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Mar 23, 2020

Organ and Organ System | Cardiovascular System | Excretory System

We will discuss here about the organ and organ system. Digestive system –The system which is responsible for digestion of food by secreting different enzymes and absorption by blood is called digestive system. Digestive system consists of different organs like –mouth

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Mar 22, 2020

Animal Tissues and Their Four Types | Simple Epithelial Tissue|Diagram

Here we will learn about animal tissues and their four types. Animal tissues: Animal tissues can be divided into four groups according to their functions. They are epithelial tissue, muscular tissue, connective tissue and nervous tissue.

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Mar 17, 2020

The Autobiography of a Bicycle | Short Essay | English Essays

The earliest memory I have of myself is in the hands of a factory owner who was giving me the final touches of paint and proudly proclaiming to himself that I shall be soon giving pleasure to many young boys and shall be setting off for new adventures.

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Mar 17, 2020

The Autobiography of an Old Coat | Short Essay | English Essays

I was hand-crafted with a lot of love and loads of warmth. Nestled in the remote hills of Assam, winters are daunting. Cut to that, an early morning commute to school is something which can be overwhelming to cover on foot through these fog-laden hills before even the onset

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Mar 17, 2020

The Autobiography of an Old Shoe | English Essays | Shoe Showroom

Today, I was dumped in the roadside bin callously and indifferently. It was as if I never existed in that little girl’s life anymore. All because I had lost a sole and become worn out and all right, all right! A couple of inches too small for her growing feet.

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Mar 16, 2020

A Letter from the Moment it is Posted till it Reaches its Destination

I am an anachronism in today’s world.Long before the advent of computers and e-mail and WhatsApp messaging system, the only form of communication that linked hundreds of people across the length and breadth of the country and outside was via me. I was the single most

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Mar 12, 2020

The Autobiography of a Motor-Car | The Life of a Motor-Car |

Well, well, they were all so sceptical of me as I was put outside for display. People crowded outside the showroom, trying to sneak a look, both disbelieving and agape, at the same time. To imagine that a steel and iron structure of my girth could actually move without being

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Mar 12, 2020

The Autobiography of a Butterfly | I am your Friend, the “Butterfly”

I am playful, I am colourful, I flit around and spread beauty and gaiety and I am perhaps one of the most obvious examples when it comes to explaining the process of “metamorphosis”. There is no need for me now to mention that I am your friend, the “butterfly”.

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Mar 12, 2020

The Autobiography of a Clock | I am the Humble, Modest ‘Clock’

I am relentless in my pursuit and I am timeless. I do not stop, not as long as the last dredge in my battery seeps in, I keep moving forwards in my clock-wise motion. Neither success and failure halt me nor do happiness and sorrow define me.I am this timeless ability to keep

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Mar 12, 2020

The Autobiography of a Railway Engine | I am the Humble Railway Engine

I am born out of man’s need to take him to places on land in the fastest and most comfortable way. Just as all other inventions were borne out of man’s necessities, the growing needs of man to commute from one place to another and take his bag and baggage along with him

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Mar 12, 2020

The Imaginary Adventures of an Umbrella | Autobiography of an Umbrella

Have you ever given it a thought, that what is the single most ubiquitous thing which proves it maximum utility to you come sun, come rain, come hail, and comesnow? I bet you haven’t. It is me, your humble umbrella. And though I may seem to be very ordinary, run of the mill

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Mar 12, 2020

The Autobiography of a River | I am a river | River's Autobiography

I am the life-source of all creatures in this planet. I know of no other movement but the onward retreat since for me retracing my footsteps is never an option. No matter how treacherous the terrain may be, no matter what the odd are piled against me, the best I can do

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Mar 12, 2020

The Autobiography of a Horse | A Horse's Life | Short Essay

I was born to run which gave me the survival edge to flee from ferocious predators and am blessed with an superlative sense of balance and a strong survival instinct which lets me know just when to stay back and fight and when to flee. I am one of those rare creatures

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Mar 12, 2020

The Autobiography of a Dog | A Dog's Life | English Essay |Short Essay

Hi! I am Jimmy or so they call me now. I was born in the intersection of a busy market place to an Alsatian father and a mongrel mother. My father took off soon after my birth and I missed out on an absolutely wonderful opportunity to spend time with him or so

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Mar 12, 2020

The Autobiography of a Fly | The Life History of the Fly

‘Buzz, buzz’, I keep hovering here and there, in search for food. My survival instincts are extremely high and I know just the moment to fly away when anything remotely lethal comes within my range of comfort. By now, you must have recognized me? I am the humble fly.

