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-- --j- --h -v---E --Rx-p-- --J, - --x, -C-Lq- -v-- -

E xpressions we can use while asking for or
giving directions.
J --E, J p-E Spoken English -, simple --- ---p-- ---Fo..
expressions .
J -/ Asking for directions:
}
a) How do I go to ...? x,
b) How can I go to....? , E -.
How do I go to .... ?- the simplest and best;
direct.
c) Which bus takes me to..?
d) Which bus should I take?
= bus \L, E --.
e) Which stop shall I get down at?/ get off at?
f) Where shall I get down/ get off?
(\ CL -).
p C :
Santosh: Can you tell me how I can go to
Ganesh Nagar, please? (
--j- ----- -----E- S- poken English ---
-- --- ---- ----o -...
- - ---- -J-Eo --- -J-* -a-. -- -
Which bus takes me to..?
x h -?) Exercise Answer to the Exercise (Lesson-758)
Ramanand: Oh, that's a long way off. No bus -p- O -C ---- English Chakri: -F- x h?
takes you straight/ directly there. You have p. Excuse me, (Could you tell me) how I
to change two buses to get there. (s C Sampath: (Over phone) Hi Jagadish, E-p can go to Bhavanipuram?/ (Singular) -
. q Ao \- x. Excuse me, how do I go to
-v--- d C. L O Bhavanipuram (from here?)
L O.) . y --o- E.
Santosh: What are the buses, and where have Mahendar: -F- -d \-?
Jagadish: ----- C.
I to change them? ( q, \\ Where exactly in Bhavanipuram?
, d . 10 \. - Chakri: The Housing Board Colony.
L?) stop -d-. C Reddy's Lab
Ramanand: Are you a stranger here? Mahendar: It's (It is) a long way off from
Station y hC. -d *
(OJ\ h?) here. Take Bus No. 7. Get off/ get down
from the bus at Raghavaiah park stop.
h h - ---
Santosh: Yes, I am (). hC. Ao h Food Plaza Catch/ take bus No. 36, get off at
Ramanand: Then I suggest you take an auto.
Bhavanipuram stop. You will find there a
hC. . ---
You can reach there earlier than by bus, and hC. - o \ 5 masjid and next to it a lane. Walk for
the fare is just 10 to 12 rupees more. (
xq. -d-q. x . some distance in the lane, and take the
O x *C. 302. first left turn/ turn left. You will see
\-. Kb 10, 12 - Sampath: Fo note -o. hC. Ganapathi Temple there. Next to it you
.) ahx. find broad roads. That's Bhavanipuram
Santosh: Thank you. Answer: Next Week HB Colony.

V.V. Ramakrishna, Rajahmundry Vishweshwar, Machilipatnam

Q: C C--vA- a-uC. DE
n N-J.
I think only God knows if God really
exists. God also might not know if people
He has a fever Q: They might have been watching the T.V. -
Is this sentence indicating that an action
began before sometime in the past and was
going on - Let us know.
believe he exists but people definitely Shirin, A: They might have been watching the TV =
ii) Rx -h -
believe that God believes that people Adilabad. Perhaps (doubtful) they were watching the
He will get her married -
believe he exists - thereby proving, that the Q: She didn't sound surprised Say the above sentences are TV (in the past) - a doubtful action in the
existence of God is dependent on the exis- - Are the underlined words correct or not. past. We just imagine that they were
tence of people's belief: People's belief in verbs? 759 watching the TV.
A: (i) and (ii) correct.
God and peoples belief in God's belief in A: She doesn't appear sur- Q: Let us - q/ - - Which one is cor-
Q: He has been watching T.V.
their belief is what eventually makes people prised. rect here?
during 5 hours - -
believe that God exists and hence God can- Sound (here) = appear; look A: Let us = Let's - When we speak in hurry we
not by himself know if he exists or not. - - say Let's. Both are correct. Let us - Written
Q: I had a dream in a sleep/ in sleep TV h-o
A: --o N - -E - form; Let's - Spoken form.
- Is the above correct? *
---o. -o N -
A: I had a dream in my sleep - Q: Don't have a bath with cold water - Is this
correct?
t- C - L- C -d?
Correct. A: He was watching the TV on
a, F - v t- M. SURESAN
*a-, --o-F, t Q: \E o? - Is/ was and off/ now and then during
N t--F. DE-x V-- he conscious? - Is this right? the five hours - Correct.
uC N- --o--C, - A: Is he awake? (p \E o?) Q: She must have been able to persuade him
t O -E. --o- Was he awake? (Past \E o?) to have his washed - is this correct?
-C - t. t O Conscious - Wrong. Conscious = p % A: Correct, but incomplete.
- t - - o . .... have his ... washed -
t-x hC. d -o- Q: i) Rx - I got her married.
N - ---. have his what washed?

