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GRAMMAR PART

1. 1-40

a. 1 b. 10 c. 17 d. 23 e. 30 f. Preposition 35 g. 40

2. Tense 44 3. Articles 51 4. Model 55 5. Conditional Sentences 60 6. Subject Verb Agreement 63 7. Voice 68 8. Narration 73

VOCABULARY

1. Synonym & Antonym 77 2. Phrasal Verb 98 3. Idiom & Phrases 110 4. One Word Substitutions 142

OBJECTIVE PART

1. Reading Comprehension 151 2. Rearrangement of Sentence 155 3. Fillers 159 4. Error Detection 163 5. Sentence Improvement 165 6. Cloze Test 170

NOUN – Denotes a group or A noun is the name of place, person, thing, collection of similar individuals considered as idea action and quality. one complete whole. (Ex. Class, staff, army, Types: parliament etc.) Proper Noun – Denotes a particular person, place thing. Material Noun – Denotes matter or Ex. – (Akshay, Pooja, Ankita) substance of which a thing is made. Common Noun – Is the name given its (Ex. – Iron, silver, gold etc.) common in every person or thing of the same class on kind. (Ex. – Boy, girl, company etc.)

Noun Number Singular Noun Plural Noun Singular Plural Ending Ending 1. -s, ss, ch, x, zz - es Man Men Ex- Focus Focusses Woman Women Princess Princess Mouse Mice Church Churches Fish Fishor fishes Box Boxes A sheep Ten sheep Buzz Buzzes Child Children Ox Oxen 2 -O -Sores A woman Several Doctor Women / doctors Ex. Hero Heroes .a book case Two bookcases Piano Pianos .An Indian Two Indian Potato Potatoes Take Away Take – Aways 3. Consonantly -ies A passer by several Baby babies Passers by Hobby Hobbies Glassful Glassfuls 4. Vowelty Spoonful Spoonfuls -Key -Keys -Ray Rays 5 -F -sor-ves Ex. Hoof Hoofs or hooves Dwarf Drarfs or drarves Theig Theeves Roof Roofs 6 -fe -ves Knife Knives Life Lifes 7. On A Phenomenon -phenomenon Ex- Since I had never seen a falling stor, Criterion -criteria seeing, one on my honey moon was real phenomenon.

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As well as know sunrise is a great phenomenon. Is / es

Singular Plural Ex – during the real Estate 1 Analysis Analyses Crises, homes prices 2 Diagnosis Diagnoses Were extremely low 3 Casis Cases But few people had 4 Thesis Thases Money to buy 5 Crisis Crises Crises – crisis

The widow who lives near his house is passing through money crisis x Crisis Crises (Sing.) (Plural) Ans. Correct Crises Ans. – Syllabus – Syllabi correct: Syllabi Abstract Noun – Is usually the home of a quality, action or state considered apart from (2) All the cactus were in flower, so that the the object to which it belongs.(Ex. – Virtue, desert was riot of colour. darkness, kindness, happiness etc.) Cactus xyr gS A D;ksafd All Plural rks Noun Hkh Plural gksxk A Cacti (correct) gS A Singular Noun – Boy, girl, man, car etc. Um – a Plural Noun – Boys, girls, men, cars etc. Singular Plural Datum Data Countable Noun – Are the name of objects, Medium Media people etc. that we can count (Ex. – Book, Dr. Memorandum Memoranda Horse, Apple) Ex – We can solve these problems by using Uncountable – Are the names of thing method of floating datum DMO suparaisition which we can’t count. (√) They mainly denotes substance and abstract Datum (√) D;ksafd ;g¡k ,d specific method things. Ex. – Milk, oil, sugar, gold, honesty, (floating Method) dh ckr gks jgh gS D;ksafd etc. special method (singular) gS rks (Datum (S + ing) Noun Hkh sign gksxk A US – I:- Cactus – cacti He copied the relevant data out of the Focus – foci encyclopedia. Fungus – fungi (plural) Nucleolus –nuclei Ans. data (√) – dke dk data collect fd;k eryc Syllabus –syllabi / syllabuses cgqr lkjk data collect fd;k gksxk A Radius – radii Important Rules: Ex – (1) We need to improve or textbooks and Rule – syllabus in such a way that students do not  We always use singular verb with need to rey on the cheap hotels. uncountable nouns.

