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Did, does --..?
- Srinivas, Divya, Anakapalli.
Q: Sir, what is the meaning of 'ifs and buts'?
and how to use 'if and when'?
Eg: With so many ifs and buts it is easier
to wait and see. - Please say in
Telugu.
A: The actual phrase is, 'no ifs and buts',
which means telling a child not to argue
but just obey you. (pC -E, O
-E C--lE x- p--E ).
- Ravuru Narasaiah, Puducherry.
Q: Please explain how to use the following
in different contexts with examples.
1) Having said that
2) Given a scenario
A: 1) In spite of what has been said.
Eg: He doesn't usually spend money, but
having said that, he spends a lot on
books.
2) Against this background / in the present
situation.
Q: The assumptions and beliefs that under-
pin our whole lives. Please let me know
the meaning of underpin.
A: Supports / justifies.
Q: What is the meaning of 'blessed with'?
A: Blessed with = is gifted with / have / has.
- Sri Harsha, Vijayawada.
Q: Sir, can you explain me the difference
between the following.
1) Are you in the train?
Are you on the train?
2) He did a great job.
He does a great job.
I guess, He / She is generally followed
by 'does'. - Which one is correct?
A: 1) Are you on the train - Correct.
2) Both the sentences are correct with
different meanings:
He did a great job - Correct.
Meaning: In the past he did a great job.
He does a great job - also correct.
Meaning: He regularly / always does a great
job or (sometimes) now he is
doing a great job.
- Varalakshmi, Visakhapatnam.
Q: Sir, please explain 'being' with Telugu
explanation.
A: Being = because ( x).
a) Being rich he can buy whatever he likes.
( --- x, j - L-T--p h h --
).
b) Being a great actor, she has a number of
fans ( p x trying to get something better which you
C G-- o). are not sure of getting (o- %h-
-- j---
O -v-o- --Lq- -*--...
-p- --Tx-, -v-A- -N-,
--- u--, ---@ -t -,
--- (---), -f ->-x.
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- Gongati Saveen Kumar
Q: What is 'Concern' - Please explain it with
different types of examples and Telugu
meaning also.
A: 1) Worry = - ; We are con-
cerned (worried) about our friend's
health.
2) A business company = u n;
TISCO is a Tata concern.
3) Interest = h; How many are con-
cerned about it? (-C E h
--o?)
4) About = j N J*; What
he said does not concern you = Not
about you / not connected with you (-F
J* / F -C-*C ).
5) Responsibility = u; How their chil-
dren study is the parents' concern = How
children study is the responsibility of
the parents.
6) Importance = vu; That is of concern
to us. (C vu o N).
- Kantipudi Kameswara Rao, Mortha.
Q: Sir, is it correct to write as follows:
For which kind of actness I shall ever be
Rolling stone gathers...
- Md. Yaseena Begum, Kakinada.
Q: Sir, -C -u- one word substitutes
-N--J---.
1) A person who believes in humanism
2) A group of people who have been cho-
sen to listen to all the facts in a trial.
3) A person who writes an opera.
4) A lover of authors.
5) A letter or a poem whose writer is
unknown.
A: 1) Humanist 2) Jury 3) Composer
4) No one-word for this 5) Anonymous
- Vijaykumar Thokala
Q: Sir, please say the meanings in Telugu of
the following "Proverbs" and expand in
English.
1) Necessity is the mother of invention.
2) A bird in hand is worth two in bush.
3) Rome was not built in a day.
4) Rolling stone gathers no mass.
5) Slow and steady wins the race.
A: 1) Necessity forces us to invent something
that can satisfy the necessity, that is,
when we need something badly, we
invent something to satisfy the need (-
3) Look forward to (-- ---). now I have continued to be an MLA.
*a hN -\).
2) It is better to keep something you have than
followed by the 'ing' form and not by the
present tense / plain infinitive form.
2
-Eo -N---..?
Concern
grateful to you sir. If it - Hari, Rajahmundry.
is wrong, please correct it.
870 Q: Sir, how to recognize transitive
A: It should be, 'for which act of and intransitive verbs in the sen-
kindness, I shall be ever grateful tence?
to you'. A: Put the question 'whom' or 'what'
- Gowtham to the verb. If you get an answer
it is a transitive verb. If you don't
M. SURESAN
Q: Sir, please clarify my doubts. get an answer it is intransitive.
Can and can be --u ----- -N--
Eg: He loves his classmate (Question - loves
whom? Ans: His classmate). She loves
J--.-
A: 'Can' is not a main verb. It is a helping music (Question - loves what? Ans:
verb. It means the ability to do something Music) - so 'love' is transitive.
( = n u). With just 'can', there can Now look at this sentence:
be no sentence. (can, verb . E She walks everyday to school - 'Walks what'
'be' F, j doing word (come / go / do, We do not get an answer - So walk is intran-
etc.,) F h C verb -C.) sitive.
