Thursday, April 22, 2021

Use of 'Or', 'Neither... nor' and 'otherwise'

   The conjunctions or, either…or and neither…nor can be used to combine two simple sentences into one. These are used when two alternative facts or statements have to be presented.

Using or

Two simple sentences can be combined into a compound sentence by using the conjunction or.

  • You can have tea. You can have coffee.
  • You can have tea or coffee.
  • You can go by bus. You can go by car.
  • You can go by bus or car.
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Using either…or

  • He is a fool. He is a madman.
  • He is either a fool or a madman.
  • The car dashed against a goat. The car dashed against a donkey.
  • The car dashed against either a goat or a donkey.

# Note that either…or is used to join two affirmative sentences.

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* Using 'neither…nor'

Neither…nor is used to join two negative statements.

  • He does not drink. He does not smoke.
  • He neither drinks nor smokes.
  • He will not spend his money. He will not invest it.
  • He will neither spend his money nor invest it.

Notes

When the correlatives either..or and neither…nor are used, you must see that they are placed immediately before the words they relate to.

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Using otherwise

  • You must apologize. You will be punished.
  • You must apologize otherwise you will be punished.
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# Exercise:-

The structure neither…nor is used to join two negative ideas. It is the opposite of both…and…

Combine the following sentences using neither…nor…

1. He cannot speak English. He cannot write English.

2. He did not eat the cake himself. He did not let others eat it.

3. You should not meet him. You should not talk to him.

4. She has not eaten anything in two days. She hasn’t slept either. 

5. The old woman cannot walk. She cannot talk.

6. She is not beautiful. She is not intelligent.

7. He does not attend the class regularly. He does not learn his lessons either.

8. This book is not interesting. It is not useful either.

9. James did not pass the test. Peter did not pass the test.

10. Mike does not play cricket. His brother also does not play cricket.



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Use of 'either...or ' and 'both'

 While using  'either ......or'  we need to know that -

 1. Either is used when referring to a

 choice between two options. For 

example, “Either one deserves to win.”

 Or, “Either you leave, or I will phone

 the police.” It can also be used in a 

negative way, instead of the words 

'also' or 'too'.


2. When there are two or more options or 

alternatives, but we are not sure which of

 them is definite, we use 'either or'. The verb

 agrees with the subject preceding it. If the

 subject is singular, the verb has to be singular. 

If the subject is plural, the verb is plural.

It means that.....

Either… or… connects two choices:

I’ve saved some money to buy either [choice 1]a DVD player or [choice 2]an MP3 player.

We use either… or… to connect items which are the same grammatical type, e.g. words, phrases, clauses:

We can either pre- or post-date the document. I don’t mind. (connecting prefixes)

It’s either black or grey. I can’t remember. (connecting words)

You can stay either with me or with Swara. (connecting phrases)

Either I drive to the airport or I get a taxi. (connecting clauses)

 * Look some solved examples :-

  1. He cooks dinner. Or she cooks dinner.           Answer:- Either he or she cooks dinner.
  2. She can have tea. Or she can have coffee.      Answer :-She can have either tea or coffee.
  3. He washes the clothes himself. Or he asks her to wash them.                                                            Answer :- He either washes the clothes himself or asks her to wash them.

# Exercise:-


Combine the following pairs of sentences using 'either…or'.

1. He keeps the keys himself. Or he leaves them with his wife.

2. He may attend the function. Or his wife may attend the function.

3. Give me freedom. Or give me death.

4. He must have done this. Or his brother must have done this.

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# The expression 'both' means the first one and the second one together.

Example:

* I like tea. I like coffee.

* I like both tea and coffee.

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Sunday, April 18, 2021

Remove 'too'

 While removing  'too'  we have to follow following rules:-

1. Use 'so' on the place of  'too'.

2. Use 'that' on the place of  'to'.

3. Take subject in form of pronoun after 'that'.

4. Use 'can not' for simple present tense and 'could not' for simple past tense after it.

5. Write the remaining sentence as it is after it.

6. In some cases we have to make passive voice in the next sentence.

Exam. 1. Pari is too busy to get the time for watching tv.

And. Pari is so busy that she can not get the time for watching tv.

2. Shamli was too honest to blame her.

And. Shamli was so honest that she could not be blamed.

Examples for Practice:-

  1. She was too weak to walk.
  2. He is too slow to win the race.
  3. She is too weak to pass the examination.
  4. He is too foolish to win the election.
  5. He is too old to walk.

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Note :- In a single sentence 'too' will be replaced by 'very'.

Exam.1. It is too hot today.

Ans. It is very hot today.

2. They were too busy yesterday.

Ans. They were very busy yesterday.


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Saturday, April 17, 2021

Use of 'too.....to'

 While using 'too.......to' we have to follow following rules:

1) Use 'too' on the place of 'so' or 'very'.

