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T. Venkateswara Rao, Repalle

Q. 1. Do, make

-.
A. Do , make :
Do u -
E--.
e.g: Have nothing to do = S ,
E-.
do a job = E/ u .
do cooking, cleaning etc ( ).
make = u ---. Make
Cement ( -F)/ make chapathis (---)/ Make clear (pd
)/ Make a noise (do noise ?)/ make a decision (Eg /
B--)
Q. Let we go -a? Let us go Let we go
N?
A. Let we go J-. Let y me/ us/ him/
her/ it/ them h. I/ we/ he/ she/ they
.
Q. Spoken English -C* dictionary
*C?
A. Spoken English
dictionary

vu- .
L.S.N.Murthy, Hyderabad
Q.

b) I did not need to go to Chennai to meet

him. He happened to be here when I
wanted to see him =

j o x-Lq --C. --E -----op --\ o.

c) You ought not do such things =
J/ FA- (Present
Tense)
You ought not to have done it =
(Past).

y-

E --LqC .

Q.

vA -u-i
\

~ E condition --C
d C conditional clause.
Rule: No future
tense in conditional clause - conditional clause
tense,
will, shall

K. Aravind, Kandukur
A.

N .

future

J. Mahesh, Penta (Srikakulam)

@ -q N?
-v ----, d x-/
*o-*o pLo .
e.g: There is zero tolerance in some of the
gulf countries =

p - d x -v - J P~ NCh *o-*o p---\.

Q. I am a boy, aren't I?
question
tag
I am a boy, amn't I?
I am a boy, aren't I?

a) No sooner did he come/ had he come here,

Than he met the officer
(Did he come = He came)
b) Never does he lie = He never lies (lies =
does lie)

--o-u-E

- --

-E -
--E --C.---
--
--C d ? A. Am p question tag *a Aren't I?
-C. d I am a boy, aren't I? --
correct.

Janardhanara Rao, Bangalore

I am young, aren't I?

Q. I had haven't money because I didn't study

M.A. in English literature since 2003.

, 'I am not bad' E stem (Question tag

- senstence statement ) ,
Rx question tag, 'Am I?' -- correct.

c) Rarely did he meet her = He rarely meet her

(met = did meet)
Q. Rather, rather than

---.
aE N- h \--
Eh rather . h n.
a) The movie is rather dull - E h
N/ -.
b) The book is rather expensive = h
h K-j.
c) I am rather tired = h L- -.

A. Rather -

Rather than: Prefer to =

There is zero tolerance in some countries

v --p chairman
-J
. --J chairperson .
Chairwoman E --?
A. Chairwoman ---E O-. -a.
p-. -l - woman
Yj, lady o --A C,
--F---j Y o- C Chairwoman Chairperson
\- -.
Q. j ---o-p 4 a.m.
4 A.M. ?
A. a.m. (vA 12 * 12 ) British.
A.M. - American. A.M. AM E a.

I am not bad, am I?
I am not short, am I?

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M.SURESAN

A. I haven't had enough money since 2003, so

I didn't study M.A. English Literature sentence

Q. How are

O -E.
you C? C- Tx-

B. Srinivasa Rao, Visakhapatnam

-?
A. C = sister-in-law

Q. 'On' 'to'

prepositions ,
-sx --T--a?
A. on to - on + infinitive form \ .

Q. I will have been studying an MLISC since

2007. Future perfect continuous
since

e.g: He went on to describe something =

A. I will have been studying MA English since

2009,
correct

--y, Eo Jg- --d.

?
u
-- .

a F -

She went on to sing, after making the

speech =

Q. As soon as, no sooner than, as long as etc.,

-dC.

A. As soon as = No sooner than =

-u y --

OE N-J---.
--
As long as = N ---o--/
J-T---.

