Grammar-the basics,Lesson 1

GRAMMAR

What do we mean by ‘Grammar’?

‘Grammar’ signifies a set of rules for usage of words,sentences,phrases,etc for communication and conversation.

What is the difference between Communication and Conversation?

Communication-Is the process of conveying a message/aim. Most of them is formal way of communication (through letters/emails/etc)

Conversation-It is a plain talk/casual talk which is most of the time informal (with friends, relatives, etc)

Letter-
A single component of an Alphabet is called as a ‘letter’.

For example,
“A” is a letter,
“B” is a letter, etc.

Word-
A “Word” is a group of ‘letters’ that produce a meaning.

For example,
the letters ‘C’, ’a’,’t’ combines to give a meaning to the word,’ cat’
The letters ‘r’,’e’,’a’,’d’ combines to give a meaning to the word ‘read’

Phrase-
A group of words that make a grammatical construction is known as a ‘phrase’. Generally idioms and catch phrases come under this category.

Examples of phrases-
‘After the first test’
‘Behind the scenes’,etc

Sentence-
A group of words that make a complete sense or give out a complete idea is known as sentence.

Examples-
‘I live in Hyderabad’
‘Rajan likes to eat an apple everyday’,etc

ALPHABET-

The English Alphabet consist of 26 letters starting from A to Z
This Alphabet is again divided into Vowels and Consonants

Vowels-‘a’, ‘e’, ‘I’, ‘o’, ‘u’

Consonants-‘b’,’c’,’d’,’f’,’g’,’h’,’j’,’k’,’l’,’m’,’n’,’p’,’q’,’r’,’s’,’t’,’v’,’w’,’x’,’y’,’z’

We divide Vowels and Consonants on the basis of ‘sound’. Consonants require the help of vowels to pronounce the sound.

For example,

“B” is generally pronounced as “Be” (B+e) not as just ‘B’

‘M’ is generally pronounced as “aM” (a+M) not as just ‘m’

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