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G. Shankar,
Keshavapatnam.
Q. Dear sir, I am a teacher of
English for Primary section. When I was teaching
to my students I came
across a phrase at Page
No.38 "Native place". I think we don't find
this expression in standard english. But here
there in 6th standard text book E/M by
(EFLU).
I want not to be found in next Re-print edition
this expression. How I can take to its editor
for this purpose to remove from the text.
Please clarify it.
A. You can write to the author, if the author's

continued to exist.
Compare: a) The museum has stood there
for a hundred years.
b) A museum stood there a hundred years
ago.
In (a) the adverbial refers to a period of time,
continuing till the present- so the tense to be
used is the present perfect.
In (b) the adverbial refers to a point of time in
the past. So the tense to be used is the past
simple.
However, 'hundred years' is wrong. It should
be 'a hundred years/ one hundred years/ 100
years (read one hundred years)'. 100 is a
countable singular, so 'a'/ one is a must before
it.

I have a doubt in the

underlined
word.
Because
'attend'
should have been
written. Please clarify.
A. To have attended is
correct. You know
have/ has/ had/ would
have, etc., is followed by the past participle
(in this case, attended, the PP of 'attend')
and never by the
(1st Regular Doing
Word 'attend')
Q. The S.I. follows the C.I.- C.I. is followed by
the S.I.
S.I. C.I. follow
is this correct?

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Q. In S.Chand's Text book for 5th standard, I

found a doubt at Page No.81. Regarding
present perfect tense: "The museum has
stood there for hundred years". When time
adverbial follows we use simple past but
how it can be possible here. Please clarify it.
A. 'The museum has stood there for hundred
years'- the use of the present perfect tense
here is correct because the verb refers to an
action starting 100 years ago and continuing
till now. Here the adverbial does not refer to
a definite point of time in the past but to a
period of time over which the museum has

A. Correct-

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Q.
Q. Please
doubts.

clarify

Y. Gayathri, Asifabad.

Usha, Yellandu.

C ux C j ---.
He un-buttoned of his coat/ shirt

the

M.SURESAN

He un-buttoned his coat/ shirt

Correct

A. C follows E (Active voice) = E is followed by

C (Passive voice)- Correct.
Q. In the previous Spoken English lesson you
wrote a sentence while you were clarifying a
doubt. The sentence is- The SP, who was to
have attended as the chief guest didn't
come yesterday.

The book on the table is minesentence

'is' ('be' form)
verbsimple sentence.

A. He unbottened his coat/ shirt-

'C' follows E. 'E' is followed by 'C'

(CE) is this correct?

o
C
sentence - \ verbs
, sentence \
clauses ox p-C compound sentence F, complex sentence F a.
Sentence oFo main clauses
C compound sentence. One main clause,
one or more subordinate clauses C
complex sentence.

or

following

h--.-

Clause- a group of words with a verb Main

clause - a clause with complete meaning;
Subordinate clause- a clause without complete
meaning.
Simple sentence- a sentence with just one
main clauseverb
sentence
simple sentence.

The book which is on the table is mine

address is given, or C/o the publisher
(S.Chand & Co.), pointing out the error and
asking them to see that it is not repeated in
the next edition.

doing words (The two present simple

forms- without '-s' and with '-s'), and
6) Shall/ should/ will/ would/ can/ could
etc + 1st Doing Word (will go, can see,
etc)-

Q. Please explain principles to be followed

while analysing simple, complex and compound sentences.
A. First of all, six forms of the verb:
1) 'be' form 2) 'be' form + ...ing form 3) 'be'
form + past participle 4) Have/ has/ had/
shall have etc + past participle 5) The

The book which is on the table is mine 'is', and 'is'

verbs clauses-

\,

1) The book .... is mine - meaning completeMain clause.

--d

2) The book which is on the table = Table

meaning incomplete - So,
Subordinate clause.

Oo h

So 'The book which is on the table is mine'

is a complex sentence.
There is a book on the table and it is mine two verbs, 'is' and 'is'- two clauses: 1) There
is a book on the table = Table
Meaning complete- Main clause.

--i- -x --x-- --..

hx C

English

, -x,
Eu @N- uh- (J-
o/ E) ---p English

C.

?
vx E -,
-
p
- C ?--
English (Spoken English)
(simple), (direct) -E
. F, C English
x--. English - - \ d. English
. C -sx --C p --.
--J- (Greetings)
N 1) Formal and 2) Informal.
- J---E x, h--x,
j C---, -N x -J B Formal.
o x, -, E x -J B
Informal. N h-.
Informal greeting:

FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH
J- o x --J N: Hello
Kumar: Hello Rajesh, What are you doing?
Hello

/ p

Hello

Rajesh: Hello Kumar, I'm (I am) on my way to

college.
American English

,
p 'Hi'

Hi

(j)

Ramesh: Hi Naresh, How are you?

