Manager C

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Sindhura: Hello, I am Sindhura here; may I

(Ma'm: Madam short form. ( L u h

speak to Mandaara please?

p) place/ home,

Pronunciation- )

please?

(, - x- - o. Sindhura: Any other way you can help me?

2)

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Sahana: You mean Ms Mandaara Mukund, our

(O o - - ?)

Sahana: I can certainly take a message. You h o u h x- - -

Manager?

can leave a message, if it's not private. o E E n-J - - -

(O - C Manager, X A -, Am I speak-

(O p- - - o h C -

ing to so and so,

?)

(Ms = Y N -, E L- d -

-, u h- -, O phone line

please? / Is this so and so, please x- - - - u h -

.

C p )

4) I can take a message -

3)

p, N - - - h - - - p -

Sindhura: OK. Perhaps that's the best I can do.

j p - :

Yes, please and who is this?/

-T - )

Here it is: I left behind my chain at O p- - - C - C .

Sindhura: Exactly. Official/ formal message ( h) y

Who is speaking please?

her place last night. I hope it is safe. .

Am I speaking to so and so? -

Tell her from me to keep it safe. I'll

( *a- ) v h yL?

Sahana: I'm afraid you can't right now. She is in - s x N (Messages) L.

collect it from her when I visit her -,

an important meeting. next Friday. Yes, speaking (phone *a- - x phone B - :

1) Date : Call for ( -J *a C Phone):

) and who's this please? .

(O J- p- - x- - . u- ( . p - -L-T - x

2) Call/ message from ( J * phone

4) - - *a- - x - - - p ;

i O - o ) - . - Rx x C

Sindhura: Oh, is that why I haven't been able to u- I'm sorry/ I'm afraid he/ she is not 3) Time of call:

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get her on the cell for an hour now? here; / he/ she is out right now; will be back 3) a) Will call again ( Sx Phone h )at ---

a v - - -

(time)/ after/ in --- (- minutes/ half an hour/ an

in ---minutes/ hours .

( *

5) - - *a- - x - - - line hour etc.,)

- )

Sahana: You're right. - - - - - - x, j message ( h), - h -

Please hold (on)/ please hold the line C - - :

- x- - - Sindhura: I'm a close friend of hers and this is Message: ( x h, u i -

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personal and urgent. Would you x)

Lesson - -*a- conversation E message

Could you put me thr ough to her? Ms. Mandaara Mukund - -Lq C :

1) Date:

2) Call for: Ms. Mandaara Mukund, Manager

3) Call from: Ms. Sindhura

mind putting me through to her?

4) Time of Call: AM/ PM

p Official/ formal phone conversa-

- o- p Sx

( _J o LE. C

5) Message: Ms Sindhura forgot her chain in

tion English x- -Lq B, j -

B - .)

u- i u h- N .

your place/ home. Wants it to be kept safe at

Sahana: I'll convey this to

- - ?)

home/ locker till her next visit next Friday. To

- -E ?

her. I do under-

Sahana: I'm afraid I can't. I have strict instruc-

call Ms Sindhura as soon as the meeting

- - *a u h - - - p,

stand the impor-

tions not to disturb her till the end of

ends.

x - - _- -L- O x- - p j - E

tance of the mat-

the meeting.

- - ( official/ formal - p )

C .

ter. I'll ask her to

M.SURESAN 1) You mean Ms. Mandaara Mukund, our " ( - - / oral) message

( d- . O u - - -

call you as soon

Manager? phone C J C - .

L-T - - - - E *a- -

as the meeting ends.

( - -L- - - h . N 2) I'm afraid, you can't right now.

i - - - o .)

Ms. Mandaara, a/ one Ms Sindhura called you/

Sindhura: Oh, that disappoints me. The matter

v u - n- i C. O - 3) Could you put me through to her? You had a call from a/ one Ms Sindhura an hour

can't wait that long. 4) I can certainly take a message. You can leave ago. She left her chain behind at your place last

- O - E - .)