2) Take 'to' on the place of 'that' or 'as a connective' and take given verb after it.

3) Remove 'Subject' and  'negative part' from the sentence after 'that' or 'from the next sentence'.


Exercise: 1.  Sentences with 'so....... that'


Exam. 1. He is so poor that he can not pay the bill.

Ans. He is too poor to pay the bill.


Exam. 2. She was so weak that she could not walk.

Ans. She was too weak to walk.


Examples for practice:

Use 'too......to' in the following sentences

1. Coffee was so hot that it could not be drunk.

2. An old man was so humble that he could not cheat anyone.

3. She is so intelligent that she can not miss any question to answer.

4. Swara is so pretty that nobody can hate her.

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Exercise : 2  Sentences without 'so....... ........that' (Two seperate sentence)

The words too…to have a negative meaning. It means ‘more than is necessary or desirable’.

Study the following sentences.

  • He was very nervous. He could not perform well on the stage.
  • He was too nervous to performwell on the stage.
  • I was very busy. I could not talk to her.
  • I was too busy to talk to her.
  • The task was very difficult. I could not do it without help.
  • The task was too difficult to dowithout help.
  • It was very hot. We did not want to go out.
  • It was too hot to go out.

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Examples for Practice :-

Combine the following sentences using too…to.

1. The place was very noisy. I couldn’t hear anything properly.

2. He earns very little. He cannot keep his family in comfort.

3. I know him very well. I don’t like him.

4. She was very anxious about her husband. She could not think about anything else.

5. She is very clumsy. She cannot handle glassware carefully.


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Sunday, August 30, 2020

Narration (संभाषण)

Narrations are of two types :-

1) Direct Speech (प्रत्यक्ष संभाषण)
2) Indirect Speech (अप्रत्यक्ष संभाषण)

1)  Direct speech:-

When the speaker directly tells his thoughts to the listener is called direct speech.

Exam. Teacher said to students, "I am going to teach you English grammar".

There are four factors of direct speech:-

1) speaker :- teacher
2) listener :- students
3) reporting verb :- said to
4) reported speech :- "I am  going to teach you English grammar".

 2) Indirect speech:-

When the thoughts of first person is told to third person by second person is called indirect speech.

Exa.  Teacher told students that he was going to teach them English grammar.

 There are four types of sentence in which indirect speech is occurred-

1) Assertive sentence
2) Interrogative sentence / Questions
3) Imperative sentence
4) Exclamatory sentence

1)  Narration of Assertive sentence:-

 A sentence which start from noun or pronoun having regular structure  S + V1+ O + C  and ends with full-stop is called assertive sentence.

Exam.  He is playing cricket.
Assertive sentence are of two types :-   

  1) Affirmative or positive sentence
  2)  Negative sentence

1)  Affirmative sentence:-

 An assertive sentence having positive sense  is called an affirmative sentence. for example :- He is a good boy.

2)  Negative sentence:-

An assertive sentence having negative sense is called a negative sentence.
 for example:-  He is not a bad boy.

While converting direct speech of assertive sentence into indirect speech we have to follow following rules:-

1) use 'told' for 'said to'
2) use connective 'that'
3) remove inverted commas
4) make proper changes in tense
5) make proper changes in respective words and pronouns.

 for example 1 :- Father said to mother, "I will buy a new saree for you tomorrow".

 Answer :- Father told mother that he would buy  a new saree for her the next day.

 example 2 :-   Rama said to Lakshmana, " you are not my big brother now".

  Answer:- Rama told Lakshmana that he was not his big brother then.

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2)  Narration of Interrogative Sentence / Questions :-

A sentence which used to  ask some information is called an interrogative sentence or questions.

 for example  :- 1) What had they played on the ground ?

2) Does he think so?

There are two types of interrogative sentence or question :- 
number 1- Wh-type questions

 number 2 - Verbal questions

1) Narration of Wh-type question :- 

A question which start form Wh-word i. e. where,  who, whose,  whom, why,  what , how much, how many , etc.  is called Wh-type questions.

for example :- Why are you late today.

 While making indirect speech of Wh- question we have to follow following rules:-

1)  use 'asked' for 'said to'
2) use connective given 'Wh-word'
3) change the given interrogative sentence into assertive sentence
4) make proper changes in tense, respective words and pronouns.

 for example:- Mother said to daughter,
"Where are you going?"

 Answer :- 1) Mother asked daughter where she was going.

2)  Sister said to brother ,"Why did you angry on me yesterday ?"

Answer:- Sister asked brother why he had  angried on her the day before?"