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Mar 12, 2020

What is an Autobiography? | Life Story of a Person |Inanimate Objects

Autobiography is the life story of a person written in first person by the same individual, presumably. You may then enquire why I have made the use of the word ‘presumably’ in this context. Because quite often you would come across the autobiography of an inanimate objects

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Mar 11, 2020

The same Word used as Different Parts of Speech | Above | Down | Like

The same word used as different parts of speech (Above, down, like, right, round, while, wrong....) There are certain words in the English lexicons which are used as more than one Part of Speech. It is their use or function which determines which Part of Speech a particular

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Mar 08, 2020

Verbs followed by Prepositions | Most Common Preposition and Verb

Prepositions are sometimes positioned after Verbs and act as necessary connectors between Verbs and Nouns. There are certain Verbs which require preposition sin order to connect them to their sentence Objects. In such cases, the Prepositions are called Dependent Prepositions

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Mar 08, 2020

Adjectives and Participles followed by Prepositions | Common Instances

Adjectives which are defining words and Participles which function as Adjectives either in the present or past form (also referred to as Verbal Adjective) pair best with certain Prepositions. Though the list is an exhaustive one, yet we have tried to bring some semblance of

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Feb 28, 2020

Nouns followed by Prepositions | Common Noun |Preposition Combinations

Prepositions are easy to locate in English Grammar because they usually follow the Noun / Pronoun they modify. They help to indicate relations. When used with a Noun, they can tell you exactly where an object is or the means by which something is accomplished.

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Feb 28, 2020

Special Uses of some Prepositions | At, In, By, With |“Till” & “Until”

Before dealing in detail with the special uses of some Prepositions, let us understand what are the primary function of a Preposition in a sentence structure? Prepositions are words that are used to link the Noun or Pronuon to another part of the sentence.

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Feb 27, 2020

The Preposition | Some more Frequently Quoted Examples | Origin |Rules

A Preposition is that part of Speech in English Grammar which precede a Noun or a Pronoun to show its relationship to another word in the sentence. Examples: It is a bottle of pickles. ( Of denotes the relationship between bottle and pickles) The cup is placed over the table

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Feb 26, 2020

The Interjection | Types of Interjections | Uses of Interjections

Interjection is that part of speech in English Grammar that is used to express or utter an element of surprise, horror or a sudden feeling or an extreme reaction. • It consists within its blanket a horde of exclamations ranging from compliment (Wow) to pain (Ouch) to curse

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Feb 26, 2020

Errors in the Use of Conjunctions | Phrases or Clauses in a Sentence

A Conjunction in English Grammar is merely a connecting word and it has no other function except joining two words, phrases or clauses in a sentence. There are certain common errors made in English Grammar by the user. Let us highlight a few of them for our better

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Feb 26, 2020

Subordinating Conjunctions | Functions of Subordinating Conjunctions

Subordinating Conjunctions are so called because they help join a Subordinate Clause to the Main clause. •They are an integral component of a Complex sentence and such conjunctions are usually found at the beginning of the Subordinate Clause. •The basic underlying difference

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Feb 26, 2020

Correlative Conjunctions | What Are Correlative Conjunctions?|Examples

Correlative Conjunctions are basically a pair of Conjunctions which are used together as a set, in order to make one sentence element relate to the other. They always occur in a team and the user has to use both in the same sentence to make it work.

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Feb 20, 2020

Coordinating Conjunctions | Subordinating Conjunctions | Examples

Conjunctions primarily help in connecting or joining words, phrases, clauses or sentences. There are primarily two kinds of Conjunctions: 1. Co-ordinating Conjunctions, 2. Subordinating Conjunctions Co-ordinating Conjunctions are those words which join two words, phrases

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Feb 19, 2020

Secondary Growth of Cork Cambium | Phellogen or Cork Cambium

Root- Cork cambium or phellogen is formed from pericycle. It produces phellogen or cork on the outside and secondary cortex or phellogen on the inner side. This three together called periderm. Cortex and epiblema peel off. Cork or phloem is made of dead cells and lenticels

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Feb 05, 2020

The Conjunction | Correlative Conjunctions | Coordinating Conjunctions

A Conjunction is that Part of Speech in English Grammar that joins or combines two words, phrases or clauses to make a complex sentence. • Their only function is to connect two elements in a single sentence. Examples: • I would like to see some jewellery in silver and gold.

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Feb 05, 2020

Correct Usage of Adverbs |Adverbs are used to join Conjunctive Clauses

When an Adverb is used to describe a Verb : The verb which reflects the action of the sentence is modified by the Adverb which describes as to how, when, why, where and to what extent and in what manner was the action performed. Example: She ran to the stage. She quickly

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Jan 25, 2020

Special Uses of Some Adverbs | Too and Very | Fairly, Rather

‘Too’ is used to denote ‘more than is required’. It is often followed by the word ‘to’. It has a negative connotation. Examples: •You ate too much. • He is too slow. The person sounds too good to be true. He is too weak to go to school.

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Jan 25, 2020

Position of Adverbs | Adverb of Manner | Adverb of Place and Time

To put it across insimple terms, Adverbs add something to the verb. They basically provide information on how, where and when an action is performed Examples: I often visit my grandmother’s cemetery in New Town. Sakshi dances very well.

