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Noun


Noun

Noun means any name. (Person, Place or Thing)
Examples: Boy: Person , Karachi: Place , Pencil: Thing

Kinds of Noun:

1- Common Noun:
It is any common name, ordinary name of person, place or thing.
Examples:
Boy, city, girl, fan, book etc

2- Proper Noun:
It is any particular or specific name.
Examples:
Ali, Lahore, Pakistan, March etc

3- Abstract Noun:
It is name of any quality, state or action.
Examples:
Honesty, bravery, poverty, theft etc

4- Material Noun:
Material things out of which other things are made are material noun.
Examples:
Gold, silver, steel, stone, cotton

5- Collective Noun:
It is name of some group or collection.
Examples:
Family, class, army, people etc
Some of these names are used with additional words e.g. pile, bundle, number, set, items, crowd, team etc.

6- Countable Noun:
It is noun that can be counted.
Examples:
Two girls, one book, both etc.

7- Uncountable Noun:
It is noun which can not be counted.
Examples:
a little milk, a few books, much water etc.

Rules for Nouns:
1- First letter of Proper nouns will always be capital.
2- Collective nouns are sometimes used in singular sense.
3- Articles (a, an, the) are not used with material noun and they have no plural form.
4- “The” is not used before Proper noun.
5- “The” is used before Common noun to make it specific or to mention some name used before e.g. The book is on the table. Here “the book” means the same book which is on the table, not any other ordinary book and “the table” means the same table on which book is there not any other ordinary table.

Pronoun


Pronoun

Pronoun is used in place of a name. (To avoid from repetition)
Examples:
Ali is a boy. He is very intelligent.
He, she, it, I, we, they, you are pronouns.


Kinds of Pronoun

1- Personal Pronoun:
It is used in place of name with three categories:
1st Person: I, we
2nd Person: You
3rd Person: He, she, it, they
These categories have further three cases table of which is as follows:
Nominative Case:
Case of Subject or action doer.
Possessive Case:
Shows possession or anything owned.
Objective Case:
Case of Object or action receiver.
I
My, mine
Me
We
Our
Us
They
Their
Them
You
Your
You
He
His
Him
She
Her
Her
It
Its
It
2- Demonstrative Pronoun:
It is used to point out some noun.
Examples:
This is the person who has stolen my pen.
That is a ball.
These, those etc are Demonstrative Pronouns.

3- Distributive Pronoun:
It is used to distribute or separate nouns.
Examples:
either, or, neither, nor, each, every etc.

4- Reflexive Pronoun:
It ends on “self or selves” followed by any case of Personal Pronoun.
Examples:
Myself, themselves, itself, himself etc.

5- Relative Pronoun:
It is used to relate some noun to its pronoun.
Examples:
This is the pen which was stolen.
He is the boy whom I had met before.
Antecedent:
The name going before a Relative pronoun is called Antecedent.
In the above examples, pen and boy are Antecedents.

6- Interrogative Pronoun:
It is question word used in place of noun.
Examples:
What, when, where, who etc.

7- Emphatic Pronoun:
It is used to emphasize or stress some noun. It can be said to be a demonstrative pronoun as well.
Examples:
This is the scene which I like the most.

Verb


Verb

Verb is any action. (May be in Present, Past or Future)
No sentence is complete without a verb.
Verb itself is a sentence.
Examples:
Come, go, sit, work, enjoy, get, set etc.


Kinds of Verb

1- Principal Verb:
It is main action. You are well familiar with the forms of principal verbs.
Examples:
Walk, run, see, sit, eat, sleep, drink etc.

2- Helping Verb:
It helps the main verb. It is not necessary to be present in every sentence.
Examples:
Is, are, am, was, were, will, shall, can, may, should, would, ought, might, be, been, could etc

3- Transitive Verb:
It follows the object. Its necessary to use object in its sentence.
Examples:
She plucks a flower.
He reads a book.

4- Intransitive Verb:
It ends without object and the meaning of sentence is clear without using object.
Examples:
Baby sleeps, birds chirp etc.

5- Complement:
It completes a sentence and is called “Being Verb”.
Examples:
I am a girl.
You seem happy etc.Rules for Verbs:
No sentence is complete without a verb.
Verb itself is a sentence.
Difference in forms of verb depends upon tense used.
It is the most important part of a sentence.

Adjective


Adjective

Adjective is any quality of a noun. (May be Positive or Negative)
It adds to the meaning of a noun. 
Examples:
He is smart guy.Tall, short, genius, careless, punctual, regular, big, small etc are Adjectives.