Saif Khan, Shoeb Khan, Warangal.
Q: Don't you know?- Is this right? If it is right
why can't we say "Aren't you going to
Delhi?"
A: It is right. Aren't you going to Delhi? is
right too. Nothing wrong with either of
them.
Q: Narrate/ suggest/ explain - Are all these
words followed by 'to' - infinitive?
A: You narrate to somebody a story/ a hap-
pening.
You explain a matter to somebody/ You
explain to somebody a matter.
You suggest something to somebody.
a) He narrated the story to me.
b) He explained the matter to me.
c) He suggested this method to me/ He dreaming - Say the correct one.
suggested that I follow this method. A: Don't have a bath in cold water.
A: They are having dreams - Wrong.
Q: You can talk to him after he drinks water - Q: He has got fifty above/ below marks - Say
They have dreams - Right.
Is this right? the correct one.
Q: Write the answers on/ in the answer sheets.
A: Correct. But, '...... after he takes water' - A: He has got above 50 (marks)/ below 50
A: Write the answers on the answer sheets/ in
better. marks.
the answer book.
Q: He is observing punishment for which he Q: The men/ Men can't understand the beau-
Q: Write the answers on/ in the paper.
is liable/ worthy - Which is correct? ties of the nature.
A: On paper/ on the paper; if you are referring
A: Observing a punishment - Wrong. A: If we are not talking of any particular
to a particular sheet of paper.
Undergoing punishment - Correct. group of men - Men.
Q: First of all complete writing the answers - If we are referring to a particular group, we
Q: If he had disturbed you, you should have
told us - Is this right? Say the right one of the above. say, The men.
A: Correct. A: Correct. Q: I met him some time before = Eo
Q: I have to give responsible answer to you - Q: d-C - How can this be said in Cl L- - Is this right?
Is this right? English? A: I met him some time ago.
A: '... a responsible answer'. - Correct. A: I have a sprained neck/ I have a sprain in Q: He has a fever/ fever.
Q: They are having dreams/ they are the neck. A: He has a fever.

