English
The core English grammar rules tested in government exams. Learn these and most error-spotting and fill-in-the-blank questions become easy.
PARTS OF SPEECH (quick recap)
• Noun – a name (Ram, city, honesty)
• Pronoun – replaces a noun (he, she, it, they)
• Verb – an action or state (run, is)
• Adjective – describes a noun (tall, blue)
• Adverb – describes a verb/adjective (quickly, very)
• Preposition – shows relation (in, on, at, to)
• Conjunction – joins words/clauses (and, but, because)
• Interjection – sudden feeling (Oh!, Wow!)
SUBJECT–VERB AGREEMENT
• Singular subject → singular verb (He goes); plural subject → plural verb (They go).
• "Each, every, one of, neither, either" take a singular verb.
• Two subjects joined by "and" → plural; joined by "or/nor" → verb agrees with the nearer subject.
ARTICLES (a / an / the)
• "a" before a consonant sound (a book); "an" before a vowel sound (an apple, an hour).
• "the" for something specific or already mentioned.
PREPOSITIONS (common fixed pairs)
• good at, interested in, afraid of, fond of, married to, senior to, depend on, listen to
TENSES (basics)
• Simple present for habits (He plays daily).
• Present continuous for actions happening now (He is playing).
• Use "since" with a point of time and "for" with a period (since 2010 / for two years).
COMMON ERROR FIXES
• "One of the students is…" (not are)
• "Neither of them is…" (not are)
• "He is senior to me" (not than)
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हिंदी
सरकारी परीक्षाओं में पूछे जाने वाले मूल अंग्रेज़ी व्याकरण नियम। इन्हें सीख लें तो अधिकांश त्रुटि-पहचान एवं रिक्त-स्थान प्रश्न आसान हो जाते हैं।
पार्ट्स ऑफ स्पीच (संक्षेप)
• Noun (संज्ञा) – नाम (Ram, city, honesty)
• Pronoun (सर्वनाम) – संज्ञा की जगह (he, she, it)
• Verb (क्रिया) – कार्य/अवस्था (run, is)
• Adjective (विशेषण) – संज्ञा का वर्णन (tall, blue)
• Adverb (क्रिया-विशेषण) – क्रिया/विशेषण का वर्णन (quickly)
• Preposition (पूर्वसर्ग) – संबंध (in, on, at)
• Conjunction (संयोजक) – शब्द/उपवाक्य जोड़ना (and, but)
• Interjection (विस्मयादिबोधक) – भाव (Oh!)
कर्ता–क्रिया मेल (Subject–Verb Agreement)
• एकवचन कर्ता → एकवचन क्रिया (He goes); बहुवचन कर्ता → बहुवचन क्रिया (They go)।
• "Each, every, one of, neither, either" के साथ एकवचन क्रिया।
• "and" से जुड़े दो कर्ता → बहुवचन; "or/nor" से जुड़े → क्रिया निकटतम कर्ता से मेल खाती है।
आर्टिकल (a / an / the)
• व्यंजन ध्वनि से पहले "a" (a book); स्वर ध्वनि से पहले "an" (an apple, an hour)।
• किसी विशिष्ट/पूर्व-उल्लेखित चीज़ के लिए "the"।
पूर्वसर्ग (सामान्य निश्चित जोड़े)
• good at, interested in, afraid of, fond of, married to, senior to, depend on, listen to
काल (मूल)
• आदतों के लिए simple present (He plays daily)।
• अभी हो रही क्रिया के लिए present continuous (He is playing)।
• समय-बिंदु के साथ "since", अवधि के साथ "for" (since 2010 / for two years)।
सामान्य त्रुटि-सुधार
• "One of the students is…" (not are)
• "Neither of them is…" (not are)
• "He is senior to me" (not than)
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