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4 months agoContributor-Level 10
Find below some popular books to prepare for English grammar:
Book | Author/ Publication |
|---|---|
Understanding and Using English Grammar | Betty Schrampfer Azar |
Practical English Usage | Michael Swan |
Fundamentals of English Grammar | Betty Schrampfer Azar |
Oxford Guide to English Grammar | John Eastwood |
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language | Rodney Huddleston |
Basic English Grammar: With Answer Key | Betty Schrampfer Azar |
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4 months agoContributor-Level 10
Here are some quick tips to master English grammar in an easy way so that you don't have to wing it, thinking “if it sounds right, it's probably correct”.
Tip #1: Understand the basics of grammar. Once you understand the rules, it'll be a piece of cake to master grammar.
Tip #2: Make a habit of reading frequently. Reading various books from different genres is one of the quickest and the easiest ways to notice the pattern of grammar. Once you realise the pattern, it'll be only a matter of time before you stop making grammatical errors.
Tip #3: Play online grammar quizzes.
Tip #4: Practice by answering English grammar workbooks.
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4 months agoContributor-Level 10
Tere are 8 parts of speech. These play an important role in defining what purpose a word has in a sentence. The parts of speech are as follows:
| Part of Speech | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Nouns | Defines name, place, person, animal, idea, or thing |
| Pronouns | Words used in place of nouns |
| Verbs | Express an action, state of being, possession, condition, or occurences |
| Adjectives | Define noun & pronoun |
| Adverbs | Modify adjectives/ verbs/ other adverbs |
| Preposition | Join different parts of a sentence |
| Conjunctions | Words liking phrases/ clauses |
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4 months agoContributor-Level 10
There are certain basic rules of grammar. Find below main rules of English grammar to not make any grammatical errors:
- Subject Verb agreement is a must.
- Correct verb tense must be followed
- Proper capitalisation of sentence needs to be done
- Punctuation
- Use proper pronoun agreement
- Adjective and Adverb placement
- Subject and a predicate must be there in each sentence
- Use the correct articles
- Avoid double negatives.
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4 months agoContributor-Level 10
To learn idioms effectively, follow the tips mentioned below:
- Learn in context through stories, movies, and conversations
- Group idioms by themes, such as food, animals, body parts, etc.
- Practice using them in sentences.
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4 months agoNew answer posted
4 months agoContributor-Level 10
No, idioms are not the same as proverbs. Idioms are fixed expressions with figurative meanings (e.g. Spill the beans). Proverbs are wise sayings that give wisdom or life advice (e.g. a stitch in time saves nine).
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4 months agoContributor-Level 10
Here are some good books for idioms in English:
Book | Author |
|---|---|
Idioms and Phrases Anglo | Roshan Tolani |
Essential Idioms in English | Robert James Dixson |
Oxford Dictionary of Idioms | Various Authors |
3000 Idioms and Phrases | Canand |
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4 months agoContributor-Level 10
Here is a list of some of the popular idioms in English:
- Break the ice: To start a conversation in a social setting and make everyone comfortable
- A blessing in disguise: Something that appears bad at first, but turns out to be good
- Hit the sack: To go to sleep
- Spill the beans: To disclose/ reveal a secret
- Under the weather: Feeling unwell
- Once in a blue moon: Something happens extremely rarely
- Kill two birds with one stone: To achieve two things with one action
- When pigs fly: Something that will never happen
- Let the CAT out of the bag: To reveal something accidentally
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4 months agoContributor-Level 10
Idioms are phrases with a figurative meaning that is understood culturally. Such phrases usually have a very different meaning when compared to their literal definition.
Example of Idiom: "It's raining cats and dogs" means it's raining heavily.
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