Kinds of Adjective

1- Adjective of quality:
It adds to the meaning of a noun.
Examples:
Good boy, clean room, big city, sharp pencil etc.

2- Adjective of quantity:
It shows quantity which can not be counted.
Examples:
some, enough, all, a little, much etc.

3- Adjective of number:
It shows number which can be counted.
Examples:
One, two, three---? Cardinal Numbers
1st, 2nd, 3rd------? Ordinal Numbers
Each, every, either----? Indefinite and Distributive Adjectives

4- Proper Adjective:
It has been derived from Proper Noun.
Examples:
Pakistani, Eastern, English etc
Rules for adjective:
1- Quality may be any merit or demerit also. It doesn't mean that it is good property only. Purpose is to enhance and stress on meaning of noun.
2- Colors names are also adjectives.
3- It is used before a noun or pronoun.
4- If some adjective is used without any noun or pronoun, then it will be considered as plural e.g. The brave are admired.

Preposition


Preposition 

Pre means “before” and position means “state”.
Preposition shows the position of words coming before it (May be noun, pronoun, phrase, verb etc)
These are joining words. (Join different parts of a sentence)
Examples:
The glass is on the table.
In, on, under, behind, beside, at, for, of, with, to etc are Prepositions.

Kinds of Preposition

1- Simple Prepositions:
Examples:
In, on, under, behind, beside, near, at, for, from, of, above etc

2- Double Prepositions:
Examples:
Within, into, onto, upward etc

3- Compound Prepositions
Through, against, in front of etc

4- Prepositions of Place:
Examples:
On, at, above, under, beneath, down, up etc

5- Prepositions of Time:
Examples:
At, about, before, after, within, since (For some fixed time e.g. morning, today, tomorrow, evening etc), for (For some time which is not fixed e.g. number of days, hours, weeks, months, years etc) etc
Rules for Prepositions:
1- It is used after verb whether Principal Verb or Helping Verb.
2- If it is changed, meaning of verb are also changed e.g. come on, come in, come out, come of etc.
3- These are also used with adverbial Phrase.

Adverb


Adverb 

Adverb adds to the meaning of a verb, adjective or another adverb.
(Without adverb, a sentence is complete but adding it, the meaning is enhanced.)
Examples:
We run fast.
Quickly, slowly, sharply, early, heavily etc.
Notice here the difference between Adjective and Adverb. Both add meanings but to different things.

Kinds of Adverb

1- Adverb of Manner:
It ends on “ly” and gives us the answer of “how”.
Examples:
Slowly, quickly, neatly, hardly etc

2- Adverb of Place:
It gives us the answer of “where”.
Examples:
Here, there, in, on, under, behind, beside, near etc

3- Adverb of Time:

It gives us the answer of “when”.
Examples:
Yesterday, tomorrow, now, today, soon, early etc

4- Adverb of Degree:
It adds to the meaning showing some degree or level.
Examples:
He works harder.
Pakistani team runs faster etc.
Rules for Adverb:
1- “Very” is used as degree and positive degree.
2- All kind of Adverb of Place show position, so these all are Prepositions also. However, it is not necessary that all prepositions are also adverb of place.
3- Without an Adverb, a sentence is complete but it qualifies its meaning, if present.
4- There’s another kind of Adverb i.e. Adverbial Phrase
It is at the end of a sentence and there is preposition before it. Some students consider it object but that is adverbial phrase, not object e.g. The sun rises in the east. Its detail is also given in Passive Voice Section.
5- Adverb may be in the start, center or end of a sentence depending upon emphasis e.g.
He goes to school, daily.
Daily, he goes to school.
He, daily, goes to school.
5- Adverb is written with comma to make it separate from a sentence because it is used as an additional word to stress. If you remove it, the sentence will even then be complete e.g. I get up, early, in the morning.
I get up in the morning.

Conjunction


Conjunction

Conjunction is used to join or combine two clauses or sentences. (Clause is not complete sentence. It has a subject and predicate) (Predicate contains the verb and its complement) (Complement is used to complete a grammatical construction)Examples: 
He said that he was fine.
Please inform me when you reach Lahore.
Because, Where, who, what, if, whose, which etc are examples of conjunctions which are used in the center of a sentence and in fact, to join two sentences.

