Notes and Worksheets for English

Active and Passive Voice  Voices Simple present Affirmative: - S+V1+O   (Active Voice) e.g. She cooks delicious food.   O+is,am,are+V3+Preposition+S   (Passive Voice) Delicious food is cooked by her. Negative: S+Do/Does+not+V1+O   (Active) e.g. She does not cook delicious food. O+is,am,are+not+V3+Preposition+S   (Passive Voice) Delicious food is not cooked by her. Interrogative: Do/Does+S+V1+O?   (Active) Does she cook delicious food? Is, am, are +O+not+V3+Preposition+S   (Passive Voice) Is Delicious food cooked by her? Present Continuous Affirmative:- S+is,am,are+Present participle+O   (Active Voice) E.g., She is cooking food. O+Is,am,are+Being+past participle+Preposition+S. (Passive voice) Food is being cooked by her. Negative: S+is,am,are+not+Present participle+O   (Active Voice) e.g. She is not cooking food. O+is,am,are+not+being+ pastparticiple+Preposition+S. (Passive vo

Vocabulary Booster Embarrassed Abashed He felt embarrassed to see his wife dancing like mads. Dazzling Fulgurous I was startled to see the skater’s dazzling virtuosic leaps. Fabulous Fab He did a fabulous job. Grandiose Pretentious He is not living a grandiose, fashionable life. Jubilant Rejoicing Jubilant crowds filled the streets on the day election held. Nocturnal Active during night Nocturnal flowers open up at night and close by day. Noxious Harmful His ideas were noxious Plush Lavish He is having a plush vanity van. Shimmering Glistening The Leaves were shimmering in the moonlight.

                 Noun It is a part of speech that names a person, place, thing, action etc. e.g. boy, girl, love, hatred, blessings, city, India etc. Types of nouns: Common Noun – It is a common name of things or groups. Example – boy, girl, country, city, habits etc. Proper Noun- Particular name of a thing, person, place etc. E.g. Sukhpreet, India, Ganges, Boston etc. Abstract Noun – Words that give names to abstract things (Things that cannot be touched or seen but felt only). E.g. Affection, Blessings, courage, cowardice, strength, power etc. Material Noun – Names given to material. E.g. Table, Chair, dog, house etc. Collective noun   – A group of things, persons, animals etc. E.g. herd of cattle, tissue of lies, bouquet of flowers etc. Vocabulary Booster Thunderous Earsplitting I heard a thunderous sound at night. Censorious Harshly   critical She is censorious of petty failings. Nerve-racking Stressful

   Basics of English (Day 2) Sentence is a group of words which expresses some meaning. As earlier, parts of sentence were discussed, let us move to the kinds of Sentence, Assertive/ Declarative Sentences Interrogative sentences Exclamatory Sentences Imperative Sentences Optative Sentences Assertive Sentences: A sentence that expresses a simple statement, fact or declares something. It can be a positive or a negative statement. It is of two types: Affirmative (Positive Sentences) Negative (Negative Sentences) She is a working woman. She is not a working woman. They went out in the afternoon. They did not go out in the afternoon. She will make a call to you. She will not make a call to you. Interrogative Sentences: Questions, enquiries etc. Are you okay? Is she calling you? Did you go there yesterday? Do you know her? Exclamatory: These sentences