First to Kolkata and then on to Guahati =

--, y -A.
K. Chandu, Sirisilla

a) As long as you stay here you can use my

car
car =

Q. Soon after, immediately after, at once

Ny-\--o--

n-, N - N-J--.
A. Soon after = - Cl---x.
Soon after he arrived here, he went to see
his friend =

\- J q-x oo ---E x.
Immediately after = --/ ~-
Immediately after buying the car, he went to
temple = car
At once = immediately =
I gave him the money, at once he left =
I gave
him the money and he left immediately.
past forms
Q. Dare, need, ought

o / ~- --x.
--.
- Gs-a Rx-- =

o? ---. O
--- N-J---.
A. o. e.g: a) He did not dare to face her
= -- ju -------C.
( tenses -a)

--

a.
b) As long as he was there we couldn't do
anything =

---\--o--
---.

N. Pentaiah, Aliabad
Q.

-C ux u j-C E L. N-u-h am will L .

- N-J-- -
1. Don't worry if I am late tonight.
2. Don't worry when I am late tonight.
3. Don't worry when I will be late tonight.
4. Don't worry if I will be late tonight.

A. If I am late tonight

conditional clause

-C.
clause - a group of words with a verb
conditional clause - A clause expressing a
condition =
clause -

- L

are I?

G. Padmavathi, Vizianagaram
Q.

2003 _ s .. Tx ----. j Tx u-E

n -d?

-\-

Ny-p -E --- *C
@- ---o.
uEo Tx- You had better to meet
him now, He is about to resign E
. u ~ h--Eo *hC. O had better . Had A* N-- *-hC . j u
d -C?

A. You had better meet him now (you had bet

ter to meet him now

).
\ had better,
*-h F,
had
E o-p-. h -C E-F,
L/ -Lq - C EF p- had better . C
- (usage) -C-* N.
d tenses rules \ Jh-.
Q. uEo never, rarely, often, no sooner, hardly - v-G-*--p
*a--p inversions hE L-. :
He is about to resign past
future

I rarely meet him

- Rarely do I meet him.
As soon as I come in
- No sooner do I come in.
I can never understand him
- Never can I understand him.
Inversion

N? Inversion ** u Affirmative, Interrogative sentences N -? Inversion

\o u- - n ---.
A. Inversion '-- E n. statement (Assertive sentence) ,
subject
, y verb (sub+vb) h.
statement , No sooner...
than, rarely, never adverbs vG-*p, statement (Assertive sentence)
, subject + verb order --j, verb
+ subject hC. , \ verb
\ verb , E Helping/ Auxiliary
verb, Main verb N-D --u subject .

--E- d-.
i) I'd rather watch the
match on the TV than go
to the play ground =

v-nL Rx --, x
O - d---.
ii) I'd rather die than tell a lie = j hF l p.
S.G.Syamsunder, Metpalli
Q. 1. The C.M. will arrive Nellore.
2. The C.M. arrives Nellore.
3. The C.M. is arriving Nellore.
4. The C.M. is going to arrive Nellore.
5. The C.M. is about to arrive Nellore.

j uFo N-u-h --. u

, vu- N-J---.
A. 1. The CM will arrive in Nellore - C indefinite future- *aE future action
-C.
2. The CM arrives in Nellore - C
Newspaper head lines v C p immediate past
action, p J-T-- past L- journalism (Newspapers)
-. , The CM arrives tomorrow/ day after tomorrow/ coming wednesday
time
future

E
---L-T C
*a ---E - N--E
.
3. ...is arriving in Nellore= x- -o/ ---o p --o/
-- N.
4. The CM is going to arrive = aho
*a ---o N.
5. ...is about to arrive = ... a-
a-h-o Cl ~x J N.
Gowri Naidu, Anakapally
Q. Gowri has been playing cricket since 7.00
am.
Gowri has been playing cricket from 7.00
am.
From,
since
tenses

j u u N?

--Th
---.
A. Has been playing / Has played pre-

sent perfect continuous / present perfect

verbs
'since'
tense
from
(past)
since
from

v
.

,
-vF
* -
.

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Jaypee Rao, Tirupati.

