Learn your basic English grammar

 

Learn your basic English grammar

A preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object. Some examples of prepositions are words like in, at, on, of, under, between, opposite ,to and many more ……..

 

There are five different types of prepositions:

1.Simple prepositions.

2.Double prepositions.

3.Compound prepositions.

4.Participle prepositions.

6.Phrase prepositions.

Simple prepositions

He sat on the chair.

There is some milk in the fridge.

She was hiding under the table.

The cat jumped off the counter.

He drove over the bridge.

She lost her ring at the beach.

The book belongs to Anthony.

They were sitting by the tree.

Double preposition

 

A double preposition is a word that is made by the combination of two simple prepositions made into one word to make a whole new word. It connects two prepositional words in a sentence to connect nouns, pronouns, and the phrase.

 

Example of double preposition

Into, according to, in front of, from behind, inside, out of, outside,  next to, from beneath, without, due to because of etc.

Due to

He worked out five sums out of ten.

A cat jumped into the water.

Success is impossible without his support.

Covid 19 Pandemic calculations are wrong according to WHO reports.

 

A simple preposition is a one-word preposition. ... A compound preposition functions as a single preposition. It consists of two words such as according to, because of, different from, due to, and instead of. Examples of three-word compound prepositions are as far as, in addition to, in front of, and in spite of.

 

 

 

Compound prepositions.

What is compound preposition with example?

Compound Prepositions: Compound prepositions are those prepositions that are made by prefixing the preposition to a noun, an adjective or an adverb. Say for example, amongst, amidst, above, around, along, across, about, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, outside, within, without.

A compound preposition functions as a single preposition. It consists of two words such as according to, because of, different from, due to, and instead of. Examples of three-word compound prepositions are as far as, in addition to, in front of, and in spite of. There is no much difference between compound and double prepositions in the formation words.

 

 

Two-word compound prepositions:

 

1.According to  his mother, he often talked in his sleep.

2.As of next week, all of you will eat less to lose weight.

3. face was perfect aside from that one hairy mole.

4.The bucks fought hard and it’s all because of a doe.

5.We waste a lot of time arguing instead of agreeing.

6.The detective didn’t know he was sitting next to a wanted man.

7.Sometimes my grandfather cuts pictures out of my magazines.

 

Three-word compound prepositions:

1.The explosion could be heard as far as five kilometers away.

2.We keep five dogs in addition to two cats.

3.It’s his habit to doze off in front of the television.

4.They continued with their search and rescue mission in spite of the bad weather.

5.He can’t sing any more on account of his failing health.

The villagers carried pails of water on top of their heads.

Participle prepositions

 

Participial prepositions or participle prepositions are participles (gerund forms -ing' or -ed forms). Participial prepositions include: excluding, following, notwithstanding, pending, considering, during, regarding, including, etc. All these participles can function as 'participle prepositions'.

 

Adding -ing to the base form of a verb creates the present participle. For example, eat is the base form of the verb to eat. ... Other examples of present participles include swimming, laughing, and playing. The present participle can function as an adjective and modify nouns in sentences.

 

Participle prepositions examples:

1. I am working during the night and I am exhausted.

2. The laws were not in their favour, notwithstanding they decided to pursue the case.

3. Following our disagreement, we shall go ahead with the plans to build a new office.

 

phrasal prepositions

A phrasal preposition is a simple preposition preceded by a word from another category, such as an adverb, adjective, or conjunction. Examples: According to, Aside from, Next to, Ahead of, Because of, Out of, Along with, But for, Prior to, Apart from, Contrary to, Thanks to, As for, Except for, Up to, As to, Instead of.

 

1.They told me that in addition to all the work done I also needed to finish the project.

2.Rafael Nadal is playing tennis very well, he’s surely on top of his game at the moment.

3.As opposed to seeking advice from your sister, why don’t you talk to your close friend Sandy?

4. I was speaking in reference to the  prevailing Pandemic   Corvid 19 issues.

 

 

Parts of Speech




We can  group  English words into 9 basic types called "parts of speech" or "word classes". It's quite important to recognize parts of speech. This helps you to analyze sentences and understand them. It also helps you to construct good sentence.

Noun:    naming words of things, person , animals and place :    Pen, book, hook 
 computer ,       John,  Obama, Anna, Alice, Aisha, cat, dog, lion, parrot, Japan, Canada, Oman, SriLanka,  home, school, shops  and so on

Example:  Obama was one of the American presidents.
            
              Parrot is a beautiful bird.

               Japan is an industrialized country.


pronoun:   replaces a noun  :           we, they, he, she, they, it
                 He is a scientist.
                 She sing beautifully.
                  It  is a song bird.
               

Verb :  action or state    have, work, walk, sing ,play
              The children play in the garden.
               They work at night.
                She walks to work.
  
Adjective : describes a noun  , good big, small, interesting, fresh
                             These fruits are fresh,
                              Elephants are big animals.
                              Boris is an interesting person.

Determiner or Articles: limits or determines a noun,    a/an, the, some ,any, many
                I ate an apple in the morning.
                A  horse better than a donkey.
                 Do you have any money?

Adverb: describes a verb, an adjective, or an adverb : slowly, quickly, badly, happily.
               She eats very quickly.
                They lived happily in the mountain.
                 She has done badly in her maths exam.
               
               
preposition: links a noun to another word: to, before, between, after, under,
                      I saw the cat under the table.
                        He went to the office.
                        She came  home tired after work.

Conjunction : joins sentences , clauses or words  : and , but , when, though
        
                        I like fish and chips but I don't like hamburgers.

Interjection: exclamation marks  Wow! Ouch! Hi! Hello

              Wow! it's an interesting picture!


Let's Learn English

English is one of the most important languages of the world.
It's a universal language. Learning English is not difficult like learning
Many other languages. English has a very simple structure and grammar.
The purpose  of this blog post is to learn from the basics.

Let's Learn English

Let me start with it's alphabets. It has 26 letters. 5 vowels and 21 consonants.

   These are the upper case letters or capital letters.

span style="color: red;">A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U  V W X  Y  Z


These 26 letters are known as 'English Alphabets'

 Lower case letters or small letters:

a b c d e f g h I j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z


b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t v w x y z.    21  consonants  

  a e i o u : these 5 letters are vowels that is the live wire of English Language.
 These 5 vowels  give sound to the consonants to make
Words.
  Let me write these 2 consonants   ct ... it cannot make any voice, they are merely letters,
If I add the vowel a  it makes a voice as cat,    c---a-- t

bt    bet     b---e--t--      kt    kit     k--i--t   ct  cot  c--o--t--

cp   cup  c--u--p--    cp  cap    pt    put   p--u--t--

Note: that vowel  u you can create 2 sounds  That's   cup  and put



  

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