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Also it may have an object or a complement and the words must be order properly.
sentence
Example:
We practice English everyday. (Here we is subject, practice is verb, English is object and
everyday is adverb)
Subject and
Predicate
Subject: A subject of a sentence is a person or thing about which something is said or written.
Predicate: And the Predicate that says what the Subject does.
Subject
subject Predicate
In the above example We is subject and practice English everyday is Predicate. A sentence
usually starts with a subject and then predicate comes.
In some case like order, advice or request subject is not mentioned. It is userstood.
Example:
And sometimes sentence starts with the predicate and then subject comes.
Example:
Kinds of Sentence:
Sentence can be classified into five categories according to the meaning or functions.
They are:-
1. Assertive Sentence
2. Interrogative Sentence
3. Imperative Sentence
4. Optative Sentence
5. Exclamatory Sentence
Assertive Sentence:
Example:
Interrogative Sentence:
Interrogative sentence is a sentence that ask question to replay about some person or things and
ends with a question mark (?).
I. Begins with helping verbs (am, is, are, was, were, have, had) or modal auxiliaries (shall, should,
will, would, can, could, may, might etc.).
Example:
II. Begins with some specific words like who, which, what, when, where, why, how, whom, how
much, how many. These are known as WH questions.
Example:
Imperative Sentence:
Example:
Clear Head: You must do your duty. (It is assertive, not imperative.)
Optative Sentence:
Example:
Exclamatory Sentence:
Exclamatory is a sentence which expresses strong/sudden feeling or emotion like surprise, pain,
delight, anger, disgust etc.
Example:
I. Simple Sentence.
II. Complex Sentence.
III. Compound Sentence.
I. Simple Sentence:
Simple sentence is structured with only one subject and one finite verb.
Simple sentence has only one independent clause.
Example:
A sentence consisting of one principal clause and one or more sub-ordinate clauses is a complex
sentence.
Example:
- If you work hard, you will shine in life. (Here, if you work hard is sub-ordinate clause and you
will shine in life is Main or principal clause)
Sub-ordinate clause begins with conjunctions like who, which, that, when, how, where, while, if,
whether, because, since, as, though, although, till, until, unless, before, after, so that, whenever,
wherever, whoever, whatever etc.
Example:
- I know where he lives.
- I do not know what his name is.
- While there is life there is hope
- We eat so that we can survive.
A sentence having more than one principal clauses linked by one or more coordinating
conjunctions preceded by a comma is called compound sentence.
Conjunctions are used in compound sentences are and, but, or, for, nor, also, however, moreover,
thus, so, therefore, else, still, as well as, accordingly, otherwise, yet, not yet, but also, either or,
neither nor, on the contrary etc.
Example:
- Respect others, and others will respect you.
- He loves us, but he does not show it.
Number ()
Number:
Types of Number:
Number
Singular number
Plural number
Singular Number:
Example:
Plural number:
Rule 1:
Singular Plural
Cow Cows
Boy Boys
Girl Girls
Cat Cats
House Houses
Hand Hands
Eye Eyes
Tiger Tigers
Desk Desks
Rule 2:
Singular Noun s, ss, sh, x, z ch Noun
es Plural
Singular Plural
Bus Buses
Class Classes
Brush Brushes
Bush Bushes
Box Boxes
Brunch Brunches
Inch Inches
Watch Watches
Match matches
Singular Noun ch es s
Plural
Singular Plural
Stomach Stomachs
Patriarch Patriarchs
Monarch Monarchs
Rule 3:
Singular Plural
Mango Mangoes
Potato Potatoes
Hero Heroes
Negro Negroes
Cargo Cargoes
Volcano Volcanoes
Buffalo Buffaloes
Singular Plural
Photo Photos
Solo Solos
Piano Pianos
Canto Cantos
Parts of Speech
In a sentence words are divided into different classes or kinds because of their functions
and usage. And it is described by the term of parts of speech.
Parts of speech help to understand the uses or functions words and how different words can
make a meaningful sentence.
Noun
Pronoun
Verb
Adverb
Adjective
Preposition
Conjunction
Interjection
Noun:
Name of anything like person, animal, place, thing, abstract, idea, action, state or quality is
called Noun.
Example:
Maria, Girl, Dhaka, Book, Teacher, Water, Honesty, Happiness, Family, Sleep, Death etc.