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 Plural of these words does not exist. Aims were given to beggers. She forgot her spac + acle here. (Correct – Some Example of uncountable Noun spectacles) are – Machinery Scenery Information Leg gage Rule 3 Advice Poetry Evidence Tieip There are some nouns that indicate – length, Furniture Bread Wood Fuel measure, money, weight or number, when Hair Crockery Coth Moves they are preceded by a numeral, they remain Backery Behavior Dust Jwellery unchanged in form. Knowledge Wastage Murchief Clothing cast Foot, Meter, pair, score, dozen, head, year, hundred, thousand, million, billion, trillion.

Note – These nouns will not take A, An, many, Note: buls igys number gS rks “S” ugh yxsxkA fear number of (plural verb) they take Ex – three dozens pencil (x) singular verb. Three dozen pencils (√) Number Unconsent noun Plural/verb

bles ckn “of” gks rks – “S” yxsxk Ex. The sceneries of Kashmir have evcinonate us (x) Ex: Thousands of people died of cholera last year. (x) Ans. The scenery of Kashmir has Enchate us. Correct- (√) Thousands of people died of cholera last year. (2) She gave two jewelries (correct – Jewelry  I have seven dozens of shoes (correct – or a piece of jewelry) dozen) (3) His hairs are black – His hair is black (√)  He has five thousands rupees (correct - (4) I ate three breads today – (cored – Bread thousand) or three slices of Bread)  (x) It is four years degree course (correct – year)

Rule 2 Certain nouns exist in plural forms only. Rule 5: Thus “S” cannot be removed from such nouns Some nouns are singular in meaning but are They take plural verb form used as plural nouns and always to plural verb – [Cattle] gentry, vermin, peasantry, artillery, Ex.- people, clergy, company, police]. Scissors Jeans Pincers Shorts

Spectacles Remains Congratulation Pilers Ex: Binoculars Pajamas Pants Tweezers (1) The cattle is grazing in the ground. Tongs Earnings Skates Savings Pincers Trousers Tights (x) Thanks Socks Wages Cattle – Are (√) (Plural) (plural)

Ex. – Where are my pants? Plural Where are the tongs?

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(2) Police has controlled the situation. Such Nouns are: (have)√ Teacher, student, child, clerk, candidate, (3) The children are playing in the field. (√) advocate, worker, writer author, leader, (4) On large forms, cattle are usually market musician, politician, enemy, client, president, with brand. person, neighbor etc. Cattle (Noun) plural gS blfy, plural – forms (√) (form gksrk gS rks xyr gksrk) When these are used in singular, we third person singular masculine (his) pronoun with Note: them. (1) People vkSj People of difference: - People – of some race (leku tkfr /keZ) Ex. - Peoples of different race (fofHkUu tkfr /keZ) (a) Every candidate should write his (not her) name. Q. ------of world must unit (Peoples √ / People (b) Every person should perform his (not x) her) duty. (2) Floor – (the flat surface of the room) Each, either, every one, everybody, no Ground – surface of the Earth. one, no body, neither, anybody are also common gender pronoun.

(c) The student forgot her. Spectacles at (3) Envy – A wish to passes that the other home (his) √ person has complete. (d) Teacher was not present in her office. Jealousy – A feeling that arises out of fear (his) √ of losing that yours. (e) The doctor suggested her patient to take medicines properly. (his) √ (4) Skill – We acquire it by learning. Talent – a Natural ability. Rule – 8: Some noun are used for especially for Rule 6: feminine gender only. Some nouns like Mathematics, Physics, dynamics, Ethics, linguistic, metal physics, I.e. blonde, maid, mid wife, coquette, virgin optics, Economics, News, politics, mumps, etc. measies, Rickets, Athetics, Mechanics etc. are in plural forms but used as a singular noun. Now a days nouns ‘bachelor’ and ‘virgin’ are being used for masculine and feminine Ex.: gender as well. (1) Mathematic is the science of quantity. (2) Bad news travels fast. Ex- He is coquette (x) (3) Mumps has been nearly eradicated in She is coquette (√) our country. + ing (4) Billiards is my favorite game. Rule – 9: Rule 7: If the same noun is repeated after preposition Some nouns are known as common gender the noun will be singular. nouns. That can be used for either sex- Male or female [Noun (s) + preposition + Noun(s)] These are called dual gender nouns.

