G. Ashok, East Godavari.

Q: Sir, Engineering college slogan C.

"Enlightens the nescience"
Underlined word p ?Nescient E L! N-J---.
A: O correct. Enlightening the nescient E L = 'c--
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Deepak, Warangal.
Q: Sir, please clarify the following doubts.
They should not deprive any articles of the
orphans - Say in Telugu.
A: The correct sentence is: They should not
deprive the orphans of any articles =

h p--d .
Deprive somebody of something = -j
j o p .
He lost his mother even as he was born, so he
is deprived of a mother's love = d-

Lx --*C, Lx v
p-.
Q: The baby is fed on milk - Is this correct?
A: Correct.
Q: He is to go/ He is to go there - Say the difference.

c L-T.

If you had.. I would have..

U. Srinivas,
K.Bitragunta.

---- N-J---.
"If you would call me I would
have come there" - ''y o L-

Q: ''y

d- C- j N uEo Tx-
pL?

A: If you had worked/ studied hard,

you would have passed.
Q: Compound adjective J-*

*--x- *a --E
(o -- ) j
u -d?
M. SURESAN

NJ---.
A: Compound adjective: An adjective having two or more words in it, with hyphens.
, hyphen (a small dash)

A: If you would call me I would

have come there - Wrong.

n 'O L*
n 'If' clause would .
Correct sentence: If you had called me, I
would have come there.

L--N:
Eg: a high-power committee. \ highpower expression, committee E qualify hC. (committee hC.) - adjective
(Noun J* p )

C.

A: He is to go = xL.
He is to go there = - --\- xL.
Q: He was to have bought the bike - Please
say the meaning.
A: He was to have bought the bike = He
should have bought the bike = bike

--LqC (-F -.)

Eg: A dark night - Night noun , dark

- o adjective qualify hC
d, C simple adjective. F
Compound adjective -
, hyphen L .
J-Eo Examples:
1) a kind-hearted man.
2) a good-for-nothing boy (E E--E

v.)
3) a twenty meter-tall tower - 20
Q:

Ox
ho .
If clause would have *a--p Main
clause would have been a -s-

-C --- ----...

Saran: The date for the swearing in ceremony has been fixed too. The leader of
the majority party as the PM, and the persons he selects as his council of ministers
will take the oath of office the day after
tomorrow. (v y --D -

jC. \ n --o Kd v-E, - uh

vA--L u- x v
y h.)
Divya: The President, being the head of the
republic will administer the oath of
office. Thereafter the Prime Minister and
his council of ministers execute the bills
the Parliament pass. ( J-Gx --

j -u-~ v y -h.
y vE, vA--L, x-
Gx- -h.)
Saran: The Parliament reflects the will of
the people, so it is the best form of the
government. (x- u v G-

v-Eo vA-G-G-h. d v-yu

h--i vy.)
Divya: We are rid of the old government
with all its corruption and unefficiency

(N-FA, --n vy CL--C.)

E n L- sC -o. CN Tx h--vA--E
u. underline phrases
- n N-J---.
i) The traditional caste rivalry between the
affluent Kapus and the backward fishermen
community dominates the election scene.
Kapus, be it any party they have been associated with, hold sway over the political landscape even as numerically strong backward
communities like fishermen and Gowdas find
themselves at the receiving end.
ii) I don't think I would have been able to
write this book had I been a middle aged
man. The fact that I was a young woman
helped. Everyone was so open; I never had
problems with young people, I had problems with academics, especially Indian
academics, who did not want to talk to me.
A: i) * u- o q u--,

-~ --, v, x
Kd L o -- -i _ -o.
-sx 'y o L*
(y o --), *a --E
n ---,
If you + had + PP (V3), I would have come
(would have + PP (V3)), correct form.
Another Eg: If I had given him the book, he
would have taken it. (--E h *a

E-y-, B\-
B\ .)

a) be it any party they have been associated

with = Whatever the party they have been
associated with = x Kd L o...
b) hold sway = have/ enjoy a lot of power/
influence.
c) landscape = v%A %u; \ n: -

.
ii) Had I been a middle aged man = If I had
been a middle aged man = u -\-

j .

Mr. Modi assumed power on..

Divya: The elections are over. The party

with majority is assuming power soon.

(Eo--j--. \ n --o
Kd C-Eo -d--C.)

T. Ashok, Bhimavaram.
Q: Sir, sentence order of words J--p

Now look at the following expressions:

1) Assume power
2) Swearing-in ceremony
3) Council of ministers
4) Take oath of office
5) Administer the oath of office.
-n-i-C -..? j expressions Fo

Eo- y C--- *a Kd C- d--p - -C-* .

-N---

jj --
p--hC.)
2) Swearing in ceremony = v

y u-

v.
Swear = take oath = v . = Oath
taking ceremony.
h v vA-E- Eo--- -J
C Kd vy p (Forming the
government) l---C.

1) Assume power = Take over the rule of the

country = --C--Eo -d.
a) The new government headed by Mr. Modi
assumed power on the evening of the 26th
May. ( --y h vy
26 --C--Eo -dC.
-d = assume. Assume n

Eox C---E *a v-yEo h-

ju v-y-C--Eo h- -C.

'-p- --Tx- - -*- ---....

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v-yEo W 2

3) Council of ministers = The group of ministers governing a state/ the country. (Z-

Eo-F, -Eo-F L v %
x x Cabinet ministers, Ministers of
state, Deputy ministers .) DEo vA--L .

There are two ministers from AP in the

Union council of ministers = v vAL AP * l v--o.
4) Take oath of office - O v y
= Swearing-in office
- \ n N (Position.)
Mr. Modi and his council of ministers took
oath of office on 26th May = 26 ,

vA L v y .
v
y -, vA---L v
Z-A, Z Governor,
v y -h.

5) Administer the oath of office =

o.
Assume = --.
I assume he knows English = -E
English -E ----o.
b) The army has assumed power in Thailand
dismissing the elected government =

TRS

a) Vinod: When will the governments in the

newly formed AP and Telangana assume
power? (h p- AP, ---

v-y p p--?)
Jayaram: The TRS will be forming its government on the 2nd June, if I am right. (

Pranab Mukherjee, President of India

administered the oath of office to the council of ministers = Z-A vA -L
O y -. = He swore
them in.

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