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Srinivasa Rao,
Marturu.
Q. Dangling

participle

N?
A. First of all there are
two participles1) The present participle or the '..ing'
form.
e.g. : going, coming, etc.
2) The past participle: gone, seen, did,
killed, etc.
Now look at the sentence:
Walking along the street, a car knocked him
downwalking (down the street) present participle
walking down the street, a car =
knocked him down =

wrong - due to, was closed

n
.

Correct: Owing to the rain the school was

closed/ The school was closed owing to the
rain.

'without firing a bullet shot'

*aC d.

present day usage due to j

N ---i--C, -x
-l p ---Lq--
.
Q. Present participle preposition
-T- ---.
A. Present participle as preposition is not very
common. However, in the sentence, she is
busy cooking dinner.
Cooking, the present participle is used as a
preposition, governing the nouns 'dinner'

? n f h
f
h ,

dC. DE n hC? 'f

verb

a- USSR
p--LC. '
vA--
USSR p--LC E n --a.
 This being a violation of the code.

N?
A. Antecedent = aC E n.
Sentence E , u

pro-

C E-

-
x.

being =

Walking down the street, he was knocked

down by the car participle, walking
down the road, he

\
_- --x, 'f- h j n hC.
Dangling participle J-Eo examples,
corrections:
Running away with the stolen money, a
policeman caught him A policeman running away with the stolen
money.
caught him

h a n!

M)
?

noun

M.SURESAN

\ 'it', E o car J*
C. d, car is the antecedent of it.
This is a book which is very useful- 'book' is
the antecedent of 'which'.
Adjunct: An adverb/ a phrase which adds to
the meaning of the verb.
'last

Q. Her being elected the president of the party,

the ministers congratulated her.
The Ministers congratulated her to have
been elected the president of the party

p -d?
A. Her being elected to the party the president,
the minister congratulated her'The minister congratulated her to have
been elected to the party', is not correct
either.
The correct form of the sentence is:
The minister congratulated her on her having been elected president of the party/ on
her election as president of the party.
round about

pa.

( -u-Fo N-FA
---- x).
The school was closed owing to rain ({
x --C/ -).
-C, due to sentence
v- F, verb y--F -Eo
~--h.

Her having been elected president of the

party, the minister congratulated her-

Due to the rain the school was closed wrong - due to

sentence

v-G

d.
The school was closed due to the rain -

F,

C xd .
K.S.R, Marturu.
Q.

C vA u being C. Eo
ux n --T--. Being
Eo n- --T--a N-J-.

 The U.S.S.R. collapsed without being a

bullet shot.
A.

He switched off the refrigerator so as to

defrost it. So as to =

u- = l.
so as - .
E so that/ to .
Meet your grand father so as to make him
happy = Meet your grand father so that he
can be happy/ to make him happy = Meet
your grand father to make him feel happy

--

 He is being mischievous.
A. Is being =

-o.
( *JC n C.)

He is being mischievous

( *L- o/ o ~)
 Her tonsured head, chopped legs were indicators of this being case of human sacrifice.

He switched off the refrigerator so that it

would defrost.
Q.

word group 'being' - J-

-x n . n --L
-- , USSR p--LC

C-

Antonyms

--.

1) Precious 2) Pious 3) Wonderful

4) Simplicity 5) Patience 6) Entire (whole)

C L -C-*-C E.
 The recent case of an airhostess being
molested.
A. An airhostess being molested =

7) Sacred 8) Melodious 9)Fame 10) Prompt

11) Enough 12) Severe 13) Sacrifice
14) Auspicious

--

j L- n-Fo 'Being' o.
Being v , n /
x/ /

A. 1. Precious Worthless/ Trivial

2. Pious Impious
3. Wonderful Ordinary/ Common place
4. Simplicity Complexity

Being + past participle - a) being + put (pp of

put) =

5. Patience Fretful/ Restless/ Nervous/

Impatient

b) being molested (being + past participle of

molest) =

6. Entire Partial

The sentence is not correct.

J* N-J.
A. Due to = Owing to = because of = -x.

y O --
--h =

 The officials dismissed the possibility of fuel adulteration or stones

being put in the oil tank.

A. Being put =

A. If you meet your grand father he will feel

happy =
Meet your grand father so as
to make him happy.

u-~-

uEo

Q. Due to, owing to

OE
--T*
N-Eo ---.

A. .... this being a case of human sacrifice =

b) She listened to him patiently - 'patiently' is

the adjunct of 'listened'.

While he was running with the stolenmoney,

a policeman caught him/ Running away with
the stolen money he was caught by a policeman/ A policeman caught him running away
with the stolen money.

