Class (6 - 12) English Grammar - KINDS OF SENTENCES (Part 1)(#eduvictors)(#englishgrammar)

KINDS OF SENTENCES (Part 1)

Sentences based on functions are categorised as follows:

1. Assertive Sentences
2. Interrogative Sentences
3. Imperative Sentences
4. Optative Sentences
5. Exclamatory Sentences

Assertive Sentences

These sentences merely assert an incident or a fact.
e.g.
The sun is a big star. (Affirmative)
The Taj is a beautiful monument.         (Affirmative)
He is not in Delhi. (Negative)
It does not glow at night.         (Negative)

Sentences that affirm one or the other fact are called affirmative sentences. First two sentences listed above are affirmative ones.

Sentences that negate a fact are called negative sentences. The last two sentences listed above are negative sentences.

Exercise:
Convert the following affirmative sentences into negative sentences by giving negative meaning also.

1. I like him.
2. Banana is a sweet fruit.
3. They play for Delhi Soccer club.
4. We sing a song.
5. He gets up early.


Answers:
1. I do not like him.
2. Banana is not a sweet fruit.
3. They do not play for Delhi Soccer club.
4. We do not sing a song.
5. He does not get up early.

CBSE Class 9 -12: English Grammar Quiz

ENGLISH GRAMMAR QUIZ

[Questions from SSC Exam Paper 2014]
Q (1 - 5) In these questions some part of the sentences have errors and some are correct.Find out which part of the sentence has error and mark that part (A), (B) or (C). If a sentence is free from error, then mark (D) as your answer.


Q1: In his book (A)/ Churchill describes (B)/ that historical first meeting with Roosevelt (C)/ No error (D).

Q2: The ant who was nearby (A) / walked forward and bit the hunter (B)/ sharply in the ankle (C) / No error (D).


Q3: They can promise you (A) / an experience (B) / you won't never forget (C)/ No error (D)


Q4: The dress that the (A) / girl wore was (B)/ more attractive than the other girls (C)/ No error (D)


Q5: Fifty years has passed (A)/ since man first ventured (B)/ in outer space (C)/ No error (D).


Directions (6 - 10): Fill up the blanks with approproate word(s) in the sentences. Four options are given, choose the correct one. 


Q6: I can ______ him without qualifications.

(a) recommend
(b) commend
(c) praise
(d) suggest


Q7: She let her horse ________ in the field.

(a) loosen
(b) loose
(c) loosely
(d) lose

Class 12 - English - Aunt Jennifer's Tiger (Q and A)

Aunt Jennifer's Tiger

-By Adrienne Rich

Memory Card

Introduction

• The poem portrays an image of a wife dismayed with her married life.
• Aunt Jennifer is an abused wife unable to escape her husband's brutality.
• The poem focuses on Aunt Jennifer's dreams and the harsh world she calls her reality.
• She escapes her harsh world through her stitching and needlepoint, and the tigers that she creates are everything that she is not.
• Rich uses comparison to convey to us the difference between Aunt Jennifer and her tigers.
• Women who are dominated by their husbands live their lives in a state of mental confinement.
• The poet Adrienne Rich expresses the life Aunt Jennifer wishes to lead through artistic creations as she is trapped in an abusive marriage.
• Her tapestries portray her inner feelings conveying the constant terror she's living in.
• The only way for Aunt Jennifer to escape the expectations of her husband is to live on, after death, through her artwork.
• Rich reveals, through the simple lines of Aunt Jennifer's Tigers,a woman's struggles with expressions, rebellion, and a society where power is defined as masculine.

Stanza 1
   
   The first stanza serves to explain what the tigers represent.

• Rich begins her poem with a beautiful picture, setting the scene for the dream world of Aunt Jennifer.
• We see that Aunt Jennifer has ownership over the tigers in some way.
• They are free to "prance" and run across the screen.
• The tigers are bright like "topaz" and they inhabit a world that is green.
• Aunt Jennifer's tigers do not fear men.
• They conduct themselves in a heroic, manly fashion.
• The tigers that Aunt Jennifer owns are confident and certain of who they are and what they want.