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Ex.: Ex. (a) Town after town was / were devastated (a) Your deposits has grown two and a half (was) times within two years. (N) (N) (b) My salary has increased three and a quarter times within three years. (b) Raw upon raw of pink marble look / looks beautiful. Rule – 12: X √ In case of a very young child, insect or other (c) He was reading pages after pages of the small creature we use neuter gender. books. Ex. – The baby wants his bottle. (Its) The child has his bottle. (its) Rule – 10: Some nouns like: Rules – 13: [Deer, sheep series, fish, crew, team jury, When a neuter gender noun is perschified we aircraft counsel etc.] Take the same form both use. Masculine gender to object remarkable in singular and plural. for their strength. Ex. – Sun, time, Death, winter etc. Ex. (1) This cricket team is best for T-20 Sometimes it is treated as feminine: matches. Feminine gender to objects remarkable for (2) The crew is large their beauty and gratefulness etc. (3) All the crew were saved. Ex. – Earth, Moon, Nature etc. (4) One sheep is grazing. (5) Two sheep are grazing. Ex. (1) The sun was shining on the sea, shining Rule – 11: with all his night. If the numeral adjective and a fractions are used with a noun, is used with the numeral The sun blfy, his dk use lgh gS A vxj and the noun will be singular. her dk use masculine gksrk gS rks xyr gS

Ex. – (2) Mother Earth (feminine) (a) She gives me one and a half rupees (incorrect) Rule – 14: Numeral Don’t say “family members / cousin brother Adj. Fraction noun “cousin sister” but say: - The members of the family (√) (b) He gave rite two and a quarter rupees - He one she is my cousin. (√) (incorrect) He gave me two rupees and a quarter - He is my English teacher (√) (correct) - He is my teacher of English. (√)

If the numeral adjective and the fraction refer the multiplication the noun be placed in the end - He is my mathematics teacher. (x) (offer the fraction) and it must be plural. - He is my teacher of Math’s. (√)

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Grammar Rules for Nouns We are planning to Attend Som and Rule – 1: Makin singular Nouns possessive – Teresa’s retirement Party: Add an apostruive (One Party is being held to celebrate both people’s retirement, so the party “belong” so U + u to speak to than jointly).

S We are planning to attend the party honoring To most singular sam’s and + eresa’s outstanding sales records.) Noun and to plural nouns that don’t end in “s” (Each of them possesses a separate, Ex: Singular Noun – Kitten’s toy, Joe’s car, individual sales record, the records are not James book James Nouns. jointly owned)

Plural Not Ending Women’s’ dresses, POSSESSIVITY – Ownership sheep’s Ins: - Pasture  We use ‘S’ with living thing: - Mohit’s car. Rule – 2: Making Plural noun - Priya’s watch. Possessive: - The boy of Mohan. Adjust an apostrophe to plural Nouns that already end in “s”  We don’t use ‘S’ with – non-living Ex.- thing (1) The Composes workers went on stoke - Table’s leg (x) together. - Leg of the table (√) (2) You need to clean out the house’s stalls. (3) The two countries armies massed on the  Exceltion border. (1) Needle’s Point (2) Blade’s / Razor Edge Rule – 3: Making hyphenated nouns (3) Tarr’s Breadth. and compound nouns plural: Ex.- My mother in law’s recipe for meatloaf is Ex (1) The salesman said that “This blade’s my husband’s favorite. edge is sharper than any other blade’s (No - The United States post office is stamps Error) are available in rolls or packets. Table’s legs were broken (x) Rule – 4: : Joint on Legs of the table were broken (√) separate ownership: Example: Rules – 5: (1) The administrative assistant completed When two nouns are in opposition, the Arvind’s and Rohit’s Report. possessive sign is (‘s’) is added to the latter as, The administrative assistant completed  I am going to Ram Lal’s My friend’s, Arvind and Rohit’s Report. village (incorrect)  I am going to Ram Lal, My friend’s village (Correct)