'Can be' is a main verb. That is, you can Similarly, in the sentence, 'The baby is cry-
have a sentence using, 'can be' (--). ing', crying what / whom? - no answer, so
the verb 'cry' is intransitive too.
Eg: He can be there in ten minutes = He will
be able to be there in ten minutes (-- - Akshaya Selvi
\ C EN-x --). Q: "Pen is mightier than sword." - Please
She can sing well = ---. change into positive degree. They have
given answer as "Sword is not so mighty as
pen" (We never use not in +ve degree, you
know sir?) Can you please explain that one?
A: The sword is not so / as mighty as the pen.
This is correct. This sentence is not a posi-
tive sentence, but a sentence in the positive
degree of the adjective. 'No' is used in the
positive degree, and it is not wrong.
- G . Kiran Reddy
Q: Sir, what is the difference between would
have been done and could have been done?
A: Would have been = It was possible for
*C - o d someone to be somewhere / something, but
- , A o d ----). they were not (C F ).
3) There is no use being in a hurry. Everything Eg: He would have been there if you had asked
takes time to achieve. Everything needs him = y-T - - \ - =
sometime to do, and until that time, we have y- - , - E - \- - - .
to wait patiently (C C- -- -o E Could have been = Someone had the ability
to be somewhere but they were not
d C - - v - (--L-
. - - - Et--E F / --L-- F ).
V ?). Eg: He could have been there if you had asked
4) One who is not steady and keeps changing him = y-Eo T , --\ --
their plans cannot achieve anything (C- L = y---, -E --\
-, -E, E-O %d .
dL u
D C-). - Prasanti Dadi
5) By being slow and steady, you can achieve Q: Sir, I have some doubts please clarify it.
anything (E, --- v). What is the difference between "I was
MLA and I have been MLA?". Please
- Syama Sreesatya, Khammam. explain it.
Q: After "To when came the ing form and sin- A: Your question should be, I have some
gular verb" - Please explain. doubts, please clarify them.
A: I am sorry your question is not clear. Is this I was an MLA = in the past I worked as an
your question? 'When does the 'ing' form MLA. I am not an MLA now.
follow 'to' in the singular'? I have been an MLA =
The 'ing' form follows the following phrases: 1) In the past I was an MLA
1) With a view to ( l-). 2) I was elected MLA sometime ago, and
2) Object to ( ~--). from that time onwards till now / even
4) In addition to (E ).
'-p- --Tx- - -*- ---..
5) Be / get used to (----) - these are
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- Sri Harsha
Q: Sir, please explain the Telugu meanings
and give examples to the word 'Come
across'.
A: Come across = / - (--
), -n--.
.
Eg: I have not come across such a great
man as Gandhi. (--D p uhE 1) Countables have singular number and plural
- / -n---).
- Jampa Srinivas
Q: How to find out adverb and adjective
phrases in different sentences? - Please
explain with examples.
A: An adjective phrase (group of words with-
out a verb) qualifies a noun, that is, it
describes a noun.
Eg: This is a book about the beauty of
Kashmir. Here, the phrase, 'About the
beauty of Kashmir' describes the noun
book. So, it is an adjective phrase.
How to find out an adjective phrase? When
you see a phrase following a noun put the
question, 'What kind of?' and the answer
you get is an adjective phrase.
In the sentence above, put the question,
'What kind of book' and you get the answer
'about the beauty of Kashmir'. So, 'about the
beauty of Kashmir' is an adjective phrase.
An adverb modifies a verb, that is, it adds to
the meaning of the verb. If a phrase adds to
the meaning of the verb, it is an adverb
phrase.
Eg: He walked all the way from home to col-
lege. Here the phrase, 'all the way from
home to college' adds to the meaning of
the verb, 'walked'. So it is an adverb
phrase.
- Raheem Shaik
Q: Sir, what are quantifiers? What are sim-
iles? Why and how we use these? -
----- -N--J--. able to passive. Passive voice is to be used
A: A simile is a direct comparison between
two persons, places, things, etc. That is,
saying one thing / person is like another.
Words indicating a simile are like, as, as
. . . as, etc.
. Eg: He is like a lion in bravery.
He is as brave as a lion.
Quantifiers are words which tell us about
quantity.
Eg: Some, many, any, much, several, a lot
of, a few and enough.
-- j---
O -v-o- --Lq- -*--...
-p- --Tx-, -v-A- -N-,
--- u--, ---@ -t -,
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- Ashok kumar,
A. Naresh Naik, Kothakota.
Q: Sir, I am very confused about
Countable nouns especially
using singular, plurals. - -
-- -N--J--.
A: Things we count in numbers as
M. SURESAN
1,2,3, etc. are countables. Eg:
bus - we say one bus, two buses, etc. Pen -
one / ten / fifteen pens, etc. Man - one man,
two men, a hundred men, etc.
number.
