— - . ) must not 8) Would vi) should se Must Vill) should not x) cannot RB: : A verb is a word that tells about an action, a state of being or existence, Possession, or a change in state. as SN M600 mPa, as 28 M800 meA) dhrasirsigo M600 md, pact Sty) 1808 ma D8 verb. e.g.: The boy cried. © ; I have.a watch. She is a nurse. He became weak. B wsyws'n cried, have; QED md BersehaQov. eotd © verbs. TENSE : Tense is the form of the verb. It shows the time of r event, There are three tenses. They is, became wx Soren SND PA the action 0 are: ; i) ' Present Tense iil) Past Tense fil) Future Tense Communication and Soft Skills # To tt 81AU) APU next month. ___— ANSWERS aN 1, live 2. met 3, had seen 4, speaks (will speak is also possible) 5. offers 6. was eating 7. has been ith 8. is writing 9, will have been preparing : .. will participate (undertake) repair works th ere + Up B.D) They sessessrsserrnseee go that side. 2) The prices Of land ....ses--seereseeee (rise) since last Api 3B) He veesesssssssere :.... (watch) the birds when he suddenhi into the ditch. i A), They iors ciheertianvey (try) to complete the work tomom '. 5) One of those treOS Lica (cut) a ey days agi farmers.” 6) The little git] ..senceme (SOD) for an hour belot fell asleep. TAS : dD The £ows.. s turn) homewards once sets, 2 The VISHLOYS vrssseessessscoeees (leave) ‘the place ue ef h - @ fAYMEFS o..ecccssseeeee (plough) the fields 9" Halu Dialbaey (expect) a call from her yesterd2 ay: i | ee ~Communication and Soft Skills * 5°" i 7 b4, are undertaking 2. have been rising 3. was watchi | 4 ing 4, willtry i 5. was, cut 6. had sobbed will turn 8. have left 9. are ploughing 10. expected : 1) Raghava... +» (register) for the course last month. 3 2 Saritha ...... (gather) used clothes from neighbours every Sunday for distribution among the poor. (fall) into that well last month. Villagers . (make) and my mother. (sell) kites. . 5) The building .... ....(be) on fire when the owners returned from Hyderabad. 6 It... :. (rain) since morning nonstop. .. (wash): dishes-when her phone e.. rang. “s ee ~ 8) Graham (donate) blood four times a year. 9) We... ... (play) cricket at this time coming Sunday. 10) He... joined there. ...(work) in that office for three years when Tegistered 2. gathers 3. fell sree 5. was 6. has been raining 8. donates 9. will be playing Te2 APN 40 (ODN) ‘A, an and the' are called articles. They are basically adjectives. ~ ‘A/an' is the ‘Indefinite Article’. ‘The' is the Definite Article. A. THE USE OF THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE The basic meaning of the Indefinite Article is ‘one’. Therefore it can be used only before the singular countable nouns, The Definite Article, on the other hand, can be used before the singular or plural countable nouns and even before the uncountable nouns. : See e001 9000> ee ). The Ramayana is industrious Creatury .. fan nowadays. Y ‘t live without --- ; We can _ extraordinary man. xi iS w+ Abdul Kalam _.. day keeps the deci useful machine. Amitabh Bacchan is ---.-.------e-e0-—- Ge Sarojini Naidu was not Only 222. eisacecoieecee 7 ee freedom fighter. Poet, wne = now | Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an'or ‘the’.” - Ihave studied in - Rajesh is .:. . Today there is 2 - Madhuis -- People usually enterprising businessman. lot of progress in‘... communication: - idea can change your life. - cleverest boy in ... go for .. 1... Walk in : ... Australian, but her husband #5 __ dom? pf . class:ee more you learn Mukesh Ambani is ... Na an 3) athe 4) An 5) the,the 6) athe 7) ana 8)' The, the, the, a 9) The, the 10) the ; i. Fill in the blanks with 'a, an, or the’, movie. Tiastanstebeteontend electronic watch for my son. bicycle. ; red umbrella, not .................... black ... kitchen. . engineering student. S .. motorbike. ° _—8) Her mobile phone is on ........ .. table near the window. . lights ? Se tae 4) the, the, -8).the. 9). the house in our native town. good book is eas. - Boos A preposition is placed before nouns, pronouns, noun ival “nts, noun-phrases or noun clauses. It shows its relation to oth “t word or words in the.sentence. if y : ei and Soft Skills °* Sem. 1 Jr113: Ki ania js commendable. 1 a a ontie on the floor of the living room, | ; i you talking sof her bag 2 ( They make & lot of mistakes. ; 25, Sravan js aman of his word. 2 26. Yasmeen is agirl of great intelligence, | 4 97. The local MLA informed the CM of the developiney | constituency. 