2) Narration of Verbal Question:-

The question which start from helping verb i.e. am, is ,are,  was ,were, have,  has, do ,does, did , will ,shall,can ,could ,may ,might ,would ,should ,etc.and ends with a question mark is called verbal question.

 for example:- 1) Can I go there ? 

2) Have you ever seen this plot?

While making Narration of Verbal question we have to follow falling rules:-

1) Use 'asked'  for  'said to'
2) Use connective 'if' or 'whether'
3)Change verbal question into assertive sentence
4) make proper changes in tense, respective words and pronouns.

 for example :-1) Sita said to Rama,"Will you bring that golden deer for me?"

Answer:- Sita asked Rama if he would bring that golden deer for her.

For example :- 2) Does he break the rules, Aakanksha?", said Dimpal.

Answer:- Dimpal asked Aakanksha if he broke the rules.

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3) Narration of Imperative Sentence:-

A sentence which start from main verb having requests, orders , commands and suggestions and ends with full stop is called Imperative Sentence.

Exa. 1) Keep quite. (+ve)
2) Don't make noise. (-ve)

Rules:- 

1) use suggested, ordered, requested,and commanded for 'said to'.

2) take connective 'to' for positive sentence and 'not to' for negative sentence.

3) use the given verb as it is after it.

4) make proper changes in  respective words and pronouns.

Exa.  1) Teacher said to students, " Do your homework regularly."
 Answer:-  Teacher ordered students to do  their homework regularly. 

2) Father said to daughter, "Don't make noise".
 Answer :- Father ordered daughter not to make noise.
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4) Narration of Exclamatory Sentence:-

A sentence which start from 'what' or 'how' which expresses sudden feelings from the bottom of the heart and ends with  exclamation sign (!) is called exclamatory sentence.

 for example :- What a huge mountain this is !

Rules:- 

1) Take 'exclaimed' for 'said to'.

2) Use connective 'that'.

3)  Change the given exclamatory sentence into an Assertive  sentence.

4) Make proper changes in tense,  respective words and pronouns.

Exa. Sister said to Brother, " What a beautiful place I have seen!"

Answer:- Sister exclaimed brother that she had seen a very beautiful place.

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5) Narration of Universal Truth :-

A sentence which does not change its meaning anywhere and remains constant forever in the universe is called Universal Truth .

for example:- The Earth revolves around the Sun.

Rules to convert Narration:-

1) take told/ asked /ordered /requested /commanded /suggested or exclaimed on the place of 'said  to ' according to the meaning and type of the sentence.

2) take connective 'that'.

3) take the given sentence  as it is after connective.

4) there is no change in tense, respective words and pronouns.

Exam.  1) Teacher said to students, "The Earth revolves around the Sun." 

Answer :-  Teacher told students that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

Exam. 2)  Father said to daughter , "There are seven continents on the earth."

 Answer :- Father told daughter that there are seven continents on the earth.

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6) Narration of the sentence start from Let's :-

 Rules to convert narration:-

1) use 'suggested' for 'said to'.

2) use connective 'that'.

3) use  'they should'  on the place of  Let's.

4) take the given verb as it is after it.

5) make proper changes in  respective words and pronouns.

Exam. 1) Teacher said to students, " Let's go to the picnic now."

 Answer:-  Teacher suggested students that they should go to the picnic then.

Exam. 2)  Mother said to son, " Let's complete your homework tonight." 

Answer :- Mother suggested son that they should complete his homework that night.

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Sunday, June 7, 2020

Degree

There are three types of Degree:-

1) Positive Degree
2) Comparative Degree
3) Superlative Degree

1) Positive Degree :-

When there is comparison between two objects or one to more objects by using construction  'as + adjective 1(main adjective) + as'  is called Positive Degree.

Exa. a)  Shital is as tall as Swara.

b) No other boy is as great as Shiva.

c) Very few girls are as clever as Pari.

2) Comparative Degree :-

When there is comparison between two objects or one to more objects by using construction  'adjective2 (adj-er)+ than'  or 'more adjective 1 + than'  is called Comparative Degree.

Exa. a)  Swara is not taller than Shital.

b) Shiva is greater than any other boys.

c) Pari is cleverer than most other girls.

3) Superlative Degree :-

When there is comparison between one to more objects by using construction ' the + adjective3(adj-est)'  or  ' the most + adjective 1' is called Superlative Degree.

Exa. :-
a) Shiva is the greatest boy.

b) Pari is one of the cleverest girls.

** Comparison **

A) When there is comparison between two objects we can convert PD into CD and vice-versa.

Exa. a) He is as strong as she/ her.(PD)
Ans. She is not stronger than him.(CD)

b) Anushri is taller than Shamli.(CD)
Ans. Shamli is not as tall as Anushri.(PD)

B) When there is comparison between one to many objects we can convert PD into CD  & SD , CD into PD & SD  and SD into PD & CD.