2) a / an is a must before a countable singular.
We don't say, 'Umbrella is useful in rain'.
The correct way to say it is, 'an umbrella', Eg: a) He has given me ten books so far / till
because it is a countable singular.
Uncountables are things we don't count (but
weigh / measure).
Eg: Rice, sugar, milk, etc. Uncountables don't
have plurals. We don't use a / an before
them.
The important point however is, certain
English words which we think are countable Up to = 1) Until (Not later than). Up to yes-
are uncountable.
Here is a list of nouns which in English usage
are uncountable: advice, bread, business (with
the meaning of work), furniture, human hair,
information, news, poetry, soap, work, etc.
These are all uncountables. That is, we don't
use them in the plural, and we don't use a / an
- - - L-
- - - voice ?
- Jyothi Prasad
Q: Sir, -- voices -n- -\- --p--
-Tx-- passive voice \- ---
-? Eg: We need Lawer. -D-Eo -\-
-. Lawer is needed - --v- -\-
--. -F --- -- active voice -
\- ---. --- --- -K~- Q: Sir, will you please answer these questions.
-- --E -- -F ---E -- -K~ -- 'What are past future tenses? And explain
--C --E -- --?- N--J--. in detail' like 'subject + would + verb +
A: Who said we use passive voice more than
active voice? Active voice is always prefer-
only when we do not know the doer of an
action. 'We need a lawyer' is always better
than and is more common than, 'A lawyer is
needed'. We say 'A lawyer is needed' only
when we are not clear who exactly needs a
lawyer. We say in passive, 'The results have
been announced', (PV) because we are not
sure about the persons / agencies / institu-
tions etc., who / which announces the
results. We don't at all say, 'The exam is
taken by him' - This is very uncommon. We
usually say, 'He takes the exam'. (O G-
v J- . * - - , x
L---, O----- active voice
v - . p - - p, u E
- - L
- - - p / pd - p
v passive voice - ).
Eg: We say, 'The road was closed yesterday', in
passive because we don't know who closed
the road. In Telugu we say, '-
- -
2
-- ----a? - V. Sanjeeva Rayudu, Kurnool.
Q: Can passive voice be written as 'A book is
had by me' for 'I have a book?' (Or) 'A
book is had had by me' for 'I had a book?' -
before them. However, we can use,
'a piece of / pieces of', and 'some' and
-O--x --C j- -u- -N--J--.
'a lot of' before all of them. A: It can be, but it looks very awkward (ugly).
When you can say, directly and more sim-
Eg: Let me give you advice / a
ply, 'I have a book', why use the ugly pas-
piece of advice. I have two
sive? As far as possible, it is always good
pieces of advice for you.
to use the active voice.
- Thadu Ramakrishna
'A book is had had by me', you can use,
Q: Sir, -C --- --u ---- when you refer to two past actions, one tak-
--- N--J--. ing place before the other. 'A book is had
Till now So far Until had by me before someone stole it'. But this
Till Yet Upto is awkward too. Isn't it better to say, 'I had
A: Till now = so far. Till = until = yet. had a book before someone stole it?'
However, 'yet' is mostly used with 'not'/ in
- Krishna Kishore
questions / to.
Q: Sir, please explain the passive voice briefly
now / until now. with examples and their meanings.
b) I will wait here till / until my friend A: This has been explained a number of times
comes. before. Refer to the previous lessons.
c) I have not seen the movie yet (till now)
- Murali
= I have yet to see the movie.
(Note: 'Yet to' can be used without 'not') Q: Sir, -L ----- ---A -----E
d) Has / hasn't he come yet? -C--- --C j- ---?
1) Can I come in, sir?
terday he was here (Till / until yesterday he 2) May I come in, sir?
was here).
2) Responsibility - It is up to the principal
to take a decision.
3) Less than / equal to, but not more than.
Up to (not more than) two hundred peo-
ple have bought it so far.
A: Both are correct. However, 'Can I come
in, sir?' is less formal than 'May I come
.
in, sir?' That is, when we are better
known to a person, we use, 'Can I come
- Here we don't mention who actually in, sir?'
closed the road. ( J uC E
If the person is someone who is not
- . Do x repair known to us so well, or above us in rank,
L- d passive voice, The we say, 'May I come in, sir?'
road has been repaired ).
- Y. Rohit Kumar Reddy - R. Siva Kumar
Q: Sir, please look at these sentences:
1) "When would XYZ bank release the
results of clerk exam?"
object.' And what does it mean if we frame
a sentence? 2) "When would XYZ bank releases results
of clerk exam?"
A: 'Would' expresses future from the past.
