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Consonant<\/strong>
\nThe word consonant is also used to refer to a letter of an alphabet that denotes a consonant sound. The 21 consonant letters in the English alphabet are B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, X, Z, and usually W and Y<\/p>\n

Vowels<\/strong>
\na,e,i,o,u, y is Special Vowel<\/p>\n

\r\nBicycle\r\nPretty\r\nWhy\r\n<\/pre>\n
In the above words y is spelled like i<\/p>\n
Noun<\/strong> is person, place, animal, thing e.g. book,park,umbrella, elephant, dcotor, orange<\/p>\n
Use of Articles in Front of Vowels<\/strong>
\nA Banana
\nAn Apple(Apple starts with vowel A)
\nA Cat
\nA Boy
\nAn Egg
\nThe Cat(Particular Cat)<\/p>\n
Singular & Plural Noun<\/strong>
\nSingular Noun<\/strong>
\nA ring
\nA Dog
\nA Teacher
\nAn Apple
\nAn Egg<\/p>\n
Plural Noun and their Singular<\/strong>
\nTwo Rings     –   A Ring
\nThree Dogs    –   A Dog
\nFour Teachers –   A Teacher
\nFive Apples   –   An Apple
\nSix Eggs      –   An Egg<\/p>\n
To make plural we use s (or) es<\/strong>
\nA Bus      – Two Buses
\nA Box      – Two Boxes
\nA Watch    – Two Watches <\/p>\n
How to Decide s or es<\/strong>
\nIf the noun ends with ch,sh,x,ss we should put es<\/em>
\nChurch<\/strong> –  Churches
\nBrush<\/strong>  – Brushes
\nFox<\/strong>    – Foxes
\nDress<\/strong>  – Dresses<\/p>\n
Special Noun for Noun<\/strong>
\nPotato  – Potatoes
\nTomato  – Tomatoes
\nVolcano – Volcanoes<\/p>\n
where as
\nPhoto – Photos<\/p>\n
Pronoun (or) Subjective Pronoun<\/strong>
\nI,He,She, It, You,We,They<\/p>\n
Jenny Sings – She Sings
\nJack Sings – He Sings
\nJenny and Jack Sings – They Sings
\nThe Cat Runs – It Runs
\nThe Dog and Cat Runs – They Runs
\nMy Students Study – They Study
\nJohn is Handsome – He is Handsome
\nPizza is Delicious – It is Delicious<\/p>\n
“Be” verbs indicate a state of being.<\/em>
\nAm, is, are<\/p>\n
Pronoun + Be Verb<\/strong> – Contractions<\/em>
\nI am – I’m
\nHe is – He’s
\nShe is – She’s
\nIt is – It’s
\nYou are – You’re
\nWe are – We’re
\nThey are – They’re<\/p>\n
A Contraction is common way to tell Subjective Pronoun and Be Verb<\/strong><\/p>\n
I’m a Student [Don’t miss a<\/strong> in middle]
\nIt’s a Dog [Don’t miss a<\/strong> in middle]<\/p>\n
We’re Students [Many Student so no a<\/strong> In between]
\nThey’re Students [Many Student so no a<\/strong> In between]<\/p>\n
Pronouns + Be Verb + Not<\/strong>
\nI’m not a Student
\nHe’s not a Student
\nYou’re not Students [Note : a is missing in front of Student]
\nThey’re not Students [Note : a is missing in front of Student]<\/p>\n
BE verbs comes in front of a question<\/strong>
\nAm<\/strong> I a teacher<\/p>\n
BE verbs follows pronoun in answer<\/strong>
\nI am<\/strong> not a teacher<\/p>\n
Question Singular and Plural<\/strong>
\nWhat is it?
\nIt is a box<\/p>\n
If there is single box it would be it<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
What are they?
\nThey are boxes<\/p>\n
If there are multiple boxes it would be they<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
Examples<\/strong>
\nWhat is it?
\nIt is a cat.<\/p>\n
What are they?
\nThey are Cats<\/p>\n
Singular<\/strong> – is – Only one thing
\nPlural <\/strong>– are – Group of thing<\/p>\n
This and That<\/strong>
\nWe use this to point to one noun that is close<\/p>\n
I.E.
\nThis is flower<\/p>\n
We use that to point to one noun that is away<\/p>\n
I.E.
\nThat is flower<\/p>\n
This and That in Question<\/strong>
\nExample
\nIs this a Flower?
\nIs that a Flower?<\/p>\n
These and Those<\/strong>
\nThese are Flowers(Closer)
\nThose are Flowers(Away)<\/p>\n
These and Those in Questions<\/strong>
\nAre these Flowers?(Closer) No they aren’t.
