Christopher Phoenix English Notes
Excerpt from the Christopher Notes:
1. Nouns:
All the naming words are Noun.
Words ending with " -Ment", "- tion", "-ness:" and "-hood" are listed under Nouns.
Types:
1. Common Noun
2. Proper Noun
3. Material Noun
4. Collective Noun
5. Abstaract Noun
2. Pronoun
Pronoun is a replacing word which is used to replace a Noun to -
i) Avoid the repeatition of a Noun
ii) Make a sentence soft.
iii) Make a sentence beautiful.
There are eight types of Pronoun:
1. Personal
2. Relative
3. Reflexive
4. Reciprocal
5. Interrogative
6. Indefinite
7. Demonstrative
8. Distributive
3. Adjective:
It is qualifying word used to qualify Noun and Pronoun. It qualifies a noun or pronoun in three ways.
i) Attributive - Adjective + Noun
ii) Predicative - Noun/Pronoun + Verb + Adjective
iii) Past positive - Noun/Pronoun + Adjective
Example Lolita is capable candidate of cracking this competition.
How to Identify an Adjective:
1. By Definition
2. By formation
3. By placement
Words those end with:
-ous, -able, -ful, -ish, -less, -Noun+ly, -Verb third form V3, Verb+ing etc.
Some example: Motherly, friendly, timely, weekly, shooting star, smiling face, broken heart, boiled milk, tired legs etc.
Note: Adjective+ly+Adverb
By placement- Adjective + Noun
Example: Beautiful girl
4. Verbs
Types:
1. Auxiliary verb
- Primary
- Modal
- Marginals
- Idiomatic Modals
i) Primary: Be :is/am/are/was/were
Do: Do/Does/Did
Have: Have/has/had
ii) Modals: Can/Could/May/Might/Shall/Should/Will/Would/Must/Ought to etc.
iii) Marginals: Semi Modals
Used to/Need not/ Dare not
iv) Idiomatic Modals: Had better, Had rather, Had sooner, would better, would rather, would sooner
2. Main verb:
- Transitive/In Transitive
- Dynamic/Static
- Finite/ Non Finite
- Linking/Causitive
i) Transitive verbs: It is an object taking verb
Example: Eat, teach, say, cook, love, know, like etc.
ii) Intransitive verbs: It doesn't take any object.
How to recognize Transitive/In Transitive verbs:
- If you can find the sense of "What" or "Whom" in a sentence then the verb is Transitive:
1. For example: I am eating a Mango
Sense: I am eating (what) : Mango (Here "eat is a transitive verb)
2. I run a school (What: a school) - Transitive Verb
3. I am running in a field: (Here sense of "What is not acceptable") - In Transitive verb
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