3) "When will XYZ bank release the results
Compare:
of clerk exam?" - j -u- x --C j--C?
a) He says / is saying (that) he will come next
A: 1) The first sentence is wrong - when you
month ('Says / is saying' here is present
are talking about a simple future action,
tense, meaning, he is saying NOW (pre-
sent), so 'will come' in the sentence is future you should use 'will', and not 'would'. The
correct form is, 'When will XYZ bank
from NOW - the present.
release the results of the Clerks' Exam?'
b) He said some time ago (that) he would
come tomorrow. ('Said' is past tense; his 2) The second sentence is wrong too, because
saying was in the past, and his coming is in we don't have a verb form like 'would
the next month from the time of his saying releases'. The proper verb form is, Will /
- in the past. So we use, would come. would / shall / should / can / could, etc + V1
Some more examples:
Compare:
Eg: Will release / would release etc., the mean-
ing changing from one form to another.
i) I know (now - present) that he will come. 3) When will XYZ bank release the results of
ii) I knew (past) that he would come (future the Clerks' Exam? - Correct.
from the past).
c) She knew that she would not be selected. '-p- --Tx- - -*- ---..
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While attending an interview...

- Divya Ganta
Q: Sir could you tell me how to introduce in
interview? Which type of information I
have to give for interviewer?
A: The correct form of your question is,
'How to introduce oneself in an inter-
view?'
This is how you introduce yourself in
an interview:
My name is / I am so and so. I come
from such and such a place (the place you
live in). You then mention your age / date of
birth. Then your educational qualifications
with your specializations, the institutions
where you have studied, and the universities
they are affiliated to, and any job experience
you have had. You mention the languages
you know.
You can tell the board of interviewers the
sports and games you are good at, the dis-
tinctions you have won, etc. Don't talk about
things you do not know, because if you can't
answer the questions they put you, they will
know you are lying, and that is a serious dis-
qualification.
Then you talk about why you think you
are suitable for the job. Then mention that
you are willing to work anywhere in India.
Then tell the interview board about your
parents, your siblings (brothers and sisters),
etc.
You are usually asked to talk about your-
self just to see how good you are at English.
If you are able to speak well and impress the
interviewers, they go on to the next question,
even before you complete the answers.
The important thing is, to talk boldly,
clearly, loudly enough, slowly, and in such a
way, that the last word of your sentence is as
clear as your first word. Avoid using Sir /
Madam too often.
not -- 'so.... as' Order of adjectives --...
My dad brought me half a
dozen big tasty mangoes.
Vishnu Pratap 3) I will have my clothes stitched =
Chourasia, Rudrampura Soon in the future the tailor will
Q: He is a minority candidate / He stitch my clothes ( d
is a community candidate. - d---).
Which one is correct? Q: Group of scholars / Groups of
A: Strictly speaking, 'He is a scholars - Which one is correct?
Narsimha Pathapalli, Mahaboobnagar
minority community candidate' A: Both are correct. A group of
M. SURESAN Q: Sir, please let me know the order of
is correct. Minority community scholars = One group (-
= a community (_), the fol- % ); groups of schol- adjectives.
lowers of which are fewer than those of the ars = more than one group of A: Quantity / number, size, age, shape, etc.
majority community. (Minority = of two or scholars ( %). Eg: My dad brought me half a dozen big
more groups, the group that is smaller than Q: As your like - means what? tasty mangoes - this is the usual order.
the bigger groups - , - \ A: As you like = Whatever you like = (F d) Q: Difference among today's night, this
o _x p u-). Communi- Q: Being seen the movie, I am not interested. night, today night
ty = (In India) - religion. - Please explain. A: Today's night, this night, today night - all
Q: I am a minority community candidate and A: Being seen the movie I am not interested - wrong. The correct phrase is, tonight.
has standing of 20 years as an advocate. - Wrong. Having seen the movie - Correct. (This morning / afternoon / this evening,
Please say whether the word 'standing' can (E ---x / E y). tonight).
be written / used after 'has / have'. Q: Can we use fastly as adverb?
A: Standing = duration, reputation, experience - Surender Bijili
A: There is no such word as, 'fastly'. It is
(N, uA, - j %Ah). It Q: 'I had seen you somewhere?' - Is this right? just fast - both adjective and adverb.
can be used after, have / had. A: I had seen you somewhere? - This is wrong Eg: This is a fast (adj) train. This train goes
Q: Two and two make / makes four - Explain. in two ways: fast (adv).
A: Two and two makes four - Correct. Though 1) Had seen - This is Past Perfect Tense. We
grammatically wrong, it is the usage don't use Past Perfect Tense for a single past - Rambabu, Talluru
(). action. We use it for the first of two past Q: Sir, what is the difference among Despite,
Q: I will have got/ had my clothes stitched/ I actions. The correct form can be: 'I had seen Inspite of, Although?
will have my clothes stitched - Please say you somewhere before we met yesterday'.