Naresh: Hi Ramesh, I'm fine. Thank you. How
are you.
Ramesh: Fine
too. Thank you.

N L- !
J-
uo
-- Good

Priya: Fine too. Thank you.

Thanks)/
OK
too/ Same here,
thank you.

(-.

a) Priya: Hi Madhavi, How are you?

Madhavi: Fine, thank you; How are you?/ and
you?/ How about you?/ what about you?

y o?/ y/

and it is mine-

C C

Main clause too.

So, the sentence is a compound sentence.

1) Usually, a sentence with just one verb is a
simple sentence.

b) o-
-~--
N-J-.
Karim: How are
you?
How's
everybody
at
home?
How are your parents?/ How are the
children? (your children
How are your
brother and sister?

( o? x
o?/
)
( .
?)
-a.

morning,

Thank you.

O h

OK/ All right

Kiran: Everybody's OK. Thank you. How is it

with you?
Thank you.

uo *
-v-
Good afternoon, v * vA
*-J -- Good evening, vA
B---p Good night .
- h-u, Bye/ Good bye/ bye bye/
Have a nice day -C.
Formal greeting: L- x,
Nv- ---o-p --J- -N-

(-.

F -?)/

Mukesh: Hi Suman, How are you getting on?

How's (How is)
everybody getting
on at home?

(y o?/
x
o?)
Suman: Quiet all
right/
fine/
Thankyou. What
about you?
Mukesh: Fine too/ Ok too/ All right too, Thank
you.

2) A sentence with 'and', 'but', 'yet', 'so', 'or',

'or else', 'either ... or', 'not only ... but
also' - are compound sentences.
3) As sentence with, 'as', 'because', 'since',
'after + clause/ before clause', 'though/
although/ even though' etc are all complex sentences.
For more details refer to the old lessons.
Q. Bhagavatgita and Nuclear Policy
'my having approached'

h u
E --C. -a? u-
? u h C..

Inspite of my having approached it with

earnestness and reading it with care, I found
my self repelled by it.
A. My having approached - correct- There is
nothing wrong
My approaching it = Eo O--
(\ n %d Eo -- -) (p) My having approached it
() Eo O-- h n *h-Cl Eo -- --- vo
--p-, vh CNp-, C
N-y L-T-*C. (-J{----,
u L C).

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Anil, Bapatla

Bring somebody up =

Q. 1) Telugu Movies would

not get released in
Chennai
2) Telugu Movies would
not be released in
Chennai
Difference

j u u
N-J-.
u 'Get' Importance L---.
A. Sentence Telugu movies would not get/
be released in Chennai J-. sentence
-Lq B: Telugu movies do not get/ are
not released in Chennai = j o
*v N- =
n. (get released = N-u -
C Jh jC .
E (get released )

His grand parents brought him up =

, tt/ t E .
2) Blighter = C rascal Ad ,
C Ad- G/ ~/ p - .
(- 'J E Ad p/ d L-
?)
'you lucky blighter, so you got the seat in
medicine
medicine
seat

(J , h-E
-C---o-) -O -
-- --E -n: - E x--d C .

Q. Thank you very

much
to
have
saved me.
Thank you very
much for having
saved me

j u u
N-J---.
A. 'For having saved me' is correct.
Q.

Q. The education bill was thrown - by the

assembly (out, off, up)
A. The education bill was thrown out
Q.

N--, C\ \-E x -\-

vy u-, E--B -o ,
-- yv NE--hC.
j uEo -Tx- p ---?

A. Are government employees honest? The

only answer you always get is 'No'

K.Srikrishnakumar, Bapatla.
Q.

n J -A -uh D
unlawful. N- court v-O-J-*,
uhE n ----E P* y
\ --- C illegal.
Illicit: C u Y, - v - Jh-hC. -- d uA--,
u J - Jh-hC. e.g.: 1) Illicit
relationship between a man and a woman

-C -- -n-Eo, ---E ---T--

sEo - N-J---.
1. Lawless 2. Illegal 3. Illicit 4. Unlawful

(Y, -- o v )
2) Illicit distillation of liquor = d -A
u -K; v y- =
Illicit mining, etc.

His grand parents brought him up

correct equivalent

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Q. 1. It'll do the lad good. Bring 'em up natural,

I always say.
2. Better than letting that blighter take your
teeth out, anyway.

j u- n ---.
A. 1) -p -. C x- *
hC xop ---
-E.
lad = s, lass = t
Bring 'em up = Bring them up

What a pleasure meeting you!