Most of our problems are due to our corrupt

politicians

Q. 1) Meet your grand father. He will feel happy

2) He switched off the refrigerator. It would
defrost
so as
combine

He bought a car and it is fine.

Correction:

It's time/ time/ It's time that he got married =

--p Rx -E LqC.

A. being its president =

(T-L-* s J--o
(E d--o p

Eo (Vh) p AhJ*
,
-LqC.
It's time/ It's high time/ time y p
past tense hC.

/ /

 The other member, being it's president Mr. Rao.

It's time/ It's high time/ time (that) you

trimmed it =
structure

The reputation of being a tough officer =

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a) He came here last night night' is the adjunct of 'came'.

K \ --.
--?)

 He came with a reputation of being tough

officer.

Strict officer

J J*
C antecedent C.

-R x- --x C
, n Jh --x. \
x.

It's time that he got married

h E dC E
? x f - . F ,
present participle, walking down the road,
a car E --x, f-- / ho car N-K-n hC. -p, \ participle dangling participle/
unrelated participle . dangling
participle sentence / x-x
p n hC. \ -h-oC 'he' d,
walking down the car , he _-
j n hC :
While he was walking down the street (
f -h-o-p), a car knocked
him down (car E dC). C
N. N, passive voice .
:

(The car is too expensive. How can I buy it?

A. This being a violation of the code sentence

Being =

A.

Q. Antecedent, adjuncts

(F Vh K J-TC. Eo p Ah-J*
L. 'p-- ? )

--
being + pp j p-x passive form C.
It being a holiday, we were at home (
--x, x o).
Being ill, he was weak (s x,
F- o).
Being seen here (\ -- Being
+ pp of see) is not good = *C
O being, being + pp n.
Being y noun/ adj h x/
LT o--x n h.
Being a minister (minister -- noun; vA
o--x), he has a lot of influence
( -- C)
Being tall, (tall - adj - _ o--x) she
can play well ( --)

7. Sacred Profane/ Unholy

8. Melodious Rancour
9. Fame Obscurity
10. Prompt Delayed
11. Enough Short/ Scarce
12. Severe Mild
13. Sacrifice Gain
14 Auspicious Inauspicious

M.S.N. Hareesh, Kurnool.

Q.

A. You have been able to convince him =

y a--p--L-.
Q. Mr. Uma Maheswara Rao must have been
able to incite Savithri to that crime.
A.

T. Siva, Nandikotkur.
Q. Your hair is too long. It's time you trimmed
them.
structure
explain

--.

A. Your hair is too long. It's time you trimmed it.

C -x u- - ---.
You have been able to convince him.

---y-- N-vAE- - --E J-Lp

/ L ( ).

Q. Miss Rehana might have been able to pass

the C.A. exam last year.
A.

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A. Sudhakar, Bhiknur.

Hyderabad?

again:

Q. Please divide into

Tense and time given
below sentences.

A. Verb - does start = starts - Present simple denoting an action in the immediate future.

A present participle
(the '... ing' form) -

Q. Can I have some milk before I go to bed?

 I shall write another

letter.

A. Can have - present tense - request in the

present, go - Present simple.

e.g.: going, walking,

writing etc- used as
a noun is a gerund.

 I wrote the letter.

Dileep Tahil, Yellandu.

That is, if you use

an '... ing' form as

 I am writing the letter

now.
A. I shall write another letter.
Shall write- future simple

( -

Q. Sir, clarify the following doubts.

1) the subject of a sentence,

i) exchange (ii) Interchange. Please give the

meanings of the above mentioned words.

Wrote - Past simple -

am writing - Present Continuous -

(,

F,

F,

F C
-C.

*a--a-

h-o

.
a) They exchange rings =

(p).
Q. She would rather we stayed till tomorrow.
A. Would rather.... stayed - present tense refers to an improbable situation in the present -

p --EC, F --E

e.g.: a) Walking is good for health. (-

-u-E *C) sentence walking
'... ing' form subject d C gerund.
b) I like walking - \ 'walking' '... ing'
form, like verb object d, C

x -
ao/ *a--a--o.

b) The two countries exchanged prisoners =

jD- Jp --o.
Interchange = 1) to share ideas/ information

Please come up the dais!

-C.

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A. Has been raining - present perfect continuous -

-- * h C.

Q. My uncle is arriving tomorrow.

A. is arriving - present continuous referring to
definite future -

h-o.

Q. I have finished my work just now.

A. Have finished just now - Present Perfect
Tense -

p (E) Jh--.

