Simply add "-er" as a comparative to words like strong, fat, tall, etc.
Incorrect:
And the boy grew
strong
and
strong.
Correct:
And the boy grew
stronger
and
stronger.
Qualifiers such as "both," and "all" must go before possessive words.
Incorrect:
He lost
his all
investment.
Correct:
He lost
all his
investment.
Avoid the mistakes of using
farther
and
further
in comparing distance.
Incorrect:
Which of the following places is
further?
Correct:
Which of the following places is
farther?
The use of
prefer
:
Incorrect: I prefer biking
from
skating.
Correct:
I prefer biking
to
skating.
Use the superlative adjective (e.g., most) in the latter part of sentences.
Incorrect:
My brother is the
most
enterprising and ablest man I have seen.
Correct:
My brother is the ablest and
most
enterprising man I have seen.
MCQs: Choose the appropriate options from the statements below:
1. Are your dresses _____ shorter these days? (A. More B. much)
Answer: B
A
2. There is too _____ noise in the air. (A. much B. many)
Answer: A
3. I have ___ worries than you do. (A. less B. fewer)
Answer: B
4. We will go out _______. (A. next Friday B. Friday next)
Answer: A
5. ___ question in the script carries equal marks. (A. Every B. Each)
Answer: B
6. Dad gave me _____ money to spend at school. (A. little B. a little
C. few D. small)
Answer: B
7. Tell me the ___ news. (A. last B. latest)
Answer: B
8. The _____ of the story was emphasized. (A. important B.
importance)
Answer: B
Conjunctions
Conjunctions are words used to join a word to another word,
a sentence to
another sentence, and a word to a clause. For example:
He was playing
music, yet I studied. Here, “He was playing music” is a sentence, and “I
studied” is another sentence. Word "yet" is simply joining the two sentences
together to convey key information in the compound sentence. There are
several conjoining words that students commonly misuse in sentences. The
following important rules are to be followed when using conjunctions:
Use
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