Education for all - by Pustak Verma

 Grammar: If-Clauses/ Conditionals   If – Clauses/ Conditional Sentences   Conditional sentences are used to speculate about what could happen, what might have happened, and what we wish would happen. The most common word use is: word  if . These conditional sentences are made up of an if  clause and a main clause. “Unless” which is equivalent to “if”, is used in most of the negative conditional sentences in stead of “If”. There are five main ways of constructing conditional sentences in English. 1. Type: 0    Zero Conditional            If Clause+ , + Main Clause      If +Condition+, +Result      Present Simple +Present Simple      If +Sub+ v1/v5+obj +, + Sub + v1/v5+obj      If this thing happens, that thing happens   -          Make sentences about: Real world General truths Habits Typical behaviours Explanations Guidelines Advices Orders Instructions Scientific facts etc.    For instance:      If you smoke more, you get old early.      If you boil water, it evaporates.      If you

  Punctuation Marks in English   A punctuation mark is a mark, or sign, used in writing to divide texts into phrases and sentences and make the meaning clear.   Importance of Punctuation Marks:   While speaking, we can pause or emphasize certain words and phrases to help people understand what we are saying.   We use  punctuation marks  to show pauses and emphasis in our writing.   Punctuation marks help the reader understand what the sentences mean. Uses of Punctuation Marks: Punctuation marks are used in the written form of the language to help a reader distinguish words and ideas from each other and to mirror the natural rhythms of the spoken language.   1.      Period (.) ⋗   The period  is also known as full stop  in England. It declares the end of a sentence. In another word, It has one job: to end a declarative sentence or imperative sentence. Ø It separates one sentence from another sentence. Ø One space after period. Ø It completes the sentence. For instance: Alex is a