Q. I received his letter a week ago.

A. Received..... (a week ago) - Past simple -

*a--i - J-T E
( h v JC.)
Q. When I reached the station the train had
started (So I couldn't get into the train)
A. Reached - past tense When I reached the station station
the train had started (train
had started - Past perfect
tense Past Perfect (had + Past participle)
(Train
the train had started
When I reached reached - Past Simple).

J-T E

-p- (),
-l-J--C)
J-T x,

EE
-l- .
-.
y
-E
--p-
JTC.

Q. I won't go out if it rains.

A. I won't go = will not go - future simple;
rains = present simple if it rains - conditional clause

(-h)

Q. This time tomorrow I will be sitting on the

beach in Singapore.
A. Will be sitting - future continuous tense -

Nu-h
N.

--

---

Q. I will be staying here till Sunday.

A. will be staying - future continuous tense; use
-

--C - Nu-h -- -- N-.

Q. I shall have written my exercise by three.

A. Shall have written - future perfect tense -

etc = -, -Eo -J- *a--a- n, C

Exchange -C. There was an inter-

\ 'would
(---* N-u)
Q. -q, , V x (Sunday...
Saturday) Morning... Night. - -Eo letter capital ?
A. English -q--, u--F, x-
? d capital letter vG
vo .
(Monday, Tuesday etc) x
January, February, etc) v capitals
v-G-L. (morning/ evening, etc)
v -- L, capital
vG---.
Q. bank money deposit . He
deposited the money in the bank/ with the
bank - which one is correct?

Q. The school opens on

12th

June.

A. Opens - Present simple tense, indicating a

definite action in future -

N-u-h
-E --- N.

Q. When does the next train leave for

A. Deposited in the bank - correct.

Q. Ravi is taller than Krishna.

A. Please come on to the dais, correct

stage
stage
please come up the dais
Announcers/ Anchors etc. stage

C
----C.

Krishna is as tall as Ravi.

M.SURESAN

a -
~ -- J , --Eo p *a a--o. n
interchange - \.
\ interchange E n -
to change the positions of two things/ persons with that of each other =
h/ l uh n--- -p
a.

sentence Ravi Krishna

. J sentence
Krishna Ravi C-J . u
N-J---.
A. Ravi is taller than Krishna- N, %g
--E-- \ n
\ 'taller' E L d, C 'comparative' degree. ( E n d)
Krishna is not as tall as Ravi - %g, N
- -. \ 'tall' d, C pos-

a) The ministers' portfolios were interchanged =

b) The time tables of Monday and Tuesday
have been interchanged =
time tables

A. You are blocking my way/ You are in my

way. Please stand aside.

l v
u, -JC --J a.
-,
-E

--
a
Q. As if. -D-Eo ---- N-J---.
A. As if = as though = -x. F, =
appearing to be, but not really. He behaves
as if/ as though he were the cleverest boy in
the class =

-J u L-N-
jx (F ) v-Jh-h.

Imp: Note that as if/ as though are always followed by was/ were, but refer to the present.
It is as if/ as if he were giving/ was giving his
money =

s
*axEho (F ).

Q. You are not supposed to do it.

Q. Please come on to the dais or I request him

to come on to the dais. Which one of the
above sentences is correct?

O , --
OC
y-E--,
.
\ EaE A-- y-E---p,
please go up the dais .

Q. He addressed his speech from on the dais.

A. He addressed his speech from on the daisThis sentence is wrong.
A person addresses an audience/ a gathering/ a meeting, etc. but not a speech/ a
meeting.

itive degree.
Q. Please translate the below sentences into
English.

F f E--f. \ .
Q.

E -E -E x o o
n --.

A. His father will misunderstand me. He will

think that I pushed him intentionally

Address:
You
can say, 'He addressed the gathering/ the
audience from the dais - correct.

-x l-P* v-T-.

Y. Gayathri, Asifabad.
Q.
A.

uEo

---- N-J---.
A. You are not supposed to do it = you are not
expected/ you must not to do it (according
to rule/ orders from Superiors) =

E--,

Boys are not supposed to tease girls = Boys

must not tease girls =

s-, t

-B \%A, J-v -C-*.

Raju, Atukulapalli.

 Crusader - saint

Q. Please clarify the following doubts

A. Crusader =

* N-Eo C--,
- Bv, D` vo ----.
Crusader - saint = u J
F-. Gandhi was a crusader- saint
for peace and non-violence = A,
Bv vo/ J-
F D.

 Even huge mountains would be like tiny

particles of sand.
underline
Tense?

