result of In the wake of the recent terror attacks in the city, police have beefed up security. Walk off with something To walk off with something is to win it or steal it. He walked off with the first prize. Drive someone up the hill To drive someone up the hill is to make them very irritated. His rude replies drove his mother up the......

Verbs worksheet Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form. 1. A duck …………………… with short steps, swaying from side to side. (walk) 2. A horse ………………….. rapidly by leaps. (run) 3. Androcles told him what …………………. at the forest. (happen) 4. Animals …………………. Kindness and respond to it. (understand) 5. There was a little tree that …………………. in the woods bravely. (stand) 6. I …………………… two kilometers yesterday. (walk) 7.......

Proper nouns and common nouns Common nouns are names of people, places and things in general. Examples are: mother, tiger, city and table. Proper nouns are the names of a particular person, place or thing. Examples are: Karan, India, Jasmine, Antarctica, Greenland and Alps. In the following sentences underline the common nouns and circle the proper nouns. Tips: It is easy to identify proper nouns – they always start with a capital letter. It......

Grammar exercise Test your understanding of English grammar with these exercises 1. She is taller ……………….. her husband. (than / then) 2. He put the books ………………….. the table. (on / in) 3. Get the cat ……………….. the piano. (off / of) 4. The baby ………………….. his mother. (resembles / resembles to) 5. The child sat ………………….. his mother. (beside / besides) 6. The clown …………………….. the audience with his tricks. (amused / amusing) 7. He is nursing......

Possessive adjectives and pronouns Complete the following sentences using possessive adjectives or possessive pronouns. Possessive adjectives are words like our, my, his, her, their, your and its. They go before nouns. Possessive pronouns are words like ours, mine, his, hers, theirs and yours. 1. This house is ……………….. (our / ours) 2. We are visiting ………………. home tomorrow. (their / theirs) 3. This is ………………. laptop. (my / mine) 4. This......

Complete the following sentences using a verb form that agrees with the subject. 1. Neither the chicks nor the mother bird …………………. in the nest. (is / are) 2. Neither James nor his friends ………………. arrived. (has / have) 3. The boy …………………. all alone in his home. (was / were) 4. His brothers ………………….. left their home. (has / have) 5. One of my students ………………. selected. (was / were) 6. None of the students ………………… selected. (was / were) 7.......

English vocabulary exercise Complete the following sentences using an appropriate form of the word given in the brackets. 1. You will find it ……………………. to learn Hindi before visiting India. (advantage) 2. He is an ……………….. man, unafraid of risks. (adventure) 3. ………………… winds prevented us from arriving on time. (adversity) 4. Sweet are the uses of ……………………. (adverse) 5. It is ……………….. for all children to get vaccinations. (advice) 6. The......

Words confused Affection and affectation These words are often confused. Affection means love, fondness, emotional attachment, tenderness or warmth. She feels great affection for her parents. Affection can also mean sickness, illness or disease. He died of a consumptive affection. Affectation means pretence, sham or false mannerism. He affected a Canadian accent. To affect is to make a pretense of. She is from Canada but she affects......

Idioms – H A hair’s breadth A hair’s breadth is a very small margin. Let your hair down To let your hair down is to behave in a very relaxed way or wildly. Split hairs To split hairs is to make trivial distinctions. Not do things by halves Do things thoroughly. Hammer something in / into To hammer something in is to make it sit in someone’s mind by repeating it constantly. Hammer something out To hammer something out is to work out......

Idiomatic expressions with eye Here is a list of idiomatic expressions formed around the word eye. Eye someone up To eye someone up is to look at them with romantic or love interest. At the party, Samuel eyed many girls up, but none showed any interest in him. Be all eyes When you are all eyes, you are watching something eagerly. When the match started, we were all eyes. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth This expression......

Time expressions used with various tense forms Usually, never, seldom, always, generally These expressions are almost always used with the simple present tense. He seldom donates money to charities. He always wears neat clothes. You never thank me for anything. I usually drink coffee in the morning. At present, now, at the moment, right now etc These expressions are usually used with the present continuous tense. I am learning German......

Nouns mistakes Here are some common mistakes in the use of nouns. Incorrect: We haven’t got any breads.Correct: We haven’t got any loaves of bread. Explanation The noun ‘bread’ does not have a plural form. To express that idea we use the expression ‘loaves of bread’. Incorrect: Please excuse the troubles.Correct: Please excuse me for the trouble. Incorrect: He took troubles to do his work.Correct: He took trouble over his......

Among vs. Between There is a widespread belief that the preposition between should be used in sentences with a choice involving two items while among is applicable to choices involving more than two items. While this may be true for some cases, this rule is not absolute and can cause errors in the usage of these terms. “Here’s the important difference between Snapchat and Instagram’s lookalike apps”Business Insider “At......

Apart vs. A part Some people find it difficult to distinguish the terms apart and a part as they are similar both in sound and in spelling. However, these two have very distinct meanings and should never be used interchangeably. The word apart is generally used as an adverb used to denote that “two or more people or things are separated by a distance at a specified distance from each other in time or space.” “More......

Grammar

Possessive adjectives and pronouns

Subject-verb agreement

Words confused

Idiomatic expressions with eye

Time expressions used with various tense forms

Nouns mistakes

Among vs. Between

Apart vs. A part

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