Phone Conversation English a message. night it seems. She wants you to keep it safe at

( E - C.

home/ in a locker till she visits you again Friday.

N C.) j Fo n - - o ?

Sahana: I'm sorry. There's no helping it, ma'm,

x- -Lq B - - - o .

1) O - h C/ x- - - - C X A C. d- i -C - - - -

but I have my instructions. Hope you

J- Eo N - -L- p l .

-E - . .

can understand. - - - C:

C Official/ formal. Practice - h O - h C, - .

1) - - - - p, - - h- oC j

2) p- - - p O x- - - - .

( p, ~N - . - .

E E n-J - - .

- - o ? O n - - - 3) Put me through-

Is this (phone no.) Please?/ Is this

- - - - )

G. Shankar, keshavapur.

Q. Congress vote

- E O - p ? - - -,

Q. The Bard of Avon. What is the meaning of S. Satyanarayana Murthy, Kakinada

A. Who told you to get the .

the underline part in telugu? Q. Active Voice, Passive Voice

certificate signed by the A. Vote for congress and - -J -* -

A. Bard

Tahsildar? make others vote for it.

(-v -C ) = N. N- -J - - .

Avon Shakespeare Verb Active Voice - -* Passive Voice- -

Q. Collector application Q. America Flight Eo

Et -*

Stratford -v C f C. - E - -Ja- p- Voice - - -C - .

sign

O - h- - o - - \- E

Shakespeare Bard of Avon . - - - -O - - - - o -N - ? -

Q. 'You have a car' What is the question tag

A. The Collector said he would get the applica- A. Will you ask him to find out when the flight - - -E -O -C - - - - - - a .

of it? The enemy has bombed these bridges

tion signed for me. to America is/ the time of the flight to

A. You have a car, don't you? (active voice) has + p.p.

America.

Q. Minister sign

j - h ?

Q. My father has been admitted to hospital or The bridges have been bombed by enemy

Q.

A. Can you/ you will get the minister to sign my C ~ tE - p .

in hospital which is the correct usage? (passive voice) have been +p.p.

file? A. Tell him to give me Rs.10 lakh.

A. Admit to/ Admit into a hospital. "In"

C ~ h tE p . - - \- - u object begin - - - -C - - d

Q. Students Q.

J- . -J - q x p - - o .

bridges plural - - -C - - d have - -- .

Q. If an employee was having a bad day. - -

A. The students are getting one another to - .

Verb - - p - -C - .

u - having - - - d- ? answer the questions. A. Tell him to give me Rs.10 lakh or nothing

has +.p.p(active)

A. Have am/ is/ are/ was/ were having form at all. (10 ~ - O - l).

Q. Answers

- - - p - - - o ?

problem/ difficulty - a. - - E have been +.p.p.(passive) - \- passive

Tell him to give me or leave it ( G p

A. Who are all those that have got the answers

He was having a bad day (a difficult/ been - - - - -*a -C.

given? )

unpleasant day). - - - -voice - -J- p- - tense - - -

Q. - grammar p - - -- - o N u- n .

Q. vote

v -, * L- - h .

A. The students don't want me to teach them

A. I'll vote for congress, get others to vote for it

- - -N- -J - - .

K. Nagamani, Tadpatri A. - - - - voice - - -E -- .

grammar.

and make it win.

Q. Tahsildar - application sign Voice -J- p- tense - - -E -v - - .

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Adbhuta: Oh, what a morning it was! I haven't b) Something has

gone wrong with

(@N- - o- - x

had the like of it in years!

the washing

l a u N - .

( s, !

machine =

j, j - - - .

o- x p \- \- - )

washing machine

Adbhuta: The only relief is the boss is out of

- )

Ascharya: Well, what happened? town. Otherwise I'd have had it.

- - - - d C.

c) Something has

( \ h L-T - C. Boss

( J-T C?)

gone wrong

Adbhuta: I overslept and got up late at 7.30. I } - - . - E -

between the friends. They are not in good

(hand ker-

was late for office by almost an hour. - - C.) - o Eo l

terms now =

chief ) mop.