Function of Noun:
Noun plays the role in a sentence as subject of a verb or object of a verb or both subject and
object of a verb.
Classification of nouns:
1. Proper noun
2. Common noun
3. Collective noun
4. Abstract noun
5. Material noun
i. Proper Noun:
Example:
- Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. ( Dhaka is the name of one particular capital)
- Sunny is a smart boy. ( Sunny is the name of one particular boy)
- Rimi is a clever girl. (Rimi is the name of one particular girl)
Common noun is a noun that is not the name of a particular thing or class but that
represents one or all of the members of that class or thing.
- Sunny is a smart boy. (Here boy is common noun while Sunny is a proper noun)
- Rimi is a clever girl. (Here girl is common noun while Rimi is a proper noun)
- People: boy, girl, mother, father, baby, child, teacher, student, man, woman etc.
- Things: book, table, computer, pen, pencil etc.
- Animals: bird, dog, cat, cow, goat, wolf, tiger etc.
- Place: city, country, state, capital, beach, forest etc.
Example:
Crowd, class, army, mob, gang, team, jury, family, herd, committee, audience, council, public,
navy, cabinet, group, company, society, troupe, corporation, senate, faculty, board etc.
Such as iron, steel, copper, gold, coal, silver, milk, water, tea, sugar, wheat etc.
Example:
v. Abstract Noun:
Abstract noun are the names of such things those cant be touched, tested, smelt or heard.
Such as:
Quality- honesty, beauty, bravery, wisdom, heroism, stupidity, darkness, kindness, goodness,
brightness etc.
Action- Judgment, movement, laughter, hatred, theft etc.
State- Childhood, boyhood, youth, death, poverty, slavery, sickness, sleep etc.
Pronoun
Example:
Role of Pronoun in a sentence: Pronouns are usually short words and they are used to make
sentence less cumbersome and less repetitive.
Kinds of Pronoun:
1. Personal Pronoun
2. Possessive Pronoun
3. Reflexive Pronoun
4. Intensive Pronoun
5. Indefinite Pronoun
6. Demonstrative Pronoun
7. Relative Pronoun
8. Interrogative Pronoun
9. Reciprocal Pronoun.
i. Personal Pronoun:
Personal pronoun is used instead of person. Such as I, you, he, she, we, they and who.
When a personal pronoun is the subject of a verb then it is called Subjective Pronoun (I, we, he,
she, they, and you).
When a personal pronoun is not a subject and acts as the object then it is called Objective
Pronoun (me, you, her, him, it, us, them and whom).
A Possessive Pronoun shows ownership of something. Such as his, hers, its, mine, yours,
ours, and theirs.
Example:
Reflexive Pronoun refers back to the subject in the sentence. They are myself, himself,
herself, ourselves, themselves, yourselves and itself.
Example:
An Intensive Pronoun is used for emphasis. Intensive pronouns are myself, himself, herself,
yourself, itself, yourselves, ourselves and themselves.
Example:
v. Indefinite Pronoun:
An Indefinite pronoun may look like an indefinite adjective but it is used differently in sentences by
taking the place of a noun.
Example:
A Demonstrative Pronoun particularly point out a noun. This, these, that and those are
demonstrative pronouns to point out a noun.
A Demonstrative pronoun stands alone but a demonstrative adjective qualifies a noun.
Example:
A Relative Pronoun is a pronoun that introduces or links one phrase or clause to another
in the sentence.
Relative Pronoun are that, who, whom, where, when, whoever, whichever and whomever.
Example:
Example:
- Whats happened?
- What do you expect from me?
- Who designed this website?
- Whose mobile is this?
- Whatever did you want?
ix. Reciprocal Pronoun:
A Reciprocal Pronoun refers the relations between two or more persons or things. Each
other and one another are Reciprocal Pronouns.
We use Reciprocal Pronouns when there are two or more persons or things doing the same
thing.
Example:
Adjective:
Example:
- Foxes are cunning animal. (Answer the question What king of animal?)
- Five or six gunmen attack the area. (Answer the question How many gunmen?)
- The one eyed man tells him the story. (Answer the question Which man?)
Adjective Classification:
Such as great, good, bad, wise, poor, nice, happy, pretty, angry, blue etc.
Example:
- He gives me a great idea.
- Mr. Rahim is a good person.
