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Dictionary is a book which is designed for listing and explaining the words of a language or words and topics of a specials subject such as religion, medicine, architecture etc. It is arranged in ABC order. Uses of Dictionary A dictionary  has many uses. A person consults dictionary to know the meaning of a word that comes across. The dictionary also tells the pronunciation of a word. It also tells the parts of speech of particular words. Since it is alphabetically arranged explains the words or gives equivalent words so it is easy to find a word that one wants. It also explains words by explaining its literal meaning and idiomatic meaning.

Articles: Articles are not a separate part of speech. They are adjectives as they are used to qualify noun or pronoun. Kinds of Articles: There are two types of Articles: •    Definite Articles •    Indefinite Articles Definite Articles: “The” is a definite article as it refers to particular noun or pronoun. For examples: 1.    The Titanic sank in the sea. 2.    The News V is an American magazine. 3.    She is the woman who was asking about you. 4.    The rich should help the poor. Indefinite Articles: “A” and “An” are indefinite articles as they refer to a common noun or pronoun in singular. For examples: 1.    My friend is a Doctor. 2.    Your father is a man. 3.    Mr. John is an M.A while his friend is a S.D.O. 4.    It is an H.B.O presentation. General Information about Articles:  ...

Verb: The verb is a word which says something about the activity, action or state of subject. It occupies central position in a sentence because it is a word by which we say something about a subject. For examples: 1.        She is plucking the beautiful flowers. 2.        John sang a sweet song in the musical concert yesterday. 3.        He is knocking at the door. Kinds of Verb: A verb which requires an object, in a sentence is called a transitive verb. In a transitive verb, the action is doesn’t stop with the doer but passes from the doer (subject) to the object. For examples: 1.        The teacher has punished the naughty boy. 2.        The hunter is killing the dangerous lion. 3.        He hates bad boys. 4.       ...

Pronouns: Words which are used in place of noun are called pronouns. For examples: 1.        My book is missing, someone has stolen it. 2.        She is my sister. Kinds of Pronoun: Personal Pronoun: Pronouns which are used in place of the name of a person, place or thing are called personal pronouns. Personal pronouns are grouped into categories: 1)       Subjective Case: Ø   I, we, you, he, she, it, they 2)       Objective Case: Ø   Me, us, you, him, her, it, them   Possessive Pronouns: Possessive pronouns are those which are used to indicate possession or relationship. Possessive pronouns are grouped into categories. 1)       My, our, your, his, her, its, their 2)       Mine, ours, yours, hers, theirs The possessive pronou...

Define Noun? And Kinds of Noun Noun: The name of a person, place or thing is called noun. For examples: Man, Post office, Pencil, dog, The Quran, Arabian sea, ocean, continent, country, city, boy, girl, mountains etc. Kinds of Noun: Proper Noun: A particular name of a person, place or thing is called proper noun. For examples:     John, Mary, The Quran, Arabian sea, Lahore, Karachi, London, America, united kingdom, K2 mountain, Asia, Africa etc. Common Noun: A common name of a person, place or thing is called common noun. For examples:     Boy, girl. City, country, continent, ocean, dog, cat, sea, river, book, mountain etc. Countable Noun:  Anything that can be counted by us, whether singular – a dog, a house, a friend, etc. or plural – a few books,   lots of oranges, etc. is known as a countable noun. Notice that singular verbs are used with singular countable nouns, while plural verbs are used with plural count...

Define Sentence? kinds of Sentence . Sentence: A group of words which makes complete sense is called sentence. For examples: 1.       He laughed. 2.       They wept. 3.       He sang last night. 4.       We won the match. Kinds of Sentence: 11)     Assertive Sentence: It is a sentence which contains a statement. It is also called declarative sentence. Assertive sentence is further divided into two sentences:         I.             Affirmative Sentence.           II.             Negative sentence. Affirmative sentence: It is a sentence that simply affirms or tells us something. It is also called positive sentence. For examples: a)       ...