Basics of Grammar

Sentence is a group of words which makes sense is called a sentence.

• Little Jack Honor sat in a corner.

Subject and Predicate

Subject is the part which names the person or thing we are speaking about.

• No man can serve two masters.

Predicate is the part which tells something about the subject.

• Nature is the best physician.

Phrase and Clause

Phrase is a group of words which makes sense but not complete sense.

• The sun rises in the east.

Clause is a group of words which forms a part of a sentence and contains a subject and predicate. The other group is a phrase.

• We cannot start while it is raining.

Parts of Speech

Noun is used as the name of a name, place, person or thing

• Akbar was a great king.

Adjective is a word used to add something to the meaning of a noun.

• There are twenty boys in this class.

Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun.

• John is absent, because he is ill.

Verb is a word used to say something about some person, place or thing.

• Calcutta is a big city.

Adverb is used to add something to the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

• This flower is very beautiful.

Preposition is a word used with a noun or a pronoun to show how the person or thing denoted by the noun or pronoun stands in relation to something else.

• There is a cow in the garden.
• The girl is fond of music.
• The boy sat under a tree.

Conjunction is a word used to join words or sentences.

• Rama and Hari are cousins.
• I ran fast, but I missed her.

Interjection is a word which expresses some sudden feeling.
Alas! She is dead.

Example

• They arrived soon after. (Adverb)
• They arrived after us. (Preposition)
• They arrived after we had left. (Conjunction)