Beat back Meaning: To compel to retire Example: The firemen were beaten back by angry flames and the building was reduced to ashes. Boil down to Meaning:  To amount to Example: His entire argument boiled down to this that he would not join the movement unless he saw some monetary gain in it. Cast aside […]

A root word is the most basic form of a word that is able to convey a particular description, though or meaning. It does not have a prefix or a suffix (at the end of a word). Example: act, all, alter etc. Root Words with Meanings and Examples ambi, amphi Meaning: both, on both sides,

Punctuations are necessary for the production of effective and clear writing. We will take up all the different punctuation marks which we can say are most important to our study: Comma It is probably the most frequently used punctuation mark. It is used to separate different parts of sentences, and to tell the readers to

Prefix and Suffix with Meanings and Examples a- acro- ante- anti- auto- bi- co- contra- counter- extra- hexa- im- in- intra- ir- macro- mid- multi- non- per- pseudo- re- un- up- ad- trans- pre- pro- semi- eu- fore- Suffixes in English Grammar -able -ac acity (-ocity) -ade  -age -aholic (-oholic) -al -algia -an (-ian) -ance

An article is word used to modify a noun, which is a person, place, object or idea. Technically, an article is an adjective, which is any word that modifies a noun. Indefinite Articles in English Grammar A and an are called indefinite articles because they does not refer to a particular person or thing. It

There are three articles in English: a, an, and the. They are called-Articles as they have significant role as parts of speech. They are also called Determiners, as they affect the meaning of noun. There are two types of Articles A and an are called Indefinite Articles because they are used when we do not

Simple Present Tense Simple Present Tense is used to indicate (a) Facts A magnet attracts iron filings. (b) Repeated actions, customs and habits. He visits his family every weekend. We whitewash our house before Diwali. He goes to bed at eleven o’clock every night. (c) Abilities She plays tennis very well. (d) The future (i)

“A group of words that forms part of a sentence, and has a Subject and a Predicate of its own, is called a Clause.” (Wren) Clauses are of Three kinds : Principal Clause: Principal Clause is the main clause of the whole sentence. Subordinate Clause: “A Subordinate Clause is a component part of some other

Synthesis of Sentences: “Synthesis is the opposite of Analysis and means the combination of a number of simple sentences into one new sentence—Simple, Compound or Complex.” (Wren) Synthesis has mainly three forms: Synthesis of Sentences Combining of Two or More Simple Sentences into a Single Simple Sentence The following are the six ways of combining two or more Simple

“To transform a sentence is to change it from one grammatical form to another without altering its sense.” (Nesfield) Thus in Transformation we change the construction of a sentence from one grammatical form to another without changing its meaning. Transformation of Sentences There are a number of ways in which a given sentence can be