[[[

friends

( - - \- - Ev -

It was very sultry and every one in the

u C. J - -

7.30 . Office j - - - E N - - \

u J E - h C . They are our room was mopping their face =

L- p J .

What's wrong? expression English con-

- u x)

every day problems. Let us have a look at them

Ascharya: Why? You could have made up for

C. C - - -

versation - NE- - h -

and how they are expressed in English.

your late rising in some other way.

- o .

Look at the following expressions from the b) The tap is leaking and the drainage is

C. C - - J-T C - .

What else went wrong? d) "I am not going to office today."

dialogue above: choked. Call the plumber.

1) I haven't had the like of it in years. office

(F - uEo N j T_ - - -

( J- - C, drainage F x EL-*- -

( E- x )

2) What else went "What's wrong?"

- a ? - i J-T ?)

- o . Plumber .)

Adbhuta: Every thing. The bathroom was wrong?

Choke = F x - EL-*- - ( - -

( - C?)

flooded, and no water through the 3) The bathroom was

e) "I wish to leave imme-

flooded.

tap. Somebody in the house kept

/ - - )

- x- - - diately." Plumber = Taps pipes (F x

4) You haven't heard the

(

the tap on the whole night and the

496 j - ), Drainage repair - x

last of it. R}- - - - - - o)

water tank was dry.

Plumbing = Water

( Fo .

pipes, drainage

What else went wr ong?

Bathroom

-

C -* N .

F }.

Break down = v

x

- - .

v

5) The washing machine broke down. O -Eo - F repair fix.

pump A p d-, tank "Is anything wrong?"

F x

6) One of the pipes is still leaking. a) A plumber can fix the leaking taps and the

S) ( o - J-T ?/ N

7) ... the drainage system is choked. choking of drains = pump

Ascharya: Things do happen like that some - o,

N )

8) ... for people who have seen a bit of drain plumber fix (repair)

times. Bathroom flooding, tap leaking F x E,

life. (leaking taps)/ The washing machine - - .

( Eo- - x - - - )

1) Haven't seen the like of it: The b) The cycle mechanic took just ten minutes

has broken down/ breakdown of the

Adbhuta: Wait. You haven't heard the last of it.

like of it = to fix the puncture to the tube = Puncture

washing machine.

M.SURESAN

The washing machine broke down

- C/ ( o C x- -

repair (fix)

in the middle and the gas cylinder

N / - . C EN - x .

(F E - - ), -F x, washing machine E- - - - - ) fix - i repair

a) Rarely do we see the likes of Sachin and

had to be replaced in the middle of

j a.

Dhoni = a) When the fuse blow off, fortunately the

These are all more or less everyday prob-

cooking.

electrician was at hand to fix it = Fuse

lems (More or less =

Sachin, Dhoni ? )

x -

repair

( - - - ( d ).

O - - the choking of the drainage sys- Eo - / -,

u washing machine - - h .

electrician

tem = - -F T- - .

b) A record crowd attended the meeting. I %- d- - h

_- - o .

C. - - cylinder b) Call me when the fuse blows off the next

hadn't seen the like of such a crowd at any Drain= - -F - x - _ /

time. I can fix it = fuse lights

aLq *a C.)

other meeting = J,

Ascharya: I really pity you.

repair

Record Tap leaking, breakdown of the washing

J- o -, - -

% d a .

(E o h - h C) .

machine, electric fuse blowing off (fuse

Adbhuta: One of the pipes is still leaking and c) There is none here to fix the problem in

Eo - -

repair fix

the fan = Fan repair

the drainage system is choked.

- . ) O -Eo F, . \

2) Go wrong = C - - - - x a) The bathroom is flooded. Let's mop it =

(Pump - y .

Bathroom Fix - u J- \ - \-

C. Drainage f- - C) . - - / - J, - F x E - - C. Eo l .

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