28, She was an old friend of mine. 29, What are you thinking about ? | 30. Who did she’send it to ? | I. Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions 1. We should not feel superior others. 2. People usually. put .... new dresses na ut ey are : He is good .. English, but weak ....... ‘ a t rely others for everything. é you give . the efforts, you don't succeed. | : I went to the airport'to see my son. r an minister left . . Delhi yesterday. . We reached Sa the station much aheed wo thes? 9. They ha Ve aj BTC ooo csssscinss our proposal. 10, S The government should look Dt : 3 a ? en, on 3) at,in ‘or Gis 8) of 9) toiil in the blanks with suitable phrasal prepositions from 1 5 ui ven below. . fo, believe in, put out, aioe ade of, adapt (« oneself) to, ... music. reading novels ? the circumstances to lead a happ; imaginary situations. plastic. .. one another to come to an abide by, agree with, deat with, 1 interested in, fond of) , | y life. the fire immediately, it will spread fast. the rules and regulations. _ the new shopping | mall. ; superstitions. 2) interested.in 1) fond of | 3) adapt (ourselves) to»: 4) deal:with ~ 5) made of 6) agree with +8) abide by 7) put out = 9) adjacent to 10): believe'in I Fil j , " the blanks with suitable prepositions. 2) ma is cold war___ these two countries. 3) He aed wrote his final testament blood. 5 wae inthe military___"_ thirty years, q i 80es to college foot. : ———— Mahesh, On The five thiey, all the students could speak ‘rrench, themselves, es shared the stolen money 121.P 7) The snake crawled __-_— 8) Manygreat people hail ___—____ Turalareas, Ofte, 9) Aruna is fond chocolates. 10) Very few people can swim the river Ga — ANSWERS ——_" 1) between — 2) in 3) for 4) on i 5) Except 6) among 7) into 8) trom | 9) of 10) across | IV. Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions, ' 1) Why are you so angry | 2) Alllecturers agreed... he ff did not agree ... I 3) She is well familia .... this area. t 4) They are least interested 5) Who is responsible 6) He introduced-me ... 7) She graduated sseseeeseee Dhiysical activi . this? - the new manager. . Nagarjuna University. . imported wood. ‘... hostel facili?) 9) Thereare many complaint: 10) The point is not clear S a with 2) to,with 3) with = pid 6) to 1 from 8) 9) about 10) to’ of - illin the blanks with appropriate prepesti@™ F he. 8lven options, tt ig | has been Working here «.sscsssesseseee 8 1008 P | for) sealwy ~~ 6. QUESTION TAGS short. questions added to statemet! (pboprh & dyad 008 Question tags are They seek confirmation ‘or agreement. HdSamy kin, af aPSYOS @xMOsor” Question tags.) Question tags have a fixed structure: It as: Helping verb + (n't) + pronoun? nal.) yi (n't) in brackets means it is optio AP. Core peer aT Sem. | § fe can be represetElo ee ee ARERR ES PHONON A WH > “Dr, Panigrahi- will attend to" ye u tomorrow, *shallwe?_._: 14, aren't they? - can't one ? 14, is it? Add suitable question tags. 15. aren't they : Your uncle is an engineer, esses 2 She doesn't speak Tamil, t.ccseeseesesseee 2 Vinay was in Mumbai for sometime, .. Your aunt knows how to paint, «2.4.4... Srinu worked in Hyderabad, «00.0... ? They will not attend.the programme, Mobile phones add.to di lam weak, ee Close the door please, Don't make a noise, .... Let us have some juice, They are watering the plants, Sl The-students must submit their, project reports i isn't he ?: 2. does she? g.will! doesn't she? 5. didn'the? g, wont "? t . pee don'tthey?. + -8has he? 2.will! aren'tI?. 11, won't you? ,=. Supply suitable tags to each of the following sentences, “Excuse me, please, ..... mane “Stand straight, .. lone of the core ‘answered this question, uncle had no one to take care of him, oo 2 he can never forgive you, ... ‘his is Raghu's bag, ... here are some cows in the yard, utomobiles pollute our environment, . tempted the last question, ... : should not repeat this, le stood first in the test, .. e fruit juices a lot, .... t us walk up to the canal, Answer the phone, please ‘Don't'come late again; F iveryone liked'the painting, :. ‘Someone should help her ... Nothing is permanent, . Mont you ? 2. ceantyou? 3 did they? P ast | ‘ipase, Hence, ‘did’ in tag. If ‘had’ is a helping verb €n it is used in the tag again.)