See Smell Hear Taste Feel Love Hate Recognise Notice Appear Seem
Have Own Belong Possess Contain Consist Consider Owe Prefer Behave Refuse
Want Wish Desire Feel Like Hope Suggest Fear Find Mind Promise
Think Belive Know Trust
Understand Expect Remember Forget Agree Need
Rule 82:
Article noun + and + noun …...singular verb Article noun + and + article noun ...plural verb
• The principal and secretary is coming here next week
• The principal and the secretary are coming here next week
Note: sometimes you can get possessive adjective in the place of Article
Possessive adjective My Your His Her Its Our Their
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Rule 83:
• Very …..positive degree,present participle adjective(v1+ing)
• Much....comparative degree,past participle adjective(v3) Exception: very annoyed , very pleased , very delighted , very tired ,very surprised , very obliged
Very Much
It is very good
It is very interesting
It is much better It is much interested
Rule 84:
• Times...positive degree (as adj as)
• Twice …...positive degree (as adj as)
• Thrice …...positive degree (as adj as)
• Half …... positive degree (as adj as)
Eg: Iam three times faster than you (wrong) Iam three times as fast as you(correct)
Rule 85:
• Much too + adjective /adverb Eg: it is much too expensive He runs much too quickly
• Too much + noun
Eg:he has too much money
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• Verb + too much
Eg:he works too much
Here are some suffixes w.r.t noun ,adjective, adverb Noun Adjective Adverb
-tion /-sion /-cion -ness
-ment -ance/ -ence -ist
-ity -ism -an -ology -ics -y
-al
-able /-ible -ant /-ent -ic
-ive -ous
-ly
Rule 86:
• Fairly...+ve
• Rather …... -ve
Eg: Tom is fairly clever but john is rather stupid
Rule 87:
• Until …...time /upto
• Unless...condition/ except for
Eg : They waited until she returned
You will not succeed unless you work hard
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Rule 88:
Adjective Adverb
Friendly Cowardly Miserly Orderly Niggardly Scholarly
In a Friendly manner In a Cowardly manner In a Miserly manner In a Orderly manner In a Niggardly manner In a Scholarly manner
Rule 89:
Hard …...difficult Eg:he works very hard
Hardly …...almost not Eg: I hardly know him Aloud …...audibly
Eg: she read the letter aloud
Loudly …...noisily Eg: she laughed loudly Late …...not on time
Eg: he arrived late
Lately …...recently
Eg: he has n’t been looking well lately Easy …...not difficult
Eg: it is easy to install
Easily …...simply
Eg:she climbed the mountain easily
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Rule 90:
Adverbs of Manner “how”
Eg: ram reads quickly
Adverbs of Place “where”
Eg: she lives here
Adverbs of Time “when”
Eg:he comes daily Quickly
Bravely Happily Well Fast Hard Clearly Agreeably Sadly Soundly
Here There Nowhere Anywhere Everywhere Up /down Near Within Away In / out
Now Soon Yet Still
Then / always Today / tomorrow /yesterday
After / before /ago Lately
Already Never Since
Rule 91:
These words follow
preposition “as” These words do not follow preposition “as”
• Regard
• Describe
• Define
• Treat
• View
• Know
• Elected
• Think
• Appointed
• Name
• Choose
• Make
• Consider
• Call
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Rule 92:
Singular verb Plural verb
Type of Sort of Kind of
Types of Sorts of Kinds of
Rule 93:
• Who...for subjective case Eg: This is the who works hard
• Whom …....for objective case Eg: This is the boy whom all praise
Rule 94:
• Whoever …... for subjective case
• Whomever... for objective case
Note : who / whom come after noun / pronoun otherwise we can get whoever / whomever
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Rule 95:
That ….people , animals and things Which …..animals and things
1. After adjectives in the superlative form 2. 1 person + and + 1 animal / thing 3. All , same , any , none , nothing , only
Don’t use for people
Rule 96:
Relative pronoun takes verb based on its antecedent Singuladr noun...singular verb
Plural noun …...plural verb Eg: It is I who is shouting(wrong) It is I who am shouting(correct)
Rule 97:
The + adjective --->verb (plural)
Rule 98:
When two qualities of a noun are compared …...”more” is used (instead of “er”)
Rule 99:
Though / although …...yet (but X)
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Rule 100:
It is / it was + subjective pronoun
Rule 101:
A.V + and +A.V +M.V--->A.V + M.V + and +A.V + M.V A.V...Auxiliary Verb
M.V...Main Verb
Eg: she has and will help the poor(wrong)
She has helped and will help the poor (correct)
Rule 102:
It's …...it is / it was
Its ...possessive form of ‘It’
Rule 103:
One --- one’s
Rule 104:
Let + objective pronoun
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Rule 105:
Eg: Being a very hot day ,I remained indoors (wrong ) It being a very hot day ,I remained indoors(correct)
Rule 106:
Proper noun as common noun …...use ‘the’
• Williamshakespear was a great engish dramatist
• Kalidas is the shakespear of India
Rule 107:
• Ordinals i.e The first ,The second ,The Third
• The whole
• The next
• The middle
• The center
• The top
• The only
• The right
• The wrong
• The following
• The main
Rule 108:
• has / have / had + v3
• having + v3
• being + v3
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Rule 109:
to + infinitive...to + V1
Rule 110:
Bare infinitive ...V1
bid / bade behold watch let see make feel help hear
can / could shall / should may / might will / would do / did
need /need not dare /dare not ought
rather / had rather better / had better had as soon..as had sooner
except but save than
Rule 111: Use same parts of speech after these connectors Either …..or
Neither...nor
Not only...but also Both …...and
Eg: you can either stay with him or with me (wrong) You can stay either with him or with me (correct)
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Rule 112: Pronoun should be according to the second subject Or
Nor
Either ….or Neither...or
Eg: hari or his friends may offer his services (wrong) hari or his friends may offer their services(correct)
Rule 113:
Pronoun --->singular
• Each
• Each and every
• Everyone
• Everybody
• Anyone
• Anybody
• Someone
• Somebody
• None
• Nobody
• Pairing nouns
Eg: Each man and each boy casts their vote(wrong) Each man and each boy casts his vote(correct)
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Rule 114:
Verb --->main subject
• The quality of the mangoes were not good (wrong)
• The quality of the mangoes was not good (correct)
Rule 115:
Plural subject ---> verb ---> singular
(specific amount , specific distance , specific period , specific measurement)
Eg: five miles are not long way (wrong) five miles is not long way(correct)
Rule 116:
Eg: Three were killed and one injured Three were killed and one was injured
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Rule 117: use article ‘the’
• Great & sacred books eg: Ramayana
• Single universal objects eg:The sun
• Newspapers & magazines eg:The Hindu
• Musical instuments eg: The Guitar
• Physical positions eg: The Centre
• Historical periods eg: The mouryan period
• Rivers & canals & oceans & seas eg:The ganga
• Mountain ranges & plains eg: The Himalayas
• Well known trains &ships eg:The Vikrant
• Historical constuctions eg: The charminar
• Group of islands eg: The lakshadweep
• Straits eg: The Davis strait
• Ordinals eg: The second
• Superlatives eg: The best
• Comparatives eg: The better
Rule 118:
Lot of / most of + uncountable noun + singular verb Lot of / most of + countable noun + plural verb
Rule 119:
Reflexive pronoun --->not used as subject of a verb
Subjective pronoun
Reflexive pronoun I
He She You We They
Myself Himself Herself yourself Ourselves themselves
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