Daily Grammar

 

 

 

One-Word Substitution- Part-2

Influence exerted secretly- Backdoor

The Science of vegetable life- Botany

The life history of a man written by himself- Autobiography

The life history of a man written by someone else- Biography

A Science which treats of life- Biology

A member of the middle class- Bourgeois

A person who easily believes whatever is told to him- Credulous

A person having little or no sympathy- Callous

People working together in the same office or department- Colleagues

One who is always inclined to find faults- Censorious

One who can make himself at home in all countries- Cosmopolitan

The state of remaining unmarried- Celibacy

A roundabout way of speaking- Circumlocution

The action of brining into completion- Consummation

Men living in the same age- Contemporaries

Belonging to or pertaining to an individual from birth- Congenital

To give one’s authority to another- Delegate

Vigilant and cautious observation of events or circumstances – Circumspections

The action of looking back on past time- Retrospection

Incapable of being moved- Immovable

With one voice; a decision, opinion on which all are agreed- Unanimous

One incapable of being tired- Indefatigable

A child born after the death of his father- Posthumous

A book published after the death of its writer- posthumous

A letter, poem, etc. Whose author is unknown- Anonymous

A person who is too much like a woman- Effeminate

Work for which no salary is paid- Honorary

An office which high salary but no work- Sinecure

One who helps a stranger or a helpless person in difficulties- Samaritan

One who is present everywhere- Omnipresent

One who knows everything- Omniscient

One who is all powerful- Omnipotent

One who walks in sleep- Somnambulist

One who looks at bright side of things- Optimistic

One who cannot read or write- Illiterate

One who looks at dark side of things- Pessimist

One who is not easily pleased- Fastidious

To make a thing scared- Consecrate

A game or battle in which neither party wins- Drawn

One who is unable to pay one’s debt- Insolvent

One-Word Substitution

 

 

 

 

 

Absence of government- Anarchy

A person who is out to destroy all government and order- Anarchist

A person liable to be called to account for is actions- Answerable

Government by one- Autocracy

Government by the rich- Plutocracy

Government by the few- Oligarchy

Government by the officials- Bureaucracy

Government by the nobles- Aristocracy

Government by the people- Democracy

Government by the king or queen- Monarchy

A diplomatic minister of the highest order sent by one country to another- Ambassador

The whole mass of air surrounding the earth- Atmosphere

One who does not believe in the existence of God- Atheist

One who is not sure of the existence of God- Agnostic

One who starves the body for the good of the soul- Ascetic

To give up the throne or other office of dignity- Abdicate

To increase the speed of; to hasten the progress of- Accelerate

State of growth between boyhood and youth- Adolescence

To absorb food completely or to understand something completely – Assimilate

To turn friends into enemies- Alienate

To increase the gravity of an offence or the intensity of a disease- Aggravate

To destroy completely – Annihilate

One who does something not professionally but for pleasure- Amateur

A statement open to more than one interpretation- Ambiguous

To talk Impiously about scared things- Blaspheme

One who is great lover of books- Bigot

A woman with dark complexion and brown hair- Brunette

Marrying one husband or one wife at a time- Monogamy

Marrying more than one wife or more than one husband at a time- Polygamy

Marrying more than one husband at a time- Polyandry

Daily Grammar

Conditional Sentence- (Just a quick review)

1. If you work hard, you will be successful. (It means if a person works hard, he will be successful) (Present/future)

2.If I were a bird, I would fly to you. (Past/future)

3. If he had worked hard, he would been successful. (Past conditions)

4. Take an umbrella incase it rains. (Future possibilities)

5. Unless you work hard, you cannot be successful. (Present/Future)

6. I can lend you fifty dollars provided/provided that/on the condition that/ so long as you return it in time. (Future conditions)

7.Whether you like it or not, you will have to do it. (Present/future)

8. Give me blood and I will give you freedom. Or, if you give me blood, I will give you freedom.

9. If you want to learn how to use conditional sentences, read the above article. Or, do you like to learn English? Then read the above article.

After reading the all given examples, I’m sure you can understand the way of using conditional sentences. These sentences are based on conditions, no matter, present/past/future and suppositions. Such sentences are called Conditional Sentences.

Daily Grammar- Could

                                                      Use of Could

'Could' can be used to talk about the past, the present or the future.

'Could' is a past form of 'can'

Here is an example of indirect narration-

 

For example: He said, "I can teach French."

                     He said that he could teach French.

                     Tom said to John, "I can help you."

                     Tom told John that he could help him.

Point#1-

             To express past ability-

           

For example: He could get a job. = He was able to get a job.

                    When I was young, I could eat twenty loaves of bread. = When I was young, I was able to eat twenty loves of bread.

* We use 'Could' to show our past ability and expressions; for example, was/were/+able to. But there is negative meaning is also implied.

 For example- He could help me. = He didn't help me, but he could.

* When you do not want to mention negative meaning, a person should use, 'Managed to,' 'Succeeded in.'

For example- He managed to escape. = He was able to escape.

                     They succeeded in solving the problem. = They were able to solve the problem.

Point#2-   To express a polite request. 

       For example: Could I come in?             ( A more polite request)

                            Can I come in?                 ( A polite request)

                           Could you please post these letters?    ( A more polite request)

                           Can you please post these letters?          ( A polite request)

 * Could is more formal than can/may in this sense.

 Point#3-  To express conditions- 

               

           For example- If he were a minister, he could buy an airplane.

                                  He could help me, if I asked for it.

Point#4-   To express ability in the present or future.

  For example-  You could  of course do well if you study regularly.   (Future tense)

                           You could solve this problem in no time.   (Present tense)

                            Sorry, I couldn't help you now.   (Present tense)

Point#5- To express suggestions.

 

        For example-  You could talk to the chairperson in this regard,  (Just a suggestion) 

                                You could write an application to the DM in this connection. (Just a suggestion)

Point#6-    Some phrasal uses of 'Could.'

   For example-  I couldn't help going there. (I cannot live without going there)

                           They couldn't help laughing at the magician. 

                           They couldn't help talking to him.

Point#7-  To express possibilities in the past. (Could + have + V3)

   For example-  You could have done the work alone.     (But he didn't) 

                           I could have answer the question.   (But he/she didn't)