Thursday, November 24, 2011

Are you really want to improve your skills in English grammar


As a learner of English language surely you’ll discover that lots of mistakes you are doing and most of them are grammatical. If you have problem in understanding sentences you should try to develop your grammatical skills otherwise you’ll face great trouble as the modern world can’t do a day without it because it is a international language. Having a good command over English will bring you success at every step in your life. Some people says without learning grammar we can read, write, speak and understand English. So grammar has no use to learn a language. But the point is, to learn English naturally you have to be a native. Otherwise you have to learn it through practicing. You must learn grammar to be well in speaking, reading, listening and writing. Here I’ve discussed about some important facts to learn English through grammar.

Learn grammatical rules as like mathematical rules. Memorize it through practicing. The more practice you will do the more perfect you will be.

Read English books or magazines. Try to identify the construction of sentences that are unseen to you. Reading English also help you to increase your vocabulary stock.

Remember, can’t make your performance overnight. You have to do more and more practice. Focus on a specific rule of grammar and practice it until you are able to use it successfully.

Find out the common mistakes done by people and try to solve with grammatical rules.

If you take this learning as a pressure then surely you can’t do better. If you take this as a fun then you’ll be able to diminish the weakness of grammar.

Proficiency in English is must to survive in the up to date world. Follow our lessons and practice it regularly. Your success is in your hand.

Friday, September 23, 2011

USE OF PARTICIPLE


USE OF PARTICIPLE

We have seen that participles qualify nouns or pronouns. They may be used:

(1) Attributively; as-
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A lost opportunity never returns.
(2) Predicatively; as-
           The man seems worried.
           He kept me waiting.
(3) Absolutely with a noun or pronoun going before; as-
           The weather being fine, I went out.
           Many having arrived, we were freed from anxiety.
           Weather permitting; there will be a garden party at government house tomorrow.
           God willing, we shall have another good monsoon.
           The sea being smooth, we went for sail.
           The wind having failed, the crew set to work with a will.
           His master being absent, the business was neglected.
           The wind being favorable, they embarked.

It will be seen that in each of the above sentences the participle with the noun or pronoun going before it, forms a phrase independent of the rest of the sentence. Such a phrase is called an absolute phrase; and a noun or pronoun so used with a participle is called a Nominative Absolute.

An absolute phrase can be easily changed into a subordinate clause; as-

Spring advancing, the swallows appear.
The sea being smooth, we went for sail.
God willing, we shall have another good monsoon.