Author: misamaliraza94

  • Simple sentence

    A simple sentence must have a single clause (a single verb) which is independent, and it cannot take another clause. Example: I always wanted to become a writer. (One clause – one verb)

  • Definition

    A sentence is the largest unit of any language. In English, it begins with a capital letter and ends with a full-stop, or a question mark, or an exclamation mark. The sentence is generally defined as a word or a group of words that expresses a thorough idea by giving a statement/order, or asking a question, or exclaiming. Example: He is a good boy…

  • Introduction

    Parts of speech are the classification of words categorized by their roles and functions within the structure of the language.   Parts of speech encompass everything a language has in itself. Can you imagine all the words of a language can be sorted into these categories? They play different roles in the structure of a language.In…

  • Word

    In traditional grammar, word is the basic unit of language. Words can be classified according to their action and meaning, but it is challenging to define.  A word refers to a speech sound, or a mixture of two or more speech sounds in both written and verbal form of language. A word works as a symbol to represent/refer to something/someone in language to communicate a…

  • Nocturne

    The tree kept falling over and they needed a stronger base to keep it upright. “Do you need the tree?” Pierce asked. Pierce was the producer. He was worried about spending more to bolster the tree. It was probably the most expensive piece of stagecraft of the whole set, possibly the most expensive piece that…

  • Queen Slaying

    We squeeze our besties’ hands together to form… A circle. A group. A gang. A hive. Radiate love like heat from a lightbulb. Our eyes laughing ‘I love you. Stay with me, forever. You make me feel like I could do anything. I couldn’t do anything without you. Never leave. Please don’t ever leave me,’…

  • Outage

    “My time is almost up” I looked to the clock again. The numbers burned bottle green in the dark of my city cubicle.  “Two minutes left.”  Two minutes of life. Two minutes of breath. Two minutes of me. What to do with the time?  I’ve known it was coming for a while now. My body…

  • Moira’s Day Off

    “Sandwiches or Thai?” I ask aloud, out of habit.  I can imagine Moira’s reply: You’re not on track with your calcium and folic acid targets today. Spinach is advised. Maybe a green curry? But today there’s no level, pleasant voice in my ear. Moira is, as they used to say, “in the shop” today for her…

  • The Men and the Lake

    We could talk about the storm. We could talk about the wind and waves. We could talk about the boat. We could talk about the life jackets. We could talk about the men and the lake. We could talk about why they went so far out from shore.    We could talk about the beer…

  • Favorites

    I saw a tree and thought of you, or rather, thought of the way you see trees. I remembered when we walked through the Ramble in Central Park, a wild place in the center of a place wilder still, resplendent and emerald in the early summer sun. You stopped suddenly when you saw it. I…