J L----x --J
--o ? p.
Lo -- J-

2) , L- ---x -JJE J l. (Fo

Eu-@-N- (real life situations) practise
h - --j - v--o
x--h. d - *a-p-x practise l.
I. Self introduction (y-J-):
a) Formal (Jh h--x/ j C---/
u- ------x)
1)

'Excuse me, I am Narayana, May I know/

have your name please? (My name is
'I am....'

-a.

-
--p t-N-y-,
pd, E-, u, --
clear *-J clear
- x- practise )
--L-x o -x
o-p :

Excuse me. I am Narayana. Am I (by any

chance
speaking to Mr/ Sri
Raghav? (

E v-G--a)
O ---?)
J-n-A
(--j
- J--o-p) -
p--
1) I am Achyuth.
What can I do for

you?
2) Yes, I am (Am I speaking to Raghav?
Anything I can do for you?

( o )

-o -T).
( -o ?)
b) Informal: ( --i })

I am

Srinivas, Your name please?

DE p:
I am Anand. What's
the matter?

(
/--
A? u
yE--/ (What
can I do for you?

FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH
- _
- J.

you./ Happy to meet you.

(-E: How do you do p How do you

do. I am fine -N . 'How do you do?'
formal. -N--Fo informal).
You: Jagdish, this is, Satish, my playmate/
neighbour, etc.
Jagdish: Hi Satish, How do you do?/ Equally
glad/ pleased/ (so) nice to meet you/
happy to meet you.

j ---p, , --
(Shakehand) h.
Glad to/ nice to meet you , Glad/
nice/ pleasure meeting you E .
Eo Eo -sx J---i l uh,
Hi, Hi J--d--a. .

-E: Myself Srinivas

E v . p- My

name is/

Discharge from hospital/ prison =

A. Lawless = a situation in which law

is not at all respected or followed -

d E--E J-nA -x
l C. Eo --a --L-T J-nA
v v -d E--E nA.
L nA o -\-,
M.SURESAN
I
llegal
= unlawful. d a Bp-
l -N?
N

illegal. Illegal occupa uEo -Tx- p

tion
of
a
place
=
d Bp--A-v-N* D-
---.
o
n

.
A. We can understand the disabled and the desUnlawful = d BpO , d v
titute begging, but the able bodied who can
, d-E uA-- . : vy
work, begging- what else is it, if not laziness?

I am Srinivas

II. Introducing two of our friends to each other

Sekhar: Praksh, meet my friend Bhanu.

Bhanu, this
is Prakash,
my cousin.
Prakash: Hi
Bhanu: Hi

You are introducing Jagdish to Satish

Hi Satish, This (he
is
a) You
my classmate
Jagdish
and.....
Satish:
Hi
Jagdish,
how do you
do?/ Glad to
meet you/
Pleased to meet you/ (so) nice to meet

(O):

-)

pvA/

j * uh N-.
Discharge of duties =
Discharge from duties =

N Ey-
N * uT

-T.
Exonerate =

uhj -- V
--x uh --E Bp
y (d)
Pardon = --p- ~N* C--
Pardon
Release - 1)

-j- * P~ h-
y N- .
2) Fx j E -
3) c, E--x-N N-
Acquit = V--E J- n-A, exonerate uhE d N-
Illegitimate = Illicit v x d
illegitimate.
Y. Gayathri, Asifabad.
Q.

h- C .
j n _ o {--K --.
- - J* N-J-.
Prayest; shalt; Hast; Seeth.

A. Prayest, Shalt, hast, seeth

Fo archaic forms = old English

O modern English (equivalents)
-.. pray, shall, has, see
Q. C - n ---.
a) Saporito b) Paro c) Kyle d) Eric
e) Uncharacteristic
A. (a)

(d)

oN x. .
~ E-C

(e) uncharacteristic =

To be honest is uncharacteristic of Indian

politicians =

E--B --- ~ .

N:
Rama: Hi

( o---E-l-JE -J---J J-
-:

v -n N-

1) Discharge of blood 2) Discharge of

drainage water 3) Discharge of water/
River water into the sea.

5. Discharge 6. Exonerate 7. Pardon

8. Release 9. Acquit 10. Illegitimate

Rajkumar, Darsi

Discharge =

It is uncharacteristic of a dog not to bark =

Sheriff, you haven't met Sasikanth, have

you?

(P-- K J- h) Ny-
P-- --- ?
Sheriff: Oh, no, I haven't had the pleasure. Hi
Sasikanth.
Rama: (Pointing to Sheriff) Sasikath, Sheriff,
my friend.
Sasikanth: What a pleasure meeting you!

(---o-
!)

-- \ ~ .
C--E Tx- pL?
 -t u *C.
Q.

A. Associating/ mixing with the great is always

good.


--- --J.

A. Help your fellow human beings.



-v vx o -u-i
N--o.

A. Our palm leaf books contain invaluable

information.

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