TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION

A simple telephonic conversation can prove to be a nightmare, especially if the speaker is new to the language. When conversations are held face to face, gestures and actions can be a saving grace but phone calls can make one break into cold sweat !!

QUESTION TAGS

   

                       QUESTION TAGS

These are short questions placed after a sentence. If the main part of a sentence is positive, then a negative question tag is used.

THE APOSTROPHE

THE APOSTROPHE is a punctuation mark used to show possession ( ownership ) and omission ( contractions ).

PLURAL NOUNS

When we speak of more than two nouns ( person, place, thing or idea) we refer to it as PLURAL nouns.

We usually add an

S, ES, or IES

to the noun to get the plural form. Have a look ...

REPORTED SPEECH

How do we report questions asked ?

REPORTED SPEECH

DIRECT SPEECH


We often need to report what someone says or has said to a third person. We can say the exact words spoken by the speaker, in which case it is the direct speech. The direct speech is enclosed in quotation marks.

WORD POWER

HOMOPHONES