Pronoun : I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each, few, many, who, whoever, whose,
someone, everybody.
Infinitives : to go, to read, to make, to do
Simile : He is as strong as an elephant.
Her personality was as cold as ice.
She is as thin as a rake.
My love for you is as deep as the ocean.
He moved like lightening before the police came.
The sun was like a yellow marble in the sky.
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Adverb : slowly, rapidly, sadly, warmly.
Idioms : Better late than never
Bite the bullet
Break a leg
Call it a day
Adj suffix ful : careful, wonderful, fearful, cheerful
Young animals : calf, cub, larva, kitten, fawn.
Homes of animals : nest, cave, hive, hollow logs
Words suffix -age = package, drainage, breakage, wreckage
Words suffix -ee = committee, guarantee, appointee, mortgagee
Words suffix -ish = demolish, reestablish, cherish, foolish
Words suffix ous = delicious, enormous, jealous, poisonous
Words suffix able = disable, available, desirable, capable
Words suffix en = golden, waxen, earthen, wooden
Collective nouns = A flock of sheep, a herd of deer, a hive of bees, a litter of puppies.
Uncountable nouns : water, rice, motivation, anger.
Plural nouns without s = one man ➞ two men
one woman ➞ two women
one child ➞ two children
one foot ➞ two feet
Forming adjectives = -able/-ible = understandable, capable, readable, incredible
-al = mathematical, functional, influential, chemical
-ful = beautiful, bashful, helpful, harmful
-ic = artistic, sarcastic, enthusiastic, terrific
Past participle V3 = broken, flown, gone, grown.
Present participle with ing (verb) = singing, walking, dancing, running.
Gerund (noun) = maybe same
Preposition : under, on, in, by
Prefix
Adj with prefix in = intolerant, invisible, inconvenient, inaccurate
Adj with prefix dis = disable, dishonest, disconnect, disallow
Adj with prefix ur = ur-form, ur-poem, ur-civilization, ur-man,
Adj with prefix ir = irreplaceable, irregular, irrational, irrelevant
Adj with prefix im = impatient, immature, imperfect, immortal
Prefix Meaning Examples
re- again or back restructure, revisit, reappear, rebuild, refinance
dis- reverses the meaning of the verb disappear, disallow, disarm, disconnect, discontinue
over- too much overbook, oversleep, overwork
un- reverses the meaning of the verb unbend, uncouple, unfasten
mis- badly or wrongly mislead, misinform, misidentify
out- more or better than others outperform, outbid
be- make or cause befriend, belittle
co- together co-exist, co-operate, co-own
de- do the opposite of devalue, deselect
fore- earlier, before foreclose, foresee
inter- between interact, intermix, interface
pre- before pre-expose, prejudge, pretest
sub- under/below subcontract, subdivide
trans- across, over transform, transcribe, transplant
under- not enough underfund, undersell, undervalue, underdevelop
Proverb = Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.”Meaning: People prefer
sharing good news over bad news.
“The poor carpenter blames his tools.”Meaning: Take ownership of your mistakes instead of finding
blame elsewhere.
“People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.”Meaning: Don’t criticize others for
something you also do.
“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”Meaning: Children often resemble their parents in both
appearance and behavior.
Conjuctive adverbs :
Hence, anyway, however, besides
Masculine and feminime nouns :
Masculine : duke, priest, hunter, enchanter
Feminime : mistress, duchess, actress, hostess