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Rules – 6:  Everyone Possessive sign (‘s) is also used in the  Everybody following structure –  One another  Some one  With the homes of dignified objects. Ex.: The student should follow the - Heaven’s will – Earth’s gravity suggestions of their teacher and not - Country’s call – Sun’s rays. somebody else.  With the home of personified Some body, else is (√) object: - Duty’s call – Death’s doctor Rule – 9: - Foretime’s favor – Nature’s law When the two nouns are used after one of the possession or ownership, is not shown by  With the noun indicating time possession sign (‘S’) but it is shown by weight, distance value pace etc – proposition of as:- - An hour’s Journey Ex.: - A Needle’s point One of my friend’s wives was killed in an - At Arm’s length accident (x) - Ten pound’s weight The wife of one of my friends was killed in an - Three lakh’s worth accident (√)  Possessive sign ‘S’ also used after initials: Rules – 10: - The cm’s secretary Possessive case of lifeless objects is generally - The PM’s security guard given by, of as:- - The VIP’s Accept. Ex.: Rule – 7: (1) The leaves of the tree (Not tree’s leaves) The double possessive should not be used. (2) The windows of the room (Not room’s Ex.: window) (1) Ram’s sister’s marriage is an 2nd Nov (x) (3) Ram is my friend (It means Ram is one of The marriage of Ram’s sister on 2nd Nov my several friends) (√) (4) I saw president’s reception in Jaipur. (x) (2) The president’s brother’s wife died I saw the reception of president in Jaipur. (√) yesterday. (x) The wife of president’s brother died (Exercise) (Find the Error) yesterday. (√) Q. 1. A. Through we have reached at the high Rule – 8: B. Level of progress in the field Possessive sign in also used with the C. of Medicines money following pronoun: D. Millions of people of Malaria.  Anyone Ans. (D) use ‘Millions’ instead of ‘million’.  Anybody  Nobody Q. 2.  Somebody A. We have visited many  No one B. Firms this year but only one of them is  Each other C. Suitable for our work, which you admired

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D. is naman’s / Shivam’s and Rohan’s Ans. (A) Use ‘brother-in-law’ instead of Ans. (D) Use ‘Naman’ Shivam, and Rohan’s ‘brother-in-law’ instead of Naman’s Shivan’s and Rohan’s Q. 9. Q. 3. A. My sister A. The employees greeted the B. has read B. Manager and his husband with chamming C. a number of criterichns for the past C. smile So as to try to make D. no Error D. The condition (es) / has able Ans. (C) Page after page Ans. (B) her husband Q. 10. Q. 4. A. The manager put forward A. The Economics of the Project Makes it B. a number of criterions B. in possible to the experience C. for the post C. of great opportunities which can avoided the D. No Error D. world class performance in the reported Ans. (B) Criteria is plural of ‘Criterion’ approach. Ans. (A) Make. Q. 11. A. I like Q. 5. B. the poetries A. When our beloved teachers and seniors C. of Byron B. Come across to me, we caught one D. and thelley C. Another hands and talked for Ans. (B) Poetry (uncountable noun) Hence it D. Many hours after a very long time is singular and it does not have any Ans. (C) Another’s hands plural form.

Q. 6. Q. 12. A. After a complaint was filed A. The driver showed B. the police teams was given the photograph B. grate talented in keeping C. Log the Accused from C. the damaged car under controlled D. The CCTV footage recorded at the hotel D. No Error Ans. (B) team Ans. (B) talented dh txg “still” use gksxk A

Q. 7. Q. 13. A. This company cannot work properly A. When I entered the bedroom B. because it never recruits any talented B. I Sawa snake crawling C. Sale representative the most C. on the ground D. important pillar in making profits in the D. No Error market Ans. “ground” dh txg “floor” dk use gksxk A Ans. “Sales Representative” Q. 14. Q. 8. A. It is very difficult A. My parents stop my brother-in-law B. to chase B. going out late at night because C. a huge scope in the C. the situations are not so D. fourth inning / No error. D. much good in this area now a days Ans. Innings

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Q. 15. A. It is a big blunder B. but we had C. to ignore it Ans. (A) Blunder means big mistake there big blunder is superheroes.

Q. 16. A. That house B. is built of C. Stones Ans. (C) Stones is incorrect. Use stone here it is being used as material noun. There are no plural for material noun.

Q. 17. A. He told me that B. It was C. his friend’s Rahul’s Ans. Replace Friend’s Ravi’s have by the house of his friend’s Ravi.

