Grammarly Grammar Tips for Competitive Exams
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Dear Aspirants , Here we are sharing some important Grammar Tips to you all which we hope will be helpful to you all for the competitive Exams i.e. SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS, Bank Exam, Railway Exam, RRB, Insurance exams, SBI PO, Clerks and IBPS CWE, etc.
Present Indefinite
GRAMMAR TIP 1
Possessive case of a noun (nouns with ‘s) is used with living things.
Example : Mohan’ s cap, Ram’s school, sister’s right
Incorrect : This room’s carpet must be changed.
GRAMMAR TIP 2
Sometimes ‘s is wrongly put in the place of preposition.
Incorrect : This author’s book is not good. (Book possessed by this author)
Correct : The book of this author is not good. (Book written by this author)
GRAMMAR TIP 3
Double possessives should not be used.
Incorrect : My mother’s brother’s daughter came.
Correct : The daughter of the brother of my mother came.
GRAMMAR TIP 4
In the case of ‘somebody else’, ‘everyone else ‘,’ anybody else’ etc., ‘s is put after else.
Incorrect : This is somebody’s else job.
Correct : This is somebody else’s job.
GRAMMAR TIP 5
When two nouns are joined by ‘and’
then ‘apostrophe s’ (‘s) is added to both if we want to denote the
possession of both & to last if we denote joint possession.
then ‘apostrophe s’ (‘s) is added to both if we want to denote the
possession of both & to last if we denote joint possession.
Incorrect : Suzy’s and Juicy’s father was present.
Correct : Suzy and Juicy’s father was present.
GRAMMAR TIP 6
When we speak of two things of the same class, the word ‘other’ should not be left out.
Incorrect : Neither his brother nor any member of the family helped him.
Correct : Neither his brother nor any other member of the family helped him.
GRAMMAR TIP 7
Present Indefinite
Verb form I [ s, es]
He works hard.
Present Continuous
is/am/are + verb form I + ing
He is working hard.
Present Perfect
has/have + verb form III
He has worked hard.
Present Perfect Continuous
has/have + been + verb form I + ing
He has been working hard.
GRAMMAR TIP 8
Past Indefinite
verb form II [ did + verb form I]
He worked hard.
Past Continuous
was/were + verb form I + ing
He was working hard.
Past Perfect
had + verb form III
He had worked hard.
Past Perfect Continuous
had + been + verb form I + ing
He had been working hard.
GRAMMAR TIP 9
Future Indefinite
will/shall + verb form I
He will work hard.
Future Continuous
will/shall + be + verb form I + ing
He will be working hard.
Future Perfect
will/shall + have + verb form III
He will have worked hard for 20 years before he retires.
Future Perfect Continuous
will/shall + have + been + verb form I + ing
He will have been working hard for more than 8 hours.
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Grammarly Grammar Tips for Competitive Exams
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February 06, 2022
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