Stanza 2
   The second stanza explains who Aunt Jennifer is.

• Aunt Jennifer is described to be working with a piece of wool.
• She is doing needlepoint to a panel that will be placed in a pillow, quilt, or screen of some kind for the home.
• Her fingers are fluttering to create the beautiful image of the tigers.
• Aunt Jennifer is expressing herself through the creation of her tigers.
• She wants to be confident and fearless.
• However, she finds it difficult to create those tigers and express those feelings.
• Those feelings are repressed by the weight of marriage, gender roles, and a dominating society.
• "Uncle's wedding band" represents a particular society in which she lives.
• This weight is not something she enjoys as the band is described to sit "heavily" on her hand and keeps her from the only sense of expression she has, her needlepoint.

Class 12 - English - My Mother At Sixty-Six (Q and A)

My Mother at Sixty-Six

-By Kamla Das

Questions and Answers

Memory Card

• Poetess is travelling back in a car from her parent's place to Cochin 
• Old mother also accompanying-to see her off at the airport 
• Poetess notices that she has dozed off and mouth remained open 
• Her face has a dull, colourless appearance- reminds her of a corpse 
• Thought is painful, realizes she is now an old woman and could be nearing death 
• Turns to look at the racing green trees outside, sees happy children running out of their homes 
• A welcome change from the gloomy thoughts that grip her 
• Reaches the airport, after the security checking, looks at the mother again 
• Sees her pale and ageing face, is reminded of the winter moon with all the vitality and brightness gone 
• Feels pained at being reminded of a childhood fear- had always been scared of losing her mother one day 
• Does not want to show her agony and fear to her mother now 
• Tells her that she would see her soon and bids her goodbye with a fake bright smile 

Q1: What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?

Answer: Kamla Das is in pain by seeing her mother pale and weak like that of a corpse. The fear of losing her mother was her familiar ache, which she was unable to accept.


Q2: Why are the young trees described as 'sprinting' ?

Answer: Poetess has used Personification in "Young Trees sprinting". It personifies the youth who is rushing and running so fast, which is a contrast to the ageing process of her old mother.

CBSE Class 9/10/11/12 - Cloze Test -2 (English Grammar)

Cloze Test 

Fill in the blanks from the choices given below:

The League of Nations was (1) in 1919. It became ineffective and the UNO began to (2)  from October 24, 1945. The Second World War (3) in 1939. It caused great (4) to human lives and properly. As a (5) of use of atom bombs, many people were (6) and many became (7). The world leaders feared that another world war would (8) the entire world. It was a question of the (9) of mankind. To ensure peace and (10) the world leaders established world organisation, the UNO.



1. (A) created
   (B) formed
   (C) made
   (D) opened

2. (A) start
    (B) operate
   (C) function
   (D) commence


3. (A) broke in
   (B) broke out
   (C) broke into
   (D) broke up


4. (A) wastage
   (B) calamity
   (C) loss
   (D) disturbance

CBSE Class 12 - English (Core)- Sample Question Paper (2015)

CBSE Class 12 - English (Core)- Sample Question Paper (2015) 

CBSE Class 6 - 12: English Grammar - Confusing Sentences

Confusing Sentences

1. To go to school - to get education.
    e.g. Sheila is going to school. (It means Sheila is studying there).

    To go to the school - to go for other purpose
    e.g. Sheila's father is going to the school. (It means Sheila's father is visiting school for some purpose, may be inquiring about his daughter's progress.)


2.  To go to play - to take part in games

     To go to the play - to go to a theatre.


3. A black and white dog - One dog which is partly black and partly white.

    A black and a white dog - two different dogs - one black in colour while the other is white in colour.


4. Tell me briefly - Tell me in a short time.

    Tell me shortly - Tell me in short.

CBSE Class 11 - 12 English Grammar - Official Sentences

Official Sentences

Following sentences or phrases are commonly used for official or administrative work.