A: Despite = in spite of.
which one is correct. 2) Your sentence is a question, but it is not in
A: Depending on what you want to say, all the Eg: Despite / in spite of the high cost of the
the question form. The proper question form
three are correct. book, he bought it.
is, 'Had I seen you somewhere, before we
1) I will have got my clothes stitched = At / Although / though / even though has the
met yesterday'? (Two past actions, one tak-
before sometime in the future, my clothes will ing place before another, are a must, when same meaning as 'despite' and 'in spite of',
have been stitched. (-
- --- -F, - - - you use 'had + Past Participle (V3)'. but the way we use it is different.
E- -F, - - - -d - d - E- - --). Eg: Although / though / even though the cost
- Srinivasa Chari of the book was high he bought it.
2) I had my clothes stitched = Sometime ago
in the past = I had the tailor to stitch my Q: Sir, could you please tell me the meanings 'But' also can be used in place of despite /
clothes ( d d- --o of these words in Telugu. in spite of / though.
d --C). 1) Hearing 2) Listening Eg: The cost of the book was high, but he
3) Prohibited 4) Restricted bought it.
5) Banned - Madhu Perumala
A: 1) NE--C
Q: Whom should I inform now? OR
2) vo NC
To whom should I inform?
3) El
Which is right sir?
4) J-N Eo-, -J
A: Who should I inform now? - Correct
5) = 3) El.
(According to modern usage).

- R. Venkatarama Krishna
Q: Sir, Neither - Nor/ Either - or
N tive for it is Karim is at least as tall as
h l -- C-*-
? N ? N-J---.
A: Neither . . . nor, either . . . or can be used
both for humans as well as objects or ideas.
Eg: i) Neither/ either he nor/ or his sister is
here.
ii) Neither/ either the book nor/ or the pen can
be found here.
Q: Cure is not so good as prevention = Cure is
not as good as prevention.
j Sentence n-Eo-h? A: i) He said that he had come there the day
A: Cure is not so / as good as prevention -
both are correct. However we don't use 'so
good as' in a sentence without 'not'. ('not'
-, so ..... as a. -, as ...... as iii) He said that if he / I had gone to him, he
v L).
Eg: Ram is not taller than Karim - this is com-
parative degree with 'not' in it. The posi-
Ram. There is no 'not' in the sentence, so
we don't use 'so' here. (\ not
d, as.... as v .)
Q: Sir, please say the Indirect speech to the
following sentences.
i) "I came last night", he said.
ii) "If I were you I would do it", he said.
iii) "If you came to me, I would give the
money" he said.
before / the previous day.
ii) He said that if he had been I, he would have
done it.
would have given the money.
- Bhagyasri, Komararam A: He and I are here.
Q: i) We drew pictures ourselves. Q: Neither/ Either he nor / or I am / I are here.
- Please say which one is correct.
ii) We ourselves drew the pictures. - Please
A: Neither he nor I am here. When you use
say the difference.
'neither . . nor / either.. or / not only . . but
A: i) We drew the pictures ourselves = ii) We
also, the verb agrees with the second sub-
ourselves drew the pictures.
ject. (Neither . . . nor/ Either . . . or/ Not
Q: Being seen the movie, I am not interested /
only . . . but also, verb b d d
Having seen the movie, I am not interested.
- Please say the difference.
C).
Q: As we are talking to each other... - Please
A: Having seen the movie I am not interested
translate into Telugu.
(in seeing it again) - Correct. Being seen
the movie I am not interested - Wrong. A: As we are talking to each other = When /
because we are talking to each other. (as =
Q: I shouldn't see the movies/ I am not sup-
i) When (p
posed to see the movies. - Please say the
- x- - - o- p,
ii) Because = ( - x) = (\- n -
difference.
A: I should not see the movie = I am not sup-
-x- - - o- p/ - x - - x).
posed to see the movie. '-p- --Tx- - -*- ---..
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Q: Sir, please let me know the difference
between interrogative pronoun and inter-
rogative adverb with examples.
A: Interrogative pronouns are used mostly in
questions and sometimes in place of a noun.
What, which, who, whom and whose are
interrogative pronouns. If you use them in
such questions as: What is the problem? /
Which is your book? / Who is your
teacher? / Whom do you want to meet? /
Whose is this book? - They are all interrog-
ative pronouns, when they are used alone.
They are interrogative pronouns because
we use them in place of nouns. If they are
used alongside a noun as in, which book,
whose pen, what game, etc., they are inter-
rogative adjectives.
When, where, why and how are interroga-
tive adverbs, because they add to the mean-
ing of verbs. Where did you / when did you
why did you / how did you see?
- Sree Deepya, Anakapalli.
Q: Sir, how to use 'would have been' at the last
part of the sentence (follows full stop)?
A: 'Would have been' is used at the end of a
sentence only in replies:
Eg:A: Were you there yesterday?
B: If he had allowed me, I would have
been. = He did not allow me, so I was
not there.
- Gongati Saveen Kumar
Q: What is the difference between the fol-
lowing.. a) Homage and tribute
b) Veteran and legend
c) Uproar and angry
- Explain with examples.