- He is a bad guy.
Such as some, little, much, enough, whole, sufficient, all, none, more, half, no etc.
Example:
Express the number or order of something or someone. Such as one, two, three, .,
first, second, third, , single, double, triple, quadruple, twofold, threefold,
fivefold, etc.
Example:
Specify the nouns or pronouns. Such as this, that, those, these etc.
Example:
Express the distributive state of nouns. Such as every, each, neither, either, both etc.
Example:
Shows the possession or belongingness in the sentence. Such as his, her, him, my, our,
your, their etc.
Example:
Example:
A verb is a word or group of word (phrase) that is used to describe an action, state or
occurrence.
Verb forms the main part of the predicate of a sentence. Every complete sentence must have a
verb.
Verbs are:
Example:
Verbs change their form based on time/tense (past, present, and future), person (first person,
second person, and third person), number (singular, plural), voice (active and passive) etc.
Kinds of Verb:
Verbs which are used independently without help of other verbs are called Principal or Main
verb.
Example:
- He is a singer.
- She does her job.
- They have many problems.
Principal verbs are two types depending on the object they take:
a. Transitive verb.
Transitive verb is an action verb that requires one or more objects which receive the action
of the verb in a sentence.
Example:
- She reads the book. (verb with the object the book)
- He gave me a mobile phone. (verb with the object me and mobile phone)
- I saw her in the market.
- Rifat wants a pen form Ryan.
b. Intransitive verb.
Intransitive verb is an action verb that requires no direct object in the sentence.
Example:
If object is available in a sentence then the verb is transitive of that sentence. And if object is not
present in sentence then the verb is intransitive of that sentence.So, to find an object we ask the
verb by Whom or what and the answer we get is an object of that sentence.
Example:
Gave Whom? Answer is me. And Gave what? Answer is mobile phone.
-She reads.
Verbs which help a Principal verb to form a sentence are called Auxiliary or Helping verb.
Example:
- He is singing a song.
- She is doing her job.
- They are facing many problems.
Here, is and are helping the main verb sing, do, face.
i. Primary or Tense Auxiliaries such as be, am, is was, are, were, been, being, have, has,
had, having, do, does and did.
Example:
ii. Modal Auxiliaries such as can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, must, need,
dare, used to, ought to etc.
Example:
Finite verb:
A Verb which changes its form according to the number, person or tense and must has
subject is called finite verb
Example:
Non-finite verb:
A Non-finite verb is a form of verb that is not limited by person, number or tense in a
sentence and cannot act as main verb.
i. Infinite
ii. Gerund
iii. Participles
Infinite:
Example:
Certain verbs such as bid, let, make, need, dare, see, hear is used without to and is called bare
infinitive.
Example:
Gerund:
A gerund is a form of non-finite verb which is made up by adding the ing at the end of the
base form of a verb.
Example:
Participles:
Example:
N. B.:
Both of Gerund and Present Participles are made by adding ing to the base form.
But difference between them is Gerund functions as a noun and present participles functions as
an adjective.
Example:
- Swimming is good for the people. (Here swimming is noun)
- A swimming snake bit him in the leg. (Here swimming is an adjective)
Past Participle:
Past participle is made by adding ed, -d or -t to the base form of a regular verb. Such as
looked, said, slept, broken etc.
The past participle can be preceded by have, has, had etc. to express the perfect aspect. And it
also expresses the passive voice.
Example:
An adverb is a word which modifies or qualifies the meaning of a verb, adjective, other
adverb or any other words or phrases in the sentence such as quickly, firmly, lightly,
carefully, extremely etc.
Example:
Adverb adds information and impression about time, manner, place etc. in a sentence.
Form of Adverbs:
Many adverbs those express how an action is performed are end in ly. But many others like fast,
well, never, least, more, far, now, very, just, still etc.
Kinds of Adverbs:
i. Adverbs of Time: Indicate the time of an action and answer the question when?
Such as now, soon, still, then, today, yet, since, back, ago, already, before, after, recently, today,
lately, tomorrow, once, someday, early etc.
Example:
ii. Adverbs of Manner: Express the manner of an action and answer the question How?
Such as happily, slowly, quickly, carefully, loudly, easily, fast, bravely, hard, well, badly etc.
Example:
iii. Adverbs of Place: Indicate the place of an action and answer the question Where?
