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Interrogative Sentence

Interrogative sentences are the ones which ask a question. These are sentences that often are used while making conversation. Although it seems that they merely ask a question, an interrogative sentence is of four types-:

YES/NO INTERROGATIVES
These are the questions that can be answered with either a yes or a no.
For example-:
Have you done your homework?
Are you ready?
ALTERNATIVE INTERROGATIVES
These are the questions that provide you with two alternative answers.
For example-:
Should I call you or email you?
Do you want tea or coffee?
WH- INTERROGATIVES
These are the questions that begin with a “wh” word. Answers to these questions cannot be given with a yes or a no. Neither can you give an alternative answer. The answer may be either a simple sentence or a complex explanation.
For Example-:
Where do you live?
What are your hobbies?
TAG QUESTIONS
Tag questions are the ones that change a declarative sentence to an interrogative. They are called tag sentences because they are tagged at the end. For Example-:
You like basketball, don’t you?
You are coming to the party, aren’t you?
    1. Often it so happens that a question mark is put at the end of declarative sentence. This actually makes the sentence an interrogative sentence. For example-:
      India won the world cup?
      It’s raining?
      In such cases the last word of the sentence is said with a rising intonation.
    2. Often finding the subject of interrogative sentences is quite difficult. The best way to do it is write the answer of the question and you will find out its subject?
      For example-:
      Where is he going?
      He is going to the market.
      The answer talks about him (he) and hence he is the subject.

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Blast From The Past # Idioms For IELTS

Have you ever had any blast from the past?? Go an read more to find out the blast I am talking about.

TAKE YOUR LUMPS
SENTENCE-: If you do something wrong, you need to take your lumsps.
MEANING-: to suffer punishment
SMELL BLOOD
SENTENCE-: In a fight if you can smell the blood, you can win it as well.
MEANING-: to recognize your opponent’s weakness
A STRAIGHT FIGHT
SENTENCE-: Let’s see who is going to win the straight fight of 24/4/2033.
MEANING-: a contest between two opponents, especially in elections
ALL WET
SENTENCE-: You cannot save him from death, he has been found all wet.
MEANING-: something that is completely wrong
GROW ON TREES
SENTENCE-: Money doesn’t grow on trees.
MEANING-: be in large amounts and can be easily obtained
NIP SOMETHING IN THE BUD
SENTENCE-: We must strive to nip terrorism in the bud.
MEANING-: destroy something in the early stages
QUICK ON THE DRAW
SENTENCE-: He is quick on the draw, so think before you speak to him.
MEANING-: very fast in reacting
SECOND CHILDHOOD
SENTENCE-: Don’t behave badly towards older generation, they are often in their second childhood.
MEANING-: a childish behavior that is often seen in the old people.
BE TWICE THE MAN(WOMAN) THAN SOMEONE IS
SENTENCE-: If you really want to win the battle, be twice the man than your opponent is.
MEANING-: be stronger than someone else
A BLAST FROM THE PAST
SENTENCE-: Meeting him after 5 years was like a blast from the past.
MEANING-: something very strongly nostalgic

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Be All Ears # Idioms For IELTS

If you ever want to be successful in life, you need to be all ears to your heart.

NEXT TO NOTHING
SENTENCE-: the house cost me next to nothing.
MEANING-: to cost nothing or very little
MISS THE BOAT
SENTENCE-: Don’t hide from work hard, you never know when you will miss the boat.
MEANING-: miss an opportunity
LOOK DOWN ON
SENTENCE-: don’t look down on people, you never know what you missed in them.
MEANING-: to assume something to be not worthy enough
HEAD OUT FOR
SENTENCE-: I will be heading out for Australia next year.
MEANING-: to start a long trip
HAVE A HEART CHANGE
SENTENCE-: It is not wrong to have a heart change if your intentions are good.
MEANING-: to change a previous decision
MAKE ENDS MEET
SENTENCE-: For some just to be able to make ends meet is a great success.
MEANING-: to have enough money to be able to buy all what you need
HARD HEADED
SENTENCE-: Gandhi was a hard headed man.
MEANING-: stubborn or unwilling to change their own ideas
DRIVE SOMEONE UP A WALL
SENTENCE-: Don’t try to drive me up a wall, you are not ready for the consequences.
MEANING-: to make someone very angry
BE ALL EARS
SENTENCE-: Tell me your story, I am all ears.
MEANING-: to be eager and ready to listen.
COST AN ARM AND LEG
SENTENCE-: Buying that bungalow will cost me an arm and leg.
MEANING-: to be very expensive

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Subordinating Conjunctions # Grammar For IELTS

Subordinating conjunctions are of the following type-:

TIME
These are conjunctions which are used when you want to join two sentences to emphasize on time. Examples are -: before, till, since, while, after…
Two months have passed since she left the college.
I usually return home after 10 pm.
EXTENT OR MANNER
These conjunctions are used when the emphasis is on the way of doing things. Examples are-: according, as.
The players are chosen according to a certain criteria.
You will reap as you sow .
CONCESSION OR CONTRAST
These conjunctions are used two join two statements which contrast (oppose) each other. Example-: although, though, however.
The story is good however the writer is not able to portray it well.
He is an honest person although very poor.
He is very happy though he is poor.
COMPARISON
The conjunction is used when you are required to compare two sentences. Examples are-: as, as much as, than.
She is more intelligent than him.
I love it as much as you do.
RESULT OR CONSEQUENCES
The conjunction is used to explain the consequence of the other sentence.
She cried so much that she fell ill.

CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS-: Conjunctions that are used in pairs are called correlative conjunctions.

EITHER… OR
He is either manipulative or extremely dumb.
Either her sister is murderer or her brother.
NEITHER .. NOR
It is neither correct nor neat.
You are neither intelligent nor smart.
THOUGH .. YET
Though I gave her all the equipments yet she failed to do it correctly.
Though she loved her yet never showed it.
BOTH …. AND
She is both a writer and a businesswomen.
She is both beautiful and intelligent.
NO SOONER……. THAN
No sooner did the bell ring the children left the class.
SUCH… AS
There is no such place as you tell.
SUCH… THAT
Such was his admiration for her that he left everything for her.
AS…. AS
It is as bright as the sun.
AS… SO
As the parents are so is the child.
SCARCELY… WHEN
She had scarcely recovered from the disease that she met with accident.

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