Past Tense or Present

A. 'Would here indicates improbable present -

vh -E/ J OxE N-Eo

--C.
n: l-l y- *o x . (E--- La--p
v h ) C .
If I were you, I would do it - y-
( y N -
~ ) C -h.
x 'would' improbable present.

Q. 'Gerund' please give meaning with one

example.

Q. He says that he would help me what is the

meaning of the underlined word is it Past
Tense or Present Tense? Please explain.

A. 'Gerund' has been explained a number of

times before. However, we are explaining it

A. He says that he would help me would

He says he will

C---.

-B Jv, \%A, v--j h -, E u- -x.

 Indological
A.

(E).

C - - n ---.

 Indologist

*a--xC/

c- J* --E E.
Nuh --E h -- N. n: (by three = -x) h .

c) with a view to having some exercise, I started walking sentence

walking, to
preposition
gerund

d, D

change of ideas between the two groups

during the discussion =

'would' a

He said that he would help me future from the past

gerund.
Q. It has been raining all night.

d \

vo .

3) the object of a preposition, the '...ing' for

becomes a gerund.
'... ing' form
sentence
subject
verb
object
preposition
object
gerund

A. Exchange =
give something to
someone and at the same time take from
them the same type of things/

Jp =

h.)

help me - correct.
tense

2) the object of a verb or

 Female-Foeticide
A.

sn P-u (d---oC -x E
L, -G-f d- s-v )

 Pandora
A. Pandora
Pandora's box

E--, \-, opening a

. n
J L-T -E .

The govt has opened a Pandora's box by

making caste based reservations =

- J-y--x - ---x
vy J--- --C.

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Dictionary
News paper (Hindu

. , * English
C) vA-V -
p -. vA-W
English News telecast F morning -K,
vA -K . OJ--h
x O vocabulary improvement
C.

-sEo
d
C. :

Q. Sir, The choice lies

between the three candidates
B.B.Jain

E
v--
C.
among j E
C. N-J---.
A. The choice lies
between the three candi'Three candidates'
choice is between

dates -

\
vh-N-h-o-p-

J*
j.
The choice lies among the three, o-p
n h a, three E,
h-- , _ uh- n
Bo-. The choice lies among the
three (men) - p 'x _
-Lq N C n
hC.
Q. A-- C O y-E---p
beloved, august, distinguished, honourable,

He was tired, as he
had worked the
whole day =

E--, d --
nA
o. (-
)

T. Siva, Nandikotkur.
Q. Attributive Adjectives, Predicative adjectives, Participial adjectives

He got tired of telling his friend not to smoke

=

---

NvE - --E p p
---/ N-T--.
He felt tired after the day's work = V
f v-x - E--*---.
u -E:
1) j p --\--.
- \ a.
2) 'Tire' vh \- N-T-
n --o.
a) You tire me with your silly jokes = F *a

NJ--.
A.
Attributive
Adjectives
The blue sky

Predicative
Adjectives
The sky is blue

The beautiful girl

The girl is beautiful

The great player

The player is great

j.

Noun (sky, girl, player)

I am tired of his company

jokes

respected

, i
---.
A.
-a.
Celebrated, esteemed, eminent, renowned,
highly renowned, etc

-a.
Q. C u-E - n ---.

If I had a son of daughter possessed of one

accomplishment it should be that of speech
A.

/ -h j E
- C -u vA/ h %-y-h.

Q. He behaved cowardly
We did nothing but complained

j u-xE p N-J---.
C

A. He behaved cowardlycorrect sentence

cowardly, adjective. correct sentence. He behaved in a cowardly mannercorrect.
He behaved like a coward.

Q.

o N-T-h-o.

N L-T-hC.
C-- Antonyms ---.

C,

x,
y

p-C,
-C. -E-:

, C
y hC.
u

 Offer

A. Reject/ deny/ withdraw

 Quiet

A. Loud

 Regret

A. Satisfaction (noun)/
gloat (verb)

--

We did nothing but complain (complained

)
Q. Her air of pomposity was tactless and offensive.

u air n ---.
A. G (Air of pomposity; air = \
v-h-) -, E-h,
a-C C.
Q. Antonio had no ready money. So, he had to
borrow it from Shylock.

A.

n: F C.
Participial adjective: Present participle/ past
participle
adjective
to qualify a noun),
participial adjective

p-C

C.
e.g. : The moving train.
'moving'- present participle, train
- noun
qualify
adjective.
present participle
participial adjective

hC d, C
C
d,
-C.
look at the expression:
The stolen money.

If Antonio had had ready money he would

not have had to borrow it from Shylock.

'stolen'- past participle of steal, qualifies the

noun, 'money'. So here 'stolen' is an adjective.
past participle
participial adjective.

