Vedas Resources

I. Choose the correct form of verb The old man _______________ to the park every Sunday.(goes / went / will go) Yesterday, my mother _______________ a delicious cake. (bake / baked / will bake) My friends _______________ a movie tonight. (are watching / watched / will watch) The students _______________ their homework already. (finish / finished / will finish) Yesterday, Sita _______________ her best in the competition. (is trying / tried / will try) Tomorrow, the train _______________ at 6:00 a.m. (arrives / arrived / will arrive) Shyam _______________ his grandmother yesterday. (visits / visited / will visit) We _______________ to the beach next week. (are going / went / will go) The boys _______________ basketball every evening. (play / played / will play) By the time you arrive, we _______________ dinner. (will cook / cooked / have cooked) II. Choose the correct form of past tense (simple past, past continuous or past perfect) for each sentence. Write your an...

Tenses in English Tenses indicate the time of action in a sentence. The form of the main verb is changed to indicate the tense of a sentence. In English grammar, there are three main tenses. These are: 1. Present tense 2. Past tense and 3. Future tense. Each of these tenses has four different forms. Accordingly there are 12 tenses in all. These are: Present tense 1. Simple Present tense 2. Present Continuous tense 3. Present Perfect tense 4. Present Perfect Continuous tense Past tense 1. Simple Past tense 2. Past Continuous tense 3. Past Perfect tense 4. Past Perfect Continuous tense Future tense 1. Simple Future tense 2. Future Continuous tense 3. Future Perfect tense 4. Future Perfect Continuous tense How to know the tense of a sentence A sentence has mainly subject (S), a verb (V) and an object (O) Structure of a sentence - S + V + O 1. Simple Present tense When the main verb is in simple present form, the sentence is in a simple present tense. Structure - S + V (present form...

An article in English grammar is a word that is used before a noun to tell us more about a noun and hence articles are considered adjectives. Articles are of two types: Definite articles Indefinite articles. Mainly there are three articles in usage in English grammar and these are: A An The. Indefinite articles A an Indefinite articles are used to tell about a noun in general and are not used for a specific noun. For example: when we want to tell about one book we say a book . Similarly if we want to say about one apple in general we say an apple. . Here the nouns book and apple are general and are not specific. Rules for using indefinite articles There are certain rules for using the indefinite article. These are: Rules for using A It is used for the nouns that start with a consonant (other than vowels a e i o u ). Example a book, a basket, a house etc. It is also used for nouns that start with a vowel (a e i o u) but the first letter (vowel) is a silent letter and the pronouncatio...

A fair knowledge of basic English grammar is essential for improving communicative and writing skills in English. Parts of speech is helpful / useful in framing sentences in the right way. There are 8 parts of speech in English grammar. These are: Verb Noun Adjective Adverb Pronoun Preposition Conjunction and Interjection. Verb In simple words a verb is a doing word or an action word. Any word that states that some action is being done, such word is called a verb. E.g: I am learning English grammar. In this sentence, the word learning shows that some action is being done. In this sentence the word learning is a verb. Noun Any word in a sentence that states a thing or a person or a place is a noun . In simple words a noun is a naming word. E.g 1: The girl is playing. In this sentence, girl which states a person is a noun. E.g 2: The student kept his book on the table . In this sentence there are 3 naming words - student , book and table . These thre...