English Language Teaching

“It rained cats and dogs”, “I know where his shoe pinches”, “Yes, it was really a blessing in disguise”… These idioms are often used in common language in our day to day talk or even correspondence. Their usage makes the communication and message to be conveyed quite effective. Dictionary defines id..

Proverbs are wise sayings. They are usually short, pithy statements of general truth. Proverbs are largely based on common sense or the practical experience of humanity. They are often metaphorical. The word ‘proverb’ is said to have originated from the Latin word proverbium meaning concrete statem..

To write English well, one needs vocabulary, grammar, an understanding of punctuation and good spelling. “Why is English spelling such a nightmare?” To begin with, English is remarkable for the number of words that can have more than one correct spelling: protestor/protester, judgement/judgment and..

Verb’ is the most important word of an English sentence. It denotes the action, tells or asserts something about a person or thing. There cannot be a sentence without a verb. The form of a verb changes as the tense. There are four forms of the verb namely—present, present participle, past tense and ..

अंग्रेजी भाषा की परीक्षा में अच्छे अंक प्राप्‍त करने तथा उसे भली प्रकार समझने के लिए अंग्रेजी भाषा का सही ज्ञान आवश्यक है। English at Home आपकी लेखन क्षमता तथा अंग्रेजी बोलने के कौशल का विकास करती है। सही अभिव्यक्‍त‌ि के लिए सही अंग्रेजी वाक्य-संरचना चुनने में सहायता करती है। बिना व्याकरण के ज्ञा..

The book attempts to enhance the language competence of all. In linguistics, word formation is the creation of a new word, word formation is sometimes contrasted with semantic change, which is a change in a single word’s meaning. Word formation can also be contrasted with the formation of idiomatic ..

English enjoys the status of the World Language. No other language has ever scaled this height. It is the language that encompasses everything in the world. It is used and cherished by millions whose mother tongue is not English. Spoken English, as a natural corollary to that, has become an importan..

English enjoys the status of the World Language. No other language has ever scaled this height. It is the language that encompasses everything in the world. It is used and cherished by millions whose mother tongue is not English. Spoken English, as a natural corollary to that, has become an importan..

This book is written with the objective to make English language learning easy for good communication skills.   Communication demands adherence to the rules of the language (grammar) and sensitivity to the content, style and presentation. It is therefore, a need that we understand the different aspe..

Good knowledge of one-word substitutes is necessary for enhancing your vocabulary skills. While writing a paragraph, a report or an essay, you should always try to use those words that represent exactly the same meaning you want to convey. One should avoid using phrases and making the writings unnec..

Success in any walk of life is hard to achieve in this razor-edged highly competitive age. Besides knowledge, one has to be well versed in the art of forceful communication, an essential pre-requisite of a qualified man, lack of which renders him unfit for high posts in any sector. Participation in ..

WORDS HAVE POWER is a self-help book that recognizes the importance of words in one’s life. Positive words are the raw material fed to the mind that processes it to produce the final product in the form of behavior and actions. The good material has to go through many stages and processes to become ..