A: a) Homage = special honour / deep respect
shown publicly. (-
- -J- j -
--u- uh- - - / v - - ). -J-* -N--J--.
Tribute = a statement / an act / a gift to show
gratitude / respect / admiration for some
person. (J-
- x %c- uh- - - / J - Can the word 'Whose' also be used for
%- c y- a - - -u-).
Veteran Legend
b) Veteran = a person with a long experience
in a particular field. (j J--J-
-, Eg-).
Legend = a story handed down from gen-
eration to generation, believed to be true
and historical but without proof ( -
-- v-u C E- J- missing = This is the book of which some
To V- -p- E E - pages are missing.
C --C) / a person whose achieve-
ments are so great that they may be unbe-
lievable. ( p-uh E
Lp-x).
c) Uproar = a group of people expressing their
anger or protest in public (-
- , -
v -- - L E- / uA-- ) .
Anger = not being pleased with a person
or at something.
-- j---
O -v-o- --Lq- -*--...
-p- --Tx-, -v-A- -N-,
--- u--, ---@ -t -,
--- (---), -f ->-x.
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'Mind your bag'.. -u--?
- Lavanya Ch
Q: Sir, I was lagging in the verbal part of cam-
pus interviews. Can you suggest me how
can I come up perfectly in verbal commu-
nication?
A: Try to speak English whenever you have an
opportunity to speak the language. When
you talk to people who can understand
English, communicate with them only in
English. Don't be afraid that you might make
mistakes and they might laugh at you. Just
feel free and talk only in English, I mean, to
those who know English. Then watch
English news casts and the debates in the
English news channels. Read the English
newspaper every day for at least half an hour
to forty five minutes. This is the best way.
- D. Bhavaghni Gupta, Hanamkonda.
Q: Sir, I will tell you the situation:
"Once when I was in elevator, one lady got hurt
by my bag then she said MIND YOUR BAG"
- Now I would like to know the sentence 'mind
your bag' is politely spoken one or rude?
A: It is neither polite nor rude, but just asking
you to see that your bag does not inconve-
nience others.
%- c y- ...
Tribute
- Shashavali Khaji, Uravakonda.
Q: Sir, Relative Pronouns (possessive)
1) I bought a dog. Its puppy had died.
I bought a dog whose puppy had died.
non-living things?
2) How is 'of which' used?
A: 1 & 2: 'Whose' can be used for the living
(including animals) and the non-living.
So, I bought a dog whose puppy had died
= Right = I bought a dog the puppy of
which had died.
verb that indicates the tense.
Eg: Would / could / might + I Dw (would /
This is the book some of whose pages are
go if he allowed me - would go past tense.
Sp is the case with could / might, etc + I
Q: She helps me read a letter / She helps me
to read a letter. - Which is correct?
A: She helps me read the letter = She helps
me to read the letter. Both are correct.
You can either use or omit 'to' after 'help'.
'-p- --Tx- - -*- ---..
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Q: Sir, please explain the usage of the follow-
- Murthy N V K
Q: Sir, -1) He could do it.
2) He was able to do it. -Explain.
A: 1) He could do it = He had the
ability to do it, but it is doubt-
ful if he did it or not.
2) He was able to do it = He had the
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ability to do it and did it.
Eg: He could play cricket well those days = He
had the ability to play cricket, but he might
have / might have not played it.
He was able to play cricket well those days
= He had the ability to play and played too.
- K. Kameswara Rao, West Godavari.
Q: Sir, please let me know the plurals for the
following.
1) Para (The objections raised in the paras
may be dropped); 2) Annexure
3) I request your kindselves to grant me
leave for two days. - Is there any word
"KINDSELVES" in English?
A: 1) Para (short form of paragraph) - singular,
paras - plural.
2) Annexure - singular; Annexures - plural.
3) If you are requesting more than one per-
son, your 'kindselves' can be used.
- Thangellapally Mallikarjun
Q: Sir, -C
-u-- --Tx-- --N- -h
-N--J--.
1) - --j- - -h -N-t-Lo --- a?
2) -- --L---.
A: 1) If I get any doubts may I ask you to
clarify?
used here as the subject of the sentence,
of the verb, hate. So it is a noun, and there-
2) I have sulked.
- T. Murali Krishana
Q: Sir, when we use both helping verb and
main verb are past in a sentence? ---
-- -N--J--.
A: In a combination of the helping verb and
the main verb, it is always the helping
could / might see, etc.) is in the past
tense, because would / could / might are
past tense of will / can / may, etc.)
I will go - future from the present; I would
Present - Past - Past Participle
doing word (go, come, etc).
- Rupesh Sahu
Q: Sir, I have some doubts on using preposi-
tion 'as'. What is the meaning if a para
started with 'as'? - Please explain.
A: 1) As = because. As (= because) he is
different sets of verbs. That is why the past
2) As = like. (--) She works hard as her sis-
ter does (She works hard like her sister).