Q. 18. A. two summons’s have been issued by the court B. but he has not C. yet appeared before the court / No errors. Ans. A Summons is smgular in forms. Its plural is summonses (√)

Q. 19. A. The Mehta’s B. have been living here C. for about a decade Ans. Remove Apostrophe (mentel)√

Q. 20. A. Children are playing B. and making mischief’s C. As their holiday have started. Ans. Mischief is on uncountable noun. It has no plural form.

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PRONOUN 5) : It is used for general meaning. Everybody, somebody, nobody, A pronoun is a word that is used in place of someone, no one, only one, everything, all, noun is order to avoid repetition of a noun in some, any. a sentence. Make our language stylistic. Ex.: Somebody has come to meet you. Types of a pronoun – I want some water. 1) : It refers two persons I, me, we, us, you, he, she, they etc. 6) : It is used to Ex.- I am a boy emphasize myself, ourselves, himself, They are boys. themselves, and yourself. EX.: I cook myself. 2) Pronoun: It points out You do your homework yourselves. object this, that, these, the etc. Ex.: This is a cow. 7) Distributive Pronoun: It refers to one at a That is your house. time. None, any, no one, either, neither, each. 3) : It is related to who, Ex.: None has come to meet you. whom, who’s, which, that etc. Neither of the two boys has come. Ex.: she is the girls who met me yesterday. 8) : It is used for mutual

relationship. Each other, one another 4) Interrogative pronoun: It is used for Ex.: We respect each other. asking question. Who, what, who’s, which They love one another. whom etc.

Subjective Objective Possessive Possessive Reflexive Pronoun Pronoun Pronoun Pronoun Adjective I Me Mine My Myself He Him His His Himself She Her Hers Her Herself They Them Theirs Their Themselves We Us Ours Our Ourselves You You Yours Your Yourself/yourselves

It It - Its Itself Who Whom Whose Whose -

Note: Possessive Adjective + Noun (4) No error Ans.: (3) Your – Yours Phone (√) Important: (1) The phone that Here in this sentence yours will give the sense (2) My father bought is different of your + phone as the comparison b/w (3) Than yours. phones.

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RULES (ii) Neither Nitin nor Govind has done their Rule 1: Make comparison with the same form work. (x) Verb sing of . His (√) Ex: Rule – 4: Distributive pronoun is a (i) She is more beautiful than I. (both she and pronoun which denotes person or things of a I are of nominative case) group separately and always become singular (ii) I like you more than him. (Both are and followed by the singular verbs. objective case) i.e. – each, either, neither, everyone, any, none, no one. Rule 2: When collective noun comes as a unit Ex.- use pronoun in singular form and when it (i) Each of you has visited red fort refers to its member. Separate use pronoun (ii) Every one of you is physically fit to in plural form. work. Ex: (iii) Neither of the two boys has come to The team is strong. (unit) meet you. The board were divided in their opinion (√) V(P) P (P) (verb plural rks Pronoun plural) Rule – 5: The indefinite pronoun ‘one’ Verb (sing) – its should be used as one\s for its possessive Verb (plural) – Their Case.  Some collective nouns are: Class, crowd, clock, panel, committee, group, audience, Ex: One should do one’s job. staff, Family, team, board, army etc.  Collective nouns such as jury, Public, team, One should not forgot one’s duty. committee, government, audience, orchestra, company etc. are used as Rule – 6: Uses of Relative Pronouns singular and plural. It depends on the usage.  Who – for person (A) The Jury was divided in their opinion.  Which – for things (when we use which (correct use) for selection it may be used for person) (B) The team have not arrived yet. (correct –  That – for both p0ersons and things Has) (C) Our team are trying their new dresses Ex. today. (i) That is the girl who is honest. V(P) P(P) (ii) The book which is red is yours. Verb plural Pronoun Plural (iii) Which of the boy has not come on  Team, family, jury, committee, Army time audience ds ckn ;fn their vkSj its gS rks (iv) The man and his dog that/which/who sentence dk structure: you saw yesterday have been kidnaped. Their – V (P) – P (P) (that) + animal + person (blfy, that Its – V (S) – P (S) lgh answer gksxk) Rule – 3: When to singulars nouns are joined by either or/neither, nor-pronoun Important used for them must be singular. Q. (A) The person which was Ex: - (B) Recommended for the portion (i) Either Ritu or Geeta has done her work (√) (C) did not fulfil (D) The prescribed qualification

