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A Group of people comes together to do the same work. Such groups of people have particular names.

Names for groups of people starting from A to F

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Army: a group of soldiers

Audience: listeners gathered together for the same event

Band: musicians performing for the same event

Here are the eight parts of speech with their work-

Noun – the name of a thing or a person

Pronoun – a word used instead of a noun

Adjective – gives more information about a noun.

Verb – an action word

Adverb – provides more information about a verb, adjective, or adverb.

Preposition – shows a relation to the noun.

Conjunction – joins words, clauses, or sentences.

Interjection – a word for short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence

In Simple Present Tense, Verb shows the present time without telling about the completion of the action. But it tells simply.  

Simple Present Tense is used to express- 

habitual actions

general truths

repeated actions

to tell about future action plans

to give instructions

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Simple Present Tense- Use and Examples

Here are the uses of simple present tense with examples.

Habitual action

* Simple Present Tense is used to express habitual actions in the present.

We shall see what ‘habitual action’ actually is!

Definition of habitual 

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Active and Passive Voice - The Forms of Sentences

Active Voice and Passive Voice are the forms of sentences. We can write these for the same meaning.

Voice is a form of verb showing whether the subject acts or has acted to it. That is, sentences are in either active or passive voice.

Here, we shall see the forms of sentences in the manner of-

characteristics

pattern

example with explanation

Active Voice

In an active form, the subject acts.

Definition

We can define this as;

An active voice is a sentence in which a verb shows that subject does an action.

Characteristics of active voice

We shall see the characteristics of this form.

In an active voice-

The subject of a sentence in an active form is at the starting of the sentence.

The subject is followed by the form of ‘to be’, verb, and object.

We can say that a verb is in the Active Voice.

An active voice tells clearly about the actor who has done it.

Pattern of sentence

The pattern of a sentence in this voice is-

Subject+ Verb+ Object

Example with explanation

Here is an example with explanation -

My son has built a website.

In the above sentence, we have a subject (my son), a verb (has built), and the object of the verb (website).

Passive voice

In passive voice, the action is done by someone.

Definition

We define this form as;

Passive voice is the sentence in which the form of a verb shows that an action is done to the subject.

Characteristics of passive voice

The Characteristics of this form are-

When we change the sentence from active to passive voice, the object becomes the subject.

We can use sentences with only transitive verbs in the passive voice. That is, we can change the sentences having objects into this voice.

This form may or may not tell clearly about the actor who has done it.

We should add 'by' in a sentence to make clear the action, who has done it.

Pattern of sentence

The pattern of a sentence in this voice is as -

Subject+ form of ‘to be + past participle of verb+ by + object

Example with explanation

The website has been built.

Or

The website has been built by my son.

In the above sentence, we have-

the direct object of the verb (a website)

the verb is in passive form (has been built)

The subject is missing, but we can add ‘by’ and make the subject clear.

A conjunction is a word that we use to join two words, two phrases, and two clauses. It is a part of speech, and it is very important in the sentence. Joining words is the alternate name for conjunctions. That is, joining words are the words that join two words, two phrases, or two clauses.

There are many words used as conjunctions.

List of some conjunctions-

We use a few common conjunctions, but they perform many functions.

Here is a list of common joining words used in English.

so

yet

because

but

and

as

for

or

either or

neither nor

so

not only

whether

Examples - Sentence with Conjunction

Examples of how to use conjunctions in sentences are given here-

Sameer and Charwak are brothers.

I met her and her mother on the same day.

I ran fast but missed the train.

You didn’t complete the work, but she did.

Because it is difficult to learn, he joined the class.

He got in/on the crowded bus because he had to reach there on time. (on-American English)

I had dinner with my children.

She saw a man with her boss.

In the above sentences:

Joining word ‘and’ is joining-

two words; Sameer, Charwak

a word and a phrase; her, her mother

Joining word ‘but’ is joining-

a clause and a phrase; I ran fast, missed the train

two clauses; You didn’t complete the work, and she did

Joining word ‘because’ is joining-

two clauses: it is difficult to learn, he joined the class

two clauses: He got in the crowded bus, he had to reach there on time

Joining word ‘with’ is joining-

a word ‘dinner’ and a phrase ‘my children’

a word ‘man’ and a phrase ‘her boss’

In the above sentences: and, but, but, because, with are conjunctions.

More examples of joining words in sentences

They all started their work before sunrise.

I went home after taking my son from his school.

There will be no end of quarrel until somebody says sorry.

Put the light off when the party had finished.

I clean my computer whenever I start it.

Kids go to the ground while the mother goes to work.

In the above sentences: before, after, until, when, whenever, and while are the joining words.

Types of Conjunctions

All conjunctions perform the same function of joining words, phrases, and clauses.

There are three types of conjunctions.

