ABBREVIATIONS - A

A - - - - - - - -Adult, Audit, First Class

A.A - - - - - - Alchoholic Anonymous

A.A.F.I - - -  Amateur Athletics Federation of India

A.A.G.O.C -  Asian Games Organising Committee

A.A.P.S.O -   Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organisation

A.B.C - - - - - Atomic Biological and Chemical, Audit Bureau of Circulation

A.C - - - - -   Alternating Current, Air-Conditioned, Anti Christum, Ashoka 

                                                                                                    Chakra

a/c - - - - - - Account

Acct - - - - - Accountant

ACL - - - - -  Access Control List

A.D - - - - -  Anno Domini-in the year of Lord

A.D.A.M - -  Animated Dissection of Anatomy for Medicine

A.D.B - - - - Asian Developement Bank

A.D.C - - - - Aide-de-camp

A.G - - - - -  Accountant General, Adjutant General

A.G.P - - - - Accelerated Graphics Port

A.H - - - - -  Anno Hegirae(622AD)

A.I - - - - - - Air India, Artificial Intelligence

A.I.C.C - - - All India Congress Committee

A.I.C.T.E -  All India Council of Technical Education

A.I.D.S - - - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

A.I.F.F - - - All India Football Federation

A.I.I.M.S - - All India Institute of Medical Sciences

A.I.N.E.C -  All India Newspaper Editors Conference

A.I.T.U.C -  All India Trade Union Congress

A.I.R - - - -  All India Radio

A.M.I.E - - - Associated Member of Institute of Engineering

A.M - - - - - Anti Meridian, Amplitude Modulation

A.N.C - - -  African National Congress

A.N.N - - -  Artificial Neural Network

A.N.E.R.T - Agency of Non conventional Energy and Rural Technology

A.O.C - - - - Air Officer Commanding

A.P.C.T.T - Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology

ARPANET -  Advanced Research Project Agency Network

A.S.C.I.I - -  American Standard Code for Information Interchange

A.S.E.A.N -  Association  of South East Asian Nations

A.S.E.M - - - Asia-Europe Meeting

A.S.L.V - - - Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle

A.S.S.O. CHAM - Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry

A.T&T - - - - -American Telegraphic and Telephone Co Ltd

A.T.C - - - - - Air Traffic Control

A.T.M - - - -  Automatic Teller Machine, Adobe Type Manager

A.T.P - - - - - Adenosine Tri-Phosphate

A.T.R - - - - - Action Taken Report

A.T.S - - - - - Anti-Tetanus Serum

A.U - - - - - - Astronomical Units

A.V.A.R.D -  Association of Voluntary Agencies  for Rural Development

A.V.R.C - - - Audio Visual Research Centre

A.V.S.M - - - Ati Vishisht Seva Medal

A.W.A.C.S -  Airborne Early Warning And Control System

ENGLISH GRAMMAR-COMMON NOUNS

NOUNS are divided into COMMON NOUNS  and PROPER NOUNS

COMMON NOUNS are words for people, animals, places,

or things.

These are words for people. They are common nouns.

actor, artist, lawyer, aunt, judge ,baby, man, baker, nurse, cook, police, officer, dentist, singer, doctor, soldier, teacher.

These are words for animals. They are common nouns.

eagle, cat, goose, deer, bird, crocodile, cow, hen, dog, horse, dolphin, mouse, duck, parrot, fish, shark, goat, whale.

These are words for places. They are common nouns

airport, market, beach, park, library, shop, cave, mountain, playground, farm, restaurant, hospital ,hotel, stadium, hill ,school , house, supermarket, island, temple.

These are words for things. They are common nouns

bag, kite, basket, bed, drum ,cake, box,ladder, bread, lamp, can, picture, chair, radio, cot, television, cup, train, desk, truck, door, watch, egg, window.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR-EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH OF ENGLISH

1.NOUN

Every name is called a NOUN

As field and fountain, street and town.

2.PRONOUN

In place of noun the PRONOUN stands,

As he and she can clap their hands.

3.ADJECTIVE

The ADJECTIVE describes a thing,

As magic wand or bridal ring.

4.VERBS

Most VERBS mean action, something done,

To read and write, to jump and run.

5.ADVERBS

How things are done the ADVERBS tell,

As quickly, slowly, badly, well.

6.PREPOSITION

The PREPOSITION shows relation,

As in the street or at the station.

7.CONJUCTIONS

CONJUNCTIONS join, in many ways,

Sentences, words, or phrase and phrase.

8.INTERJECTION

The INTERJECTION cries out, “Heed!

An exclamation point must

follow me!”

ENGLISH GRAMMAR-THE CAPITAL LETTER

The CAPITAL LETTER is also called a BIG LETTER or UPPERCASE LETTER, or sometimes just a CAPITAL.

 

 Use a capital letter for the first letter in a sentence:

       The dog is barking.

       Come here!

 Always use a capital letter for the word I:

       I am eight years old.

       Thangamani and I are good friends.

 Use a capital letter for the names of people:

       Anbarasu, Thangamani, Jana, Krishna.

 Use a capital letter for the names of places:

       National Museum, Vandalur Zoo, Delhi,Chennai,Erode

 Use a capital letter for festivals, holidays,days of the week, months of the year:

       New Year’s Day, Pongal, Labor Day, Mother’s Day,

       Sunday, Monday, Friday, January, May, July, October