ABHYAS · STUDENTS OF CLASS 3 TO 10 (CBSE, ICSE AND STATE BOARDS) AND ANYONE BRUSHING UP FOR SCHOOL OR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

English Grammar (Class 3–10) अंग्रेज़ी व्याकरण

Unlimited English grammar practice with hints and rule-by-rule explanations: articles, tenses, subject–verb agreement, prepositions, pronouns, active and passive voice, direct and indirect speech, conjunctions, modals, punctuation, synonyms and antonyms, spelling, sentence correction, degrees of comparison, question tags and one-word substitution.

Determiners

Articles: a, an, theUse "a" before a consonant sound, "an" before a vowel sound, "the" for something specific or unique, and no article with games, languages, most names of cities and abstract ideas in general.

Verbs

Prepositions

PrepositionsUse "at" for a clock time, "on" for days and dates, "in" for months, years and parts of the day; "since" for a starting point and "for" for a length of time. Many words take a fixed preposition (fond of, good at).

Pronouns

PronounsUse subject forms (I, he, she, we, they) before a verb, object forms (me, him, her, us, them) after a verb or preposition, possessives (mine, yours, its) to show ownership, -self forms when the action comes back to the subject, and who/whom/whose/which to join clauses.

Conjunctions

Conjunctions and linkersPick the linker that matches the meaning: and (adding), but (contrast), or (choice), because (reason), although (contrast), unless (if not), until (up to a time), so that (purpose), and fixed pairs like neither … nor, no sooner … than, hardly … when.

Voice

Active and passive voicePassive = object of the active sentence + correct form of "be" (same tense) + past participle + by + doer. The tense must not change.

Narration

Direct and indirect speechWith a past reporting verb (said, asked, told), shift tenses back (am → was, will → would, past → had + V3), change pronouns to fit the speaker, and change time words (tomorrow → the next day, yesterday → the previous day). Universal truths do not change.

Adjectives

Degrees of comparisonPositive (tall, as tall as), comparative for two (taller than, more beautiful than) and superlative for three or more (the tallest, the most beautiful). Never double them (more taller, most best).

Questions

Question tagsA positive statement takes a negative tag and a negative statement takes a positive tag. Repeat the helping verb (or use do/does/did) and use a pronoun for the subject.

Writing mechanics

PunctuationStart sentences with a capital letter. End with a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark. Use commas in lists and before a name you are speaking to, apostrophes for possession and contractions (not for its/yours), and quotation marks for exact words.

Error spotting

Sentence correctionCheck each sentence for the usual errors: subject–verb agreement, verb forms after did/does/to, wrong tense with time words, uncountable nouns (advice, furniture), wrong prepositions and extra words.

Vocabulary