Alfred Ajibola
- Mon, 11th March, 2019 @ 3:57 PM
Topics in English
Phrase: Types of Phrase Clause explained with its types Essay: How to write the major types of essay Nouns and Adjectives: Examples of nouns formed from adjectives Meaning and Examples of Homonyms Idioms and Examples of Idioms What are Synonyms? Examples of Synonyms Figures of Speech: Meaning, examples and types of figure of speech Relative pronouns and compound relative pronouns explained with examples Transitive and Intransitive Verbs explained with examples Phrase explained with examples Essay: Formal, Semi-Formal and Informal Essays explainedAcademic Questions in English
For this question and the three questions below, choose the option that best completes the sentence.
The doctor _____ the illness as malaria, not dysentery.
A. Discovered
B. Diagnosed
C. Tested
D. Examined
E. Announced
F. Prescribed
The principal reacted to the disrespectful action of the student with strong _____.
A. Indignation
B. Condemnation
C. Accusation
D. Demonstration
E. Mobilization
F. Impunity
Since the writer did not indicate his name, the editor did not publish such a/an _____ article.
A. Poor
B. Libellous
C. Discourteous
D. Impolite
E. Anonymous
F. Scandalous
The play was so interesting that the _____ clapped for a long time at the end.
A. Congregation
B. Fans
C. Spectators
D. Audience
E. Watchers
F. People
Answer true of false with regards to the sentence below:
'Humility' is a noun and 'Humble' is an adjective
A. True
B. False
A part of a sentence or clause that contains a verb and something concerning the subject within that sentence is termed a/an _____.
A. Predicate
B. Object
C. Adverbial clause
D. Adverbial phrase
E. Half clause
F. Body of adverbial clause
The acronym Wi-Fi stands for _____.
A. Wireless Files
B. Wireless Flips
C. Wireless Fidelity
D. Wireless Freedom
E. Wireless and Free
F. Wireless Fun
The words massacre and bloodbath are _____.
A. Antonyms
B. Synonyms
C. Homonyms
D. Homophones
E. Heteronyms
F. Heterophone
To gain an insight on what relative pronouns really are, we need to understand how nouns and pronouns function.
A noun is a name of any person, animal place or thing.
Example of nouns are: Olawunmi (person), dove (animal), lekki (place) and pen (thing).
A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun.
Examples of pronouns are: he, she, they and so on.
Consider the statements below:
'Olawunmi (name of a person)' and 'cinema (a place)' are both nouns in the above instance.
'She' is a pronoun because it was used instead of Olawunmi.
A pronoun that refers to a noun that had been previously mentioned is termed a relative pronoun.
A relative pronoun is always related to a previously used noun. They are often used to join or connect two sentences, (that is, they can act a conjunctions). Also, they can stand alone as the subject or object of a sentence.
The list of relative pronouns in English language are quite limited but the frequently used ones include:
Who
Whom
Whose
Whoever
That
Whomever
How
However
Which
Whichever
When
Whenever
What
Whatever
Where
Wherever
Below are some examples of relative pronouns in sentences:
Please read on transitive and intransitive verbs here.
Understand that the relative pronouns 'whoever, however, whomever, whichever, whenever, wherever and whatever' are all categorized as compound relative pronouns. They are called compound relative pronouns because they generally apply to more than one person or thing. The examples below shows their usage in sentences:
You can read synonyms and its examples here.
It is important to note that relative clauses are often introduced into sentences by relative pronouns. For this reason: relative pronouns may also be defined as those words that introduce relative clauses.
Relative clauses are non-essential parts of a sentence that adds more meaning to the sentence, but if they are removed, the sentence will still remain functional and meaningful grammatically. Let's consider the instance below:
The policemen who came to our house were very brutal.
The relative clause 'came to our house' began with the relative pronoun 'who'
Please read more on clauses and phrases here.
Relative pronouns can also function as a possessive pronoun, an object, or a subject within a sentence. Consider the instances below:
Without relative pronoun, there will be no relative clause. A relative pronoun always introduces the relative clause. Consider the sentence below:
He killed the snake.
With a relative clause, the above sentence will have a clearer meaning.
He killed the snake that swallowed the three chicks.
Now, you can see that the relative pronoun 'that' introduces the relative clause 'swallowed the three chicks'. The use of a relative pronoun gave us more information about the snake.
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Amazing facts in English
Scrunched and strengthed are the longest one-syllable words in the English language
The longest word in English language with only one vowel is 'strengths'
The word pangram refers to a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet. Below is an example of a pangram:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The word Paraskevidekatriaphobia means the fear of Friday the 13th, while Triskaidekaphobia means an extreme fear of the number 13
Angry and Hungry are the only two English words that currently ends in '-gry'
The only English word with five consecutive vowels is 'queueing'
The dot on the top of letter ‘i’ is called a tittle
The sentence below uses every letter in the English alphabet:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The furry tufts of hair inside a cat's ear are called ear furnishings
There are only four words in the English language that end in 'dous'. These are:
Tremendous
Horrendous
Stupendous
Hazardous
Notable points in English
Homonyms are words with the same spellings, same sounds but different meanings.
Below are some sentences containing homonyms with their respective meanings:
- Keen
We have a keen match against Ronaldo’s team and Messi seems to be keen.
Keen: An involvement of people competing very hard for something.
Keen: Very interested in something.
- Tear
Regardless the tear you shed, Mr. Frank will still tear your examination scripts.
Tear: The drop of liquid that comes out from a person's eye when they cry.
Tear: To damage something by pulling or cutting it apart.
- Jot
There isn't any jot of truth in what he said, so I didn't jot anything down.
Jot: A very small amount of something
Jot: To write something quickly
Certain words in English language appear to be similar but are quite different in meaning.
The table below shows some examples:
|
Childlike |
Childish |
|
Stimulus |
Stimulant |
|
Destructible |
Destructive |
|
Negligible |
Negligent |
|
Comprehensible |
Comprehensive |
Synonyms should not be confused with the above instance. They are different words with similar meanings.
Some words always exist in the plural form. Examples of such words are:
Possessive adjective tells you the owner of a thing. For instance;
This is his car.
'His' in the above statement is describing him as the owner of the car; and this makes 'his' a possessive adjective.
That is your bag.
'Your' is a possessive adjective in the above statement.
Note: An adjective is a word that describes a noun.
Possessive pronouns show possession.
A possessive pronoun will always correspond with each of the personal pronouns. For Instance:
I own the book. ('I' is a personal pronoun)
The book is mine. ('Mine' is the possessive pronoun)
She owns a car. ('She' is a personal pronoun)
The car is hers. ('Hers' is the possessive pronoun)