20. Form compound words (Eg: Noun+Verb, Gerund+Noun)

Compound elements	Examples
Noun + noun	bedroom water tank motorcycle printer cartridge
noun + verb	rainfall haircut train-spotting
noun + adverb	hanger-on passer-by
Verb + noun	washing machine driving licence swimming pool
verb + adverb	lookout take-off drawback
Adverb + noun	onlooker bystander
Adjective + verb	dry-cleaning public speaking
adjective + noun	greenhouse software redhead
adverb + verb	output overthrow upturn input

Compound Words with Gerund and Noun -

1.   Bleaching Powder

2.   Cleaning Lady

3.   Cleaning Maid

4.   Dancing Bird

5.    Drawing Room

6.   Drinking Water

7.   Driving School

8.   Helping Hand

9.   Helping Mind

10.           Living Room

11.           Looking Glass

12.           Raining Days

13.           Sleeping Pill

14.           Sleeping Song

15.           Steering Wheel

16.           Swimming Pool

17.           Teaching Aids

18.           Teaching Condition

19.           Walking Stick

20.           Washing Machine

21.           Working Condition

22.           Working Couples

23.           Working Day

All the best.....

19. Form a new word by blending the words

Examples

• Simulcast (simultaneous + broadcast) 
• Smog (smoke + fog) 
• Ginormous (giant + enormous) 
• Spork (spoon + fork) 
• Internet (international + network) 
• Because (by + cause) 
• Emoticon (emotion + icon) 
• Spanglish (spanish + english) 
• Smassy (smart + sassy) 
• Cyborg (cybernetic + organism) 
• Malware (malicious + software) 
• Pixel (picture + element) 
• Bash (bang + smash) 
• Oxbridge (oxford + cambridge) 
• Motel (motor + hotel) 
• Cellophane (cellulose + diaphane) 
• Televangelist (television + evangelist) 
• Slithy (lithe + slimy) 
• Email (electronic + mail) 
• Bionic (biology + electronic) 
• Liger (lion + tiger) 
• Modem (modulator + demodulator) 
• Blog (web + log) 
• Vlog (video + log) 
• Brunch (breakfast + lunch) 
• Multiplex (multiple + complex) 
• Intercom (international + communication) 
• WiFi (wireless + fidelity) 
• Wiktionary (wiki + dictionary) 
• Humongous (huge + monstrous)

All the best.........

18. Identify the correct Degree

Degrees of Comparison

Read the following sentences-

1.      John is tall.

2.      Peter is taller than John.

3.      Harry is the tallest of the three.

• In sentence 1, the adjective tall merely says something about John’s height. It doesn’t state how tall John is.
• In sentence 2, the adjective taller is used to compare John’s height with Peter’s height.
• In sentence 3, the adjective tallest is used to compare Harry’s height with the height of John and Peter.

We have thus seen that adjectives change in form to show comparison. These different forms of the adjective are called the degrees of comparison

• In the examples given above, the adjective tall is said to be in the positive degree.
•  The adjective taller is said to be in the comparative degree.
• The adjective tallest is said to be in the superlative degree.

Positive Degree:

The positive degree of an adjective is the adjective in its simple form. It is used to denote the mere existence of some quality. Adjectives in the positive degree are used when no comparison is made.

Comparitive Degree:

The comparative degree of an adjective shows a higher degree of the quality than that is present in the positive degree. It is used when two things or two sets of things are compared.

·         Peter is smarter than John.

·         Which of the two sisters is the prettier?

·         Apples are dearer than oranges.

Superlative Degree:

The superlative degree of an adjective denotes the highest degree of the quality. It is used when more than two things or sets of things are compared.

·         Peter is the smartest boy in the class.

·         Iron is the most useful of all metals.

·         Alice is the prettiest girl in the neighbourhood.

All the best......

