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1
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Always used as plural without any change in them

A 
People
 police
 poultry 
gentry 
peasantry
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Always used as plural

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scissors 
binocular 
spectacles 
Pilers
pillars
 trousers jeans oats outskirts premises quarters stairs spirits surroundings thanks
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Some nouns are used both the ways without any change in them

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Sheep and many sheep
A deer and many deer
a fish and many fish also many fishes meaning group or species of fishes
Spacecraft and many spacecraft
Aircraft and many aircraft
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Always used as singular

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Milk furniture bread food ice salt water grass hair wheat rubbish coffee chauk paper sugar dust chocolate soap

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5
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All abstract nouns are always used as singular

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applause homework advice wealth happiness research Mani evidence hospitality music pollution trash waste statistics AIDS disease measures information knowledge refuge rubbish

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Some nouns are used both as singular and plural depending on the situation

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Association audience board commission company council through department government jury party public staff family commity

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All words with suffix ware is considered to be singular

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Software hardware silverware streetwear China maja brassware class where middleware embedded ware

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Pronounce each and 1 make the subject singular

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Example each of the chief minister of the state was present in the meeting

One of the boys is to be blamed

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Somebody nobody are singular but every and none can be used both as singular and plural

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Conjunction and makes subject plural when combining two or more nouns or pronounce

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10
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If conjunction or combines the nouns are pronounced in the number of last noun or pronoun indecisive

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Two bikes or a car is enough to carry a school
The coach or the players are responsible for the defeat
She they or I am supposed to look after the people here

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Sometimes the subject is non finite verb which is always singular

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Smoking is injurious to health

To err is human to forgive is divine

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12
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Always and says

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Present form of the verb

Meet and will are present form of the verbs

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13
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Past form of is am and are

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Was and were

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14
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Present form of had

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Has and have

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15
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Past form of does and do

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Did

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16
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Past forms of will shall can and may

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Would should could and might

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17
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Has is used when

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The past time is connected or related with the present time or somehow

Example
the prime minister has observed many changes in the rural areas when he last visited the countryside

In this the time is given

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18
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Simple past is used when

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Only past time is just mentioned or indicated its not connected with the present time

The report was tabled in the parliament yesterday

Here till yesterday given but it’s not concerned with what is being done today

19
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You simple present

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when habitually done or repeated action

An apple a day keeps doctor away

20
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Use present continuous

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Is it longer or continued action

look they are talking and wearing away their home

21
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Main function of participle is

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To combine two sentence

We should see is the subject or close to the participle

Example
Being a great king Akbar was respected by the people

22
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About nouns

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They were supposed to be in the same form either all infinitive ( to go) or all participle ( going) or all noun (green)

23
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Few nouns and adjectives

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Mother motherhood maternity
Poor poverty
Patriot patriotism
Hero heroism
Bankrupt or bankruptcy
Vacant vacancy
Deligent daligence
Garrulous garrulity
24
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When we mean any

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We use a or an

A good leader leads the country to prosperity

25
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When we mean a particular one

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We use the

Have you seen the movie playing at Satyam

26
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Which article used with man nature or god

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No articles are used

27
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Special cases of an

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An MP
An NRI
An hour
An heir

28
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Special cases of vowels

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a university
a one eyed man
a one rupee note
are correct although the start with the novel but produce a consonant sound “ yu wa”

29
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Some is used with

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Positive sentences

There is some good news for you

Some books are lying on the table

30
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Any is used with

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Negative sentences and questions

Are there any letter in the letterbox

There is not any water left in the bottle

31
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Much and many

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Big quantity uncountable or or big number countable

There is not much water left in the pond
There are not many followers of Gandhiji these days
Many parliamentarians were absent on the first day of session
How much money do you want,?

32
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A little and a few

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A little is for very small quantity uncountable
A few is for small number countable

Only a little rice is left
Only a few people came in the party

33
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Little and few

Without a

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Little hardly any or not any uncountable
Few hardly any or not any countable

There is a little sense in crying over the split milk
If you know what happens after death

34
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More and less

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Mode is used for comparative of much and many
Less is comparative of little

But more and less are used with them

I don’t have much money today or enough money today
I want more money than what I have
I want more money than you have
An idle talk is much less important than work

We need to have something to compare with

35
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Several and enough

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Several is small number but definite than some for a few

Enough is sufficient number and quantity

Don’t worry there are several policemen to guard the place
Don’t give me more I have eaten enough

36
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Earlier later

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An earlier date or later date used for time

37
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Former latter

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Out of two names of things mentioned the first is former and second is later

38
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Farther further

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Farther and further indicate longer distances both the words can be used for distance

What will be his further strategy
I have come from a father place than you do

39
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Older and elder

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Elder indicates seniority relation
older senior in age

Daraar 2 brothers elder to me
The second one is two years older than me

But person not in relation cannot be compared by using elder. Only the ages can be compared

the prime minister of the country is much older than the president

40
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MPT

the order of adverb

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Manner place time
Manager= slowly studily
Place = here there up down
Time = before they go now today

41
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It its it’s

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It is used to fill the gap
It’s is short form of it is
Its refers to it belongs to some person or animal

Examples
I knew it
I know it’s late
The dog wags its tail on seeing its master

42
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there their

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There - does the same function as ‘it’ does
it fills the gap
Their - means belonging to them or process by them

Examples
There was the king
Give the money back to them

43
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For all good things

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You he and I have
You and I
He and I

44
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For all bad things

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I you and he are
I and you
I and he

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