Correct.

V. Sreedhar, Nandalur.

C,

Q. Competitive Exams
synonyms,
antonyms, comprehension, spotting errors,
ordering of sentences

N *

h-Eo *---.
Bank tests, staff selection commission

j p - C.
A. Competitive exams -Lq

vocabulary
lists with antonyms and synonyms lists
Guide to competitive exams
Lists
Words

j
*
E
--.
n x N h--, confusing C.
-E O guides E -,
antonyms, synonyms E, Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
of current english , n- Sx
-E, E sentence ,

Q.

A. Gain

C- n, v-Eo N-J---.

 Joyous - joyful
A. Joyous and joyful =
joyous
poeticpoetry
poetic lanjoyous guage
joyous occasion
persons

,
\ -.
\(
-s-,

sE) -.
.
joyful, persons , occasions -
-.
C,

uEo C N -a?
-a.

 Sacrifice

Some more examples:

Walking stick, looking glass, boiling water,
etc., and also, printed matter, the murdered
person, selected candidates etc. All the
underlined present/ past participles are,
participial adjectives.
Q. He was tired. He felt tired. He got tired.
(be) P.P./ (feel) P.P./
(get) P.P.

nEo -sx
--T-h?

A. He was tired - 'was' here expresses the condition of the person. Was tired

o-p,
o J- nA. (- -- J- n-A
o)
He got tired = - --.
\ v-- x/ N --x.
He felt tired = - - E--*C/
a-C. C \ --C

-a--.
He got rid of/ is rid of his troubles = -ao / Nh .

 Altogether - All together

A. Altogether = On the whole =

h-O

p- J-TC.

b) His visits here had become irregular and

stopped altogether =

--\-
- v----. y Jh
TC.
All together = Fo/ JF L There
were fifty students all together.

 Business - Trade
A. Business -

h- ---, t,
, h- - -C-,
u .
N -- h- --O a, NN
h- v Nv /-*-x
a. *o- ui,
K
ui a. Company u
uh u a.
Trade = K u, u --h.
D ---E C h-,
K u n u, -A C--
-a N---u.
Business Trade J C.Trade u---Fo business . F business
u----Fo Trade ---a.
: Trade *x u, ui
--O ---a.

 Site - cite
A. Site -

n x d--- El-P-*

n.
Cite = -- ---, -
. (p--).
We cite the example of the lion for courage
=

--E --- Eo p-.

 Illness - disease
A. Illness = disease =

A. Committee-

 Pitiful - Pitiable

j u--Eo Ey---
NE-l- , J-\-Eo *- p uh
Commission- C uh
u vy c, Eg-, N
J_ -o? ? E J-Q-L.
Commission d--l- i C--- .Commission Eg-- - dKu . Committee d--l,
C---.

 Wail - weep

yE -- C-.
N--j --.

Weep =

 Recover - Restore
A. Recover =

1) -d-o h AJT

2) s * --.
Restore = 1) --J-j C h/
-d-o N- J -A-JT a

x N-J.

 Committee - commission

A. Wail =

h-O.

a) It was a great party altogether = It was a

great party on the whole =
party

A. Specially, especially -

 Monotony A. Variety
adjective (blue, beautiful,
great)
attributive use of
 Meagre
A. Abundant/ plenty
the adjective.

Tickle
A. Constant/ steady
M.SURESAN
column
noun (sky, girl,
 Marvellous A. Ordinary
great)
adjective
(blue,
 Meek (Mild) A. Rebellious (Mild X harsh)
beautiful, great)
predicative use of
 Generous
A. Mean
the adjective
Adjective
 Straight
A. Crooked/ dishonest/ artful
predicative adjective
 Ample
A. Scanty
verb

Praise
A. Blame
The blue sky - blue, attributive adjective
The sky is blue - blue, predicative use of the
adjective

A. To get rid of = to be rid of =

n: F-.

 Rid of - Get rid of

 Specially - especially

b) I am tired of his company =

-x--- 640

.
2) p- \ --l-J-.

uC/ s

A. Pitiful =

---/ L- o
---.
Pitiable = L--L/ L----T The condiDharmaraja was a pitiful man =

tion of the child who lost its mother is

pitiable =

LxE p- Gf nA L--LC/ -F- C.

 Camp - Campaign
A. Camp 1)

The collector's Camp =

-d / NC.
2) The minister is camping here
tonight = vA vA--J-\ h-o.
Campaign = u/ u-N-
Literacy campaign = ~--u u.
Abraham Lincon campaigned for the abolition of slavery =

E-y Et-- L
u-N-/ u -.

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