A. From the table = table

_ *.
O-*.
Shall we call it a day? = -Rd T-?/ l-?

Q. 'Admissions are open'

tense? Simple present
sub + verb + ing + obj pattern

From on the table = table

C
,

v ? -x?
\ open (--o/ -*
-o) adjective, verb .
d tense v-h-.
They open shop at 9 every morning \
open (-- n) verb -C,
Tense - simple present. He opens
shop opens, simple present. Simple present +ing form ? aC continuous tenses ?

N. -%g, - .
Q. O -p- Eo uj ----o.
-N--J--.
A.

1. Leela told me yesterday she had bought

some sarees...
2. She told me the day before she had given
away most of them.
3. Prasanth told me that you had bought a
bike

Tenali Parvathalu, Nagar Kurnool.

Q.

j -- l-J- \--C op JE wish --- 'Good morning sirs' ? 'sir' ?

A. Good Morning Sirs L.


Q.

P. Rambabu, Kadapa.

x C--vA- x -C-* adver t C..

tisment

'I never realised I had got used to seeing an

unclear world. No more compromising on
clear vision now'.

u- nEo N-J--.
A. p-d
v-Eo h, -E
E---------o N v-. pd-i --- N- @-
v-h-.

syllable -L-TC.
F,
mple syllable --C ?
DE j u
v ? --.
A. O *a x
*d-*- e o x--, English } } a-J
-- d *aC. English a
English - Latin, French
-x* *a-N o. English }
- -E syllable \-
\ --. -x *J l, --, x J--C. ---
April Old English Aprille- v x. 'vE '- (First syllable)
\-- \ -- C April (v) -C. - . E * -a n-- -x, E ,
(eg: Ameerpet, Amberpet,
Governorpet, etc). O -*

A. If you had not saved me, I would have been

killed (correct)
correct, If you...., I
would have died
I would have been killed =
I would have died=

D
- d.
---o.
E---o.

K. Subba Rao, Dornakal

Q. 1.

' N-u-h - s --y-Lq

C uEo x L?
2. ' - l-----o DE 'I
would like to go' -a?
3. v-E Fx v ----E
x pL?
4. Spoken English - O u
perfect C-N J--?

A. 1) I will have to pay him

2) I am thinking of going
out.
I would like to go =

I make cof fee ever y mor ning

u
past
perfect

p. F, -N indirect speech
ox ? that
-? u past perfect p-a ? that - --? -sx -L?
A. sentences that ,
--- . Spoken English
, that .

Q. As if - As though

u N?
-sx --Th? Lest E -- ---?
A. As if = As though = -x, F
a) He speaks as if/ as though he were clever
=

l L-j--- (F )
x---.

b) She behaves as if/ as though she knew

everything =

L--x (O
-L--p-) v-Jh-h--.
\ -E--LqC. As if/ as though y,
was/ were, past tense forms -, wereBritish, was- American

-
n)

(so that... not

Start early lest you (should) miss the train =

Train
Start early so that you may not miss the train.

p-- - y -l =

Lest y p
- --a. F
.

should
will/ may/ can

h hC,
N

A. He is come/ They are come are, like He is

gone/ they are gone.. is not uncommon in
Spoken English. Here 'is come' is not in
passive. Come here is more or less indicative of the state in which he is.

Q.

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P. Trimurthulu,
Bhimavaram.

--p -M.SURESAN
E

---?
2. vl C --E I am interested
o. C passive voice C ? I
interested I am interested n
N?
A. 1. Sir ---- --Lq- respect -C,
-E respected sir - --,
j English .
2. I am interested interested C past
participle --p- Eo passive
B--E - \ interested
vl o E n. n adjective --. (I am interested = vl
o--o o) - I am tall tall .
(D adjective)
I interested = vl-----.
I interested him in maths = - maths
vl L-T-. \ interest I Doing

D.V. Narayana Rao, Gollapudi.

O -- take off your

feet from on the table E \-o. \
prepositions ? Take off your
feet from the table J--C ?
Shall we call it a day N?