\nAre those Flowers?(Away) No they aren’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Close<\/th>\nFar<\/th>\n<\/thead>\n
This<\/td>\nThat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
These<\/td>\nThose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
Possessive Adjective<\/strong>
\nUsed to tell something belongs to me or Someone else<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Subjective Pronoun<\/th>\nPossessive Adjective<\/th>\n<\/thead>\n
I<\/td>\nMy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
He<\/td>\nHis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
She<\/td>\nHer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
It<\/td>\nIts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
You<\/td>\nYour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
We<\/td>\nOur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
They<\/td>\nTheir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
Possessive Adjective
\n  Its and It’s are different
\n  Your and You’re are different
\n  Their and They’re are different<\/p>\n
Possessive Pronoun<\/strong>
\nSomething belongs to us (or) something owned by us. Possessive pronoun and possessive  adjectives are almost same. In possessive pronoun you don’t stretch much on noun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Possessive Adjective<\/th>\nPossessive Pronoun<\/th>\n<\/thead>\n
This is his Hat<\/td>\nThis is his<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This is her dress<\/td>\nThis is hers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This is their house<\/td>\nThis is theirs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This is their books<\/td>\nThese are theirs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
A\/An\/The<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\/an<\/th>\nthe<\/th>\n<\/thead>\n
anyone thing<\/td>\nspecific thing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
first time<\/td>\nsecond time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
article to be used in front of noun<\/td>\nOne and Only<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
Examples<\/strong>
\nA<\/strong> banana is Delicious [All banana is delicious]
\nThe <\/strong>banana is Old[Particular banana is old]<\/p>\n
I watched a<\/strong> movie [First Time]
\nI watched the <\/strong>Movie.[Second Time] <\/p>\n
The Sun[One and Only]
\nThe Moon[One and Only]<\/p>\n
More Examples<\/strong>
\nA<\/strong> lion is Dangerous Animal[All lions are dangerous]
\nIt’s a<\/strong> Dog[Talking first time]
\nThe<\/strong> Dog is Cute[Talking Second Time]
\nIt’s an <\/strong>ant[Starts with vowel]
\nThe <\/strong>ant is small[Particular ant]
\nIt’s the moon.The <\/strong>moon is round[One and only moon]<\/p>\n
Prepositions<\/strong>
\na word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in \u2018the man on the platform\u2019, \u2018she arrived after dinner\u2019, \u2018what did you do it for ?\u2019.<\/p>\n
In\/On\/Under<\/strong>
\nPrepositions to tell where something is <\/p>\n
The cat is in<\/strong> the Box
\nThe Cat is on <\/strong>the Chair
\nThe Cat under <\/strong>the Chair<\/p>\n
Adjectives<\/strong>
\nTells the attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical.
\nSize, Shape, Color. Adjectives comes before noun<\/em><\/p>\n
Examples<\/strong>
\nIts a Black<\/strong> Marker
\nIts a Blue<\/strong> Bird
\nIts an ugly<\/strong> ant
\nThey are Red<\/strong> Apples<\/p>\n
Have\/Has<\/strong>
\nBoth are used to show possessions
\nHave<\/strong> is used with some pronouns and plural nouns<\/p>\n
I.E.<\/strong>
\nI have
\nYou have
\nWe have
\nThey have<\/p>\n
Examples<\/strong>
\nI have a great English teacher.
\nYou have toothpaste on your chin.
\nWe have a meeting at 12.
\nNurses have a difficult job.<\/p>\n
Has<\/strong> is used with the third person singular<\/p>\n
I.E.<\/strong>
\nHe has
\nShe has
\nIt has<\/p>\n
Examples<\/strong>
\nShe has a great personality.
\nHe has a new haircut.
\nThe washing machine has a leak in it.
\nIt has a hole near the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sentence<\/th>\nReplaced with Subjective pronoun<\/th>\n<\/thead>\n
The girl has long hair<\/td>\nShe has long hair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Boys have caps<\/td>\nThey have caps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My mother and I have a Car<\/td>\nWe have a car<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
I have a Friend
\nHe has an Umbrella
\nThe dog has a bone
\nIt has a bone<\/p>\n
In negative sentence we use always have not has.The only thing which needed to be taken care is doesn’t or dont<\/p>\n
    \n
  1. I don’t have<\/li>\n
  2. He doesn’t have<\/li>\n
  3. She doesn’t have<\/li>\n
  4. It doesn’t have<\/li>\n
  5. You don’t have<\/li>\n
  6. We don’t have<\/li>\n
  7. They don’t have<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Do\/Does + Have<\/strong>
    \nDoes should be followed by he,she,it
    \nDo should be followed by you,we,they<\/p>\n
    Does he have a friend?
    \nDoes she have a friend?
    \nDoes it have a friend?<\/p>\n
    Do you have a friend?
    \nDo we have a friend?
    \nDo they have a friend?<\/p>\n
    Can I\/Could I\/May I<\/strong><\/p>\n