Thursday, 26 March 2015

Sometimes I feel that a little act of kindness can make a big difference in a person's life.

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

Zentangle

Hello fellow beings.Hope you all are fine.It's my first post on my art collection.And being my first post I am posting one of my favorite ones.It's based on the method known as Zentangle .
        Zentangle is a method where you draw images from structured patterns.It's very easy to learn and I had a lot of fun drawing it.Actually I thought of drawing something but have finally ended up with something else(the one shown below).



Doesn't it sounds fun?It will always be an YES for me... :) .Now it's your turn to try.



Saturday, 7 February 2015

Interjections

Interjections : Used to express surprise,emotion,demand or attention.
Some of the interjections used are
  • Oh!
  • Wow!
  • Hurrah!
  • Hey!
  • Absolutely!
  • Ouch!
  • Damn!
  • Bless you!

The usage of interjections in academic writing is avoided.Interjections can be used in informal writing or in dialogue writing.

Hope,have successfully completed the parts of speech.

Conjunctions

CONJUNCTIONS are words that link other words in a sentence and shows their relationship.Conjunctions can be categorized into four types:Coordinating,correlative,adverbial and subordinating conjunctions.


(1).Coordinating Conjunctions : Join words of equal importance.There are seven coordinating conjunctions which can be remembered  by the acronym FANBOYS.
 

F stands for 'for',
A stands for 'And',
N stands for 'Nor',
B stands for 'But',
O stands for 'Or',
Y stands for 'Yet',
S stands for so.

Examples :
  • The man and woman were walking in the park.
  • She likes tea but not coffee.


(2).Correlative Conjunctions are word pairs that join words or group of words of equal importance.
Some of the commonly used correlative conjunctions are:
  • not only....... but also
  • whether....... or
  • both........ and
  • not....but
  • either......or
  • as......as
  • neither......nor
Examples:
  • I want both the dress and the book.
  • You can either prepare for Gre or Gate based on your interest. 
  • Whether you clean your room or vacuum the house is up to you.


(3).Adverbial Conjunctions join independent clauses.They specify the relationship between two main clauses.Good way to remember these conjunctions is by the acronym HOT SHOT CAT.


H stands for 'however',
O stands for ' otherwise,
T stands for 'therefore',
S stands for 'similarly',
H stands for 'hence',
O stands for 'on the other hand',
T stands for 'thus',
C stands for 'consequently',
A stands for 'also',
T stands for 'then'.


(4).Subordinating Conjunctions are defined as a word or group of words that includes a subordinate clause.Some of the subordinating conjunctions are as,since,because,although,though,even though,
even if,when,whenever. 

Friday, 6 February 2015

Prepositions

PREPOSITIONS are words that connect nouns and pronouns to other words and show the relationship between words.Prepositions are generally used to describe the location,direction or time.Some the commonly used prepositions are at,about,above,across,after,against,behind, beyond, except, toward,on,in,of,despite,with, since.


Eventhough knowing individual prepositions are important we mostly use prepositional phrase.A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun and can include any words that come in between.


Some of the examples of prepositional phrases are
  • in the village
  • despite of the loss
  • with him
  • behind the house




Adverbs

ADVERBS modify and describe adjective,verb and other adverbs.
  • He talked slowly with the girl.
         The adverb slowly describes the verb talked.
  • It was a lovely huge palace.
          The adverb lovely modifies the adjective huge.
  • He played very well.
          The adverb very modifies the adverb well.
Most adverbs end with the suffix -ly. But there are some which do not end with -ly.

Some of the adverbs which do not end with -ly are :
  • quite
  • well
  • so
  • soon
  • always
  • often
  • very
  • never
However,there are some adjectives which end with -ly.
Have a glance at such adjectives:
  • lovely
  • lonely
  • friendly
  • ugly
  • beautifully
  • deadly



Thursday, 5 February 2015

Verbs

The subject of a sentence is determined by a verb .Verbs can be grouped into three categories (1).Action Verbs (2).Linking verbs or state of being verbs (3).Auxiliary or helping verbs.


(1).ACTION VERBS demonstrates an action.And this type of nouns are majorly used.
  • The girl sang loudly. 
  • Sir shouted at him.

(2).LINKING OR STATE OF BEING VERBS tells the condition of someone or something.
  • He was sick.
  • I am so happy for nothing.
(3).AUXILIARY OR HELPING VERBS help describe the main verb.There are nine helping words mainly used,they are never the main verb.
These helping verbs are:
  1. May
  2. Might
  3. Must
  4. Can
  5. Could
  6. Will
  7. Would
  8. Shall
  9. Should
Lets have a glance at some examples,where the main verb is highlighted while the helping verb is underlined.
  • That girl might sing the song. 
  • Mam could beat her.
The main verb and the helping verb together is known as the complete verb.There are three verbs Be,Do,Have,which can be used either as a main verb or helping verb depending on their usage.
Be forms include Is,Are,Was,Were,Being.Been.Do forms include Does,Did.Have forms include  Has,Had.
As Main verb:
  • She is a nice friend of mine.
  • He did this. 
As Helping verb:
  • She has done this .
  • He has written another article.