Kinds of Conjunction

Followings are the kinds of Conjunction:
1- Coordinating Conjunction:
It joins two sentences but if we remove it, the sentence gives complete meaning.
Examples:
And, but, where, if, yet, so etc

2- Subordinating Conjunction:
It also joins two sentences but its one clause gives incomplete meaning without the other clause.
Example:
If, although, unless, until, whenever, after, as etc

3- Correlative Conjunction:
These are used altogether and show relation to each other.
Examples:
Either, or, neither, nor, both, not only, but also etc
Rules for Conjunction:
1- Its meaning is complete and clear until and unless both parts of a sentence are used e.g. You will pass if you work hard.
2- All Question Words if used as Conjunction give Positive meaning e.g. what, when, where, who, whom, whose etc
3- “If’ is called Conditional Word” because there is condition in its sentence involved.
4- Tense of both parts of a sentence can be different depending upon time. Its detail is in section of jumbled Sentences.

Interjection

Interjection

Interjection is used to express emotions or feelings (Joy, Sorrow, Wonder, Fear, Anger etc). It itself is not meaningful but after reading full sentence, we can easily understand for what it has been used. (Interjections are not specific to English only. Many are those which are same in other languages also)
Exclamation mark is used with interjection and after this mark, the word is written with Capital letter
Examples:
Hurrah! I got first position in Science Subjects.
Alas! Our father passed away last night.
Ah, Aha, Yahoo, Wow etc are examples of interjections.

Sentence Structure:
Now we are in a position to understand the structure of a sentence.
A basic sentence has three parts i.e.
Who + What + By Whom (Subject + Verb + Object)
Subject means any noun or pronoun that is performing the action.
Verb is the action and Object is also some noun or pronoun but the one on whom the action is being performed.
Examples:
He plucked a flower.
They play cricket.
Complex Sentence Structure:Now if we want to use all parts of speech described above in a single sentence, the sentence structure will become a little tough. See the below structure:
Interjection + Subject + Verb + Preposition + Adjective + Object + Adverb + Conjunction + 2nd Sentence.
Example: 
Hurrah! I have qualified for this match very successfully and I am much glad.
Aha! It has started raining in our deserted area heavily and children are enjoying outside.
(Adjective and adverb can be used somewhere else according to the requirement)
(This is an average sentence, many exceptions are still there)
All parts of a sentence can be omitted but verb is necessary to make sense.
So it is clear that how different parts of speech can be used altogether.

PART OF SPEECH LESSON

PART OF SPEECH LESSON # 1

Parts of Speech Table. This is a summary of the 8 parts of speech*. You can find more detail if you click on each part of speech. You can also see these parts of speech.


Parts-of-Speech-1 by Muhammad Javed Iqbal


Parts of Speech

When we speak, our speech consists of many words; these are called Parts of Speech.
There are 8 basic parts of speech i.e.
Let us explain these parts in simple way and see how they are collected together to form a sentence.

Noun
Noun means any name. (Person, Place or Thing)
Examples: Boy: Person , Karachi: Place , Pencil: Thing
Learn more...
Pronoun
Pronoun is used in place of a name. (To avoid from repetition)
Examples:
Ali is a boy. He is very intelligent.
He, she, it, I, we, they, you are pronouns.
Learn more...
Verb
Verb is any action. (May be in Present, Past or Future)
No sentence is complete without a verb.
Verb itself is a sentence.
Examples:
Come, go, sit, work, enjoy, get, set etc.
Learn more...
Adjective
Adjective is any quality of a noun. (May be Positive or Negative)
It adds to the meaning of a noun.
Examples:
He is smart guy.Tall, short, genius, careless, punctual, regular, big, small etc are Adjectives.
Learn more...
Preposition 
Pre means “before” and position means “state”.
Preposition shows the position of words coming before it (May be noun, pronoun, phrase, verb etc)
These are joining words. (Join different parts of a sentence)
Examples:
The glass is on the table.
In, on, under, behind, beside, at, for, of, with, to etc are Prepositions.
Learn more...
Adverb 
Adverb adds to the meaning of a verb, adjective or another adverb.
(Without adverb, a sentence is complete but adding it, the meaning is enhanced.)
Examples:
We run fast.
Quickly, slowly, sharply, early, heavily etc.
Notice here the difference between Adjective and Adverb. Both add meanings but to different things.Learn more...
Conjunction
Conjunction is used to join or combine two clauses or sentences. (Clause is not complete sentence. It has a subject and predicate) (Predicate contains the verb and its complement) (Complement is used to complete a grammatical construction)
Examples:
He said that he was fine.
Please inform me when you reach Lahore.
Because, Where, who, what, if, whose, which etc are examples of conjunctions which are used in the centre of a sentence and in fact, to join two sentences. Learn more...
Interjection
Interjection is used to express emotions or feelings (Joy, Sorrow, Wonder, Fear, Anger etc). It itself is not meaningful but after reading full sentence, we can easily understand for what it has been used. (Interjections are not specific to English only. Many are those which are same in other languages also)
Exclamation mark is used with interjection and after this mark, the word is written with Capital letter
Examples:
Hurrah! I got first position in Science Subjects.
Alas! Our father passed away last night.
Ah, Aha, Yahoo, Wow etc are examples of interjections.Learn more...

