Common Subject: Communicaltion Skills

Common Subject: Communication Skills
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Lecture No 01
Topic: Introduction (Grammar)

Sentence

Sentence is a group of words expressing a complete thought.

A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. 

Exp. This gift is for you.

Every sentence has two parts:

•   Subject
•   Predicate

NOUN

A noun is the name of a person, a place, a thing, or an idea. 

KINDS OF NOUNS

Proper Noun

•   Mark

Common Noun

•  Sun        

Abstract Noun

•   Love      

Collective Noun

• Class

Plural Forms of Nouns

Regular Plural Nouns

•            Bus -------buses
•           Student- students

Irregular Plural Nouns

• Leaf ------leaves
• Child----- children
• Woman-- women 
• City ------ cities

Pronoun

A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun.

Kinds of Pronouns

• Subject                                
• Relative
• Object                                 
• Interrogative
• Possessive         
• Demonstrative
• Reflexive
• Intensive

Kinds of Verb

Action  - Ex. Dive

Linking - Ex. Am

Helping or auxiliary -

Exp. have, do, be

Verb Tenses

• Present
• Past
• Future
• Present Progressive
• Past Progressive
• Future Progressive
• Present Perfect
• Past Perfect
• Future Perfect

Adjective

An adjective describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Answers the questions:               

  What kind?

                         I like the long, green rectangle.

Which one?

                        I want that dress.

How many?

                        I  see twelve circles.

Adverb

A word that modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

Answers the questions:

When?     I will see you tomorrow.

Where?   The dog is outside.

 How?     She worked happily.

 To what extent or degree? They swam deeper into the ocean.

 In what manner?  Mary sang beautifully.

Preposition

A word that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other words in the sentence.

        Example:

        The students of this university are dynamic       

Conjunctions

A conjunction is used to join words or group of words

Kinds of conjunctions

• Coordinating conjunctions
• Correlative conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Conjunctive Adverbs

Coordinating Conjunctions

A coordinating conjunction connects individual words or groups of words that perform the same function.

• And
• But
• Or
• Nor
• For
• Yet

Co relative Conjunctions

A correlative conjunction consists of two or more words that function together.

• Either...or
• Neither…nor
• Whether…or
• Not only…but (also)
• both…and

Subordinating Conjunctions

Subordinating conjunctions introduce subordinate clauses, which are clauses that cannot stand by themselves as a complete thought. The subordinate conjunction connects a subordinate clause to an independent clause, which can stand by itself.

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