Such as here, there, up, down, in, out, by, hither, thither, where, anywhere, somewhere,
everywhere, nowhere etc.
Example:
- Go out.
- I love to be here.
- People still live there.
iv. Adverbs of Degree or Quantity: Express quantity and answer the question How much/ How
far/ to what extent?
Such as extremely, fully, quite, almost, very much, too, a lot, totally, absolutely, fairly, hardly,
rather etc.
Example:
- He is quite wrong.
- She is fully cured.
- He is bad enough to kill you.
v. Adverbs of Affirmation and negation: Indicate assertion and express the ones reaction to
question.
Example:
- Yes, I can.
- No, she isnt.
vi. Adverbs of Frequency: Express the frequency of an action and answer the question How
often?
Such as never, ever, always, often, seldom, everyday, sometimes, usually, normally, frequently,
rarely, hardly, scarcely, once a week etc.
Example:
vii. Adverbs of reason: Express the reason and make the conclusion.
Example:
Conjunctive Adverb:
Example:
- The people waited for an hour; finally the train comes to the station.
- The police men searched the market; indeed the gunman has escaped through the basement
door.
Position of Adverb:
i. Adverbs of time usually come at the end of a sentence or at the beginning of sentence.
Example:
Example:
iii. Adverbs of Degree or Quantity come before the verb, adjective or adverb.
Example:
- He is fairly good.
- You are quite wrong.
- He can run very fast
Prepositions:
By the word preposition means position something before something. And in English
grammar-
For, of, on, at, in, to, off, by, up, with, from, into, within, like, until, above, about, against, under,
before, after, among, along, across, around, behind, bellow, beneath, beside, between, beyond,
down, during, except, inside, near, since, toward, through and upon.
Example:
i. Simple Preposition such as in, at, by, of, for, on, over, under, up, to, from, out, about,
under, with etc.
- He goes to school.
- Maruf is about seven.
- These people are coming from abroad.
ii. Double Preposition such as into, onto, within, without, from, among, toward, behind etc.
iii. Compound or Phrasal or Complex Prepositions are made of two or more words. Such
as instead of, in front of, in between, out of, in behalf of, in place of, except for, throughout,
underneath, on account of, according to etc.
Example:
i. Preposition of Place, Position and Direction (in, at, on, by, next, to, beside, )
In In the room.
At At the window. At the office.
On On the table.
By Sitting by the woman.
Above Above the sky.
To Go to university.
Towards Towards east.
From Fled from home.
Into Jumped into the well.
For For the good of the people, died for the country.
Form Died from fatigue, suffering from fever/cold.
Of Died of cancer.
Through Lost his pen through negligence
With Trembles with fear shivers with fever.
Conjunction:
The conjunctions are and, but, or, for, nor, so, yet, because, if, whether, lest, unless, as,
since, how, when, where, while, why, till, until, after, before, however, as soon as,
though and than.
Example:
- Coordinate Conjunction
- Subordinate Conjunction
- Correlative conjunction
Coordinate Conjunction:
Coordinate conjunctions such as and, but, or, nor, for, so, or yet are used to join individual
words, phrases and independent clauses.
Example:
- She stood first and got a prize.
- He is sad but hopeful.
- The snake is small but dangerous.
- You must read or you may fail in the examination.
Subordinate Conjunction:
The subordinate clause such as since, because, although, as, until etc. are used to join an
independent clause to a dependent clause.
The subordinate conjunctions are used before the dependent clauses. Dependent clause can be
placed before or after the independent clauses.
Example:
Correlative conjunctions:
Correlative conjunctions connect two words or phrases or clauses those have the similar
structure and are grammatically similar. That means nouns are linked to nouns, adjectives to
adjectives, prepositional phrases to prepositional phrases.
Example:
The part of speech that expresses strong feeling or sudden emotions or sentiment is called
interjection or exclamation.
Interjections are not grammatically related to any other part of the sentence.
