Year: 2013

Vocabulary

Word of the week-3

Your handwriting is so poor… Your handwriting is simply unreadable.. Poor, bad and unreadable are words commonly used to describe a handwriting which is difficult to be read or is untidy. Illegible( il-leji-bal) is another word you can use to describe bad handwriting. His handwriting is completely illegible. I can’t understand a single word.

Usage

Beside vs Besides

For most of you, Beside and Besides are just the same. But the two words are way far. Beside means alongside and is used as a preposition. Come and sit beside me. Your bag is lying beside your chair. Besides means in addition to and it is used as a connector. We are happy that […]

Usage

Advice or Advise?

Advice is a noun whereas Advise is a verb Hema always gives good advice to her friends The doctor has advised me to take complete rest Similarly, Practice is a noun whereas Practise is a verb ( in British language ) You need more practice in mathematics and science Neha practises the piano daily

Usage

Prepositions-2

Here are a few more statements where prepositions have been used incorrectly. Let’s see if you can find the correct ones to be used: * He climbed on the tree * I have something to ask from you * He is capable for doing hard work * She burst with tears * He introduced me […]

Structure/rule

Verbs-2

We discussed the rule of subject-verb agreement. Subject – verb agreement rule says that: Singular (one in number) subject follows verb+s/singular form of verb ( is,has..) Plural (many in number) subject follows verb/ plural form of verb ( are,have..) However, second person You, whether singular or plural, always follow verb/ plural form of verb. * […]

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