Her action interests me =

- sx --T-h?
2. 'Concern' n N? DEo p
--T-h?
A. Make- Present Tense v p-
(Regular) J - ---.
I make coffee every morning.

vA-W (Regular) coffee ---h.

, he, she, it makes .
She makes coffee everyday= vA-W
hC.
Made- past tense - ----.
He made tea for me = tea .
Concern = 1) - (worry).

vl ---hC.
She interested him =

It is a matter of concern for me =

-E vl
C -
2) -C-*.

--C.

K. Nagesh, Nidadavole.

Q. 1. Make, made

Word.

Srinivas Sangoju, Husnabad.

Q. You have told 'The bus is come' is right.

How can it be sir? In my view the sentence
is in passive voice. But all the verbs do not
have passive form. Only transitive verbs
have passive form. 'Come' is intransitive
verb. How can we change it into passive?

spelling

Q. 1. Letters
'Respected sir'

Y. Raju, Kotapadu, Vizag

Lest =

N- J-T-. a- JC,
--C.
Temple O----ox, syllable o . Temple syllables
o. 1) Tem 2) Ple. Syllable spelling
d pronunciation d Egh.
eg: Choose- syllable. A syllable is an
independent unit of sound. Spelling , syllable --. -- Eo l, Eo syllables ox. English
spellings vu--i v .

}-E d--o.
d---, }-E -- C . d-f v x-E --\-x . d-- x-E -a. -E y.
3) Pour the water in that vessel (v) into

A. Krishna Gitarjuna, Nidadavolu.

L-T N.

a) It is something concerning you =

Q. Abide, awake, choose, come, give, hide,

make, take, ate
vowel - 'e'

o x *
o, x- a-J-h-o.
pen, lend, send, mend, tender vowel 'e'
x ' - pe, le, se, me, te, nde a-J-ho.
Temple , *J 'e' y-
o. x vowel o, , ,
, o p x (syllable)
. x vowel e x
x C. J y h-op e E Jh n vowel J----a?
vowel vu -p --J-*
x e -- p J---
N dd pLx? Temple t 'e' x

(worry)

C F -C-* (Eo Ja) N

F--C?
3) A business company = u n
It is a profitable concern= x -ho n.
4) vu. My main concern is to educate
my children = x- C-N--
vu.
b) How is it your concern? =

Q.

Doni Nagaraju, Kadapalem

''y o ~* --
--E. uEo x If you had not
saved me, I would been killed -a?
I would been killed I would have died
-a? -u ---.

this vessel.

4) x---- t-- N v-J-ho.

DE O x--
practice - -.

B. Vinod Kumar, Korutla

Q. 1. Punch line, by line, Tag line

- n--N?
2.
3.

III Class, IIIrd Class

I never saw this type of cinema. I never
see this type of cinema.

C d?

ux
C d?
4. h- pLx-
Dussehra C-. pLx- Eo
- -a?
A. 1) a) Punch line = joke E, F,
-, - -J-T N- y
---E, u u---i (joke
), o-d AJ - (-) -L *J u/- h.
b) By line = Newspapers/ Magazines
a u -- x Line.
c) Tag line - L -.
2) I, II, III - u- Roman numerals
-- Ist, IInd, IIIrd . C .
(a: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.)
3) I never saw this type of movie = Past
p E- movie -.
Cinema E--.
The Cinema = *v J-v-/ -*-v-.
E- --*v = Movie/ film/
picture.
sentence
I never saw this
type of cinema when I was there
better.
I never see this type of movie =

(\

op, )

*v -p .
O sentences correct, y
n-. sentence
time E *a- p--L-T
-C.
4. Dussehra, C British -
o-p R}-*a spelling, Kadapa
Cuddapah . Dasara - C best spelling,
simplest d.

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P. Ramajoga Rao, Visakhapatnam

Q. Open the door
Let
the door be opened
passive form.
Walk fast
you are requested
to walk fast
passive form

u-E
C

It's mine = It is mine.