While doing this we have to follow two methods :-

Method 1 :- Regular Method

    PD.                    CD.                    SD 

No other.         than any       the +(adj3) or
                            other .          (most +adj1)


Exa. PD -  No other country is as good as India in the world.
 
CD - India is better than any other country in the world.

SD -  India is the best country in the world.


Method 2 :- Form of 'one of the '

    PD.                 CD.                       SD

Very few     than most   one of the+(adj3)                            other          or (most+adj1)         
Exam. 
PD. Very few countries are as prosperous as India in the world.

CD. India is more prosperous than most other countries in the world.

SD. India is one of the most prosperous countries in the world.

  Adjective1.     Adjective 2.      Adjective 3

      Good.              Better .              Best

      Strong .          Stronger.          Strongest

   Beautiful.             More                 Most
                              beautiful          beautiful                

  Prosperous.         More.                  Most
                            prosperous.    prosperous

   Etc.

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Exercise 1 :- Do as directed.

1) We are more faithful than them.
                                (Change into PD)

2) She is not weaker than her brother.                                          (Change into PD)

3) English is as tough as Science.
                                     (Change into PD)

4) I am the best English Tutor.
                                 (Change into PD & CD)

5) Very few States are as well developed as Maharashtra in India.
                                  (Change into CD & SD)


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Exercise : 2 

Comparison of Adjectives - Exercise

Complete the sentences, using the positive, comparative and superlative of the adjectives in brackets.
1. Dad's car is much than mine. (fast)
2. I think scuba diving is  than climbing. (fascinating) 
3. His thirst grew  and . (big / big)
4. He thinks this test was  than the last one. (difficult)
5. They live in a really house. (beautiful)
6. She is the  tennis player of the world. (good)
7. Susan is a  girl. She's much  than her sister. (nice / nice)
8. This suitcase is than the others. (heavy)
9. Hotels in London are  than in Vienna. (expensive)
10. Bob is  than Keith, but Phil is the . (tall / tall)
11. Doris reads  books than Peter, but Frank reads the . (many / many)
12. France is as  as Spain. (beautiful)
13. They live in a house, but Fred lives in a  one. (big / big))
14. My sister is three years  than me. (young)
15. This was the  film I have ever seen. (bad)
16. I think tennis is than cycling. (interesting)
17. I talked to Claire and she is a very  girl. (smart)
18. His company earned  money than the years before. (little)
19. She was the  girl at college. (popular)
20. They didn't stay out as  as last Saturday. (late)

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Exercise : 3 (Choose the correct option )
 1. Martin is not so honest as  his brother.  ( into  comparative degree)
 
 
 

2. No other boy in his class is so tall as he.    (into superlative)

 
 
 

3. Very few students in the school are so talented as Mary.   (into comparative)

 
 
 

4. Jacob is richer than most other business icons  in  the group.  ( into superlative)

 
 
 

5. No other cricketer is so talented as  Sachin Tendulkar.   ( into comparative)

 
 
 

6. King Lear  is one of the most popular  tragedies of Shakespeare.  ( into positive degree)

 
 
 

7. Mathew is cleverer than any other  boy in his class.  ( into positive degree)

 

 
 
 

8. Martin is not so smart as  Mathew.   ( into comparative )

 
 
 

9. P.B. Shelley is more famous than any other revolutionary poet in English.  ( into positive)

 
 

10. My college days is  one of the most beautiful periods in my life.  ( into comparative degree)

 
 
 
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Saturday, May 30, 2020

Revision

Let's  take  a  Revision .

Exercise 1 ) Identify the parts of speech:-
(each and every words)

1) Sheeta and Geeta are close friends of Reeta.

2) Wow! It is a great shot.

3) He ran fast.

Exercise 2) Convert the following sentence into remaining Tenses:-

Exa. I learn English Grammar.

Exercise 3) Change the Voice:-

a) I am cutting  vegetables.

b) He will have solved the problem.

c) She watched TV.

d) We have bought the books from the marcket.

e) Shital sings a song.

f) Swara will play Chess.

g) My friend was helping the poor.

h) PM had announced the Lockdown.

i) Keep the distance.

j) Don't shake the hands.

Exercise 4) Use proper Articles.

Exa. a) I saw .......... European man. ........... European man had known Hindi Language.

b) She was one of ................. most well known scientist.

c) I love to eat ................. Orange.

Exercise 5) Use Infinitive :-

a) Playing games is my hobby.

b) He enjoyed speaking english.

Exercise 6) Use Gerund :-

a) We like to draw pictures.

b) To help needy students is my ambition.

Exercise 7) Make Interrogative :-

a) He decided to become a Doctor.

b) I am a teacher.

c) She plays a vital role in this tournament.

d) They will have found the job.

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