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Communication Skills-II

notes l Conjunction is a word that connects other words, phrases, or sentences (and, but, or, after).

l Interjection is a word, phrase, or sound used as an exclamation and capable of standing by
itself (oh, eh, oh my god, wow).

10.4 keywords

Adjectives: Word that modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying
words.

Adverb: Words that modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or a clause.
Conjunction: Words that are uses to link words, phrases, and clauses.
Interjection: A word added to a sentence to convey emotion.
Noun: A word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea.
Preposition: A word that links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence.
Pronoun: Words that can replace a noun (or another pronoun).

Verb: Word that asserts something about the subject of the sentence and express actions, events,
or states of being.

10.5 review Questions

1. Describe nouns. Give examples of collective and abstract nouns.
2. Explain the different degrees of comparison for adjectives. Give two examples.

3. Describe, with examples, different types of pronouns.
4. Define’ verb’. What are the types of verbs?
5. What is an adverb? List the important kinds of adverbs.
6. Explain the use of prepositions and conjunction. Give suitable examples.
7. Explain how a needless shift in tense and mood of a verb can lead to the formation of a
wrong sentence.
8. What do you mean by ‘lack of subject-verb agreement’? What problems it can cause?
9. Complete the paragraph by filling in the blanks with suitable prepositions.
The first McDonald’s restaurant was opened ………… Dick and Mac McDonald …………
the 15th ………… May 1940. The best selling products ………… their restaurant were
hamburgers. So the McDonald brothers thought ………… a way to produce hamburgers
more quickly. This was introduced ………… 1948 and became known …………… the
Speedee Service System. The first franchised McDonald’s restaurant was opened ……………
1953, and today you can find McDonald’s restaurants …………… more than 100 countries.
The meats …………… the burgers vary …………… the culture …………… the country.
Franchisees and future managers …………… McDonald’s restaurants are trained ……………
Hamburger University, which is located …………… Oak Brook, a suburb ……………
Chicago. McDonald’s is also known ……………… its sponsorship ……………… various
international sport events.
10. Complete the second sentence by using an adverb or an adverbial phrase giving it the same
meaning as of the first sentence.
(a) I have hired this car on a monthly basis. I pay the car charges ……

(b) The tutor gave daily classes. The tutor holds classes ……

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