-- -

C
E C-. d-? open
the door you are requested to open the
door E L . - N-J---.
A. Walk fast passive form "You are asked/
requested to walk fast." C O-o--x
Passive Voice Passive E p-. C
Grammar \ u ---J N-K
x a. English x-fE,
\ --E Grammar _
v. -F Grammar is all ----
-- -. Grammar L- English \ xx -C
o. --p, x---p J_
- -Lo L---L-T grammar
L- L---- . L
u, x - -.
p -p p Let the door be
opened E
.
"Open the
door" .You

It's gone = It has gone.

Q. Now it is at winning line
present participle

A. Now it is at the winning line winning

Present Participle, used as an adjective.
correct

O -Eo
--L-T--p,
C C C --
?
Q. He has been there a number of times. DE
a - N?
few - a few, little - a little x a x
n p ?
A. Number C countable singular. d E
'a' -Lq.
Few , a few , little, a little
C. Few (countables v )

-
formal context
. schools, colleges exams
sentences \ ---Lq. vo K~x a--x
.

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A. How about = What about.

A. Penchalaiah, Rajampet.

Q.

Q.

Chakrayapalem

Q. Not bad

very good o. J y/ -C C --E -L?

A. Not so bad.
will
you come to class after you will have taken
meals.

x h? E ---E
u j--?

Will you come to class after you take

the meal?/ after you have taken the meal?
correct.

.
N

It is a tail

(C ) /

It has a

(
n
M.SURESAN

-E--\ o-
x.
A few = Eo/ -C.
He has a few friends here =

\
(\ u) -C o---o.
little . Little uncountables
(\ d-EN; milk, sugar, rice -)
.
Little = / x.

2. Cambridge Book of Idioms (Cambridge

University Press)

Chandu
Sivanjaneyulu,
(Guntur Dist)

A. Today's paper
have you read? =

He has few friends here =

1. A Book of English Idioms: by Mc mordie

Knowledge of idioms is important, as important as that of usage. But the important

point is, idioms are a part of usage so there
is no question of which is important and
which is not. Perhaps you are confused
between use and usage. 'Use' is how we
use a word/ Phrase in a sentence. 'Usage',
on the other hand, is, with what meaning, in
what context and how a certain expression
is used. For example, 'With a view to' is followed always by a noun or an 'ing form and
not by the plain infinitive. This is usage. We
get all these by reading a lot. If we practice
idioms, it is good up to an extent, but our
reading will help us to know the proper use
of idioms.

--? C j N-J--

-.

Rx-lJ u o
x.
I had a little milk in the morning =
h (Cl) Bo.
Q. How about, What about u N?

= Almost none
negative

x
hC.)

A. Try the following books:

V2
Verb

o-p V paper,
- u?
E. V, p? E *a
Time . d Have you...?
. (-- V n)
a: Did you read the paper this
morning?- \ E *a
time --o. , Did you read
the paper? l p ---\-x.
C .
Q. O-- \- p--x? -Eo When
did you go there o. uh v-E Rx *a y -.
d uEo When have you been there
-a?
A. Rx *a y -. -
(When did you go there?) -L uh AJT
*a y - . \ Have you
been there before? (\- p-j -o?) D d. (F v
n) d When did you go there?
correct.
When have you been there? \---p-o
--o? n correct.

Q. I would like to learn English Idioms and

usage for my improvement in English. But I
don't know whether to start my learning first
with Idioms or usage for achieving complete
mastery over them. Is it good to learn
English Idioms first, before starting to learn
English usage? So please suggest me
whether to keep my focus first either on
Idioms or usage.

Q. It's a tail

V 1,

'He Sung' B . O J- \ sung

C V3. He sung
n
. (a He Sang - sang-V2) n
E.
The Song was sung (was + V3) - p Was
sung C Verb. (E --C)
V1 (Verb 1), V2 (Verb 2), V3 (Verb 3)
x V3 E Verb -
- C. -C ---. Eo V3 - Past participle
confusion O . ( V2
past participle * C
j -a).
Q. V C-? --E Have you
read today's paper? o. \ V
E time --. Did you read today's

paper?