Articles "a/an and the"

Articles


English language has two articles, “the and a/an”.
An article is used for a noun. An article like an adjective modifies a noun.

For example, a book, the book, a cup, the cup, an umbrella, the umbrella
The article “the” is called definite article and the article “a/an” is called indefinite article.

Types of Articles


There are two articles in English language.

1. Indefinite article: a/an
2. Definite article: the
An article is used before a noun or an adjective modifying a noun.

                         
                      
     Definite Article: (the)


The definite article "the" is used for a definite, specific or particular noun.

Example. He bought the shirt.

The article “the” before the noun “shirt” in above sentence means that the shirt, he bought, is a specific or particular shirt and not any shirt.

                          Indefinite Article: (a/an)


The definite article “a/an” is used for indefinite, non-specific or non-particular (common) noun.

Example. He bought a shirt.

The article “a” before shirt in above sentence means that the shirt he bought is any shirt and not a specific shirt.

Rules for using Indefinite Article (a/an)


The article form “a” is used before a word (singular) beginning with a consonant, or a vowel with a consonant sound.
e.g. a book, a cat, a camera, a university, a European
The article form “an” is used before a word (singular) beginning with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) or consonant with vowel sound (or beginning with mute h ).
e.g. an apple, an elephant, an umbrella, an hour, 
1. Before a singular noun which is countable
    e.g.  He bought a book
            She is eating an apple.
2. Before a singular noun which refers to a class of things.
     e.g.  An orange is rich in vitamins.
3. Before a name of a profession
    e.g. She wants to be a doctor
           He is an engineer.
4. For certain expressions of quantity
    e.g. a lot of, a few, a couple, a dozen
5. For certain numbers.
    e.g. a hundred, a thousand, a million
6. Before a singular, countable noun in exclamation.
    e.g. What a beautiful flower!
           What a nice shirt!
7. Article a/an is not used before uncountable nouns
    e.g. water, milk, sand etc

Rules for using definite Article (the)


The article “the” can be used both before a singular and plural noun according to the following grammatical rules. e.g. the book, the books
1. Before the place, object or group of object which is unique or considered to be      unique and geographical region and points on globe.
     e.g. the earth, the moon, the sky, the stars, the north pole, the equator
2. For a noun which becomes definite or particular because it is already mentioned     and is being mentioned a second time.
    e.g. The teacher helped a student and the student became happy.
3. For a noun made specific or definite in a clause or a phrase.
    e.g. The old lady, The girl with blue eyes, The boy that I saw, The nice red shirt
4. Before superlatives, and first, second,.. etc, and only
    e.g. The best day, The only method, the second month,
5. Before a phrase composed of a proper and common noun
    e.g. The New York city, The river Nile, The library of Congress
6. Before the names of organizations
    e.g. The Association of Chartered Accountants, The World Health Organization
7. Before names of scientific principles, theories, laws etc. e.g. the Pythagorean      theorem, the laws of Newton, The Fahrenheit Scale. But no article will be used for      these names if written in forms like, Newton’s Law, Dalton’s Law of Partial      Pressures, Hook’s Law of Elasticity
8. Article “the” is not used for names of universities if written in forms like Oxford      University, Yale University, Columbia University. But article “the” is used if names      of university are written in forms like The University of Oxford, The University of      Yale, The University of Toronto.  
9.  Article “the” is not used for names of countries of places. e.g. New York, America,      Mexico, Japan, London. Butarticle “the” is used for a name, if it expresses a      group of place, states, or land. e.g. The Pakistan, The China, The United Arab Emirates


Numbers 0-100

small numbers Numbers 0-100

This basic lesson will teach all the numbers from 0-100. Each number will be written in both English and Urdu text as well as the numeral. It is a good idea to practice reading and writing each number in both written and number form.

Numbers 1-20

1.One

2.Two

3.Three

4.Four

5.Five

6.Six

7.Seven

8.Eight

9.Nine

10.Ten

11.Eleven

12.Twelve

13.Thirteen

14.Fourteen

15.Fifteen

16.Sixteen

17.Seventeen

18.Eighteen
19.Nineteen
20.Twenty

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What is Special English?

Special English is very simple and easy to grasp. It has been used for the quick consideration of those persons who are weak in regular English language because they belong to different regions of the world and cannot speak fluently. They want to understand the things in English. English is an international language, so most 

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