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Jan 08, 2020

Comparison of Adverbs | Compare Adverb Form | English Grammar

Adverbs are not usually found to change their forms in a sentence., but a few do have the Comparativeand Superlative forms. There are three forms of comparison which are made use of in English Grammar: • Positive • Comparative • Superlative

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Jan 08, 2020

Formation of Adverbs | Form of adverbs | Learning English Grammar

Most adverbs are formed by adding the suffix ‘-ly’ to the end of the related Adjective. Slow – slowly Clever – cleverly Quick – quickly Beautiful – beautifully Careful – carefully Firm – Firmly Strong - strongly Delicate – delicately Sad – sadly

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Jan 07, 2020

Relative Adverbs | What are Relative Adverbs? | Relative Clause

An adverb which makes use of a relative clause to modify a sentence is known as Relative Adverb. Such adverbs make use of the relative pronouns suchas where, when, why, whatever and wherever etc. to join sentences or clauses.

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Jan 04, 2020

Interrogative Adverbs | USAGE OF WHEN, WHERE, WHY and HOW?

Interrogative Adverbs are those adverbs that are used to ask questions pertaining to why, where, when and how? Examples: • Why are the toys littered in the living room? • Where is my son? • When are you going to come back? • How can you do this to me?

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Jan 04, 2020

Simple Adverbs | Adverbs of Time|Adverbs of Frequency|Adverbs of Place

An adverb is a word that is used to change , qualify or modify an adjective, verb, clause or another adverb or any other word or phrase except a Noun which is modified or described using an ‘Adjective’. Adverbs can be frequently identified using the suffix ‘-ly’.

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Dec 05, 2019

Single Parent Families | Essay on Single Parent Families | Short Essay

Growing up in a single parent family is learning the fine art of balancing. From a tender, young age you are aware that one of the important stabilising influence of your life is missing and as you learn to master the hang of it, you are likely to be thrown off-balance as

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Dec 05, 2019

Drug Use in Sports | Stimulants | Anabolic Agents |Narcotic Analgesics

Indian cricketer Prithwi Shaw has recently been banned from playing Cricket at the competition level for 8 months following an inadvertent brush with cough syrup laced with drugs. The history of drug use in sports is as old as the history of competitive sports. Many sports

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Nov 08, 2019

Sports on Television | Equality of Sports | Sports and Television

Sports in the world arena have existed far longer than the invention of television. However, the advent of television have completely revolutionised the concept of Sports in unimaginable proportions. Sports and television fit each other like a pair of gloves.

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Nov 08, 2019

The Educational System of US | Understanding American Education System

The American Education system is recognized the world over as one of the most evolved system of education for the array of in-depth understanding and range it offers. It is however important to familiarize ourselves with their education pattern before we appreciate the foray

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Nov 07, 2019

Men and Women Communication Differences | Men vs. Women | Simple Essay

‘Men are from mars and women are from Venus’ - This oft repeated proverb throws ample light on the inherent differences between the basic nature of a man and a woman. Both the genders are genetically pre-disposed to certain opposing characteristics which can be quite

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Oct 30, 2019

Kinds of Adverbs | Adverbs of Manner | Adverbs of Place

An Adverb is a Part of Speech in English Grammar that modifies, defines, describes a Verb, an Adjective, another Adverb or a clause or any other word or phrase, apart from a Noun. Adverbs are in layman’s terms those words that provide us an idea of how, where, when, in what

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Oct 27, 2019

Errors in the Use of Tenses | Common Errors| Examples|English Grammar

Consistency in the usage of tense is intrinsic to good grammar. If, as a student of English language, you profess to write correct English, one of the first things that shall come under the scanner apart from spellings and vocabulary is the correct usage of Tense.

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Oct 24, 2019

Different Uses of the Four Forms of Future Tense | Sentence Structure

Future Tense pertains to actions that are proposed, planned, scheduled or expected to take place in the Future. In simple terms, it means such actions have not yet taken place or shall take place at a later point in future. The four forms of Future Tense are: Future Simple

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Oct 10, 2019

Different Uses of the Four Forms of Past Tense | Sentence Structure

The past tense is frequently brought into use in English grammar, for an entire gamut of human experiences, emotions and events are based in the contextual past. Past Tense is used to denote activities that happened or started or ended or continued in the past.

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Oct 10, 2019

Different Uses of the Four Forms of Present Tense | Sentence Structure

Present Tense is used to denote activities that are taking place in the past either completed or in continuation, depending on the particular context of usage.Today, we shall be discussing in details the usage and functions of the various forms of Present Tense.

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Oct 03, 2019

Future Tense and its Forms | Sub-classified in Four Categories

The Future Tense relates to a Future event or a future state of being. It pointsout to something planned or destined or promised which is yet to be executed. The event has not taken place as of now but is expected to at some time in future. Future Tense is used to denote:

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Sep 21, 2019

Past Tense and its Four Forms | Past Simple | Past Progressive

The Past Tense is used to represent any action that took place in the past or a state of being which was in existence in the past. Examples: I went to the market. I was elated to see you. The four forms of Past Tense, categorized on the basis of whether the action was

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