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Ans. (A) Relative pronoun “who” is used for person, replace. “Which” by “who” Subject ugh ns j[kk gS rks + whoever + H.V/M.V

Tricks – (i) Person + _____+ H.V./MV rks blank Subject u ns j[kk gS rks +whomever + diff sub. es who vk,xk A (Noun or pronoun) (ii) Person + _____ + Different (Noun) Whom Q. Everyone scolded him they found, was Ex:- a truant Person verb 1) Keshav asked Ravi _____ was reading a book. Ans. Who (√) (who) Ravi + who + was (√) (Person) (Blank) H.V. dHkh dHkh blank ds ckn NksVk lk clause fy[kk gksrk gS tSls they found, I found, I believe, he see, I Ex:- think, she sees etc. buds just ckn verb vk,xh rks 1) Keshav asked Ravi _____ was reading a ge ml clause dks neglect dj nsaxs eryc him, book. we they found was (who) Ravi + who + was (√) (Person) (Blank) H.V. Rule – 7: Usage of “that” 2) Aarushi will lead the group who is  For both persons and things participating Ex.: The man and his dog that I saw yesterday have been kidnapped. Person Mov  If “All” denotes people and is used as a 3) Arjun distrusted the stranger whom subject, ‘who’ or ‘that’ is used and not Bheema rejected. whom/which (x) The group – Person Bheema – Noun A different person Ex: All who/that are interested to do this work can start now. 4) The boy found the little girl when the (nksuks lgh gS nksuks es ls dksbZ Hkh ,d vk ldrk gS) parents abandoned. But If “All denotes non-living things “that” is Noun Person used. Ex: All that glitters is not gold. 5) She assisted the old man whom the mobile had beaten.  All + uncountable noun is followed by Noun Person “that” 6) Keerat has thanked _____ has helped Ex: - All the money that I gave her has her been spent. [Thanked ds ikl dksbZ subject ugh gS] eryc ftl fdlh us Hkh mldh lgk;rk dh  Everything, Nothing, the only, any, all blfy, whoever (√)] everyone none, no, nobody, much, little, the same, the few, the little will take 7) Khyali cheated whoever I found, came “that” in his way. (Verb) Ex: (i) My father has given me everything that Subject ugh gS rks ever rks vk,xk gh vkSj blank ds I needed. ckn verb (came) gS rks who – blfy, (whoever)

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(ii) My wife has spent the little money resign, average, adapt, apply, adjust, pride. that I gave her. (Absent and enjoy-exception)

 With superlative degree (S.D.) Ex: He is the best student that met me Ex: yesterday. (i) We should introduce ourselves. (Reflexive (S.D.) Pronoun) - She is the most beautiful actress that (ii) You should avail yourself for this we ever met. opportunity.

Imp. Enjoy & absent (a) Fear is Ex: (b) One of those emotions (i) They enjoyed the party (No need of (c) Which frequently roots us reflexive pronoun) (d) To inaction Verb object (e) No error Ans. (c) (D;ksafd verb ds ckn object gS vkSj object gS rks (R.P.) dk use ugh gksxk A Explanation: Relative pronoun ‘which’ is used here for its (ii) They enjoyed during vacation. (use antecedent ‘emotions’ and the number and themselves after) person of verb will be according to the (enjoyed what object ugh gS] blfy, antecedent (emotions) of relative pronoun, as themselves dk use gksxk) the word “emotions” is plural so the verb must be in plural form replace singular verb (iii) He was absent. (Noun dh rjg use rks ‘roots’ with root Plural verb R.O.P. ugh vk,xkk) (√) (iv) He absented himself (√) Verb (ROP) Rule – 9: When pronoun comes after ‘to be’ it comes subjective. (vxj absent dks main verb dh rjg use fd;k gS (is, am, are, was, were) rks mlds ckn Reflexive Pronoun vk,xk) Ex: (i) It is he

To be subjective case Rule 10 (b): Who is she? Keep, stop, turn, quality, bathe, move, rest and hide do not take a reflexive pronoun Rule – 10: after them.

