The most essential and crucial step in
the English language learning process is understanding and applying grammatical
concepts. This is also the most time-consuming process as it requires regular
revision, analysis and practice. Parts of speech, being one of the first
grammar topics you will be introduced to, has to be understood well in order to
learn every other grammatical component.
The first part of speech you would be learning
will be nouns. Once you learn what they are, you get to learn what pronouns
are. Comprehending that a noun is a word used to represent a person, place,
animal, thing, or idea is key to understanding what a pronoun
should be substituting. To check your knowledge of nouns and pronouns, try out
the exercise given below.
Exercise 1 - Substitution of
Pronouns
Go through the following sentences and
substitute the underlined nouns with appropriate pronouns.
1. It is Divya’s birthday today.
2. The money bag was missing.
3. Nandhini, Aswini and Shanthi had
pastries from Third Wave Coffee Roasters.
4. The teacher asked all the girls and boys
to participate in the dumb charades.
5. I gifted my brother a new bike for his
birthday.
6. Sasha’s and Oshin’s parents are in
Malaysia.
7. Sandhya’s husband is working in
Bangalore as a cyber security analyst.
8. The brown bag is mine.
9. The dog dragged Sheela’s shoes to the
end of the street.
10. I met Shyalu, Jenita and Anu at the
beach last week.
Answers for Exercise 1
1. It is her birthday today.
2. It was missing.
3. They had pastries from Third Wave
Coffee Roasters.
4. The teacher asked them to participate
in the dumb charades.
5. I gifted him a new bike for his
birthday.
6. Their parents are in Malaysia.
7. He is working in Bangalore as a cyber
security analyst.
8. It is mine.
9. The dog dragged her shoes to the end
of the street.
10. I met them at the beach last week.
The next part of speech you will be looking at
would be verbs followed by adjectives and adverbs and then conjunctions,
prepositions and exercises. Like nouns and pronouns, verbs are the next most
important part of speech you will have to make yourselves thorough with as
every sentence requires a subject and a predicate, and a predicate cannot exist
without a verb.
So, let us find out how far you know verbs and their usage.
Exercise 2 - Identification of Verbs
Read through the following sentences and
underline all the verbs you find in them.
1. She cut a Ferrero Rocher cake for her
birthday.
2. We are going on a trip to Ladakh next month.
3. The time is 3:30.
4. Where are you now?
5. The children were asked to bring two hibiscus
flowers each for the plant anatomy class.
6. My best friend bought me a portable juice
blender for my birthday.
7. Beena lost her ID card.
8. All the papers had been arranged according to
roll numbers.
9. She was assigned seven classes.
10. Sidharth did not know why his manager
scolded him.
Answers for Exercise 2
1. She cut a Ferrero Rocher cake for her
birthday.
2. We are going on a trip to Ladakh next
month.
3. The time is 3:30.
4. Where are you now?
5. The children were asked to bring two
hibiscus flowers each for the plant anatomy class.
6. My best friend bought me a portable
juice blender for my birthday.
7. Beena lost her ID card.
8. All the papers had been arranged
according to roll numbers.
9. She was assigned seven classes.
10. Sidharth did not know why his manager
scolded him.