Verb series - Short Answers

Special verbs as we have seen,have a very important role in the formation of questions and negatives.Another important function of these special verbs is their use in short answers.It is not usual to give full answers to questions in English.

 For Example:


If you are asked a question ,

##"Are you fond of ice-creams?" you should not say "Yes,I am fond of ice-creams" or
"No,I am not  fond of ice-creams". This type of answers would be very formal and unnatural.

##You should say,"Yes,I am" or "No,I am not".

The following is the most usual form of short answers to yes-no questions.

yes+pronoun+special verb or no+pronoun+special verb+n't


Examples:

1. Have you got pencil ?     {Yes,I have or No,I haven't}

2. Do you know Telugu ?   {Yes,I do or No,I don't}

3.Was the train late ?         {Yes,It was or No ,It wasn't}

   You must have noticed that the special verb which is used in the short answer is the same verb with which the question begins.If the subject of the question is a noun, its pronoun form is used in short answers.

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Note: This article doesn’t covers the full scope of the above dealt topic. It is better  recommended for a basic understanding only.

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BASIC GRAMMAR - 1.PARTS OF SPEECH

It is always appreciated to speak the language knowing and using its syntax and semantics. Yes, it's nothing but GRAMMAR.. doesn't feel sick when hearing the word GRAMMAR.Anything is easy when we know it. Okay... let's start the day with Parts of Speech.

English words belong to eight parts of speech:

1. Noun

2. Pronoun

3. Adjective

4. Verb

5. Adverb

6. Preposition

7. Conjunction

8. Interjection

1. NOUN

A Noun is a word which is the name of a person, thing, place or quality.

 Example: pen, city, honesty etc.

How to use it?

Example: 1. Singapore is called “the fine city”.-Name of a place.

                 2.  Ram is a sincere student - Name of a person and quality.

            

2. PRONOUN

A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun.

Example: He, She, Him, His, Her, It, You, Himself, Myself, mine etc.

How to use it?

Example: 1. Pritham painted a picture. He gave it to Varun.

When referring to a person and speaking about him, every time it is not necessary  to  use the noun ie the name of the person .For instance quoting the above example, we won’t use  ‘Pritham’ every time instead we can use ‘He’/’His’/’Himself’ appropriate to the context.

3. ADJECTIVES

An adjective is a word which qualifies a noun and shows the quality, quantity, and number etc., of a noun.

Example: Clever,beautiful,honest,pure,sincere,good,young,large,mere,thousands etc.

How to use it?

Example: 1.She has a smiling face.

               2. Don’t waste much money.

               3. The guys ate little food.

4. VERB

A verb is a word which shows the action done by the subject. Verb tells us not only about an action but also about existence and possession.

Example: eat, run, give, dance, listen, suffer, enjoy, pray , write etc.

                                                                                                     

How to use it?

      1. He is dancing.

            2. Priya paints well.

5. ADVERB

An adverb is a word which qualifies a verb or adjective or another adverb.

 Example: sweetly, quickly, very, slowly etc.

How to use it?

      1. She sang sweetly.

2.He ran very slowly.

6. PREPOSITON

Preposition is a word  placed before a noun or pronoun to shoe its relation to some other word in the sentence

Example: for, of, about, with, at etc.

How to use it?

1. I acted with him.

2. Bread is good for your health.

7. CONJUCTION

A conjunction is a word which combines two words or two clauses.

Example: and, but, yet, though so etc.

How to use it?

          1.       Sri and Pri are my friends.

          2.       Though he ate well, he fell sick.

 8.  INTERJECTION

An interjection is a word which expresses a sudden feeling.

Example: Hurray! , Oh! , Good Heavens! , Phew! , Alas! Etc.

How to use it?

         1.       Hurray! We won the world cup.

         2.       Japan was hurt badly by the Earthquake. Alas!

 Note: This article doesn’t covers the full scope of the above dealt parts of speech. It is better  recommended for a basic understanding only. To expertise, a lot to be practiced on those areas.And PREPOSITIONS plays a very important role in English grammar thus it is briefly discussed in next article.

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