17. Identify the sentence (Simple, Compound, Complex Sentense)

Examples of simple sentences include the following-

1.    Joe waited for the train.
"Joe" = subject, "waited" = verb
 

2.    The train was late.
"The train" = subject, "was" = verb
 

3.    Mary and Samantha took the bus.
"Mary and Samantha" = compound subject, "took" = verb
 

4.    I looked for Mary and Samantha at the bus station.
"I" = subject, "looked" = verb
 

5.    Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus station early but waited until noon for the bus.
"Mary and Samantha" = compound subject, "arrived" and "waited" = compound verb  

Examples of compound sentences include the following-

1.    Joe waited for the train, but the train was late.
 

2.    I looked for Mary and Samantha at the bus station, but they arrived at the station before noon and left on the bus before I arrived.
 

3.    Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus station before noon, and they left on the bus before I arrived.
 

4.    Mary and Samantha left on the bus before I arrived, so I did not see them at the bus station.

Examples of complex sentences include the following-

Examples of dependent clauses include the following:

§  because Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus station before noon

§  while he waited at the train station

§  after they left on the bus

A complex sentence joins an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses

The dependent clauses can go first in the sentence, followed by the independent clause, as in the following:

1.    Because Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus station before noon, I did not see them at the station.

2.    While he waited at the train station, Joe realized that the train was late.

3.    After they left on the bus, Mary and Samantha realized that Joe was waiting at the train station.

Conversely, the independent clauses can go first in the sentence, followed by the dependent clause, as in the following:

1.    I did not see them at the station because Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus station before noon.

2.    Joe realized that the train was late while he waited at the train station.

3.    Mary and Samantha realized that Joe was waiting at the train station after they left on the bus.

All the best.....

16. Select the correct Plural forms

SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS

REGULAR NOUNS:

Most singular nouns form the plural by adding -s.

EXAMPLES

Singular	Plural
boat	boats
house	houses
cat	cats
river	rivers

A singular noun ending in s, x, z, ch, sh makes the plural by adding-es.

EXAMPLES

Singular	Plural
bus	buses
wish	wishes
pitch	pitches
box	boxes

A singular noun ending in a consonant and then y makes the plural by dropping the y and adding-ies.

EXAMPLES

Singular	Plural
penny	pennies
spy	spies
baby	babies
city	cities
daisy	daisies

IRREGULAR NOUNS

There are some irregular noun plurals. The most common ones are listed below.

EXAMPLES

Singular	Plural
woman	women
man	men
child	children
tooth	teeth
foot	feet
person	people
leaf	leaves
mouse	mice
goose	geese
half	halves
knife	knives
wife	wives
life	lives
elf	elves
loaf	loaves
potato	potatoes
tomato	tomatoes
cactus	cacti
focus	foci
fungus	fungi
nucleus	nuclei
syllabus	syllabi/syllabuses
analysis	analyses
diagnosis	diagnoses
oasis	oases
thesis	theses
crisis	crises
phenomenon	phenomena
criterion	criteria
datum	data

Some nouns have the same form in the singular and the plural.

EXAMPLES

Singular	Plural
sheep	sheep
fish	fish
deer	deer
species	species
aircraft	aircraft

IRREGULAR VERB/NOUN AGREEMENT

Some nouns have a plural form but take a singular verb.

Plural nouns used with a singular verb	Sentence
news	The news is at 6.30 p.m.
athletics	Athletics is good for young people.
linguistics	Linguistics is the study of language.
darts	Darts is a popular game in England.
billiards	Billiards is played all over the world.

Some nouns have a fixed plural form and take a plural verb. They are not used in the singular, or they have a different meaning in the singular. Nouns like this include: trousers, jeans, glasses, savings, thanks, steps, stairs, customs, congratulations, tropics, wages, spectacles, outskirts, goods, wits

Plural noun with plural verb	Sentence
trousers	My trousers are too tight.
jeans	Her jeans are black.
glasses	Those glasses are his.

All the best.....