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Ashish: Where were you yesterday? I couldn't
find you or get at you at all. (Eo v
\--o? y\ E--, phone
-).
Saketh: I went to an English movie. What a
movie! It held the audiences attention till
the end. ( English E---x. p
E-! C v~ %dE *-J- E-O
EL *C).
Ashish: What was the movie? Benhur, wasn't
it? ( E C? - ?)
Saketh: That's the only English movie show-
ing in the town, isn't it? (-\
-o English E?)
Ashish: Yea, ofcourse.
Saketh: I tell you, a real good movie. I need-
n't tell you I enjoyed every minute of it.
(p-. E * *v. Eo vA-
~ y-C--E p-\--).
Ashish: I missed it in its first run and I'm
afraid I have to miss it now too. Was it
good? (--J C *a--p - h).
p. Sx pLq h- - Saketh: You'll enjoy it.
-o. C ?).
Saketh: You can say that again and again
(? y Sx Sx a).
Ashish: Who were the cast? ( ?)
Saketh: It features Charlton Heston, Stephen
Boyd, Jawk Hawkins and other great
actors. ( d d, d f, 4) Feature
--q - o.) 5) Highlight
Ashish: You haven't mentioned the women
actors (y - J* p-). / Theatre v. *v . --
Saketh: Haya Harareet and Martha Scott.
Ashish: Any special feature of it? ( E
vu-?)
Find, find out
Amreen, Arsheen, Warangal.
Q: 'Shoeb, the lion' - We have
seen this sentence in a newspaper, can "the" be
used/ written/ said after a person's name?
Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister/ the
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
A: Shoeb, the lion, 'The' must be used here,
because, 'lion' here is not a designation
(Name of a post, like Collector, Manager,
etc) or a position (Like Prime Minister,
Chief Minister, etc). Moreover, lions and
animals don't have names. Unless we say,
the lion, the meaning will not be clear.
Q: A station master minds the trains. A
teacher trains the minds - Is this one cor-
rect?
A: Correct.
A station master's job is to deal with trains.
A teacher- by their teaching, train the
minds of their students.
Q: That noise was a person having a tooth out
- Please translate into English.
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-E--- -h --- --. - -C--- - -E- ----C?
--x --? -- --u--v- -- ---..
-E--- -v-u- --N-? --h -E-j -- --G-v- --N-?
-Spoken English - --- -N--- -----E -- ---- -
--T-- - - ---..
The movie features NTR...
What is showing in that cinema? =
The cast in the movie includes = -E
Saketh: There's the chariot race - The high-
roles), NTR, XN.
light of the movie. (
Supporting actors = v
*v-E u -{).
Ashish: OK. I'll watch it on the CD (CD
English E- -C-* l. Sampath (Over Phone): Hi, Jagadish! E-
1) A real good movie
2) I enjoyed every minute of it.
3) The cast
C. d- . 10 \ --
Cinema- movie. English E E
Plaza hC. . Walk along the road upto Food Plaza. Walk
*v -, movie/ picture/ film .
There are about 50 cinemas in Vijayawada
(N-- 50 x o). Flat No. 302.
--u --?
A: That noise was a person having his tooth
out - This sentence has no meaning.
The sentence perhaps is, 'That noise was
that of a person having his
tooth taken out = That was
the noise a person having
his tooth taken out was
making = x --- 760
o - ho
C.
Q: I have seen a house - If we are
asked (in the exam) to identify
the part/ parts of speech of the
above underlined; can we say
adjective as articles do not come
under parts of speech, as well as M. SURESAN
I have seen the house, I have seen
an elephant - Clarify.
A: We can say that 'a/ an and the' are demon-
strative adjectives. They are among deter-
miners.
Q: They are having their dreams done - Is this
correct?
A: This is not a sentence because it has no
meaning.
They have their dreams realised = x -
--a---o. Q: To find/ to find out - Say the difference.
Q: * x --C Translate
into English.
A: Only good will happen to the good.
Mail your comments and suggestions to
2
be showing - E x --oC. Exercise
E Exercise -O English .
x *v -C? Omkar: v El?
Movie E = The cast = -_. Sanjay: x - L- J
(No idea ).
. Omkar: 'h-J- l? ( h title
The movie features NTR and Sri Devi in the English p.)
lead roles = *v u v (Lead Sanjay: -- -C? --
? u-v-JN?
Omkar: Fo p . h ,
Which movie is showing? = Which movie is v. .
Sanjay: h.
running = *v -C?
Answer, next week.
Answer to the Exercise (Lesson-759)
Telugu English
Sampath (Over Phone): I have just got down at
Sec'bad station. How do I get to your place?
p v- - d- C. L
You told me you wouldn't be able to come to
O . y - - o E.
Jagadish: -- the station as you have some work.
Jagadish: I am (I'm) sorry. I couldn't come. Take
bus No. 10 at the station and ask the conduc-
stop conductor. -d *
tor for Lal Bungla stop. Get off/ get down
h - -- - from the bus there. Walk a little forward. Just
hC. Ao h Food across the road you find Dharam Karam Road.
--- hC. - further on. You find Ganesh Super Bazar. In
\ 5 flats Apartments. the lane across the road, the fifth set of apart-
ments in Ratan flats,. My flat NO. 302.
Ahalya Goyal, Rajahmundry
a) I find him here every morning = vA-W
Q: Once you said that the word 'tell' shouldn't
be used without an object, but in Oxford
Dictionary the following meaning is given
\ E--h.
b) He found (past tense of find) new
method = h lA \o.
for the word 'honest' on the page no. 746.
Find out = get to know = ---.
Honest = always tell the truth and never
The police are trying to find out who he is
stealing or cheating - Explain.
= -- ---- M- v-Ao-
A: 'Tell' should be followed
by an object (you, me, etc)
h-o.
Q: How are you feeling? Can this be used in
if it is followed by a 'that'
continuous tense?
clause. But we can say
A: It is OK in American English.
'tell' without an object
Q: Now it (building) had collapsed - Let me
only in the following case:
know if the above is correct or not.
Tell the truth/ a story/ the differ-
A: If you are talking about two past events,
ence/ lies, only.
one before the other, you can say, 'Now, the
Q: Municipal authorities/
building had collapsed! But you must add
Municipality authorities - Let
another sentence which followed it.
me know the right one.
Now, the building had collapsed. They
A: Municipal authorities = offi-
were without a home. (When you are talk-
cials of the municipality. We
ing about a series of past events, you can
don't say, Municipality authori-
ties - it is wrong. use, 'now' to refer to the result of some-
Q: The rich/ the poor/ the rich people/ the thing. ( --, \-\ -E
poor people - Let us know the difference y - -op, now -a)
among the above. Eg: The river was in floods. The flood
A: 'The' before adjectives (words telling us waters washed away their huts. They now
about the nature/ quality of persons) has found themselves homeless.
the meaning of people of that quality or
Raibahadur Saxena, Vizag
nature.
Q: Don't keep your finger into/ in your
Rich = Having a lot of money. The rich =
mouth my dear son - Which one is cor-
rich people, The poor = poor people. The
rect here?
weak = weak people.
A: Don't put your fingers in your mouth.
Q: He saved them from committing more
A: Find = See, know, discover, observe, feel =
sins - Is this right?
( E--), ---, -
A: Right.
\-, -E-.
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-O --j- -E- --x--.. --E --C-*- ---v-,
-U-, -z-y, -----, -j-.. -- -N-N- ---j
-- - --G-v- -p-- -.. -E- -- --Ej -O
Haritha: How was the movie last night? (Eo --G-v--- ---- --- -- ---T-- -
- ---..
vA E C?)
Samyuktha: Not so bad. The first half was
tolerable. The second half was tedious. -

