University Of Central Punjab

Topic: Article, Adverb and Idioms

Subject: English Basic Writing Skills
Name: Meshaim Musaddiq
Class: B.B.A 1-C
Roll Number: 106

Submission Date: 2-December-2013

Submitted To: Prof. Awais Yousaf

 Adverb

“The words that modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs”

Adverb is further divided into different types:

I- Adverb of Time

II-Adverb of Frequency

III-Adverb of Place

IV-Adverb of Manner

V-Adverb of Degree or Quantity

VI-Adverb of Affirmation and Negation

VII-Adverb of Reason

I- Adverb of Time:
The modifying words that that tell us the time are called adverb of time.

For example:

I- I’m going to the Lahore tomorrow.

II- This magazine is published monthly.

II-Adverb of Frequency:
The modifying words that show the number repetition of verb are called
the adverb of frequency.
For example:

I- I usually drink coffee.

II-She sometimes visits me.

III-Adverb of Place:
The modifying words that indicate place are called the adverb of Place.

For example:

I- I Can’t find them anywhere.

II-They are going to U.K.

IV-Adverb of Manner:
The modifying words that show how something happened or happens are
called the adverb of manner.

For example:

I-He walks very slowly.

II-Make sure you write neatly.

V-Adverb of Degree or Quantity:

The Modifying words that show the magnitude or degree are called adverb
of quantity.

For example:
I-I am too tires to go out.

II-She didn’t work hard enough for the exams.

VI-Adverb of Affirmation and Negation:

The modifying words that that affirms or negate some verbs, adjectives or
other adverbs are called the adverb of affirmation and negation.

For example:

I-Students were not studying.

II-Surely she was mistaken.

VII-Adverb of Reason:
The reasoning words that modify the verbs, adjectives or adverbs are called
the adverb of reason.

For example:

I-Anyhow, they all came back.

II-Therefore, he left his job.

 Article

Indefinite Article (A and An):

These are the countable nouns i.e. the things that we can count. “A” and
“An” are called the indefinite articles.

“A” is used with all singular consonants.

“An” is used with all single vowels.

For example:

I-Would you like a drink?

II-He is an engineer.

Definite Article (The):

Definite article “The” is used before a noun that has already been
mentioned or is already known to us or to specify things.

For example:

I-Students are in the class room.

II-He went to the office.

 Idioms

Back up:
He backed up his friends claim.

Long for:
She longed for better grades in the examination.

Bear out:
The test results bear out our claims.

Bear with:
I trust you will bear with me a few more minutes.

Break down:
Custom cars always break down and need replacement parts.

Break into:
The police man broke the house.

Call in:
The officer called in the clerk.

Call on:
He called on me yesterday.

Carry out:
He failed to carry out his task.
Fall through:
He fell through the examination.

Fall out:
The siblings fall out on the useless matter.

Get through:
She gets through the examination easily.

Look down upon:

He looks down upon him.

Look forward to:

I am looking forward to my Birthday.

Look into:
I shall look into this matter again.

Pull together:
Everyone in the street pull together after fire.

Pull through:
The patient pulled through his serious illness.

Put up with:
They had a lot to put up with.

Put off:
 The meeting was put off for a week.

See through:
She fails to see through the assignment.

Take After:
He took after his father.

Take to:
He is taken to drugs.

Tell upon:
Too much stress is telling upon his health.

Turn up:
We’ll send out invitations and see who turns up.

Work out:
Students could not work out the question.