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Examples of Antonyms

Examples of Antonyms
An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning as another word. It refers to a word that is completely different from another one.They also are called opposites. The opposite of a antonym is a synonym. Hot and cold are antonyms, whereas hot and torrid are synonyms.

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Antonyms Examples

Antonyms Examples
ANTONYMS IN ENGLISH
An antonym is a word that is opposite of another word. Antonyms are also called opposites. One way of improving your English languages is developing strong vocabulary skills. Antonyms and synonyms are helpful in improving your vocabulary skills. Synonyms are words that mean similar to another word.
It is very important to have strong vocabulary skills. The learners must take exercises and quizzes on antonyms and synonyms. Lot of material is available online for practice.

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Antonyms Examples

Antonyms Examples
ANTONYMS IN ENGLISH
An antonym is a word that is opposite of another word. Antonyms are also called opposites. One way of improving your English languages is developing strong vocabulary skills. Antonyms and synonyms are helpful in improving your vocabulary skills. Synonyms are words that mean similar to another word.
It is very important to have strong vocabulary skills. The learners must take exercises and quizzes on antonyms and synonyms. Lot of material is available online for practice.

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Antonyms Examples

Antonyms Examples
An antonym is a word that is opposite of another word. Antonyms are also called opposites. One way of improving your English languages is developing strong vocabulary skills. Antonyms and synonyms are helpful in improving your vocabulary skills. Synonyms are words that mean similar to another word.
It is very important to have strong vocabulary skills. The learners must take exercises and quizzes on antonyms and synonyms. Lot of material is available online for practice.

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Antonyms Examples

Antonyms Examples
An antonym is a word that is opposite of another word. Antonyms are also called opposites. One way of improving your English languages is developing strong vocabulary skills. Antonyms and synonyms are helpful in improving your vocabulary skills. Synonyms are words that mean similar to another word.
It is very important to have strong vocabulary skills. The learners must take exercises and quizzes on antonyms and synonyms. Lot of material is available online for practice.

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Types of Pronouns

Types of Pronouns
English has become a global language and is used both as a medium of oral and written communication. English learners are always striving to improve their communication skills. There should be discipline and enthusiasm to learn English language. Following are few tips to improve communication skills.
Watch English programs, news, movies etc. especially with subtitles to understand the meaning and usage of words. This way, you will have a better understanding of using the word at the appropriate place. It may be monotonous in the beginning but will gradually improve your communication skills.
List all the words you find difficult to understand in the conversation and look for their meaning. Read at least five of these words daily and use them in your conversation. It’s better to use the newly learnt words with an expert so you get to know whether or not you are using it...

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Types of Pronouns

Types of Pronouns
Grammar is the set of rules that govern the usage of English language. A strong grasp of English grammar is therefore of the greatest importance.
Most non-native English speakers make grammatical mistakes while speaking in English. Improving grammar takes time and effort but it is well worth it. Here are some tips which will help you improve English grammar

Understand the building blocks of grammar
As a first step, it is important to know the different building blocks of grammar like nouns, pronouns, articles, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections. The internet is full of resources about these and it is usually a good idea to understand them well.

Pay attention to sentence structures
When you read an article or watch a movie, it is important to pay attention to how sentences are constructed. This practice helps ingrain different...

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Types of Pronouns

Types of Pronouns
Coordinating Conjunctions

Coordinating conjunctions are words that join parts of sentences that are grammatically similar. The use of coordinating conjunctions in a sentence shows that the joined sentences are equal in terms of importance and structure. For example:

‘I like pizza and pasta.’

‘Sachin likes Indian food, but Gaurav likes Chinese.’

Notice that coordinating conjunctions ‘and’ and ‘but’ always come in between the sentences or words that are joined.

When independent clauses are joined by conjunctions then it is advisable to place comma before the conjunction.

‘I will learn Chinese language next month, so that I can sell my products in China.’

The seven main coordinating conjunctions are:

For

And

Nor

But

Or

Yet

So

The simple way to remember this is to remember the word ‘FANBOYS’.

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Types of Pronouns

Types of Pronouns
A conjunction is a word that joins two words or sentences in order to make the text flow. When you read sentences which has conjunctions you will have a better understanding of the meaning of the sentence. Look at the following example:

· Ria went to the school. Her husband went to the office. Grandmother took care of the baby.

· Ria went to the school and her husband went to the office so the grandmother took care of the baby.

First example has three sentences. The second example is one sentence with ‘and’ and ‘so’ connecting the sentences. Here, ‘and’ and ‘so’ are conjunctions.

There are three main types of conjunctions; Coordinating Conjunctions, Subordinating Conjunctions and Correlative Conjunctions. Here we will look at the usage of Coordinating Conjunctions in English.

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Interjection Examples

Interjection Examples
Conjunction:

The function of conjunction is to hook up!

In simpler form conjunction is a word which joins two words, sentences, clauses & phrases with each other.
This will be more clear from the following sentences. The words marked in “Bold” are conjunctions.

a) PreetiandSupriya are weak in Mathematics.

b) RohanandAmit are good athletes.

c) Sumit is good in acting but Karan is best.

d) He is small but strong.

e) My brother and I went to the market.

f) Think before you speak.

g) I went to KulluManaliwith my family.

h) Ram and Hari are playing Cricket.

i) Sita and Gita are twins.

So we have seen that conjunctions are very important part of speech as it connects two sentences. If we do not use conjunction then the conversation or writing will become lengthy.

For instance: Let us reconsider example “e”.

In example “e’ we had joined two sentences.

1) I...

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