One song especially is haunting!

-. ( ? Not bad = Very good.
Not so bad = --EC )
y-. N. (Tedious =
Boring, too long and uninteresting - K
_, -- ).
Haritha: What else? (?) . Eo o. said anything about them? ( ? N nx uq, fights
Samyuktha: The camera work was excellent. u N - x J* p-?) E --C. - vA E
Some of the long shots were eye catching C) Samyuktha: There was no scope for action. . - C -).
(-v- C. Eo B Haritha: What else? (?) Four duets in foreign locales and three Haritha: The average Indian movie is just
%u x -d--N o). Samyuktha: The dialogues lacked punch. stunts were all that the movie showed. I that. ( -B E ).
Haritha: What about the music? (U (-x ). don't say the actors lacked talent. They had
C?) Haritha: What about the actors? You haven't no chance to show it. (- . Exercise
Translate the following into English.
Answer to the Exercise (Lesson-760)
Sumana: y E * E p-.
Telugu English h--T *v-C.
Omkar: v E--l? Omkar: Shall we go to a movie this evening?/ How Manorama: *v C?
about a movie this evening? (x, How Sumana: x .
about...? better).
Manorama: --?
Sanjay: Sanjay: No idea which picture is showing in which
x -C, J? Sumana: u v-G- C , -
hall/ Where?
x: E, C.
Omkar: 'h-J- C? l? Omkar: Shall we go to 'Which way to the in-laws'?
Manorama: E p?
Sanjay: -C? Sanjay: How long has it been showing? What is the
Samyuktha: The score was by the leading - Sumana: Fo p. , z-y, -
cast? Who are in the lead roles?
music director Sangeeth Kumar. Some ? u-v? v, U... Fo -o.
Omkar: Fo p . h Omkar: I don't have the patience to tell you all that.
tunes were really melodious. One song Manorama: o --?
You either come or don't.
especially is haunting. (y--p C , v, . Sumana: Eq-.
o p U z-, U-- Sanjay: h. Sanjay: OK. I'll come. Answer a

Nitty - gritty -- --N-?

T. Satyanarayana, Bhimavaram.
So did = , -
Q: How many of each kind be sold? E p.
vox N-i Model Verb I bought a car, so did he = I bought a car, he
Direct be sold --T- ?
also bought a car ( usage
A: How many of each kind be
Ravi, Vijayawada. We take exception to his , - x---p )
sold? - This is wrong. 'be' is 'So did he'
Q: , Collocations a- remarks about the people .
not a finite verb. How many
of our country =
of each kind can be/ may be/
------o. -C-* * h-
*-. v J* could be/ should be, etc
A: 'English Collocations in Use - Advanced' uu Bv u- 761 sold? - is correct. There can
by O'Dell and McCarthy - Cambridge --o. be no sentence without a
University Press - A useful book on collo- iv) Tone and tenor = expres- finite verb. (Can be/ could
cations. sion, 'Standard English' be/ may be/ might be, etc
Q: C - N-J---. ox . Dictionary are finite verbs.
i) Booed and Jeered ii) Bent upon expression a-. , Q: Could you lend me your pen? -
iii) Took exception to iv) Tone and tenor sx Answer, 'Here you eg: Ram: N d (I like the
DEo \, x---
v) Heckled vi) Nitty-gritty p -v L are' E C. DE n 'O mango).
A: i) Booed and jeered = Past tense of 'boo -yE/ n M. SURESAN \ o E ? DE Shyam: d. ( -, 'I also
and jeer' = C O x *a (The quality/ sound of some- Here it is -a ? N-J---.
like the mango' . C grammatical
h-, x--E-y, body's voice expressing a particular emo- A: Here you are/ Here you go also = Take this. correct. F - ) So do I/ I
Ey- v, v~ , tion) --. When you are giving something to some- like it too, . -u u--J
, p-x -- . The tone and tenor of his speech showed his body, you use these expressions (O n 'also' .
ii) Bent upon = be determined to do some- anger at the recent happenings = -
'C B- E j - ii) So did/ so does = As explained above, these
thing- especially something bad - j a-p .) expressions mean, 'also'.
u, u J-T - x, --
Q: i) Festival beckoned him, so did death.
The meaning of the sentence, 'your presence
(u -E) - Eg- o Eo L---J- yE-*C.
. ii) Your presence made a big difference to ... absence' = O \ -
v) Heckled = Past tense of 'heckle' =
many of our lives and so does your
To interrupt a speaker/ actor by shouting
C @N-- v-N
absence. s x so did, so
questions/ making rude comments = C
O -- v-Eo -hC.
does n N-J-. \ so Part
ex: His father helped everybody, so does the
O vTho h-/ -ho -, - of speech E h .
son now - v vA--x
, , vo - L-T- iii) Order of words v death did so E, , (p).
boo and jeer . your absence does so E L ?
Death did so, your absence does -
vi) Nitty - gritty = The most important/ prac- N-J-. Order of words , Death did too; your absence does too
tical facts of a situation/ problem = J- s- ---- N-J---.
A: i) The festival beckoned him, so did death.
-a.
Duryodhana was bent on ruining the
nA/ -u -C-* A u-i, -
Beckon = To sign/ make a sign to somebody
u order of words - - C- , Adverbial
Pandavas = - -j
-i N. phrases sentence vG
with your hand to call them towards you =
- *- - - p - - -C.
- Ea- o u--. The Chief Minister's complaint is that the No sooner did .... - C ?
GoM did not get down to the nitty-gritty of
_- tE h/ L c .
iii) Took exception to = Past tense of take The festival beckoned him, so did death = - Never once did he meet me = He did not meet
exception to = To object strongly to some- the division of AP = v-v- N- J- me even once.
E L-*C,
thing - Bv-i u- -/ Bv * , --i N-- v % L*C ( --x v-o o-p x inversion hC sub+ verb order
~--. d--- E u-vA -. E--). , verb/ HV + sub + MV order hC.
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