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1. Introduction to Articles : An article is a word that is used for indicating whether a noun is specific or non-specific . In other words, when an article is present before a noun, it shows  whether that noun is some general noun or some particular noun. There are two types of articles—the indefinite article ‘ a ’ or ‘ an ’, and the definite article ‘ the ’. The first type points out non-specific or general nouns and the second type points out specific or particular nouns. For example: A boy (Here, the presence of ‘a’ shows that some general/non-specific ‘boy’ is being talked about.) An elephant (Here, the presence of ‘an’ shows that some general/non-specific ‘elephant’ is being talked about.) The red car (Here, the presence of ‘the’ shows that some particular/specific ‘red car’ is being talked about.) Articles belong to a larger group of words known as determiners . What is a determiner? A determiner is a word that ‘determines or decides’ someth...

1. Introduction to Verbs : These are the words which describe an action, event or state of being in a sentence. It is derived from the Latin ‘ verbum ’ which means ‘a word’. If it is proper to compare different parts of speech according to their relative importance, then verbs can be considered as the most important part of speech . You can form a sentence without any of the other parts of speech, but you cannot make a sentence without a verb. For example: Run! Jump! Fight! Eat! Drink! Sing! All these can be regarded as sentences as they contain the most important part of a sentence—verb. However, the following don’t: This not a sentence. Why this not a sentence? In both these cases, the verbs are absent. Hence, they cannot be called sentences. Let us study verbs in detail. Properties of verbs As mentioned before, verbs are used for describing an action, event or state of being. The same verb can be used differently in different sentences. Let u...