2. SENTENCES
• What is a sentence?
A sentence is a group of words which make complete sense.
Example. Ram is going to Delhi tonight.
• What is a phrase?
A phrase is a group of words which do not make complete sense.
Example. going to Delhi
• Group of sentences make a paragraph.
3. TYPES OF SENTENCES
• Assertive/Declarative Sentence: A sentence which asserts or declares a
statement is called a assertive sentence. It ends in a fullstop (.)
Example. Raj plays badminton.
• Interrogative Sentence: A sentence which askes a question. It ends with a
question mark (?)
Example. Have you visited Agra?
4. • Exclamatory Sentence: A sentence which gives out a expression is a called a
exclamatory sentence. It ends with a exclamation mark (!)
Example. What a wonderful weather!
• Imperative Sentence: These sentences have 3 groups
Command: A sentence which gives a command
Eg. Go shut the door. ( if it’s a strong command it will end in a exclamation mark)
Request: A sentence which asserts a request.
Eg. Can you please lend me a pencil? (it can even end in a full stop)
Suggestion: A sentence which suggests or gives a advice.
Eg. You should brush your teeth twice regularly.
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6. QUESTION TAGS
• In grammar, a question tag is a very short clause at the end of a statement which
changes the statement into a question. For example, in 'She said half price, didn't
she?' , the words 'didn't she' are a question tag.
• Positive sentences will have negative question tags.
Example. She is coming today, isn’t she? (sentence:positive , question tag: negative)
• Negative sentences will have positive question tags.
Example. She is not coming today, is she? (sentence: negative , question tag: positive)
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8. YES OR NO QUESTIONS
• Some questions are answered yes or no.
• Framing a question is very important
• Example: Can you help me with my chart? Yes I can
Where/What is my book?
• What, which, when, where, why and how are wh-words. Such words cannot
be answered by yes or no.
• Questions usually start with auxiliary verbs such as is, do, has or can followed
by a noun or a pronoun.
9. Ex1. Transform these sentences to yes-no questions.
• He loves this town.
• They like soccer.
• She can drive a lory.
• They are nice.
• They went to the swimming pool.
• She wastes her money on jewelery.
• He decided to leave his wife.
• They should revise their lessons.
10. AFFIRMATIVE & NEGATIVE
• Affirmative sentences affirm or state something.
Example. Yesterday, there was terrible fog in Delhi.
This is something that happens every winter.
• Negative sentences deny or negate something.
Example. No plane could take off from the Delhi airport.
I will never travel in January again.
11. • Declarative , interrogative and imperative sentences can be written in the negative
form.
• I could not have written this faster. ( declarative)
• Couldn't you have come earlier? (interrogative)
• Do not be late again. (imperative)
• Generally negative sentences can be changed in the affirmative ones and affirmative
sentences can be changed into negative ones without changing the meaning of the
original sentences.
• Dhruv is more generous than me. (affirmative)
• I am not as generous as Dhruv. ( negative) / (main points from txtbk page 7)
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13. Ex2. Change the following into negative
• A giraffe is taller than an elephant.
• Akbar was the greatest of the Moghul emperors.
• Shyam is the cleverest boy in the class.
• Everybody was present.
• As soon as he came, he started creating trouble.
• As soon as we heard the gunshots, we rushed indoors.
• He failed to win the first prize.
• Only a millionaire can buy such an expensive car.
• Everyone makes mistakes.
• I will always remember this.
14. Ex.3 FUN TIME…
• Q. Rearrange the words to form a meaningful sentence.
1. (a) respect/said that/demanded/it/but/is/given/that/is not
(b) if/something/then/in return for/should be/it is so/it
(c) self-respect/come out of/something/has/our/self/that/and/is/that
2.(a) Oliver Twist/workhouse/in/was/born/a
(b) knew/father/nobody/who/was/his
(c) died/mother/his birth/his/soon/after
15. HOMEWORK TIME…..
• Do exercises A to M from the grammar textbook.
• Write all the definitions of this ppt in the grammar notebook. Give the
heading as sentences.
• Solve Exercise 1, 2 and 3 from the ppt in the notebook .