1. Arrangements are being made to ensure timely submission of reports.
2. Administrative approval may be obtained.
3. Competent authority's sanction is necessary.
4. Concurrence of the finance branch is necessary.
5. Exigencies of administrative work.
6. Explanation from the defaulter may be obtained.
7. His request be acceded to.
8. In anticipation of your approval.
9. Such action may be deemed necessary.
10. Repugnant to the context.
11. Show cause as to why such action should not be taken.
12. The file in question is not traceable.
13. Timely compliance may be ensured.

CBSE Class 8/9/10/11/12 CTET - English Grammar - Reading Comprehension

Reading Comprehension

Directions: Read the following short passages. After each passage, you will find several questions based on what is stated or implied in the passages. Answer the questions that follow each passage.

 Passage -1 

Vehicles do not move about the roads for mysterious reasons of their Own. They move only because people want them to move in connection with the activities which the people are engaged in. Traffic is therefore a ‘function of activities’, and because, in towns, activities mainly take place in buildings, traffic in towns is a ‘function of buildings’, The implications of this line of reasoning are inescapable.

Q1: Line 1 of the passage means that vehicles move on the roads

(a) for reasons difficult to understand.
(b) to serve specific purposes of people.
(c) in a haphazard fashion.
(d) in ways beyond our control.


Q2: The author says that traffic is a ‘function of  activities’. He means that

(a) human activities are taking place.
(b) human activities are dependent on traffic.
(c) traffic is not dependent on human activities.
(d) traffic is connected with human activities.

Q3: The author suggests by his argument that

CBSE Class 10/11/12 - English Grammar - Comprehension Passage

COMPREHENSION

(NDA 2014 General Ability Paper)
Directions: Read the following short passages. After each passage, you will find several questions based on what is stated or implied in the passages. Answer the questions that follow each passage.

PASSAGE

In a free country, the man who reaches the position of leader is usually one of outstanding character and ability. Moreover, it is usually possible to foresee that he will reach such a position, since early in life one can see his qualities of character. But this is not always true in the case of a dictator; often he reaches his position of power through chance, very often through the unhappy state of his country. It is possible that Hitler would never have become the leader of Germany if that country had not been driven to despair.



Q1:  In a free country, one who becomes a leader
(a) must be of outstanding character and ability
(b) must show qualities of character from an early age 
(c) is generally of a remarkable character and ability 
(d) must see that his country is free from despair 

CBSE Class 10/11/12/CTET - English Grammar - Reading Comprehension

Reading Comprehension

Read the passage carefully and then answer the questions which are based on what is stated or implied in the passage. (taken from a graduate entrance exam)

The work which Gandhiji had taken in hand was not only the achievement of political freedom but the establishment of a social order based on truth and non-violence, unity and peace, equality and universal brotherhood, and maximum freedom for all. This unfinished part of his experiment was perhaps even more difficult to achieve than the achievement of freedom. In the political struggle, the fight was against a foreign power and all could and did either join in it or at least wish it a success and give it to their moral support. In establishing the social order of his pattern, there was a lively possibility of a conflict arising between groups and classes of our own people.

Antonyms (Quiz)

Antonyms

A word which is opposite in meaning to the given word is called its Antonym.

Pick up the word or phrase from the choices which is close to opposite (antonym) to word asked.

1: MINOR

(a) heavy
(b) tall
(c) major
(d) big

One Word Substitution (English Grammar)

One Word Substitution

In competitive examinations (BITSAT, NDA, University Graduate entrance...), often there are questions on 'one word substitution'. Here is a list to help you.

One word substitution is also important to write or speak something very precisely. Class 10 grammar has a topic 'Avoid repetition' covering about it.

1. Anarchist: One who promotes revolt against government.
2. Convalescent: One who is recovering from illness.
3. Omnipotent: One who is all powerful.
4. Omnipresent: One who is present everywhere.

SYNONYMS (Quiz)

SYNONYMS

Each of the following consists of a word in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the words or group of words that is most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
(Taken from various competitive examinations like NDA, CDS, University graduate entrance, TET ...)

1. GENIAL
(a) Generous
(b) Wonderful
(c) Liberal
(d) Friendly and cheerful