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An infinitive is a verb form that usually appears with the word to before it. To is called the sign of the infinitive. Examples: To lift to eat to launch… Read More »INFINITIVE PHRASES

What is a sentence? A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. A complete thought is clear. A sentence always begins with a capital letter. It… Read More »SENTENCES

A participle is a verb form that always acts as an adjective. There are two types of participles: (a) The past participle – it is usually formed by adding –d,… Read More »PARTICIPIAL PHRASES

A gerund is a verb form used as a noun. It is formed by adding -ing to the present these of a verb. Gerunds can be used as subjects, direct… Read More »GERUND PHRASES

A prepositional phrase is made up of a preposition, the object of the preposition, and all the words between them. It often functions as an adjective or adverb, but it… Read More »PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

A verb phrase consists of a main verb and its helping verbs. It can function as the predicate of a sentence. The predicate tells what the subject does or is.… Read More »VERB PHRASES

A noun phrase consists of a noun and all its modifiers. It can function as a subject, object, or complement in the sentence. The modifiers may include articles, prepositions and… Read More »NOUN PHRASES

A phrase is a group of words without a subject or a predicate or both and does not express a complete thought. Therefore, a phrase can never stand on its… Read More »PHRASES

An idiom is a phrase that has a special meaning as a whole. The meaning of an idiom is different from the meanings of its separate words. Examples: It was raining… Read More »IDIOMS AND SAYINGS

Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. Antonyms also add variety to your writing. Examples: Cold-hot heavier – lighter fearful – brave. Some words have more than one antonym. Some of… Read More »ANTONYMS

Synonyms are words that have almost the same meaning but different spelling and pronunciation. Examples: Slender – thin               finish – end                  sick –ill Some words have several synonyms. For example,… Read More »SYNONYMS

Homophones are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. Example: She will buy music composed by my favourite artist. Homophones are often confused when writing by… Read More »HOMOPHONES

Homographs are words which are spelled the same but have different meanings. They usually appear as separate entries in a dictionary. Examples: The man dug a well in his compound. They… Read More »HOMOGRAPHS

What is a suffix?. A suffix is a word part that is added to the end of a base word to form a new word or to change its meaning.… Read More »SUFFIXES

PREFIXES.

A prefix is a word part that is added to the beginning of a word to form another word or to change its meaning.

The word to which the prefix is added is called the base word.

Examples:

Prefix base word, new word, un. friendly, unfriendly, pre, pay, prepay

A prefix changes the meaning of the base word.

An interjection is either a single word or short groups of words that is used to express a feeling or emotion. Interjections can express such feelings as urgency, surprise, relief,… Read More »INTERJECTION

A conjunction is a word that connects words or groups of words. Like prepositions, conjunctions show a relationship between the words they connect. But, unlike prepositions, conjunctions do not have… Read More »CONJUNCTIONS

A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between other words in a sentence. Examples: The cat lay under the table. The preposition under connects the verb lay with… Read More »PREPOSITIONS

A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition, its object and any words that modify the object. Examples: The school children waited for the green light. In this sentence, the preposition is… Read More »PREPOSITION PHRASES

Many adverbs are formed by adding -ly to an adjective. Examples: Slow + -ly = slowly quiet + -ly = quietly Sometimes the addition of -ly to an adjective may require… Read More »FORMATION OF ADVERBS