Example:
Types of Gender
Gender
Masculine Gender ( )
Feminine Gender ( )
Neuter Gender ( )
Common Gender ( )
i. Masculine Gender
noun pronoun Masculine Gender Man,
Boy, Brother, Bull, He, Dog, Cock
Gender
Rule 1
Masculine Feminine
Father Mother
Brother Sister
Husband Wife
King Queen
Fox Vixen
Dog Bitch
Male Female
Uncle Aunt
Wizard Witch
Bull Cow
Lord Lady
Sir Madam
Tailor Seamstress
Papa Mamma
Rule 2
noun ess Feminine Gender -
Masculine Feminine
Author Authoress
Baron Baroness
Count Countess
Heir Heiress
Peer Peeress
Prophet Prophetess
Steward Stewardess
Manager Manageress
God Goddess
Priest Priestess
Host Hostess
Jew Jewess
Lion Lioness
Poet Poetess
Rule 3-
Masculine Feminine
Actor Actress
Conductor Conductress
Hunter Huntress
Instructor Instructress
Songster Songstress
Traitor Traitors
Benefactor Benefactress
Tiger Tigress
Director directress
Tense
tense
Tense ,
Example:
Types of Tense:
The present / simple present tense. (what are you presently doing )
The past.(What you did some time back).
The future. (What you will do some time later).
And all of these tense are differentiated into the following four categories.
Indefinite Tense
Continuous Tense
Perfect Tense
Perfect Continuous Tense
Present Tense ( ):
Present indefinite tense denotes an action in the present time or habitual truth or eternal
truth.
, , , , , , , ,
Structure:
Example:
- I eat rice.
- I go to school.
- He goes to school every day.
- You read a book.
- He goes to bed at ten pm every day.
- The sun rises in the East.
- Water freezes at 0 centegrade.
Note - Subject third person singular number (he, she, it, , , )
verb s es
verb , , , , , , , , , ,
Structure:
Example:
- I am eating rice.
- I am going to school.
- He is going to school.
- / You are reading book.
- I am going to Dhaka tonight. (Near future)
- Are you coming to the meeting this afternoon? (Near
future)
Note
I am He, She, it third person singular number is We, you,
they Plural subject are
Present perfect tense is used when the work has been done but its effect lasts.
, , , , , , , , , ,
, , , , Present perfect tense
Structure:
Example:
The present perfect continuous tense is used for an action which began at some time in the
past and is still continuing.
, ,, , , , , , , , ,
Structure:
Example:
Note
Note
Past Indefinite Tense is used to denote an action completed in the past or a past habit and
result is not lasted.
, Past Indefinite
Tense
, , , , , ( , ,
, , , , , , , , , ,
)
Structure:
Example:
- / I ate rice.
- / I went to school.
- / He went to school.
- / /- You did the work.
- He spent his boyhood in London.
- Luna sang a song.
- He played football.
Past continuous tense is used when the action was continued for some time in the past.
, , , , , , , , , , ,
Structure:
Example:
- subject first person and third person singular number was we, you, they
plural number were
Past perfect tense is used in the former action between two completed actions of the
past; simple past is used in the later action.
, , , , , , , , , , ,
Structure:
1st subject + had + verb past participle + 2nd subject + verb past form +2nd object.
Example:
- He had come home before I ate rice.
- He had died before I went to school.
- They had reached the station before the bell rang.
- The patient had died before the doctor came.
- The doctor had come before the patient died.
- I had shut the door before I got into bed.
Past perfect continuous tense is used for an action that begun before a certain point in the
past and continued up to that time.
Past perfect
continuous tense Past perfect
continuous tense
, , , , , , , ,
)
)
)
Structure:
1st subject + had been + main verb + ing + 1st object + 2nd subject + verb past form +
2nd object.
Example:
- I had been eating rice when he came.
- We had been playing before the bell rang.
- He had been reading book when I went
to met with him/her.
- Your mother had
been waiting for you when you went to your friends home.
I had been sleeping when he saw the game.
Future Tense ( ):
Future indefinite tense is used when an action will be done or will happen in future.
, , , ,
Structure:
Example:
Future continuous tense is used when an action is thought to be going on in the future.
, , ,
Structure:
Example:
Future perfect tense is used to indicate the completion of an action by a certain time in the
future.
Future perfect tense
, , , , Future perfect
tense
Structure:
1st subject + shall have/will have + verb past participle + 1st object + before + 2nd
subject + main verb + 2nd object.
Example:
Future perfect tense is used when an action will have been continuing by a certain future
time.
future perfect tense
, , ,
Structure:
Subject 1st subject + shall have been/will have been + main verb + ing + 1st object +
2nd subject + main verb + 2nd object.
Example: