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A.Yesuratnam, Venkatayapalem
(W.G.Dt.)

A. 'Why not'? is a very common

question in English. We use it
usually to agree with some
one.
A: Shall we go to a movie?
B: Why not?
It is used also as a short form of questions
beginning with why.
Why not discuss the matter with him? =
Why don't you/ we discuss the matter with
him?
We use it some times to disagree with
others too.
A: Why do you want to go now?
B: Why not?/ Why not, may I know?
V. Kalyani, Jagitial
(Karimnagar dt.)
Q. Went off
off

home

English Subject

p % -l. E , English Novels, English

- N -. English
news telecasts W ---. DE-x
v- C.

Q. What is the meaning of 'Why

not'?

work

,
-- y
. J-T
past action: had
done - had+done
(PP/V3)

Md. Abdul Khuddus, Visakhapatnam

Q.

--

v h- tenses C-* Eo u- --C-h-o.

Eo u n . -
n N-J-h?
He writes a letter (present indefinite tense).

A. He writes a letter - writes - present simple

tense He writes a letter sentence
He writes
a letter once a week/ twice a month/ every
day etc.
regularity

v p- J EE -
C. ,
j n .

- , -E-J/ -x/ vA-W E

(v pE n a) L

o.
Q. I shall have read
your book before I reach Hyderabad (future
perfect tense).
A.

verb shall have read- shall have +

past participle of 'read' -

C N-u-h
- J EE -C. j- - F h-Eo C-
.
Q. He has been doing his home work for two
hours (present perfect continuous tense).
A. He has been doing his home work for two
hours now - present perfect continuous
tense

p v-i --

class/work/village
class/work/village.

o EE --C.
- home work h-o
v (past) v-G*
h o.)

-x--- 536
, p sentence
n hC. -E-J/ -x...
h h E.

Q. She had been living here from 1980 to

1990 (past perfect continuous tense).
M.SURESAN

Q. He wrote a letter yesterday (past indefinite

tense).
A. He wrote a letter yesterday -

Eo (E

--C).
Q. He will do his home work (future indefinite
tense).
A. He will do his home work -

home work
h ( -, --) will do
- future simple tense.

Q. He is writing a letter (present continuous

tense).
A. He is writing a letter -

C p -
o E h h-o.

Q. He was reading a Novel (past continuous

tense).
A. He was reading a Novel (past)
(Continuing at some
time in the past)
Novel

- ---o
EE --C. (p
---o)

Q. He will be doing his home work (future continuous tense).

A. He will be doing his home work -

N-u-h
- --- E. (Home
work h-).

A. She had been living here from 1980 to

1990 correct meaning
sentence
past perfect

C
a
. DEo
J-T -
-C .

He has been living here from 1980 - 1990

when he got a transfer = 1990
transfer

-
u--p- --\ 1980 *
-o. -E x
vi E continue
, E past perfect continuous
tense .
Q. By next March I shall have been completing
20 years of service (future perfect continuous tense).

u - ?

j n

. C
--E
C.
v-i, - EE
future perfect continuous tense .

A. By next March...
sentence
future perfect continuous tense
Future

By this time next Sunday, I shall have been

travelling to Hyderabad =

a C-
--E j--- v h
. (C- E
v v-i, - --C).

Q. He has completed his home work (present

perfect tense).

P.J. Pranai Raj & S.K. Saifullah, Giddalur.

A. He has completed his home work-

Q. Please explain my doubts.

home work . (E --C

. F, p C *a- L-
).
a: He completed home work one hour
ago = v home work Jh .
( *a- L- -v
J-T E).

A. a) 'Complete' means, having every part

something should have, every detail, and
every fact that is necessary. e.g. : This book
has complete information about the subject
= the book has all information that is there
about the subject.

Q. He had done his home work before he slept

(past perfect tense).

'Complete' also means, as much as is possible.

A. He had done his home work before he went

to bed -

e.g. : The work is complete (nothing

undone) with this meaning, it is equal to
'whole'.

\ -
J-T- J* -o.
, y J-

a) complete b) entire c) whole.

The

whole

Q. a) Minimize b) Reduce c) Lower

A. a) Minimize = Make as small as possiblereduce something to as little as possible.
e.g. : We have tried to minimize the trouble
to you = We have tried to make the
least trouble for you. (It cannot be
made less).
b) Reduce = Make something less or smaller in size.
e.g. : a) The manager reduced the salaries
(Made the salaries less).

How beautiful the r ose is!

n

N?
-s x --Th?
A. Went off = Rx--. Went y
away/ off hC. -j x --E *a p-; u off/away
went v , u
u * F, u *
F went *a--p.
Q. She tore up the letter without reading it.
u up --TL? Up -sx --Th?
A. Tear up = Paper --E \,
\ *. Tear * E
v.
Q. Apostrophe E possessives ---E ? F, O theirs, yours,
hers, ours apostrophe -?
DEo -s x -?
However n N?
A. Ours, yours, hers, and theirs, its- N possessive pronouns- O apostrophe and/s
-----. -, apostrophe , N possession --. N
nouns N- possession L--,
apostrophe and s _.
Apostrophe and s -- confusion
\ C.
Actor = ; Actor's = / \.
possession (-J C N L-) 's --.
--, j ~/l
h, Eo L-- apostrophe
. Isn't = Is not; Don't = Do not (
-x not O Eo L--
apostrophe ).
Ma'am = Madam - \ 'd' C--ho.
d, E apostrophe L.
Q. @ . -bd perfect
Spoken English poor. --
teach l-----o. DE- p
Tx q ( ) . ,
p-- E - C. d,
wjK -- Tx C-----o. - j-? T
y--.
A. jC . -- teach Nu-|
O, ju, t-N-y- \ teaching v-G-. O d English
improve p Cl---
English communicate --.
- vu Elementary School

b) The trips have

been reduced from
five to three =
Trips

5 * 3
T_-.

c) 'to lower' also has the

meaning of making
something less or
smaller.
They lowered the prices of their products =
They reduced the prices...
'To lower' has another meaning = to make
something go down (opposite of 'raise').
e.g. : He raised his hand but immediately
lowered it (= brought it down).
'To lower' also means to do something that
makes you less respected.
e.g. : Don't lower yourself by borrowing
money (= If you borrow money, others
respect you less).
Q. Advice, suggestion. Explain the difference
in the usage of those words.
A. Suggest means to give somebody an idea,
or put a thought in somebody's mind *indirectly.
Advice means an opinion you give others
about what they should do. This is stronger
than suggestion.
Q. What is the similar expression to the below
given 'The Rose is very beautiful'.
a) How beautiful the Rose is!
b) How beautiful is the Rose!
A. Sentence a) is equivalent to 'the Rose is
very beautiful'. b) is a question. When you
say "How beautiful is the Rose?" You want
to know how much its beauty is.
Anjali, Karnataka
Q. Helping words

--T- L . - vv
- h-E p--E 'only on POGO',
'only on DD1' . On j/-O E
n ? --p 'only in POGO', 'only
in DD1'E -a ! -Eo Ba-.
A. TV, Radio visual (%u), Audio (v)
media N-, TV, Radio E . F English, x
TV/ Radio/ Channel
- a -Eo- on .
e.g. : The programme went on/aired on the
TV/ the Radio/ on Channel 10/ Channel 9/
ETV, etc. On
rule
(usage).

-- ---- vo O . C

b & c) Entire = whole - The entire

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