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Types of Adjectives   What is an adjective? An adjective is defined as a word that describes or gives more information about a noun. Adjective gives relevant information about a noun. It is placed just before the noun it modifies. When we have a linking verb, we may not use a noun after an adjective. Examples: Good, bad, tall, small, clever, few, five, that, Pakistani, which, etc. are examples of adjectives. John is a good student. He is happy . I have five books in my bag. That car is mine. Look at the tall building. Which book do you want to buy now? Types of Adjectives Descriptive Adjectives Descriptive adjectives are words that modify nouns by showing their qualities. They are also called adjectives of quality or qualitative adjectives. They will buy a new house when their father comes back from New York. Our teacher told us an amazing story. I always wear black shoes. The tall building in front of your office belongs to my friend. Have you listened to t...

Types of Pronouns Pronouns are words that we use to replace nouns to avoid repetition. As we know the uses of nouns differ. They can be used as subjects; they can be used as objects; they can be used to show possession; they can be used to show something else; consequently, we use pronouns in different ways as well. Personal Pronouns Personal pronouns generally take the place of people or things. When a noun is used as a subject in a sentence, we use the subjective case of personal pronouns. When a noun is used as an object, similarly we use the objective case of personal pronouns. Subjective Pronoun Objective Pronoun He Him She Her It It They Them I Me We Us You You Ali told Salo and Diya to study. He also told them to do homework. Diya and Salo obeyed Ali . They asked him if they could do home...

Pronoun   What is Pronoun? A pronoun is defined as a word that replaces a noun or is used instead of a noun. We do this to avoid the repetition of nouns. Pronouns just take place of nouns. They do whatever nouns do. Tom is a student. Tom reads in Grade 6th. Tom reads in The Smart School. The Smart School is located in the city. Tom comes from the village to his school. Tom is a hard worker. Tom always gets 1st position in the class. Tom is a student. He reads in Grade 6th. He reads in The Smart School. It is located in the city. He comes from the village to his school. He is hard a worker. He always gets 1st position in the class. Antecedent and Referent A noun that we replace with a pronoun is called the antecedent. A pronoun that is used instead of a noun is called a referent. Tom is a student. He reads in Grade 6th. In the above sentence, Tom is the antecedent and ‘He’ is the referent. Remember that sometimes we don’t have an antecedent and we...

Semicolon What is Semicolon? A semicolon is one of the punctuation marks that shows a pause to set off parts of a sentence or items in a detailed list. The pause it shows is longer than a comma but shorter than a full stop. The old house is cheap; the new house is expensive. The old car is cheap, but the new car is expensive. Weather forecasting agencies have forecasted bad weather conditions; consequently, all flights have been delayed. Definitions from other Dictionaries Oxford Advanced Learners’ Dictionary defines the semicolon as the mark (   ;   ) used to separate the parts of a complicated sentence or items in a detailed list, showing a break that is longer than a comma but shorter than a full stop.   Cambridge Dictionary defines the semicolon as the symbol (;) used in writing between two parts of a sentence, usually when each of the two parts could form grammatical sentences on their own. A semicolon ...