Coordinating

Correlative

Subordinating Conjunctions

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Preposition

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Interjection

Phobia- Words Starting From X

This Phobia list contains words for phobia starting from X. 

List of Phobia

In this list, you will get the words for the phobia of yellow colour or even for the word yellow, foreign hotels, foreign languages, foreigners, foreign pickpockets, dryness or dry places, wooden objects, forests, and razors.

Here is a list of the words for phobia starting from the letter x.

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Xanthophobia- excessive fear of the colour yellow or the word yellow.

                Xanthophobic- person suffering from Xanthophobia

Xenodochiophobia - excessive fear of foreign hotels

               Xenodochiophobic- person suffering from Xenodochiophobia

Xenoglossophobia- excessive fear of foreign languages.

              Xenoglossophobic- person suffering from Xenoglossophobia

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Xenophobia- excessive fear of strangers or foreigners.

             Xenophobic- person suffering from Xenophobia                

Xenonosocomiophobia - excessive fear of foreign pickpockets.

             Xenonosocomiophobic- person suffering from Xenonosocomiophobia

Xerophobia- excessive fear of dryness or dry places

             Xerophobic- person suffering from Xerophobia

Xinoaxphobia- excessive fear of the letter X.

                           This is a phobia of seeing anything that starts with the letter X.

             Xinoaxphobic- person suffering from Xinoaxphobia

Xylophobia- excessive fear of wooden objects.

                          - excessive fear of forests.

             Xylophobic- person suffering from Xylophobia

Xyrophobia-excessive fear of razors.

             Xyrophobic- person suffering from Xyrophobia            

Meaning of Preposition

What is the preposition in English?

The simple meaning of the preposition is a position of the word in a sentence we use before the other word. The name preposition itself tells that the position of a word is before another word showing the relationship of words that are nearby.

Definition of Preposition

A preposition is a word that we use before noun, pronoun, or noun phrase. Such a word shows the relation of nouns, pronouns, noun phrases with other words in the sentence.

So, the proposition is defined as a word showing the relation of nouns, pronouns, or noun phrases with other words in a sentence.

Use of prepositions

When do we use prepositions in English?

We use prepositions in English when we have to show the relationship between more places, things, or people.

Here are some examples.

A rabbit slept under a tree.

The boys are playing on the ground.

In the above sentences the prepositions 'under' and 'on' are showing relation to the nouns 'tree' and 'ground' respectively.

How do you use prepositions correctly?

There is no particular rule to use the preposition. Sometimes there might be confusion as in the native language, there might be several meanings of prepositions used in the sentences according to their uses.

We use a preposition to show-

position

direction

time

to introduce an object.

Prepositions- place (position)

We can use a preposition to show the position of an object that is where it is placed– on the surface, inside something, or another position.

We can see some common prepositions of position in the sentences given below.

In front of: She stood in front of a hardware store.

In: I kept my lunch box in the kitchen.

On: Your book is on the table.

Prepositions- place (direction)

To: The driver drove to the parking area.

Next to: Jim purchased a house next to the garden.

Beside: She is waiting for you beside the car.

Prepositions- time

At: We have our lunch at noon.

In: She cleans her house in the evening every day.

On: There is a bank holiday on Monday.

Prepositions- to introduce an object

We use the prepositions near, among, between, by, opposite to refer to an object close to the place.

The D-mart is near our house.

There are red roses among the large trees.

There was a quarrel between two best friends.

The market is by the railway station.

The park is opposite the cloth market.

We use prepositions ‘above’ and ‘over’ to refer to the object that is higher than the place.

The dairy is on the shelf above the books.

The aeroplane flew over the jungle.

We use the prepositions underneath, under, beneath, and below to refer to the object lower than the place.

Her kitchen is right underneath ours.

The doctor put the thermometer under my arms.

The water was 30 meters beneath the ground.

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Preposition List

Here is a list of some common and mostly used prepositions.

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about

above

across

after

against

along

among

as

around

at

before

behind

below

beneath

beside

between

beyond

by

concerning

despite

down

during

except

for

from

in

inside

into

like

near

next

of

off

on

onto

out

outside

over

past

regarding

round

since

through

throughout

till

to

toward

under

underneath

unlike

until

up

upon

with

within

without

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The most common auxiliary verbs are-

have

be

do

,to understand perfect present tense, first get the forms of verbs so that it will be easy to understand. We use form of have with past participle of verb in perfect present tense.

Perfect present tense formation- 

Continuous Present Tense

The sentence of continuous present tense tells that action is not completed in current time. In this tense, we use forms of ‘to be’ in present form but which are those? Those are  ‘am’, ‘is’ and ‘are’. So, we use form of ‘to be’ with present participle in the formation of continuous present tense.

Sentence is a group of words that we use to explain our thoughts properly. All group of words are not sentences.