2
- Narasaiah Ravuru, Puducherry.
ing words.
1) Watershed event
2) Far-reaching effect
3) Berserk
4) Estrangement
5) Rationale
6) To whomsoever it may concern
A: 1) A happening which causes a
big change in the life of a per-
son / in the history of a nation
(
- p - - a - -u--i - - ).
2) An important effect which will continue
for a long time.
Eg: The division of India into India and
Pakistan has had far-reaching effect = It
has had a great effect that has continued
till today. So we say, the division of
India has had a far-reaching effect.
3) Destructively violent.
Eg: The temple elephant ran berserk sud-
denly and killed two people and injured
four.
4) Quarrel / misunderstanding / separation of
a wife and her husband due to misunder-
standing.
5) Logic / a set of reasons for an action
6) Whoever this may apply to (-D-E- --
--o--J).
- Harish Dande
Q: Sir, explain the differences between
gerund, ing form and plain infinitive, bare
infinitive.
A: The '-ing' form used as a noun, that is, the
subject of a sentence / the object of a verb /
the object of a preposition, etc. it becomes
a gerund.
Eg: a) Smoking is bad for health (Smoking -
so functions as a noun .
b) I hate smoking - smoking here is the object
fore a gerund.
c) He was expert in / at cheating others -
'cheating' here is the object of the preposi-
tion, at. So it is a gerund.
An 'ing' form not used in any of these ways
is just an 'ing' form / present participle.
The doctor helped me to recover - to recov-
er - infinitive = The doctor helped me recov-
er - recover here is plain / bare infinitive,
because there is no 'to' before it.
- Chebrolu Prakash, Gudivada.
Q: Why we use Past Participle instead Future
Tense in the verb forms list?
Eg: Present - Past - Future (in old Books)
(In present Books)
A: Even in old grammar books, we find only
the present tense, the past tense and the past
participle, and not the future tense. We
form the future tense of a verb by adding
will / shall before it. The past tense and the
past participles are formed differently for
tense and past participle and not the future
tense of a verb are given.
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Q: In one of the Spoken English lessons you
said, 'Annexure is singular and Annexures
is plural'. I referred the Oxford, the
Chambers and other dictionaries, but I fail
to find ANNEXURE/(S). Is this a colloqui-
al usage? We find ANNEXE and ANNEX-
ES only. - Kindly clarify.
A: 'Annex' is the short form of 'annexure'. Just
as the plural of annex is annexes, so is the
plural of annexure, annexures. We say, for
example, there are a few annexures / annex-
es to the report. Annexes = annexures.
Q: In the below sentence which one is gram-
matically correct?
The minimum qualifications for applying
the job are as follows / follow.
A: 'As follows' is correct, in spite of 'qualifica-
tions' being plural. This is a point of usage,
and does not follow grammar.
- Venkata Swamy Dodde
Q: Sir, please explain the meaning of follow-
ing phrasal verb:
Take somebody into confidence.
A: Treat someone as very close to you and tell
them of your secrets. ( --T-) things (, Nv N- J* -
Eg: They take their sister into confidence and
tell her all their secrets.
- Y K Prasada Rao
Q: Sir, please give the suitable degree of com-
parison with clarification.
This is the elder / eldest of my two sons.
A: This is the elder of my two sons. When you
talk only of two persons / things, you don't
use eldest. There is no superlative when
only two things are compared.
- Murthy N V K
Q: Sir, please explain the usage of "get / got
/ getting / gets + V3" with some exam-
ples in Telugu.
A: They get their house washed once a week
(get washed = get + V3) (x E
-E--J -T-h.) He would not have gone so far?
They got the books given to poor students
(got given = got + V3) (x h--
H--x p-h.) a) Walking down the street - this is a group of
She gets her hair done once a week by the
beautician (gets done = gets + V3) ( in it. So it is a participial phrase.
-E--J - --- b) The old man, shivering in the cold - shiver-
C.)
Q: What is the "Verb form" of the following
sentence, out of six verb forms and what
are the main verb and helping verbs of
the sentence given below?
They will have to assure purchase of cer-
tain items.
A: 'Will have' is the verb in the sentence -
will is the main verb, and have is the
helping verb. 'To assure' is an infinitive,
and is not a verb.
-- j---
O -v-o- --Lq- -*--...
-p- --Tx-, -v-A- -N-,
--- u--, ---@ -t -,
--- (---), -f ->-x.
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-b-- 'Ambidextrous'
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Q: Sir, please explain the meanings
for the following words with
suitable examples and mention
the antonyms for these words.
1) Teetotaler
2) Lunatic Asylum
3) Elegy 4) Blasphemy
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5) Ambidexter
6) Transmigration 7) Swat
A: 1) A person who strictly avoids drink. 7) Hit with great force - no opposite.
Teetotaler Alcoholic.