Same verbs always take either an object or EX: reflexive pronoun, (Myself, Ourselves, (i) You should keep yourself away from yourself, himself, herself, itself, themselves bad company. (remove yourself) etc.) (ii) He hide himself in the room. (remove

himself) Such verbs are – Hurt, introduce, satisfy, kill, cheat, absent, prepare, teach, prostate, present, enjoy, amuse, avail, acquit, reconcile, Rule 11: For good reason and singular subjects we should use personal pronoun in the order

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(231) and for bad reason or plural subject. (123) 1>2>3 ( first person) = I – our (2nd person, 3rd person, 1st person) 1>2 ( Second Person) = You – Your Ex: For (231) 2>3 (Third Person) = (i) You, he and I are to solve it. (231) 1>3 He/she/they – Their (ii) She, I, and you have come. (x) You, she and I have come. (√) Ex: (iii) I, you and he have committed the (i) He and I should do (this) work. mistake (√) (3) (1) our Bad reason (123) (ii) You, he should do you work. (√) First person = I – our 2 3 Second Person = You – Your Third Person = He/she/ they/ their. (iii) You, he, Ram, Mohan and I should do our work (√) (i) (A) He, She 2 3 3 3 (B) I and they (C) Cooked the food (iv) He and she should do their work. (D) No error 3 3

Ans: (B) For positive sentences use the order Rule 13: – 231 first person – ‘I’ should come after third When two hours joined by and refer to the person ‘they’ in part (B) same person, the pronoun will be used in singular form and when H refers to two (ii) You and I are to solve it (21) √ different person then pronoun will be used in (iii) You and they are dancing (123) – (23) plural form.

Rule 12: Ex: Use objective form of pronoun after- let, like, (i) The director and producer has between…… and, but, excep0t and any completed his project. (√) preposition besides. (Same person) sing. Verb Ex: (ii) The director and the producer have (i) Let you and him work together. completed their project. (Of) (different person) Plural verb (ii) She got engaged with him. Rule 14: (Preposition) Uses of anyone, anybody, anything, nobody. (iii) He laughed at (I) him(√) They are indefinite pronouns and normally Preposition they are used with singular verbs.

(iv) There is no problem between her Ex: and me. (i) I do not know anybody who speaks Hindi. Obj. obj. (ii) Have anyone got a job? Correct – Has (singular Form) Preference in the following order

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whereas pronoun “this” follows the clause or Rule 15: phrase to which it refers. Reflexive Pronoun (Myself, Ourselves, Yourself, Yourselves, and Himself, And Herself) Q. This is the news that she has been selected. should be preceded by a subject for which (Incorrect) they are being used in a sentence. It is the news that she has been selected. Q. 1. (correct) (1) Myself and Roshni (2) Will take care of Q. She has been selected and it is a good news. (3) The even on Sunday. That (√) Ans. (1) EXERCISES Explanation: The – Self pronounces are Q.1. (A) He has lost called reflexive, myself shouldn’t be used (B) All what unless there is (C) I gave him an “1” previously in the same sentence. (D) No error Ans. B. What (x) That (√) (All is followed by Ex: I consider myself fortunate enough to get that) this opportunity. (The correct uses should be “I myself Q.2. (A) Swati has such a fine and Rohini” in part 1.) (B) memory that she can (C) recollect anything what Important: (D) happened many years ago. Ans. C. Anything is followed by that. Q. 2. Rustom and (A) / myself saw (B) / the picture (C) / No error (D) Q.3. (A) The book, although written Ans. (B) – The subject of a sentence should be (B) in bad English used in subjective case pronoun. Here (C) Makes a few interesting observation in this given sentence “Myself” is an (D) Which needs to be highlighted. objective case pronoun, use Ans. D. Observation which needs (x) – (need) √ subjective case pronoun.

Q.4. (A) Everyone Rule 16: When pronoun is used as an object (B) must sign their full name in a sentence must be in objective case. (C) before entering the hall.

Ans. B. Their (x) – his (√) – For singular Q.1. My uncle forced (A) / My friend and I (B) pronoun ‘everyone’ use his in part (B) / to stay back (C) / No error (D)

Ans. (B) Q.5. (A) You will come

(B) to my party tomorrow Explanation: Replace subjective case (C) isn’t it ? pronoun “I” by objective case pronoun “Me” Ans. C. Personal pronoun ‘you’ should be used in part (B) as the subject of question tag. (correct answer should be ‘won’t you) Rule 17: When pronoun “it” refers to a clause or Q.6. (A) Whom phrase it comes before the clause or phrase (B) do you want to invite

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