Sunday, November 25, 2012

Lesson : 10 Adverbs

Adverbs 



What is an Adverb
An Adverb is a word that tell us more about a verb , adjectives or other adverb. Wile a verb generally shows action.  The Adverb describes something about the verb.

Adverbs can In to an adjective answer questions like this :-
              "how," "when," "where," "how much.
Many adverb is formed by adding '-ly' to an adjective

If the adjective ends in '-y', replace the 'y' with 'i' and add '-ly'

If the adjective ends in -'able', '-ible', or '-le', replace the '-e' with '-y'


Some adverbs have the same form as the adjective
Adjective

Adverb


cheap
 quick
 slow    


cheaply
 quickly
 slowly

easy
 angry
 happy


easily
 angrily
 happily

Monday, September 24, 2012

Lesson 09 :- Verbs

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Verbs

     A verb tells about an action, event or a state of being. There are 3 types of verbs : -


1. Action verbs .

2. Linking verbs.
3. Auxiliary verbs.



 Action Verbs

    Action verb express action  of being. It tells what a person or a thing does.


 Ex :- He write a short story 

( Here is write is the verb )



Linking Verbs

A linking verb links the subject of the sentence with information about it. Sometimes linking verbs are called  state of being verbs.


Ex :- Ruwan is thirsty 

( The sentence is link to Ruwan information about him . the fact that he is thirsty . That is his state of being )



Auxiliary Verbs

      An auxiliary verb goes with another verb. Sometimes auxiliary verbs are called "helping verbs" because they introduce or "help out" the main verb.


Ex :- The precedent is visiting to our school

 (the auxiliary verb, is, helps out the main ver b visiting, by telling  when the action is taking place—right now)



Be, have, and do are the most common auxiliary verbs. Other common auxiliary verbs include can, could, should, would, may, might, and must.