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Adverb

What is an adverb? An adverb is a word that modifies (describes) a verb (he sings loudly), an adjective (very tall), another adverb (ended too quickly), or even a whole sentence (Fortunately, I had brought an umbrella). Adverbs often end in -ly, but some (such as fast) look exactly the same as their adjective counterparts. Traditionally considered a single part of speech, adverbs perform a wide variety of functions, making it difficult to treat them as a single, unified category. However, spotting an adverb, especially one that ends in -ly is easy. Adverbs normally help paint a fuller picture by describing how something happens, such as When? She  always  arrives early. How? He drives  carefully . Where? They go  everywhere  together. In what way? She eats  slowly . To what extent? It is  terribly  hot. This function of providing more information about how something is done is called the adverbial function, and it may be accomplished...

Question tag

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What is a question tag? A short question /phrases following a sentence is called a question tag . And it is use in the end of sentence. Like isn't it, did you.... Rules   The two basic  rules  about  tag questions  are: If the statement is negative, the  tag  must be positive. If the statement is positive the  tag  must be negative. The sentence and the question tag must be in the same tense If the sentence is positive the question tag must be negative and vice versa Always use pronoun in the question tag. for negative question tag, use the contracted form of "helping verb "and" not"  Example :-       He has analysed the status. Hasn't he ? Rule     Someone       somebody    Anyone           anybody    None               nobody    Everyone  ...

Narration

Definition the art of reporting the words of a speaker to the other one is called narration. in English we have two types to say any speaker words. 1. Direct speech = word to word 2. Indirect speech = in our word Example  Kavita sad to me that she  would go to the picture that day Kavita = reporter Said to me that = reporting verb She would go to... = Reporting    speech 1. Kavita said to me" I shall go to the picture today". when we narrate this in our word to the third person which is called indirect speech is: 2. Kavita told me that she would go to the picture that day Direct speech:  Direct or quoted speech is a sentence (or several sentences) that reports speech or thought in its original form, as phrased by the original speaker. It is usually enclosed in quotation marks. The cited speaker is either mentioned in the inquit (Latin "he/she says") or implied  indirect speech:  indirect speech, also called reported speech or ...