Formal Letters-

Business / official letters v-N--

Ja. From address --- -

Yours faithfully

(-
u-i N,
x
Sender's

M. SURESAN

N-N- ----, -J-Eo N- p

--.

Eo -----...

) address, date, Receiver's

(h - )x address Fo @ j
vG- h F, Name and address
, line * Commas / full stops - F.
( Jx -: - y
Comma -E p. C J-; - y , Dear sir / Dear sirs
y
Commas
--.)
British / Indian, u Indian format
(-), from address, h j - (left corner) -E. US format \- from address Right top corner F / @ u (Center) F C.
-- \- British format from address j C.
C -- \- C...
K. Vamana Rao
2-12-18 Prakasam Road
Vijayawada 520002
14-12-2014
Dear Sir / Madam
Re / Sub: \

N J*
h-oD xh L.
Matter / N

T:
Yours faithfully
K. Vamana Rao

-E: x, address Fo Lp / -J
C-O .

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Formal letters

Fo xh, Direct ,
N--E (content of the letter ) -C*-j-C v L. xh
y p C.
T (Subscription) J* u-i
N Eo business/ official Eo
formal letters , Yours faithfully E
L. E * comma .
u -- ho -
v, T- Yours faithfully ,
Yours C-, xh faithfully E
h-o. F vh--E Yours a
Eo N *C.
C, paragraph v- left margin * h n CL vGh. F p l-A DEo --,
paragraph n -- v-Gh.
US format from address p,
h -j j --F, page u-F v-G-h.
J* J-Eo N- a-...

- M. Swati
Q: Explain meanings of bellow sentences:
1) Pasta is being made by Raji.
2) He can / could / will / would / may / might
/ must be finished it.
a) Explain gerund past form?
b) Give examples of v-o and v-o-o word
orders?
c) 'Thank you for inviting me here' what
kind of sentence it is?
A: Pasta is being made by Raji = Raji is making pasta.
Pasta is being made by Raji (PASSIVE
VOICE) = Raji is making Pasta (ACTIVE
VOICE)
He can / could / will / would / may / might
/ must be finished it - WRONG SENTENCE. English can / could / will /
would / may / might / must y 'finish'
E past tense (V2) form . p 'finish' (V1) present tense form v hC.
Shall / should / have to / has to / had to
y 'finish' v hC.
a) He can finish it = C Jh-- --
can = (p present)
b) He could finish it = C Jh
- L- - (Past- ) E- n u -C ,

. Jh C M.
C Jh h,

c) He will finish it =
future .
d) He would finish it =

--o. Would

- - / n o.
Spoken English .
e) He may finish it =
- C Jh - a/
h (may = a / - a)
f) 1) He might finish it - He may finish it
\ .
ii) He might finish it C Indirect speech
a.
Somebody said that he might finish it (
/ o - C Jh
- - a E)
a) The past gerund form - Having + past participle (V3) - eg: Having seen / having gone
etc., - is the past form.
Not having met him made me sad. (Eo -

- -- - ( ) o N-J- C.)

Having seen the movie changed his life =

E- () E @N-Eo
Ja--C.
I liked having gone there = \- x
() -d- iC.
b) V-O = Verb + Object = I like movies. ('Like'
here is a verb, and movies, its object).
V-O-O = Verb + Object + Object
I (Sub) + gave (verb) + him (object) + a
book (object)
Thank you for inviting me here = I thank you
for inviting me here - Assertive sentence.

Eo Jh-
- - - -

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Q: Sir, please explain briefly about tenses dividing into twelve parts by taking a word example. - Srinivas Bijja
A: There are three tenses - Present, past and future. Each tense again has four divisions - simple / indifinite, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous.

Active & Passive Tense Forms (Tense For The Verb 'Take')
There are twelve active and only eight passive tense forms. No passive forms for all perfect continuous and future continuous tenses
TENSES
PRESENT

PAST

FUTURE

SIMPLE / INDEFINITE
PASSIVE
ACTIVE
I / we / you / they
take
He / she / it takes

Took for all

subjects

I/we shall take

You / he / she /

it / they will take

CONTINUOUS / PROGRESSIVE
PASSIVE
ACTIVE

PERFECT
ACTIVE

PASSIVE

PERFECT CONTINUOUS
PASSIVE
ACTIVE

I am taken
he/ she/ it is taken
We/ you/ they
are taken

I am taking
He/ she /it is taking
We/ you/ they are
taking

I am being taken
He/ she/ it is being
taken
We/you/they are
being taken

I / we / you / they
have taken
He/ she/ it has
taken

I/we /you/ they

have been taken
He / she / it has
been taken

I/ we/ you/ they

have been taking
He/ she/ it has been
taking

No
passive form

I/ he/ she/ it was

taken
We/ you / they
were taken

I/ he/ she/ it was

taking
We/ you /they were
taking

I/ he/ she/ it was

being taken
We/ you/ they were
being taken

I/ he/ she/ it had

Had been taken for

all subjects

Had been taking

for all subjects

No
passive form

I/we shall be taken

You /he/ she/it/
they will be taken

I/we shall be taking

You/ he/ she /it will
be taking

No passive form

taken
We/ you/ they were
taken
I/we shall have
taken
You / he / she / it
will have taken

I / we shall have
I / we shall have
been taking
been taken
You / he/ she/it will You/ he/ she/ it will
have been taking
have been taken

No
passive form

In the present day English even for the subjects I and We, will is more common than shall in the future tense. Shall is almost not used even with I and we.