• ISBN13: 9789362086235
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
• Publisher Imprint: Gyan Publishing House
• Publication Date: January 1, 2024
• Pages: 228
• Original Price: INR 450.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 406 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): N/A

This book thoroughly explores Oral Exercises in English Composition. It commences by elucidating fundamental grammatical principles such as verb-subject agreement and constructing affirmative/negative sentences. It then progresses to the development of simple sentences, introducing components like relative pronouns, adjectives, articles, and verb tense sequencing. Students are subsequently guided through the amalgamation of simple sentences into more intricate structures. The importance of direct and indirect speech is emphasized, alongside exercises concentrating on word and phrase organization. Furthermore, there are exercises designed to enhance word usage, encompassing tasks such as substituting equivalent terms, deciphering subtle meanings, and forming antonyms and words with affixes. Highlighting the efficacy of oral exercises, the text presents practice examples in larger fonts to enhance readability.

John Collinson Nesfield (1836–1919) was an influential educator in British India and a curate at St Michael's Church, Highgate, London. He authored several books, notably on grammar, which had a significant impact. Nesfield's career included teaching at Highgate Grammar School and serving as a postmaster at Merton College, Oxford. In India, he held various roles, including Director of Public Instruction, impacting education policies. His works, such as "English Grammar: Past and Present" and "A Manual of English Grammar and Composition," were widely used both in Britain and its colonies. Nesfield also contributed to the debate on caste in British India, emphasizing societal fluidity over rigid caste constructs.