Nasrin Nigar, Kurnool

A.

u winning
. Eo

C
-L?

C,
C-J
.

Q. We can see only few people who are free

from the cold fever.
A. Be free from =

There is little milk in the glass = There is

glass
almost no, milk in the glass =

x.
There is little friendship between the two =

(Meals ready) E h.
F singular .Meals singular
form meal .Meal ready E --?
A. Meals Ready ( ) C
v A ? A
- ? -E Meals \ correct.
Q. 'They cut forests' u cut V1 (
simple past). V2 p- verb -. V2
(past participle) -- be form -F, have,
has, had --*a-p- -verb -F -O --
-p. -- V1 - - present verb, V2 - past verb, -V3 - past participle -.
j -u- V1 -F, V2 -F -h-C -. V1 - - -u -' ---- -- -F. -V2 - ' ----- --J--. -E -n -h-C -. V2 E past participle
-- --?
A. They cut forests - \ 'cut' (subject they
) V1 (present simple) ya, -V2
(past simple) ya. V3 E past

C ux --j n
- uEo N-J---.
His eyes are sore and running.

j- - .

P. Mohan, Karimnagar
Q. Located, situated

u N? OE
-sx L?
A. Located = situated = j - v-
, .
Golconda is located / situated a few Km off
H'bad = Golconda Hyderabad

Eo .O
C.
Q. Climate weather - N?
A. -q -- v- Q-g- nA climate. v- -V Q-g- nA weather.
Q. Come come on
N?
A. Come = . come on =
E dp.

He has few friends her e

are asked/ requested

to walk fast

Q.

participle

tail (-DE C) E N-
-a . n --L?
A. It's -- contraction- -s-Eo --d
It is It has -B--.

Come on! We don't have

much time left =
time

(d
), --\

.
Q. News
plural

singular C?Miss, Mrs, Mr

- -N-?
A. News p singular. E plural .
Miss plural Misses.
Mrs plural .
Mr plural messrs (M/s).
Q. Die ing form L?
A. die - dying
Q. Shopping

*aC?
. To shop = -

A. Shop =
shopping.

Q. What is the difference between discovery

and invention?
A. Discovery =
(Columbus discovered America),
(Newton discovered the law of
gravitation-

o N-Eo
n --/

v-

u--{ l-Eo
n --o/ (v-).
Invention = h N-Eo %d-, C-.
Baird invented television = Television
Baird %d- / -C- .
Q. p--p C vA- x E-
G -E spelling N?
A. Combing = L/ \ --
v- - (Vd y comb , d --E d--od).
Penchalaiah, Vathalur
Q. My sone has hurt himself

Q. The President came in the nick of time.

s
-- ----o. --
--a--o n hC . F
s- s--T-LC E C.
C -d N-J---.
A. He hurt himself- \ himself O-ox
reflexive pronoun.
nA o--x- -- -- ? v---h/ vh x
T-L s- english usage.
Q. A--E C?-E Tx- -- ---L?

A. In the nick of the moment =

A. Is there anything to eat?

A. His eyes are sore and running =

(sore etc)
(running) sore eye =
Running =
Running nose =

, p,
Fx o.
o
x (x-- x)
-o. (\
x-Fx ).

\.
e.g: He can't attend school as his eyes are
sore =

x - Fx x
\ .
*-J-~-

a) The doctor arrived in the nick of the time

and saved the patient = Doctor

*-J-

~- *a, TE -.
b) Don't delay till the nick of the moment =

*-J-~ u .

Q.

E E- O hC --E j
proverb ---.
A. Truth will out (C will y be --
correct)- english saying, E E- O
--hC n.

Spoken English -- -u- -x ---.. URL: http://www.eenadu.net/spoken/spoken.htm