CBSE Class 8 English Grammar Tenses 1. Read the following sentences carefully : Birds fly in the air. My brother flew to England last week. I shall fly a kite on Sunday. – In the first sentence the Verb ‘fly’ refers to the Present time, in the second sentence the Verb ‘flew’ refers to the…
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CBSE Class 8 English Grammar Nominalisation What is nominalisation ? Forming a noun from a verb or adjective is called nominalisation. Formation of Nouns From Verbs Most nouns are formed from verbs by using suffixes. Here are some examples. 1. -ment Verb Noun Achieve advertise allot amuse appoint argue attach develop employ equip excite fulfil…
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CBSE Class 8 English Grammar Verb 1. Verb. The verb is a word that expresses some action, feeling or existence. It tells us something about the subject ; as Lions roar. (action) Boys fly kites. (action) I feel sorry. (feeling) Ashoka was a great king. (existence) 2. All the verbs (shown above in black) ‘roar’,…
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CBSE Class 8 English Grammar Preposition A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relation with some other word in the sentence. He works hard in the hope of standing first. We met at night. The book is on the table. We stay at home during the holidays. I…
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CBSE Class 8 English Grammar Use of Modals Has to / Have to / Had to / Shall have to / Will have to. To show obligation, compulsion, duty, desire etc. Has Mohan to wash his own clothes ? or Mohan does not have to wash his own clothes. Does Mohan have to wash…
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CBSE Class 8 English Grammar Agreement of Verb and Subject Present Tense A verb must agree in number and person with its subject. (a) When the subject is third person singular, most English verbs end in -s or -es but there is no -s or -es on third person plural. He goes to school. They…
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CBSE Class 8 English Grammar Adjective (a) Read the following sentences : 1. Apoorva is an intelligent boy. (What kind of boy ?) 2. I don’t like that house. (Which house ?) 3. I have five books. (How many books ?) 4. There is little time left. (How much time ?) In sentence 1, ‘intelligent’…
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CBSE Class 8 English Grammar Pronouns (a) We may say— Sheela is absent because Sheela is ill. But it is better to avoid the repetition of the noun Sheela, and say Sheela is absent because she is ill. Definition. A word that is used to replace a noun is called pronoun. (The word ‘Pronoun’ means…
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CBSE Class 8 English Grammar Participle Read the sentence : Going on the road, the boy met with an accident. The word ‘going’ qualifies the noun ‘boy’ as an adjective does. It is formed from the word ‘go’. The word ‘going’ therefore has something of an adjective and something of a verb too. Such words…
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CBSE Class 8 English Grammar Phrasal Verbs Prepositions may combine with verbs to form a type of compound verb. This verb + preposition is called phrasal verb. The meaning of a phrasal verb is quite different from the meaning of the verb without that preposition. Look at some examples. Verb Phrasal Verbs 1. Break break…
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