Peter James, Nirmal

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M. Jayaram, Naveen Nayik Gorantla
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Rekha Sumanjali, Kakinada
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Sravan:
Madanlal Suxena, Vijayawada
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the dialogue above:
Taruni:

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Ranjan: Raghav:
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Invent/ Discover Sravan:
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Unnath:

Yamuna:

Varun:
Ranjan:
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Voice/ tone
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 Zahed Ansari, Hyderabad
Q: Is the word 'clothes' plural or
singular?
A: 'Clothes' is always plural.
Cloth is the material of
which clothes are made and is
usually uncountable.
Q: i) They are stood/ sit =
ii) They have been stood/ sit =
A: i) Wrong. They are standing/ sitting -
Correct.
ii) They have been standing/ sitting-
Correct. ('Be' forms are followed always by
the '... ing' form or the past participle)
Q: ticket
Please translate into English.
He must not have told
you =
Q:
Q: He should have told
= I had told you not to take to
you/ He should not
the Haveli. Why did you take him there?
have told you -
Now look at him how he is stood like a crip-
Please clarify in
pled sculpture got taken out by the archeo-
Telugu.
logical department in diggings. 2) Meet (
A:
- Is this translation correct? With the second meaning, 'meet', 'see' can
A: I had told you not to take him to the Haveli, be used in am + ing/ is + ing/ are + ing form.
Q: It is time, the producers produced/ produce
but you did. See, how he is standing like a Q: By whom was the bell rung?/ Who was the
good films - Please clarify.
maimed sculpture, found in the excavations bell rung by? - Which is right?
of the archeological department. A: It is time the producers produced good
A: Who was the bell rung by?
movies =
Q: They must have been writing/ They must be In present day English, this is preferred to
writing - Is this used in Spoken English? 'By whom was the bell rung?"
A: They must have been writing = (At some- Q: i)
Q: There is no use of his coming here/ telling
time in the past) they were surely writing.
me - Is this correct?
ii) lesson
iii) lesson

They must have been writing! A: i) I see for the first time your sitting in the
chair.
A: I bought the ticket to Vijayawada by
A: There is no use telling me/ his ii) This is the first time for you to sit and
Satavahana express.
coming here - Correct. teach/ to sit while teaching.
Q: As your wish/ as your like - Which one is 708
Salman Khan, Vijayawada iii) You are teaching, sitting/ You sat while
correct?
Q: "I am seeing the doctor" - You said you were teaching/ You should sit when
A: As you wish/ as you like - are correct. They must be writing = (Now) They
the above sentence is correct in a you teach.
Q: To dad, with love, as you like it, a girl on the are surely writing.
lesson. But it was you who said Q: injection Please
train, standing up yourself - Please translate The sentences are used in
that the verbs like taste, know, translate the above into English.
into Telugu.. Spoken English.
understand, see, hear, smell etc A: I have to have my son given an injection.
A: To dad with love = Vikram Singhal, Khammam
should not be used in progressive Q: = They are stood./
(Writing a letter/ presenting something) Q: He must have told you/ must not have told
tense - Please clarify. They are sat. -
A girl on the train = A girl travelling by train. you - Please say in Telugu.
A: 'See' (Past tense - Saw) has two meanings.
Standing up yourself - No meaning. A:
1) to notice what appears to us A: Wrong.
Hemanth & Suresh, Nehru Nagar
Q: school absent
school Since when
has been absent from school - Is this
correct? Subhankar: Look at the following expressions from the
be here?
A: Since when has he been absent?/ has he How good conversations above.
not been attending school? are you at 1) I can write and speak well.
Keshav: I can certainly be here at 9.00
English? 2) Can you follow the dialogues?
Q: We
English 3) I cannot, if they speak very fast.
have all these difficulties since they came Suseela: Other than Telugu, what languages
here - Is this correct? 4) The movie can be very boring if you cannot can you speak?
Priya: Why, I follow the dialogues.
A: We have been having these difficulties
can speak
since they came here. 5) They can entertain you.
and write
Q: Activity/ work can
well.
A: Activity = Work Jyothi: I can speak
Q: You don't like English English and Hindi
my coming here - Is this correct? too. English,
A: Correct.
Q: Subhankar: Can you follow the dialogues in
- 1) I can write and speak English well = Suseela: How about
English movies made in the US? I mean,
Please say in English. English Tamil?
American pronunciation.
A: By the time the concert was over, it was too Can, ability
English
late. So I slept here. Can Jyothi: I cannot
American English.)
K. Sreenu, Hyderabad Priya: To a great extent, yes. I cannot if they 'Can' (ability)
(ability)
Q: "She would rather we stayed till tomorrow". speak very fast.
tense Can = Be able
Can be =
'Can' 'able'
Can do/
A: She'd (she would) rather we stayed till Subhankar: I regret I can't (cannot), try as I can, 'able'
sing/ walk =
tomorrow = She wishes that we should stay might. The movies can be boring if you can't
here till tomorrow. follow the dialogues. She can sing =
She is able to sing =
Prasanth: How fast can you walk?
Q: Will, was tense can

Suresh: I can walk 7 to 8 Kms an hour.

A: Will - future tense, was - past tense.
She will know somehow that he was here
= them only for the songs. They can entertain
Varshitha Jyoshi, Khammam
Q: I could hear voices in the next room - Please
say in Telugu.
A:
Priya: Yea. They can, certainly. For example, I Munaf: You doubted her ability to speak Tamil
can't (cannot) follow Hindi movies. I see
Ganesh: Can you be here at 8 tomorrow
morning?
you. Manoj: So what now?
Keshav: I am afraid. I can't (cannot) be. It's a Munaf: Look. Listen well and tell me how well
bit too early. she can speak.
Subhankar: You can be of some help for me.
Ganesh: Then, when is the earliest you can 'can'

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 Deepak Tijori, Kothagudem Q:
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make out his
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A: Pooja Varshini, Nellore
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A: you sat Q: Q: than any other boy / all other
A: boys in the class -
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particular

She changed her appearance for... e.g.:

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709 boy boys
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P. Hari Rao, Bobbili Q: subjective
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and figures
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A: picked a fight A: K. Sreenu, Hyderabad
Arsheen, Afreen and Sohel, Warangal Q:
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Yashwanth Chopra, Nellore

Pradhan: Q:
Look at the following expressions from the
conversation above. A:
Can I take
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You can
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can be some Rama Rao: come Q:

Can I have Sunil:

can have
Pradhan:
Sudhansu:

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Sudham:

Kiran:

Pradhan: can haul

Sudham: Can I take

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 Vasundhara Naidu, Rajahmundry Shivaraj Choupal, Warangal
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Yours sincerely or Yours truly?

Sneha Saxena, Secunderabad
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Seetharamacharyulu, Hanmakonda A:
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'Call it a day'
A: disgracing 710 Q: Q:
go goes
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Seema Chopra, Nirmal

Q: "Yours sincerely" "Yours truly"
Abhijith: Gajanan:
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can complete

Future Possibility
Bhavan:
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Chakori:
Look at the following sentences from the
Abhijith: conversation above between Abhijith and A:
Jayanthi:
Bhavan:
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Bhavan: can queue
can be
can mistake e.g.:
A:
both
Abhijith:
modified

can pester
two verbs not
ate
Bhavan:

Q: a

can be A:
can bring Q:

Sudheer: A: Before
can At the end

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