2) A hospital for mad people. Lunatic = mad per-
son. Asylum = place of protection. Calling Q: Sir, I kindly request to clarify the following
mentally imbalanced persons 'mad' is sup-
posed to be bad, so no longer are mental hos-
pitals are called so. They are called Lunatic
asylums.
3) A sad poem written in memory of a dead per-
son.
Elegy Eulogy ( a poem in praise of a person).
4) Talking badly / vulgarly about God and holy
u x-/ E ---). understand?
Blasphemy Reverence (-i h LT
).
5) The correct word is, 'Ambidextrous' or
'Ambidexterity'. 'Ambidextrous = capable of
using both the hands with equal skill.
Eg: Arjuna was ambidextrous in shooting
arrows - He was capable of shooting
arrows with the right or the left hand, with
equal skill.
Ambidexterity = having the skill of using
K-~ h...Watch
- Swathi, Guntur
Q: Sir, give the meaning of below sentence.
A: Why don't you add 'please' to your ques-
tions?
He would not have gone so far = He would
not have gone to that extent.
Q: Explain participial phrase and give one
example.
A: A participial phrase is a group of words
having either a present participle (the 'ing'
form) or the past participle (V3).
Examples:
Q: Sir, I am sure about it nobody has lived in
words having a present participle (walking)
-- -?-- sentence - 'nobody has lived'
ing in the cold - a participial phrase.
c) A participial phrase may also be a group of
words (without a verb) having a past par-
ticiple (V3) in it.
Eg: a) The injured man.
b) The closed window, etc.
Q: Sir, the below structure is existing in
English grammar?
S + do (or) does / did + V2?
A: 'Is existing' in your question is wrong. It
should be, Does this structure exist in
both the hands equally well.
Ambidextrous Ambisinistrous
(incapable of using either hand
properly)
6) The soul leaving one body after
death, and moving into another
body - no opposite for this word
(t E-- Eo CL,
- v-P-/ -bt
h).
- Kiran, Rajahmundry
doubts:
What is the difference between
a) Do you understand?
b) Did you understand?
A: a) Do you understand? = Are you able to
understand (NOW).
Eg: Do you understand what he is saying?
(Now).
b) Did you understand = Were you able to
the end of the sentence, is it wrong? - Please
Eg: Did you understand what he said yester-
day? (He said something yesterday and
were you able to understand it?).
Q: Can we use the term 'Regularly' in past
tense? - Please explain.
A: You can. Those days we met regularly
every evening at 4. ( Vx - vA
v -T- v p- -- 2) The birds flew on the sky.
--x).
English?
Sentences / structures with 'does / did + V2'
are wrong, aren't they? Can there be sen-
tences like, He does went (V2) there? / He
did went there? There can, however, be
sentences with does / did + V1.
Eg:
a) He does meet (does + meet (V1)) me very
often.
b) He did meet (did + meet (V1)) yesterday.
These are both emphatic way of saying
that he meets me / that he met me.
- Sailaja Kasse
that house for a hundred years - Here hun-
dred years is plural. Plural -- article
wrong --E --C--. -N--J--.
A: The correct sentence is, 'I am sure of it.
Nobody has lived in that house for a hun-
dred years.
Any period of time and any amount of
money are always singular.
Eg: Three months has passed (not, have
passed) since he was here.
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Q: Sir, what is the meaning of "rags-to-rich-
es" in Telugu? Please give some exam-
ples.
A: From being a poor person to being a rich
person.
Eg: Mohan rose from rags to riches (rags =
torn clothes), as did Rockefeller. (
-x- H-- v-i
E-- C-.)
- Y. Kali Prasad Rao
Q: Sir, I have some doubts on using adverbs.
Surprisingly he won the match against his
strong opponent.
The adverb "surprisingly" is used at the
beginning which is intended to modify the sen-
tence as a whole. If the same adverb is used at
explain such adverb used sentences.
A: Whether 'surprisingly' is used at the begin-
ning / at the end of a sentence, the meaning
is the same. Only, a comma should be
placed after 'his strong opponent'.
Q: 1) Hari flew a kite.
In the above sentences, whether the verb
"flew" is both transitive or intransitive verb? -
Please explain it.
A: Many verbs are used both transitively and
intransitively. 'Fly' can be both transitive
and intransitive.
Eg: They often fly to Delhi - fly is intransitive
here. In the sentence, He flew a kite, flew
the past tense of fly is intransitive.
- V. Bala Murali Krishna
Q: Sir, please explain the difference
between the following words with exam-
ples:
See, Look, Watch
A: See = appear / if we keep open our eyes,
so many things come into our view, that
is, we see them. ( E--, x
Jh).
If we look at the sky at night, we see the stars.
Look = try and see something (
If we
vo --- -y- --).
look at the sky at night, we see the stars =
vA --j h ~-
v E--h.
Watch = look carefully / observe. (K-~
).