• THANKYOU ….. (here we end the topic sentences)
17. NOUNS …
• What are nouns?
• Nouns are a place, thing, animal or a name which is describing the verb.
18. COUNTABLE & UN COUNTABLE
• Countable noun: Nouns that can be counted are countable nouns.
• Countable nouns can be quantified by a number, they have plural and singular
forms, articles can be used before them, many word can also be used.
• Example. two dogs , phone-phones, an ear, many mangoes….etc.
• Un countable noun: Nouns that cannot be counted are uncountable nouns.
• Uncountable nouns are quantified by an amount instead of a number, they have one
form and no plural, articles and one cannot be used before them, some and much
are used before them.
• Example. A spoon of sugar, rice, cash, much water…etc.
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20. COLLECTIVE NOUNS
• A collective noun is a word referring to a collection of things taken as a whole.
• Most collective nouns in everyday speech are not specific to one kind of thing,
such as the word "group", which can be applied to people ("a group of people") or
dogs ("a group of dogs") or other things.
• a ______ of owls
• a ______ of keys
• a ______ of cubs
• a ______ of mice
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23. ABSTRACT NOUNS
• These nouns express ideas, concepts, or qualities that cannot be seen or
experienced. We cannot see, hear, touch, taste, or smell these concepts.
• Example. liberty, anger, freedom, love, generosity, charity, democracy….etc.
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25. MATERIAL NOUNS AND TYPES
• Material noun is a grammar term that refers to a material or substance from which
things are made such as silver, gold, iron, cotton, diamond and plastic. An example
of a material noun is "protein" in the sentence "Protein is critical for energy." noun.
• Material nouns from nature: water, air, silver, gold, iron, copper, sand, coal, rock,
sunlight, rain, earth, salt, etc.
• Material nouns from animals: egg, meat, honey, milk, silk, leather, wool, etc.
• Material nouns from plants: cotton, food, oil, wood, jute, coffee, medicine, tea,
rubber, perfume, etc.
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28. CONCRETE NOUNS
• A concrete noun is a noun that can be identified through one of the five senses
(taste, touch, sight, hearing, or smell).
• Examples. Would someone please answer the phone ? In the sentence above,
the noun phone is a concrete noun: you can touch it, see it, hear it, and maybe even
smell it or taste it.
• Examples of concrete nouns are like: flower, music, bear, pie, tornado, ranch,
colony, milk, Niagara Falls, team, lotion, stars, water, student, fire fighter, pencil,
computer, incense, table, tree, fox, bang, cloud, panther, sunset, cinnamon, rain,
cookies, car, etc…
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30. PHRASES & NOUN PHRASES
• We have learnt what are phrases. Now lets learn what are noun phrases…
• A noun phrase, or nominal (phrase), is a phrase that has a noun or indefinite
pronoun as its head or performs the same grammatical function as a noun.
• A noun phrase is a group of two or more words headed by a noun that includes
modifiers (e.g., 'the,' 'a,' 'of them,' 'with her').
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33. HOME WORK TIME
• Do the worksheets marked in notebook.
• Write all definitions marked in the note book.
• Do Grammar exercises A to J from grammar and more.
THANKYOU
44. POINTERS TO BE NOTED
• Writing an effective notice is a kind of art that can be acquired with practice with keeping some
basic points in mind while writing them out. Your notice should give complete information and
must be written in a clear and lucid style and easily understandable language.
• Notices must be written crisp and to the point for avoiding confusion.
• Notices are a formal piece of writing. While writing these always use standard language .
• Always stick to the topic and make it interesting so readers will read it and participate.
• Follow the format and always draw a box.
• Always make sure you use the information and content freely.
49. EXERCISES
• You have loosed your geometry box in the canteen of your ABC School.
Write a notice describing the geometry box and mentioning details.
• You are Radha/Rahul, the head girl/boy of Delhi Public School. Write a
notice to describe the art competition which will be held in your school.
• You are Sarika/Sahil the head of the sports club of Marigold school. Write a
notice describing a sports event taking place in Bangalore.
( refer the workbook for more exercises, solve these exercises in grammar nb)
THANK YOU