Pep Talk India
Pronouns are used constantly and in nearly every conversation. To put it simply, pronouns are words that are used in place of nouns. They are a subset of nouns that we use to avoid repetition and making our speech sound robotic and lifeless. They add a sense of personalization to our sentences. For example, Kareena… Continue reading I, Me, Myself: Pronouns
Adjectives are words that help describe qualities or the state of being of nouns (and pronouns). Their main job is to qualify the properties of nouns or the object being discussed. Some examples are: crazy, helpful, good, bad, beautiful, stylish etc. They can also explain the quantity of a noun, for example, thousand, few, little,… Continue reading Describing the world: Adjectives
Interjections are a part of speech that has long been considered as the least important of the 8 in total. This is because interjections aren’t really very important or necessary for the formation of grammatically correct sentences. Yet to give interjections their due and to help understand how and where they can be useful, we… Continue reading Garnish your speech with Interjections!
Reading is fun. It’s as simple as that. Reading the ideas and stories written by another person was the first step that human beings took to realise their own greatness and untapped potential. The fact that we could share our experiences and knowledge with another person, in another part of the world and in a… Continue reading Reading is fun: Genres
Without a conjunction, life would be a series of short, simple and very frustrating sentences. I like cooking. I like eating. I don’t like washing dishes afterwards. Conjunctions are words that link other words, phrases, or clauses together to form different kinds of sentences. It is very important what the different groupings of words are, so that… Continue reading The many functions of Conjunctions
Effective communication has 4 pillars. Each plays an important role in the holistic development and growth of a person’s communications skills. Namely, they are Writing, Speaking, Listening and Reading. Reading can be a fun process, if we understand its importance, and actively remember a few steps to help decode it! Reading is often considered as… Continue reading Reading can be fun!
Nouns are words that name something that is a person, place, thing, an idea or a concept. As a person: Mahatma Gandhi, my father, Sachin Tendulkar, a child As a place: Mt. Everest, New Delhi, dining room As a thing: ball, table, sofa, cloth As an idea or concept: freedom, honesty, usefulness, capitalism They can… Continue reading Lets get down with nouns!
Being able to deliver extempore is a public speaker’s strongest weapon! Coming up with material to talk, without preparation, or any script is truly a remarkable feat. Many business leaders, famous academicians, politicians and world leaders have been able to speak spontaneously when asked, and given us some of the best lines in history! Yet,… Continue reading How to Deliver an Effective Extempore
Prepositions are those words that tell us the relationship or the relative positioning between a noun/pronoun and another noun, pronoun or adjective. The dog jumped on the chair. (Linking noun with verb) They took Ram to the hospital. (Linking noun with noun) I am jealous of you. (Linking adjective with noun) The examples above seem… Continue reading Learn Prepositions: Never go wrong again|Part of Speech
Adverbs. This part of speech might seem very complicated, but they are used as often as verbs. An adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. An adverb can also modify an entire sentence, as in Quickly, he slowed down the train to avoid a collision. Sometimes, Adverbs are often misused… Continue reading Adverbs: easily, conveniently and quickly!